how can the offense NOT take a step back?

We were a #1 offense way before sproles or graham.

We had the best offense in the league with colston and devery Henderson as our top targets.

Those offenses also had Deuce McAllister at his best, Reggie Bush, Joe Horn...

Deuce was the best RB this team has ever had. Bush was a huge weapon back then, and Joe Horn is one of our all time great WRs.

Also, Colston was a different player back then. He's had about 10 knee surgeries between then and now.

We don't have the other talents now that we had then. I'm not ready to go back to the Mark Campbell era at TE.