Have we EVER had a better coaching and scouting team than the ones we have now?

The most important thing for us going forward will be how do we replace all these guys. Because if our defense takes another major step forward, I'm talking about being mentioned as possibly elite? Dennis Allen is getting a head coaching gig somewhere. And I expect Aaron Glenn to get a DC gig somewhere. As might Mike Nolan.

I think we can hold on to Ryan Nielsen for another year or two since he's still very new to the NFL game.

Maybe they all go nowhere...but it'll be hard to. One thing I know, is I've never been more confident in our young players developing into something considerable before, assuming we don't get beat to hell by injuries again.