Interesting question. And I agree with the earlier post that we are still a playoff-caliber team, but beyond that, who knows. I know I don't have the same optimism about 2019 that I had 12 months ago about 2018.
In 2018, we got the breaks--for the first 10 weeks or so of the season. But then the tide turned. The injuries started to hit when the games were most important. In the NFC championship game, we did not have Rankins; we had so many offensive linemen injured that the line was a shell of what it had been earlier; our tight ends and wide receivers were respectively poor and mediocre units to begin with and then were hit by injuries; and Davenport's injury clearly affected his play.
Entering 2019, we will be facing the second consecutive devastating loss in the playoffs, the second consecutive below-average draft, and a quarterback who will be months shy of 41. And given how high they are drafting and the depth in this year's draft, we can expect the other three NFC South teams to be better simply because of the 2019 draft. There is the apprehension that 2018 will prove another 2011 season.