Who will have a better season, Hawks or Raiders?

[toffee]

These are PFF's rating on potential starters, we have more stars on defense. Offense are quite similar in player rankings. We finished 10-7, they were 4-13 (?). Which team will improve more this year?

Offense:
Both teams need IOL help, but they have more holes in WR and RB, which we are stacked in those areas.
Top players rated above 75:
Hawks: W9 (88.4), Cross (82.5), Darnold (80.7), JSN (81)
Raiders: Bower (85.1), Geno (82.7), Meyers (77.7), McCormick (76.1)
Seahawks:

Raiders:


Defense:
They have holes everywhere, badly need upgrades at CB, S and LB, Pete got his work cut out for him.
Seahawks: Big Cat (87.1), Love (81.2), Witherspoon (76.1)
Raiders: Roberts (79.7)


Raiders:

 

[SoulfishHawk]

Easy question. Hawks win 10 or 11. The Faiders MIGHT win 8.

Better season: Hawks
more improvement, since they only won 4 games, probably the Las Vegas Disrespectful Red Zone Picks

 

[CouchLogic]

Raiders are trash and Geno Smith isn't changing that. They won 4 games last year, if I'm on a team in that division...I forget they even exist. Non-factors.

 

[Ostatehawk]

Pete, Chip and Genoooooo are not going to magically turn that shit show around.

 

[IndyHawk]

Pete might squeeze 8 wins out of them, if GeNO stops his RZ picks.

 

[CalgaryFan05]

Hawks. Hands down.

 

[GemCity]

Hawks but, PC will get them above .500

 

[Rat]

Around six or seven wins for each. Maybe a one game difference.

 

[Sprfunk]

We have them easy. They have murders row in that division. Broncoes should improve, Chiefs with Chief, refs may thief. Chargers are not an easy out. They may win 2 of those division games.
I expect they team will play hard for PC, and I expect them to do better here on out.

 

[TheLegendOfBoom]

Seattle is the superior team and Seattle’s strength of schedule is lower than the Raiders. Seattle will win at least 4 more games than the Raiders will.

 

[NJlargent]

Although the Raiders are pumped and jacked they stink. And we are better coached with better adjustments and will be a legit contender long before the Raiders ever are.

 

[Atradees]

Raiders paid Max Crosby a bazillion dollars. That's not how you build a winning roster. They still suck.

 

[Grand Strand Hawk Fan]

Raiders paid Max Crosby a bazillion dollars. That's not how you build a winning roster. They still suck.

In all fairness, the Hawks were going to do that too if Raiders would've agreed to the original trade proposal.

 

[bileever]

Raiders in full rebuild mode. They have a terrible roster and play in a tough division. They'll be lucky to be 2-4 in their division. If we end up with a worse record than the Raiders, it won't be because the Raiders were successful, it will only be because the Seahawks had a complete collapse due to multiple injuries or something like that.

 

[toffee]

Hawks but, PC will get them above .500

above .5? That would be playoff territory, wouldn't it?

 

[94Smith]

Raiders are trash and Geno Smith isn't changing that. They won 4 games last year, if I'm on a team in that division...I forget they even exist. Non-factors.

Geno Smith is going to make a huge difference in W-L. Raiders Qb play last year was probably 32 overall. They were terrible. They are not going to make the playoffs but should be vastly improved

 

[James in PA]

Pete will get a couple extra wins out of that team. He'll will them to their ceiling, which is about 7-8 wins. We should be looking at 11+.

 

[GemCity]

above .5? That would be playoff territory, wouldn't it?

Like the 9-8 Seahawks

 

[Chapow]

above .5? That would be playoff territory, wouldn't it?

9-8 is unlikely to make the playoffs unless you win a really bad division. I very much doubt 9 wins will be good enough to win the AFC West.

We were 10-7 and didn't make the playoffs, although every other team with 10 or more wins did.

So 1 game above .500 is probably not playoff territory. Any better than that probably is, but maybe not.

That said, going from 4 wins to 10 wins is going to be very difficult and seems awfully unlikely to me for that Raiders team.

 

[toffee]

Like the 9-8 Seahawks

wow, the Raider Nation will love Pete as 'savior'.