Even if we do have a dominating performance on defense, does it mean much? It’s against a rookie QB and a team that isn’t expecting much out of their season (even though it is true Rex gives Brady problems). I mean look at how good the defense “looked” against he Titans last year and then got a wake up call when we faced real QBs. Also how many snaps do you think Boyce will get? I would like to see him use his speed on the seam or the boundary.

Well I guess I’d counter that with how many dominating performances have we seen out of this defense the last three seasons, even against rookie and back-up QBs? Last week’s game was the first time since 2009 that they didn’t give up a 20+ touchdown.

So yeah, expectations are a little low around here, but what would expectations be tonight if we had the defense from 2003-2007? 10 points or less maybe for the Jets.

All I know is that this is the home opener against a rookie quarterback in his first road start. I don’t know what we’ll expect against Peyton or Big Ben or Matt Ryan or any other good veteran QB, but for tonight, I expect to see this defense show us something because this re-build has been going on for five years.

It’s time.

As for Boyce, it will depend on how healthy Dobson is, but I think he could see around 20.