Although you are correct, everything you list is an excuse.
Ottawa/burris were in the same situation. new OC/ New recruits and they executed well.
I was optomistic, but now i have a seed of doubt in my mind as didn't Burke say that we will be ready to play game 1 and that pre-season is all about evaluation? .. that failed horribly.. not suggesting this is the case at all, but i was expecting to see alot better results from the first team offence.
The d-fence had an excuse as alot of starters stayed at home.. Not so much on the offence. If we are counting on Dressler to make such a large difference that he turns around the offence for us, then we are going to be very sad when and if he is ever hurt.
I'm not overly concerned, but i have an uneasy feeling creeping in.