You have to like the schemes that Dick Jauron will put out. Don't forget JT, as good as Moss and Cris Carter are, they have a rookie throwing to them in Daunte Culpepper. Because the team is relatively unchanged, I think the chances are good. They are still arguably the fastest team in the league, playing on turf and playing most of their division on turf. But, the schedule is tougher and opponents will be gunning for them.
Many teams make their season beating the Super Bowl champs.
New coach Mike Martz has to be excited about that built-in motivation. That is a good tune up for the playoffs but it will be very hard to win the division and I don't know if they will even finish second. That means a wild card and I don't see them better than those teams. They have many questions on offense without Keyshawn. They have to make teams respect their passing game like they did when Keyshawn was out there.