“We have a good feel for the roster right now,” he said. “Our third- and second-year players have a lot of playing experience. And that’s good. And of course we have a good sense already for the (2014) draft class.

“The draft class is gonna need to play an awful lot of football this preseason. But I feel good about what they are, where they are, and the way they appear at least in shorts right now. So we feel good. We feel like it’s a very talented group in a lot of different areas.”

All along, Fisher and general manager Les Snead have pointed to Year 3 of their regime as the breakout year. Fisher is making no predictions, then again, he said: “We feel like we’re built now to compete week-in, week-out.”

He added: “The division’s very, very competitive. The schedule is not easy. We’ve got challenges throughout the schedule — through the season. We expect significant improvement in our defense, particularly because of our personnel but (also) the system with Gregg (Williams) running the show.

“Offensively, we’ve got a backfield that’s loaded between Zac (Stacy), and Bennie (Cunningham), and Isaiah (Pead), and Tre (Mason), and some of the younger guys.”