A team on form, a team playing with confidence, and a unit that can get high scores.
And let's not forget that silverware has already come their way. We're taking about the Roscommon footballers. Perhaps the most eye-catching side in this year's championship and it was a case of joy unconfined at the Hyde when Mark Dowd's men regained the Connacht crown following their win against Galway on 10 May.
After dismantling Mayo in the semi-final, the Rossies fully activated the power surge in the dying stages for what was a deserved success.
A notable box ticked after a league campaign that showed more than a few glimpses of what the side could be capable of.
But can they deliver more? Are they genuine All-Ireland contenders?
Time will tell.
Sunday next sees the Rossies begin their Sam Maguire journey against Tyrone on home soil. Expect a full house for the biggest ticket in town on that day.
The home support expects. It's all about taking out other big guns now, something the county have often failed to do when trying to progress in the All-Ireland series. Indeed it's 1980 since the Roscommon last won a championship game at Croke Park.
Former Offaly star Nigel Dunne, when speaking on the importance of the Red Hand visit, told the RTÉ GAA Podcast: "This in many ways is bigger than the Connacht final and I feel they have make an imprint against a big team outside of Connacht.
"We know that over the last seven or eight years that they are able to beat Mayo and Galway, but can they now go and beat Tyrone when they are expected to?"
Dunne is confident the Nestor Cup holders can push on.
"This group of players are up the challenge, in that they have got a mix of everything you need: the variety in their kickouts, a brilliant goalkeeper, brilliant shooters," he explained.
"They are teak-tough and there is a mental side to it. Because they have faltered at this stage so often in terms of getting that big national win and Tyrone are so used at being resilient, winning when they shouldn't win, it does make you believe Tyrone have a massive chance.
"This is the time for Roscommon to announce themselves, maybe not as All-Ireland champions, but there is no reason Roscommon can't make the last four. They have all the quality, it's just the top-six inches."
Since losing to Armagh in their Ulster opener, Tyrone have had six weeks to fine-tune their game. In many respects, we're not quite sure what version of Malachy O'Rourke's side will head west.
On that, Dunne could only speculate, saying: "A lot can happen in six weeks for better or for worse. How teams have used the last six weeks to be tactically innovative, to try something different or rinse or repeat what we're good at, will be key."
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