It's Gonna be Fine

[*Nate (formerly eliminate08)*]

(11-17-2023, 06:49 PM)wildcatnku24 Wrote: Guys,

As you'll see, I rarely create threads.  I'm on here every day, well every work day, and enjoy reading folks thoughts here, even when i disagree.  But I wanted to create a thread that should likely be completely different than the others.  The sky isn't falling, Joe isn't Andrew Luck, Zach won't be exposed nor is he a bad coach.  No.  Instead, I'll offer optimism for the future.  Heck, I'll offer optimism for the present.  At this point, we know Joe is out for the year.  That's done.  What we don't know is how Jake Browning will do after 10 days of acting as the starting qb in terms of reps, practice, etc.  And let's face it, we have a pretty solid team.  

Yesterday's game showed some ugly stuff, but I think behind that ugly stuff there was a lot to glean from.  With Zac Taylor's teams, it's always been fascinating to me how the team does not quit, and how it responds to adversity.   For example, the Ravens had their way with us on that first offensive drive.  Next thing you know, our defense tightens up and stops them plenty of times.  

All I'm saying is this: There are still 7 games left, and we have a really solid team overall.  We've seen less than stellar qb's win the SB, and NO I'm not saying we'll do that, but it has happened.  Many of us have wanted to see Mixon ran more, and I'll bet we see that now.  Worst case, we lose every game and draft high (BROCK.....BOWERS.....PLEASE).  Best case, we sneak into the playoffs somehow and really shock some folks trying to make a run.  Try to enjoy the season, I know I'm going to try.

Love the positivity Wildcat. You never know, we will see, I think we will see a lot more of the QB under Center with Browning or
McCarron in there. If this is the case we should be less predictable and the running game could get way better. We ran the ball the
least amount of any team this season and that just isn't a recipe for success especially with a hurt QB.

Still, even if we win most of our games we will have a hard time getting into the Playoffs this year with how good the AFC North is.

Brock Bowers is my hope as well, but we will need to lose probably all of our games to have a shot at him.