At What Point...

[*Wyche'sWarrior*]

(12-19-2016, 10:40 AM)BengalHawk62 Wrote: As soon as we lost last year in the playoffs I knew this was going to be a down year.  Not just losing, but the way we lost.  Losing our heads, letting emotions take over, to our arch-rival.  The media calling us the villains.  NFL bias.   Also, we were due to have a decline in play.  Losing our top two coordinators finally caught up to us.  There were a number of signs pointing to this season.  Losing two of our 3 top receivers, Jones and Sanu. 

Yeah, the playoff debacle was rather ominous.....then we didn't pay Nelson (who had another game clinching INT yesterday, BTW), I became even more uneasy.  The deal was sealed for me week 1.  Seven sacks and no run game, the o line was absolutely God awful.  Despite the effort Dalton put up that day, I knew he could not sustain those type of numbers with that level of pressure all year long.  You can't win in this league when you can't win the trenches.