08-15-2016, 04:01 PM
A team's window can close in a hurry. Any team. And you can't always predict it, it just kind of happens. That's just how the league is nowadays. How many times have you seen a recently successful team go into the season a contender, only to fall flat and be somewhat blown up soon after?
Houston went from a rising team, many times a lot of people's dark horse, to being rebuilt in a couple of seasons. Atlanta went form being a perennial NFC favorite to a joke. Another great example is San Fran. Young coach, young QB, younger receivers, solid defense. Look at where they're at right now. Look at Philly from 2010 to 2011.
Everything can change seemingly overnight. Whitworth finally shows his age and isn't easily replaced. Dalton plays more like 2011-2014 than 2016. Green or Bernard suffers an injury. Some bad breaks, bad call, bad bounces lead to disappointing season. Marvin is on the hot seat or is fired. This team goes from contender to a question mark. Follow it up with anything less than great and that window is closed.
The point is, unless you're starting a rookie QB and/or you have a first year coach, the time to win in this league si always the present. Right now. Win right now. Every single team has the same window. All it takes is a few things to happen for that window to come crashing down.
So yeah, our window is closing as much pretty much everyone else. Guys go from being in the prime to aging almost overnight. Your peers are constantly evolving and adapting. We need to hurry up and take advantage of our opportunities before it's too late.
I mean, you can point to the playoffs 6 out of 7 years all you want. That's great. But what a shame it would be if they couldn't capitalize on one of the seasons to accomplish more. Then you're left wondering, "Could they have done more, could they have done something differently?"
Win now, please.
Houston went from a rising team, many times a lot of people's dark horse, to being rebuilt in a couple of seasons. Atlanta went form being a perennial NFC favorite to a joke. Another great example is San Fran. Young coach, young QB, younger receivers, solid defense. Look at where they're at right now. Look at Philly from 2010 to 2011.
Everything can change seemingly overnight. Whitworth finally shows his age and isn't easily replaced. Dalton plays more like 2011-2014 than 2016. Green or Bernard suffers an injury. Some bad breaks, bad call, bad bounces lead to disappointing season. Marvin is on the hot seat or is fired. This team goes from contender to a question mark. Follow it up with anything less than great and that window is closed.
The point is, unless you're starting a rookie QB and/or you have a first year coach, the time to win in this league si always the present. Right now. Win right now. Every single team has the same window. All it takes is a few things to happen for that window to come crashing down.
So yeah, our window is closing as much pretty much everyone else. Guys go from being in the prime to aging almost overnight. Your peers are constantly evolving and adapting. We need to hurry up and take advantage of our opportunities before it's too late.
I mean, you can point to the playoffs 6 out of 7 years all you want. That's great. But what a shame it would be if they couldn't capitalize on one of the seasons to accomplish more. Then you're left wondering, "Could they have done more, could they have done something differently?"
Win now, please.
