10-16-2016, 06:23 PM
(10-16-2016, 06:19 PM)Wes Mantooth Wrote: You can't have "control their own destiny" conversations in week 6. Almost every single team the league controls their own destiny right now.
This team is now 2-4. They've lost 2 of the last 3, and 3 of the last 4. They're 6-9 since starting 8-0 last year.
This was a team who was supposed to next the step, and elevate themselves from playoff team to a true contender. Well, they've played 4 playoff caliber team this season. Patriots, Cowboys, Broncos and Steelers. They lost all 4 games. Didn't win a single one.
They lost by 18 to the Patriots, 14 to the Cowboys, 12 to the Broncos, and 8 to the Steelers. We weren't within a touchdown and a extra point in any of these games. Not one. we were held to 17 or less in all 4 games.
There's a lot better talking points than the fact that we control our own destiny in week 6. I'm not even really ure what that means in October.
It's a classic Lewis apologist tactic of saying even though it is beyond clear we are not a very good team, and extremely short on competent coaching, that we still have a shot at the postseason (where Marvin really excels) and the season is not over if things "go the right way." After falling to 2-4 this is a great time for such people to do that. Surprised it wasn't stated last week.
