We need a really big pump

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(10-15-2018, 01:04 PM)Deacon Wrote: Great take, Nate. I'll respectfully disagree about the team not being different, though. At least the players. We didn't get suckered into reacting, and it did look like we kept our discipline through most of the game.
Also, when it came time for the O to drive down field with less than 5 minutes on the clock, we didn't deflate. They looked confident that the game was not out of reach. That's different in my book. Your opinion is totally valid, though. I just see that it's not 100% the same story as before. Certainly we can agree that Van Pelt + Lazor have done wonders with our offense from last year.

I'm not letting the D off the hook and I'm not saying OMG SUPERBOWL or anything like that. I wanted to buy in and I drank a bit of the kool-aid. Maybe it's confirmation bias, but I think we're a better team than last year and with the right pieces we can be competitive and (probably not this year) get that playoff monkey off our back.

Though I'm starting to see the light, and it's unlikely we will see major progress until MB fully releases the reins, hires a serious GM, and we get some coaching changes. 

I still think we're a year away.  Just don't have good enough LB's.  And we desperately need a NT.