09-23-2019, 01:28 PM
The 2016 6-10 season was bad. But we still finished with the 13th ranked offense and 17th ranked defense.
In 2017 our offense went off a cliff (32nd in yards), but we still just lost 9 games and finished the season with back-to-back wins against winning teams fighting for playoff spots.
In 2018 we started 4-1 with big wins over 2 playoff teams. At that point we were 17-19-1 since the end of the 2105 season, and hope was still alive.
Since then we are 1-10.
Even the biggest homer knew we were declining in '16 and '17, but there were legitimate reasons (not just orange colored glasses) to have hope for a quick turn around. The fans who wallow in doom and gloom will claim they predicted it all along, but they also predicted many losing seasons when we made the playoffs.
Now reality is setting in for everyone. We went from rolling down hill to falling off a cliff.
This year's team has played two good teams tight to the finish. They may even beat a few good teams, but I don't see them getting close to the playoffs. The defense has experienced vets looking lost and the offensive line is almost all back ups. I don't see it getting much better this year.
In 2017 our offense went off a cliff (32nd in yards), but we still just lost 9 games and finished the season with back-to-back wins against winning teams fighting for playoff spots.
In 2018 we started 4-1 with big wins over 2 playoff teams. At that point we were 17-19-1 since the end of the 2105 season, and hope was still alive.
Since then we are 1-10.
Even the biggest homer knew we were declining in '16 and '17, but there were legitimate reasons (not just orange colored glasses) to have hope for a quick turn around. The fans who wallow in doom and gloom will claim they predicted it all along, but they also predicted many losing seasons when we made the playoffs.
Now reality is setting in for everyone. We went from rolling down hill to falling off a cliff.
This year's team has played two good teams tight to the finish. They may even beat a few good teams, but I don't see them getting close to the playoffs. The defense has experienced vets looking lost and the offensive line is almost all back ups. I don't see it getting much better this year.
