I’ll be honest. I’m disappointed with myself. Every year I predict they are going to make it to 6-10 or 7-9 and every year they shit the bed. At some point as a fan you just have to accept that you are a credulous moron and move on to something else.
Anyway, the 9ers game is the key here. Lose that one, which is entirely possible and totally with precedent, and I can see us losing out. Win that and we probably beat the Browns and go 5-11. Whoop.
Only plus here is that if we somehow manage to be so bad that we get a top 3 pick, we should be able to trade down and secure a nice little haul. How is the QB class looking? I don’t really follow College football but in the build up to the draft everyone was telling me it was going to be a historically great class. I’m assuming that still holds :shrug:
I'm in the same boat of optimism, but not as hard on myself. In no way can or should I (we) bank on the team losing upwards of 50% of their starters on both offense and defense. This team has yet to finish out their roster holes, much less build depth. Hell, they actually had depth at middle linebacker and even that's blown to hell now.
With competent playcalling and reasonable health, this team does have talent to compete. Just not there yet to absorb multiple negatives...injuries, shitty coaching, and rookies/backups having to play before ready to truly compete at this level.
Despite all this, Go back and look at how many losses have been by 1 score or less. Sky isn't falling, but it's lining up for another decent draft pick and sorting out another 1 year prove-it FA class to see who stays/sucks.
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Seems every year, fans blast the draft class only to come around in year 2 when talent starts to shine. No different here...even Trubs is taking flack for shitting the bed against #1 D out of 32, with only 4-5 other true starters around him.
