(08-09-2017, 12:35 PM)B2hibry Wrote:

(08-09-2017, 11:17 AM)The Real Marty Wrote: What a reality check these last two days have been.  

I think I might have predicted 9-7 or 8-8, I don't remember which.   Now I'm saying 6-10.

What about these practices made you sway that much? Aside from goal line issues, the jags went toe to toe with the defending champs...in practice! They couldn't cover our receivers, nor block our DTs and DEs. The fact our third string CBs couldn't cover Cook doesn't concern me. The sky is not falling!

It's the reports I am hearing that Blake has not gotten any better.   Plus the reports that New England stuffed our running game. 

It (the practices against NE) was a reality check.  We were 3-13 last year, and 6-10 would be a doubling of the win total.   Going from 3-13 to 9-7 might be asking a bit much. 

Maybe we'll get better during the season.   Rome wasn't built in a day.  Coaching is a long term proposition, and if Marrone is a better head coach than Bradley, it will show up eventually.   But we're starting at 3-13.  And Bortles doesn't appear to be any better yet.   Neither does our offensive line.

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