In terms of building a team, we have done a great job. Most rebuilds have some foundation to build upon, we had nothing, endless rookies and youngsters to see what we had and most of those guys never got past their rookie deals. Ace, Shoelaces, Cyprien, Joeckel etc, but now we have an excellent group of young talent with some older vets, that's the mix you look for. 

Where you spend your money will always be scrutinised, let's face it, top level QB's are $20m minimum, and then look at Keenum, Bradford, not great QB's picking up big money. Bortles is fairly cheap for a starting NFL QB and that allows us to keep Bouye AND Ramsey, not pick one and draft a rookie and hope he clicks. There's no 'right' way, you just have to trust the people making the calls and with T.C, I do.

The strategy was to have a shut down D, hold teams to under 17 and have an O that can outscore that. It worked last year, at times it looked great (Seattle barring the last 4 minutes), but play execution and injuries will always be far more crucial to the success of a franchise. I think of that Pats-Seattle SB and the 2 guys who made the biggest plays were a rookie CB and a WR signed off the street. It can be as simple as someone making a play at a key time and that's all that kept us from a SB from a Pats and Jags perspective.

Look at Atlanta this season, a few big injuries to key players has torpedoed their season already. And they have Ryan, a seasoned QB with an SB appearance and Julio, one of the best WR's in the game. Look at someone like the Packers, is their another team that lives or dies off an injury to one player more than them? It's Rodgers and that's it.

I get we have taken a hit and starting to wonder if it's going to be those dark years again, we are not that team, from the top down this franchise is in its best shape in years. Injuries happen, they can kill you, but we have 10 games left and this team shouldn't be judged just on two bad performances.

Sorry for the long post.

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