Injuries on the offense and big plays given up by the defense. The defense gave up big plays from time to time last year too, but I think we tend to forget because they were also *making* big plays and scoring. This year that second part hasn't been the case. The OL injuries has resulted in significant turnover resulting in the running game tumbling from 1st to 18th. Our running backs have been beat up. Our expected number one receiver was IRed in pre-season. Our passing game has always been the weak part but last year we overcame it. Let's not forget that 10-6 wasn't exactly blowing the doors off last year, a couple of plays going differently and the team could have been 8-8 so in all the excitement after the playoff run, expectations were probably way to high. I said a couple of times that I thought we might take a step back this year. I didn't expect this big of a step back but then who could have predicted the number of injuries on offense?

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