(12-23-2019, 09:25 AM)Upper Wrote:

(12-23-2019, 12:54 AM)rhanna2 Wrote: After watching yesterday’s game, any benefit of the doubt is gone.  For some reason I was expecting the team to come out strong and play hard.  Whatever was I thinking?  I should’ve known better.  They’ve done duped me again.

It's almost like the 5 weeks of historic ineptitude was probably more indicative of our team than a single semi fluky comeback against a bad Raiders team.

And 2017 is a fluky convergence of a lucky break of a year.  How often do you get to play backups consistently at QB?  It is depressing when you look at this franchise and how it has been run.

For the Weaver ownership you have an amazing run from 1996 to 1999 where you win the division go to the playoffs 4 years running but lose in 2 AFC Championship games.  Then you have false hope with back to back winning seasons for the first time since 1999 only to have one playoff year in 2007.

For the Khan years, you have a strong nostalgia for a mirage season in 2017 and then you keep justifying everything as well we were just so close in 2017.  They are ignoring the absolute good luck that was involved with that season.  This team has chased bad decision with worse decisions at ever turn.

Honestly they should give up the obsession with the Patriot way because it is tainted with cheating.  I would prefer they looked at what the Ravens did under Ozzie Newsome and then the follow up they have with that team.

Overall this team has no direction and doesn't draft, develop or coach with any semblance of a plan.  Early on the goal was to build a defense and grow an offense but we are left with a pass rush that doesn't get set free because we don't get leads.

EDIT:
Why would you want to ground and pound when your defense is setup to feast on a lead?  Why wouldn't you air it out early in games and take advantage of play action because you are known as a "run team"?  Ah that would take planning.  So sick of stacked boxes and bonehead running into a wall.

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