(10-18-2022, 02:13 PM)NYC4jags Wrote:

(10-18-2022, 12:19 PM)Newton Wrote: I’m just waiting for it all to come together and the team starts turning these close games into Ws. I don’t think it’s too far off.

I feel the same way, with the caveat of injuries being the main thing that could postpone that transition. 

I know many will call me crazy (and other insults) but I have enjoyed the transition we've already seen.

Lots of new developments compared to the past few years:

• We move the football very effectively in almost game (red zone being the hangup in a few contests) 
  
• We stop the run well consistently with few exceptions
  
• Aside from one game of too many flags and a few individual boneheaded penalties - we are a much more disciplined team
  
• piggybacking on that ^ the offensive execution is happening at a higher degree of difficulty and also doing it w/o all the offsides and illegal formation/ shift penalties we were accruing - pre snap motion on lots of plays has been effective against more than half of our opponents thus far
  
• Way fewer dropped passes
  
• Way less second-guessing of the play calling - yes we have some gripes - but it is nothing compared to what we've endured in recent years
  
• we have a higher percentage of young talented players who are bought in to Pederson's system 
  
• There is very little drama around the organization as a whole, locker room or individual players or staff 
  

I'm calling this marked improvement and I think the wins start coming as all of this rolls forward. Can't wait to see one more offseason of talent additions mixed in to get this over the top. 

I'm frustrated by the losses, but not so much that I don't recognize what has improved.