(07-16-2024, 04:17 PM)Caldrac Wrote:

(07-16-2024, 04:08 PM)Cleatwood Wrote: As much as last season sucked, I think it was good for this young team in the long run.

They felt the pain of blowing a division lead like that. The coaching staff realized they messed up trying to put a square peg into a round hole (Ridley). The front office realized they needed more outside vertical threats because that’s one of Trevor’s best attributes (in comes BTJ and Gabe). They finally realized Fortner is trash. They upgraded the middle of the DLine when they saw teams gash them again and again.

All those failures shook everyone up and they didn’t rest. 2022 was great but they felt complacent almost with the roster after that playoff win.

They started off 8 - 3 and essentially lost Kirk in the Bengals loss and the beginning of Lawrence's true injury woes began in that same loss with the ankle injury. 

I honestly believe they were at the cusp of turning into a double digit winning team and making a serious run for the #1 seed in the middle of that game. Lawrence was, in my honest opinion, delivering his best game yet as an NFL QB. 

He was money in that Bengals loss on MNF. This is a good football team with a good head coach. They have the potential now to be great. I hope this off season has pissed them off as much as it has with most of us within the fanbase. 

They're practically crowning the tinhorns now and viewing us as an afterthought.