If you think we are the worst team in the NFL...
 
 
I went to watch the Raiders play the Dolphins yesterday.  Afterwards (on the long train journey home) I watched the Jaguars game on my phone.
 
There was a world of difference.
 
During first half of the Jaguars game, I think the two sides looked evenly matched (and that in itself is progress if we are matching up with one of the better NFL teams)
 
Compare that with the Raiders, who were effectively out of the match well before half-time and who looked second best for the whole game (barring one good Derek Carr-led drive at the start of the match)
 
Their team seems to rely heavily on ageing veterans, while ours is at least looking to the future with young rookies like Bortles, Robinson and Hurns who seem to have potential.
 
The Raiders fans were amazing and I feel really sorry for them, because their team appears hopeless.  But at least ours has potential and has shown in patches that it can turn the corner.
 
The other think I'd point out (if we are looking for signs of progress) is that the first half yesterday was the first time this season I think I've seen us as a credible NFL side, able to go head-to-head with other teams and give them a proper game.  The first half of the Eagles game was great, but I was always feeling that we were over-performing and that victory would be a shock.  If we had won the Chargers game (based on our first half performance) i would not have been surprised.  That's progress for me.

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