But where is the gradual improvement? Do they look any better than they looked in week 1 ? Marginally, at best. Will they miraculously transform from a sloppy, undisciplined, mistake-prone, overmatched, overwhelmed, confused bunch of underachievers to suddenly become a finely tuned offensive, defensive and special teams juggernaut? I don't see it happening. Next year we replace a few players with a new rookie class that's young, inexperienced, and prone to making mistakes, and the talking points are, " Well, we're still a very young team, lots of rookies and second and third year players. We have to let them develop." Meanwhile, and it happens every year, other NFL teams go from losing records to the playoffs. Somehow, they've figured out how to have a quick turnaround, while all we get are excuses.

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