Well, yeah you're right....it could be worse. There are positives (believe it or not) from all this. It was understood that by utilizing so many rookies the first couple of years of the rebuild our record would be bad. We are now at the cusp of 'turning the corner' with the prospect of seeing the fruit of the tough years show up. Indeed... if things work out as planned and hoped this season 3 of the Dave Caldwell rebuild should start showing signs of life! By 'life' I mean an upturn in the number of games we win. 8-8 or better would be amazing!!! 7-9 would be a pretty good improvement. 6-10 would be ok....(I guess). 5-11 or worse though and I have to start looking pretty hard at why it isn't working; coaches, players, injuries, whatever....by the end of three years of a rebuild (even a total gut and rebuild) we should be seeing better records than 4-12 or 3-13... if not, then Khan needs to execute some accountability.

 

But until given tangible reason not to feel a little more optimistic about next season I'll try to be. Blake will have a full off season to work on his game. We will probably get another fairly high draft pick. We might get a sober and wiser Justin Blackmon back to help. There is a real possibility that there are some good things to look forward to next season. After all... it could be worse.

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