Did anyone ever take a 4 hour test in school? At 2 hours you are supposed to monitor yourself and be half done. Translated to football the first two years should be getting the players, and by the end of year 2 the team might not be winning but should be looking competitive in ALL the games against other non playoff clubs. Are we compettive against against all teams in the bottom half of the league? Not at this time. By year 3 we should be competitive against ANYBODY, even if the team is still losing. By year 4 we should have a winning record and be in the hunt for the playoffs.

 

Therefore Gus would seem to behind the curve here. I don't really care whose fault it is, every fired coach usually has an excuse and sometimes it's a valid excuse, life is not fair at the top of the NFL. His clock management is a minor issue, it's wins and losses and the final scoreboard. We should be competitive with anybody and not being blown out on a regular basis at this stage of the rebuild.

Players have a shelf life and contracts, and there is constant churn on coaches also. There is no being "perfectly set" at all positions in the NFL.

So despite all of Bradley's obstacles, this coming year cannot be a repeat of the last two, no matter the excuses, major improvement has to be shown, emphasis on major. We should be competitive against even the best teams, and have at least a .500 team.

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