Quote:I don't think anyone with even a remote clue would argue that the expectations this year are that the team has to show marked improvement, and that wins and losses are going to matter.  They have to.  Even Shad Khan is not going to sit on his hands if we see more of the same as what we've seen over the past couple of seasons, especially with the losing streaks to begin the year. 

 

The first season, everyone expected the team to struggle.  They'd just gutted the roster.  The second year, most with a clue figured the team would struggle as they put together a very young, inexperienced roster.  To think it was going to be a team any better than it was taking that approach was pure delusion on those who set the expectations any higher than what we ultimately wound up with.

 

Year 3 should mark the beginning of that significant improvement.  Caldwell has said more than once that once the team starts to show improvement, it's going to happen very quickly.  It'll be difficult to miss.  With free agency and another draft, the team should be able to adequately address most of the roster issues and start to show the kind of improvement that leads not just to moral victories, but actual wins on the field.  If it doesn't, I don't think the organization will remain with the status quo for 2016.  Khan is being tremendously patient.  That won't last forever.