That was not fun.


Ugly game throughout on both sides of the field, for both teams. Can't imagine anyone enjoyed that. It is fun to see the usually crowd dust off the "everybody involved sucks" threads that they have had typed out and saved for months. I imagine the inherent positivity of the offseason was making them sick. For the rest of us- the more reasonable and level-headed bunch, that game still sucked. Months and months of feverish anticipation going limp in the matter of a few quarters. I, like many, are very dissapointed. Xanax helps.


But was this one game or more? Was it an example the second youngest team in the league, making a few mistakes and leaving points on the field, and ultimately succumbing to a better team, or is it a foreshadowed microcosm of the season to come? I know many of you (think you) know the answer to that question but I don't.


So what was the broad, full season consensus about the team leading up to this season? 7-6, 8-8 record while "being in" most, if not all games, with wholesale signs of improvement? Seems like that was a pretty common sentiment in the weeks past. Now, did anything that happened today preclude us from seeing those changes this year? I don't think so.


I'm not happy about the loss. But I am not ready to piss and moan away the rest of the season while firing and cutting everyone involved with the team. I'm prepared to see a few games play out. And I realize that probably puts me in the minority.


Go out and beat Miami at home next week, watch the perpetually pessimistic mushrooms (because they are fun guys / rim shot / pats self on back) crawl back under their decomposing log, and we are back on pace for that 8-8, improved season. Not saying it's going to happen, but I am willing to wait and see.


There I said it. Now I will patiently wait to hear how stupid and naive I am.


(sips herbal tea)


(files freshly manicured, teal-painted fingernails)

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