Quote:To Bullseye, sorry .


We'll survive. Let's go lads. It's a battle of wits sometimes. At some point, you're simply going to grow a set and go take it. They will not be 0-8.

 

 

Okay.  The team started out 0-8 in 2013.

 

The team started 0-6 last year.

 

In 2012, the team started out 1-9, losing 7 straight at one point, on the way to a 2-14 record.  Why is it so farfetched to see this team go 0-8 this year?

 

While a win against Miami is possible (heck, wins against NE and Indy are theoretically possible), if the team plays like it did Sunday it isn't likely.

 

Even if the team plays relatively well, Miami can still beat us.

 

Are we likely to beat NE  and/or Indy on the road?  Barring injuries to their QBs, absolutely not.

 

I argued about a week or so ago the talent on this team was better-even substantially so-than at the same point last year.

 

The problem is at least twofold (not discussing coaching as an  issue)

 

1.  The talent is still young.

 

2.  The schedule is not conducive to a young team learning to win to get a lot of wins early.

 

3.  This is assuming Bortles is the QB we think he can be.  If he does not develop to at least a middle of the pack QB...

 

This is why I thought yesterday's game was so important.  It represented, outside of Tampa, perhaps the most winnable game in the first half of the schedule.

 

So we're sitting at 0-4.

 

So if not Tampa, who do you see us outwitting and growing a pair and beating between now and week 10?

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