Quote:Can we be honest with ourselves? Apparently not all of us. This team has been bad. We started our first few games with more injured starters than most (not an excuse, but certainly a factor). But our schedule is very favorable. Anyone on this board who calls themselves a fan should want success. But as bad as we have looked at times this year, we have looked worse in the previous 3 seasons. The intent of this poll was to reel in some of the panic and overblown negativity and get people to realize that even if we lose this Sunday (and the board continues to meltdown like a 2 year old who doesn't want to nap), we are still positioned to have success as we are getting a game changer back on both sides of the ball shortly with a string of beatable opponents on our dance card. Yes. We should expect success, but we should not be blind to areas we are improving as we struggle to get there. Try to stay positive (hard as it may be) these next few weeks. Because winning cures all. And if Gus is able to get this team to 6,7 or more wins (which is about all the progress realistic fans expected), then all of these threads calling for his head look like the childish tantrums that they are. It's too early in the season for all that and everyone should know it. Get to the halfway mark first and then you at least have a basis for freaking out if we are 1-7. But what it we are 4-4 or 5-3? We still don't know about this team. How they learn and bounce back will tell us everything we need to know.

1.  As bad as the offense is passing wise its the best since Gus Bradley took the helm.
   
2. PFF ranked TJ Yeldon as the 2nd best rookie out of all the rookies regardless of position.
   
3. Marrone thanks with FA help & TE Lewis asst blocking next to LT has given Bortles twice as much time as before
   
4. Blake has improved from 50 avg qb rating to 70 avg, and is finally throwing deep more.
   
5. The team is tied for first (W-L ratio) despite losing 2 out of 3 games.
   
6. If the young WRs can stop from dropping passes and remain healthy they show potential to be good crew.
   
7. If Thomas & Marks returns it could greatly improve the team.
   
8. The teams defense is rather good against the run.
   
9. The team is able to at least get first downs and double digit points this year.