Quote:Gus does his best work after the bye....

 

I'm still optimistic about a 6-8 win season, that shows growth and a platform toward actually contending next season, when the majority of us thought was more likely.

 

The early part of this season has been rough to say the least, but there is a lot of football left.

Jumpers beware, you may have leapt too soon.

 

As frustrating as the early part of the season has been, I see quite a bit to be encouraged by.  We've started to identify the guys who will be the foundation for the turnaround when it happens with Robinson, Hurns, and Bortles.  We're seeing other players who are also starting to step up and show their value.  Has it resulted in wins yet?  No, but you can clearly see the team is getting better, and as key players come back from injury and knock off the rust, that improvement should continue.  The area where improvement is less likely during this season is in finding an edge rusher.  We're simply going to have to get more creative about how we rush the passer in order to try to affect the QB.  If we can do that, the secondary will magically start to look a whole lot better. 

 

There is a lot of football left to play for this team, and more than enough opportunity to show that things are headed in the right direction.

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