Quote:If we had lost to even mediocre teams these last 3 weeks, I could see where you are coming from.  But we are losing to the dregs of the league.  We are looking competitive for a half against the likes of the Colts, Bucs, and Texans with our one win coming against a pitiful Dolphins team.  We had our measuring stick game against the Patriots and got throttled.  The only game I'm not embarrassed about how we lost is the Panthers game.

 

The question is, if we don't beat the second string of the Bills, when do we get a win?  Is that the point where we can officially call this regime a failure?  Because if we don't beat the Bills, I don't see many wins on the horizon.

 

I don't see the Patriots game as any sort of measuring stick for this team.  Nobody expected that game to  be even remotely close because of where both teams are currently, and they were right.

 

As far as losing to the "dregs" of the league, where do you think this team has been for the past few years?  While they've lost games that they should have won, the difference this year is that the team is actually considerably more competitive than they have been the past couple of seasons.  We're losing because of stupid mistakes on the field.  Once the team gets those cleaned up, the hope is that the team will start to put wins together and not just moral victories. 

 

The article that started this thread does a good job of recognizing where the team was, and where it is today.  They're not nearly as far from being competitive as some on this board want to insist.  We're still talking about a very young team.  They're improving.  As the stupid mistakes get addressed, things will continue to get better for this group.  If they lose this week to Buffalo, it depends on how they lose.  If it's more dumb mistakes at critical moments in the game like a missed kick, or a pick 6, or an interception on the goal line, that's on the players, not the coaches.  At some point, these young guys who we are relying on to be the future for this franchise have to step up and make the plays necessary to win.  I'm confident that they will.  When that happens is the question.

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