Quote:What am I missing? Were they not competitive?

They were, and that had previously been communicated to be the goal in year 3 of this thing.  Year 4 was always expected to be the season where the team not only had to be competitive, but they had to be in contention for a playoff spot at a minimum, and the division title if possible.  That's certainly still a possibility.

 

We saw notable improvement with the offense after replacing the coordinator.  If the defense makes a similar jump and we see it become even a middle of the pack defense statistically, that should be good enough in 2016 to achieve what they've been indicating would be the target next year. 

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