Here is a nice breakdown on Gus season by season in what I consider "preparation" time.  That is the start of the season when you have all of the offseason to improve and plan for new talent and the draft.  Also included is the bye week preparation.  I also threw in our 30 Point losses.  Honestly if you used 20 points as a judgement on preparation you would see that we are even further from competing week in and out.

 

Research from http://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/2015

 

September

2013 WK1 28-2 L - Kansas City

2013 Wk2 19-9 L - Oakland

2013 Wk3 45-17 L - Seattle

2013 Wk4 37-3 L - Indy

2014 Wk1 34-17 L - Philly

2014 Wk2 51-10 L - Was

2014 Wk3 44-17 L - Indy

2014 Wk4 33-14 L - SD

2015 Wk1 20-9 L - Carolina

2015 Wk2 23-20 W - Miami

2015 Wk3 51-17 L - NE

2015 Wk4 16-13 L - Indy (10/4)

 

30 Point Losses

2013 Indy (37-3)

2013 49ers (42-10)

2014 Was (41-10)

2015 NE (51-17)

Bye Week Preparation

2013 29-27 W - Tenn

2014 23-3 L - Indy

2015 28-23 L - NYJ

 

EDIT:

If you remove week 4 from last year and look at 2016 weeks 1 and 2, Gus is 1-12 in September.

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