It took the Lions many years of drafting high to get competitive.  The Browns haven't been competitive in many, many years.  Oakland has finally turned the corner after being irrelevant for longer than the Jaguars have been.  Parity isn't guaranteed.  Your team getting better isn't a guarantee that it shows up in the win column in a given year as half the league each year is getting better than the other half to varying degrees and those halves are redefined every year.  Most players in the league are professionals and are good at what they do, but they're going up against other professionals that are also good at what they do.  I think most fans are obviously focused on their own team and aren't as interested and don't have the time to spend watching and evaluating every other team in the league to really know that their team is in fact getting better than the competition.

 

Generally, pulling yourself out of the cellar of your division means you found your QB as Detroit and Oakland have demonstrated.  We haven't found our guy yet.  It may still end up being Blake, but it doesn't look promising at this time.  And that's a shame because I don't believe that a quality alternative is on the way for at least a couple of years.  I wouldn't be shocked if we end up picking up the 5th year option on Blake regardless of what's transpired this season so far.

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