We're on the same page. This team wasn't expected to do much going in; the "experts" had us pegged for another five-win season.
Nobody saw what our rookie class would bring except, possibly, Les Snead.
In our optimism after watching cut-ups from camp and pre-season, this board was mixed. The lineups we put in pre-season games for evaluation purposes lost; there was weeping, wailing, and gnashing of teeth. Reports coming out of joint practices said we werebeating or holding our own,
mano y mano, against other teams. There was cause for optimism, hope, clouded with legitimate doubts about how well a remanned D would perform.
Then we beat Seattle, played well against San Francisco and lost due to mistakes, and then repeated the same sorts of mistakes to lose again in Cincy.
Les Snead says we have to be frontal lobe, i.e. Dr. Spock, intelligent and anylitical rather than emotional, as we get ready to face the Colts and after that, the rest of our schedule. That means
not continuing to make the same mistakes that defeated us twice.
