Forgive me for not having a quitter’s attitude. Each year I hold out hope until the week we’re officially eliminated from the playoffs. It’s just the way I roll. A few reasons…..
1. I’m not a quitter
2. The offseason is WAY too long to be starting on October 31. It’s bad enough that I have to spend January to September thinking about “next season” I’m going hold out hope as long as possible.
3. It’s possible for a team to get better during the season. (Many won’t be able to grasp this concept)
4. Sure we’re not going to win the Superbowl, but a winning attitude, a division title, some playoff experience could go a long way towards helping next year’s team. And like I said in the other thread, if it’s done with JP, so be it. I’m cool with both guys.
Like I said, I go thru it every year. I was told I was nuts last year.
Last year we went to NE and got rolled! We were 3-6! The QB looked terrible, the defense got gashed, we couldn’t run the ball and NE was a good 5 games ahead of us for the division title. Contrary to popular belief, there was NO reason for optimism after 9 weeks for last year’s team. People thought I was nuts, but we were in it week 17!
Now I know the schedule was so “easy” but nobody had us beating Stl at home and Seattle on the road. Those games were only “easy” after they were played but before each game they were penciled in as losses by just about everybody.
So call me crazy all you want. But until we’re mathematically eliminated, I will be looking for a way.
And I still have no clue why that bothers so many people. Blows me away!
1. I’m not a quitter
2. The offseason is WAY too long to be starting on October 31. It’s bad enough that I have to spend January to September thinking about “next season” I’m going hold out hope as long as possible.
3. It’s possible for a team to get better during the season. (Many won’t be able to grasp this concept)
4. Sure we’re not going to win the Superbowl, but a winning attitude, a division title, some playoff experience could go a long way towards helping next year’s team. And like I said in the other thread, if it’s done with JP, so be it. I’m cool with both guys.
Like I said, I go thru it every year. I was told I was nuts last year.
Last year we went to NE and got rolled! We were 3-6! The QB looked terrible, the defense got gashed, we couldn’t run the ball and NE was a good 5 games ahead of us for the division title. Contrary to popular belief, there was NO reason for optimism after 9 weeks for last year’s team. People thought I was nuts, but we were in it week 17!
Now I know the schedule was so “easy” but nobody had us beating Stl at home and Seattle on the road. Those games were only “easy” after they were played but before each game they were penciled in as losses by just about everybody.
So call me crazy all you want. But until we’re mathematically eliminated, I will be looking for a way.
And I still have no clue why that bothers so many people. Blows me away!
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