Re: Did the 6-2 start raise our expectations to an unrealistic level?
 

Whoa now!!!!!! Hey we played good hard nosed football and we could move the ball and score during that run, then came the debacle against the Rams, the near debacle against the outplayed Lions, and then the downward spiral after the bye. Were expectations raised? Of course, the Skins played sound football, the and looked very strong. Beat Dallas and Philly away and looked dominant. I think it is a mistake though to say we expected too much from the team though. They did play superbly against very tough intradivison rivals along with the other 4 victories. One thing during that stretch was we were for the most part a healthy team, and Portis was running wild. I think that Zorn needs to tweak his WCO or maybe totally revamp it for '09. Getting some real Wrs would help also. It is pretty bad when our current crop of WR's make Gus' trio of Westbrook, Connell, and Sheppard look like all pros.

Re: Did the 6-2 start raise our expectations to an unrealistic level?
 

No because thats what should be expected of a team with our history and pocketbook. We should've beaten the Rams and the Cowboys. The Steelers shouldn't have dominated the way they did against us. The Giants...well thats one baddass team thats steamrolling through everybody but even then the first meeting we had our chances but didn't capitalize. We should be better off then we are now.