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djnemo65 · 10-15-2006, 07:16 PM

This same question was posed last year after we dropped 3 straight to fall and 6, and the overwhelming majority of people, myself included, said no freaking way we can rattle off 5 straight to make the playoffs. Remembering that, I am reluctant to make any absolute proclamations this early in the season. Every year at least one team starts of bad than rattles of a bunch in a row to roll into the playoffs.

Last year, however, there was at least some room for optimism, since we had controlled all 3 of those losses for 3 quarters, only to implode in the fourth and choke the games away. You could see, however, that we were very close to being a good team. We got some breaks in Arizon, than rattle of 3 straight dominating performances. This year, all we have to hang our hats on is that we are good on paper. At best we have been terribly inconsistent, but we have already been dominated twice on the road, while losing to two mediocre teams at home. What's worse is that the defense, which has kept us in games over the Gibbs II tenure we had no business being in, appears to have problems that go far beyond who is playing number 1 CB. Hey, a lot can happen, but you would have to be seriously insane to bet on the Skins right now.

10-15-2006, 07:16 PM	#11
djnemo65 Playmaker Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 2,836	Re: The Season Is Over This same question was posed last year after we dropped 3 straight to fall and 6, and the overwhelming majority of people, myself included, said no freaking way we can rattle off 5 straight to make the playoffs. Remembering that, I am reluctant to make any absolute proclamations this early in the season. Every year at least one team starts of bad than rattles of a bunch in a row to roll into the playoffs. Last year, however, there was at least some room for optimism, since we had controlled all 3 of those losses for 3 quarters, only to implode in the fourth and choke the games away. You could see, however, that we were very close to being a good team. We got some breaks in Arizon, than rattle of 3 straight dominating performances. This year, all we have to hang our hats on is that we are good on paper. At best we have been terribly inconsistent, but we have already been dominated twice on the road, while losing to two mediocre teams at home. What's worse is that the defense, which has kept us in games over the Gibbs II tenure we had no business being in, appears to have problems that go far beyond who is playing number 1 CB. Hey, a lot can happen, but you would have to be seriously insane to bet on the Skins right now.