[SirClintonPortis]

Originally Posted by JoeRedskin

So anything less than an assured Superbowl year means you can't be happy?Wow.

Is anyone here proclaiming this was a convincing, proof of greatness win? Of course the emperor has no clothes. Is anyone trying to dress this win up as the beggining of a new championship era? That it confirms we are playoff caliber team? I don't see anyone seriously saying this team is championship caliber. Rather, I see a bunch of hater's saying it doesn't prove anything, we were lucky, Sellers sucks, blah blah blah. Even if all those statements are true (which, btw, I pretty much believe they are) - so the F what?

WE BEAT THE EAGLES!! IN PHILLY!! CHOKE ON THAT EAGLES FANS!!!

Can you be happy we won? Not anything about next week. Or the week after. Just today. The day after we pulled out a win/survived a comeback from a division rival - in their house? That brings you no blind "I'll worry about next week tomorrow" happiness? Life is suffering interrupted by moments of joy my friend - enjoy the interruption. The suffering will begin soon enough.

Two standards are what teams should be judged by: their likeliness to win the Super Bowl now, and how likely they are to develop into a contender in the future. They have barely any shot now, and they are a good 2-3 years from becoming a consistent contender.

Oh, so yes, I should view our team as elite and have no room to improve. Hence, should they collapse or go 8-8, I'll be utterly devastated. I already did that with the 6-2 start in 2008. I'm not falling for that again. Hell, I was optimistic this year, but the Rams pulled me down to reality again.

Don't get me wrong, I'm happy about the win, but don't tell not to criticize anything when there is something to criticize. I document what the mirror shows me. If something is ugly in the mirror, that means a non-pleasing description. That said, those ****ing booers got their asses kicked.

And yes, I'm a a bit of a rationalist. I'm not that big a slave to my emotions. In fact, being deluded or mistaken is nearly a damn crime in my book, which why I don't like it when I hype up my perception of the team only to be smacked down again and again year after.