Don't you think we are overreacting just a bit??

[MTK]

I've gotta say I'm pretty amazed over the reaction from Redskins fans since Thurs. night. Not just here but from all over the place.

I can understand people being frustrated. We waited all off season for this and we laid a stinker in week 1. But let's be realistic... people are already planning for Zorn's successor, people already have their minds made up that Campbell is not the guy and should either be benched or traded, the depth that got us through last season is somehow non-existent, there should be no learning curve for a rookie HC working with a young QB, Jason Taylor is a waste of a pick, I could go on and on.

My message is simple: it's a long season, 1 down and 15 more to go. As we've seen in past seasons a lot can change during the course of a season. One week you can look like the worst team in the league and the next you're the hottest team in the NFL tearing things up on a late season playoff run.

Before you try to write this off as Matty the optimist just trying to sugar coat things or make excuses, just know that I was in no way satisfied with what I saw the other night. The offense needs major work and the defense also needs some fine tuning. Zorn has a lot of work to do and much to prove.

And I don't think it's unrealistic or making an excuse to say that we need to give this thing some time to work. How much time? I don't know exactly, maybe 4 weeks, or maybe even half the season before we start seeing things coming together. What I do know is one game is not a reasonably fair body of work to judge and evaluate the Zorn era, in fact I'm downright embarrassed to read some of the fan reactions out there this week. And the media is just eating it up and piling on as well.

Stay classy Skins fans, we're smarter than that. At least I thought we were.