Those Burgundy Colored Glasses May Need Cleaning - Sally Jenkins

[Sheriff Gonna Getcha]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

My basic point is if we were 8-3 right now she wouldn't have anything to complain about.

When you're 5-6, you have to take the heat, because frankly even though there are perfectly rational and logical explanations as to why we're are 5-6, the bottom line is we are 5-6 and quicking fading from the playoff race. Therefore hacks like Jenkins have fuel for their fire.

There is definately stuff to complain about; the defense gives us big plays at critical points in the game after playing at such a high level in the first 3 quarters, the defense can't get turnovers, the offense can't score points, the offense can't throw the ball deep anymore, special teams has been questionable, and we've lost a lot of games in the past 7 weeks. BUT, it's one thing to recognize those flaws as flaws, it's a different matter to allow those flaws to totally consume your analysis of a team.

There are a lot of people who say, "you are what you are." These people will look solely at a record and say, "the record is all that counts." Yet, these same people will say that we are in a total freefall and we stink. Well, these people should pay heed to their own sayings. We are what we are and our record suggests that we are an average team that loses games by a few points and wins games by a few points. It doesn't matter if you start out hot and then fade, start out cold and get hot, or stay lukewarm all season. All that matters is how many Ws and Ls you have at the END of the season.