Chase Young #99

[MTK]

As most do when they first come here, Ron clearly underestimated this black hole of a franchise and how long it would take to dig it out.

Making the playoffs at 7-9 definitely gave fans a false sense of hope that we were close. A defense that feasted on mostly backup QB's and bad teams during the stretch run last year had the same effect.

[SunnySide]

Originally Posted by MTK

As most do when they first come here, Ron clearly underestimated this black hole of a franchise and how long it would take to dig it out.

Making the playoffs at 7-9 definitely gave fans a false sense of hope that we were close. A defense that feasted on mostly backup QB's and bad teams during the stretch run last year had the same effect.

I feel like we had good reason to expect big things from this D. It wasnt fan over hype based in fantasy world .. this D had and has some premier pieces plus a ton of resources and capital poured into it.

Obviously the season has played out like it did so we and the entire NFL world was wrong but I dont think our thinking and logic entering this season was flawed.

We werent wrong or being fanboys to expect big things from this D.

Thats what bugs me. Its just odd. The pieces are there, the solutions are in house ... its just not materializing.

[skinsfaninok]

Originally Posted by MTK

As most do when they first come here, Ron clearly underestimated this black hole of a franchise and how long it would take to dig it out.

Making the playoffs at 7-9 definitely gave fans a false sense of hope that we were close. A defense that feasted on mostly backup QB's and bad teams during the stretch run last year had the same effect.

It also didn't help that TH had a magical game and everyone went nuts over him... Thinking he was the next Romo or something.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by skinsfaninok

It also didn't help that TH had a magical game and everyone went nuts over him... Thinking he was the next Romo or something.

Yeah and TH's performance seemed to make people forget the Bucs absolutely carved up our defense for 500+ yards. And CY was totally invisible.

[skinsfaninok]

Originally Posted by MTK

Yeah and TH's performance seemed to make people forget the Bucs absolutely carved up our defense for 500+ yards. And CY was totally invisible.

yep, we were lucky Dak was out all season or else we wouldn't have even come close to the division