Any1 want to act like we dont suck?

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Originally Posted by SantanaMan

Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrggggggggggghhhhhhhhh, panic, PANIC, P A N I C!!!!!!!!!

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The above is the general concensus around here, all the "fire Saunders" stuff, get a grip guys!

Did last nights loss knock us out of contention to make the playoffs? NO Would winning it put us in contention to make the playoffs? NO
What? You mean those games don't count?

Preseason MEANS NOTHING, if we won 77-0 it still would have meant NOTHING! The first time anything counts is against the Vikes.
All these people calling for Saunders head ... will be the first ones calling him a genius when we light it up in the reg season.

For those of you that are struggling to understand this concept must first understand that the entire complexity of the game changes come week one. Expierence is so important in the NFL, yet in the preseason, it will not have ANY effect on the outcome. This is because of the way the game is played. Vanilla, structured. A team of 40 very talented rookies would likely go 4-0 in the preseason, and something like 5-11 in the regular season. It's just the nature of the game.

I firmly believe there is NOTHING that can be learned from a preseason football game from a fans perspective. Not to say that it's not important to the players. It is. But the game they are playing in August isn't the same they will be playing come September. "Team Chemisty" is a factor, but a highly overrated one. If the coaching staff can best utilize their talent, thats chemistry enough. Obviously, Saunders has great confidence in his system if he's not even going to practice it in the preseason.

We will easily learn more about this team on September 11 than we have in the month in a half that preceeded it combined. Even so, it will be about midseason before we can accurately judge this team to see if they have met expectations.

If 8 games into the year, Brunell is hurting this team, come back to me and I'll jump on the Jason Campbell bandwagon.