Did the 6-2 start raise our expectations to an unrealistic level?

[skinsfan69]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

Good piece by Mike Wise here:

washingtonpost.com

The article got me thinking, especially this part:



I think most of us can agree our expections back in August for this year were in the 7-9 win range, which we're on course for. So what has changed exactly? The only thing that makes some sense to me is the fast start inflated our short term expecations and has made us lose sight of what the long term plan is.

Yes, I agree the team is certainly capaable of playing better right now, but it still doesn't change the fact that realistically this was a 7-9 win team coming into this season with a rookie head coach, a new passing game and some new coaches on the staff, a QB learning yet another new offense and one that is a pretty big departure from the Gibbs/Saunders philosophy, and a front office that signaled they are working on stocking through the draft and taking a more conservative approach to free agency.

This simply wasn't a team built for winning right now. So can we just calm down with the silly notion that if this team misses the playoffs we need to make major changes to the personnel and staff??

I think I'm one of the few people on this site that really keeps it real. I'm not patting myself on the back or anything but it amazes me how angry some people get after loss. Look, we all get mad, including myself, but once we cool down everyone needs to realize what this team is. Below average on offense...did anyone think we were going to be the 99 Rams??? And an above average, play-off caliber defense, below average special teams. And as you mentioned a new coach. The one truly great player we had has tragically passed. I was thinking this was a 5-7 win team. So far they've surpassed my expectations.