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ladypanther

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Brooklyn Bully

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I'll believe in "The Plan" when it pans out. Until then, this will be our 17th season as a franchise and we will have had only four winning seasons. Yes, I'm putting us down for a losing season this year. You can be glass-half-full all you want, Lady, but fans are allowed to also be glass-half-empty. You need to accept that.

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rippadonn Grand Master

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NFL teams prey on weaknesses. We got our best nickel guy playing corner. Linebackers are much slower and nowhere near as talented as the guys they replaced. ST playing sh@tty is nothing new to us since the loss of Scott O'brien.

That's a lot for an NFL team to key in on, simple. Not many teams could prosper with as many injuries as this defense has had. We can have success but it'll take the new guys some time.

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Most people here were claiming we were going to end up 3-13 or 5-11 anyway. I pretty much have accepted that the playoffs aren't happening so I'm just looking for improvement which I feel like I'm seeing at least on offense. The coaching staff is still ironing poo out and injuries are doing their usual number on us. I still feel like poo is looking up for the future. We'll get those 5 or 6(fingers crossed) wins this year. At least we have the biggest piece of the puzzle already. Our offense is locked up for a while and our defense is young. It's on the way.

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When you make the decision to hire a new staff and bring in a new potential franchise QB, as JR did, you make a commitment. Your commitment is to stand by them for a reasonable period of time and give their plan (in the case of the coaches) or give their development (in the case of the QB) a chance to succeed. As fans, we should do the same, and almost everyone here does show that support, but some do it in different ways.

Nobody likes to lose. It is normal to get upset with losses because we all are emotionally attached to the team we follow. It is also entirely natural to question coaching staffs, players etc. It is just part of being a fan, and everyone needs to understand this isn't going to change.

The only thing I have a real problem with is the small minority that seem to enjoy wallowing in defeat. The people that would rather point out how they predicted we would suck, and now are gloating because they were right. This doesn't just extend to the whole team either; there are quite of few that play this game in the case of Cam. Now that he has a few games under his belt, and things have become a bit more difficult, they all come out of the woodwork to make their snide and petty comments. These are the posters I can't stand.

Give me the screaming, rabid responses that we sometimes see on Sunday night over the above-described insidious group any day. They are real fans and speak from their hearts, and they will still be cheering their butts off the following Sunday right alongside the more patient of us.

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LP, great post. I admit, I let my emotions get the best of me after each game - both wins and losses. But, no matter who I may criticize or what problems I may have with what's going on with this team - IT'S MY TEAM, and nothing will change that. I will not support it any less even when I'm pissed or disappointed in what we're doing.

No matter what I told myself, I still ended up watching every game last season, knowing what the ultimate result would likely be. And it was ugly every Sunday.

I don't support the "FIRE ____!" threads, because it is way too early for any of the stuff, but I do share the frustration of others who just don't tolerate losing.

And I take losses particularly hard because as a competitive person, I can't stand for fans of other teams to be able to hold anything over us... It's a matter of pride.

Part of the reason I'm so fired up with each game is because of both that pride, AND the fact that unless we have absolutely NO PLAYERS with ability on this team, I go into every season thinking we have a chance to make the playoffs and make a run.

I'm a smart, educated, football savvy fan... But, until we eliminate ourselves from contention, I approach every season and every week like we have a chance. For me to go ahead and accept that we will only get 5 or 6 wins and we're okay with that... That's just unacceptable for me. Sure, I'm setting myself up for disappointment, especially considering we've never had consecutive winning seasons, but I expect the best from my team.

Now, all I can hope for is for us to string a few together and finish the year strong, hope to see some good things out of Hogan, Cam continues to be awesome, and we get some good contributors out of the draft. But again, it's just a bitter pill to swallow to accept the "there's always next year" outlook. I want to win.

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