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Message: [QUOTE="Cusefan69, post: 3155433, member: 5764"] Part of the problem is to many on this board really thought 10 wins was going to happen so the reality of the season is an extremely tough pill for them to swallow. Some also thought that with just one season the proverbial corner was turned. Everyone of us knew the following going into the season: 1) while our oline might be ok with the run game, we were in allot of trouble from a pass protection standpoint. This is not disputable. We have not had a solid line in years but people were just 100% certain that TD would nullify that weakness somehow. 45 and 38 are the sacks allowed the prior two years and we were losing guys like Martin to boot. 2) While TD had a couple great performances last year, it is different coming in as a backup than coming in and being handed the keys but I think we all were bullish with TD making a positive impact. That said, some of the fan base had TD walking on water around here and that he was the second coming. I am sure that partly came from HCDFBs talking him up but we put way more on TD knowing he had to deal with number 1 above. 3) We lost key contributors lost on dline though our dends are strong. 4) All new starting linebackers. Are we surprised there was a learning curve? I get the seasons outcome is disappointing and I certainly think shortcomings that relate to the staff and a void of player leadership is concerning but to be honest some of ya were way off in your expectations and perhaps how reasonable those were. Hopefully we target some oline players and another qb this cycle (by the way I thought Bergeron was pretty darn good all things considered yesterday), maybe some changes in staff and let’s get some leadership from the players. Also TD definitely ran the ball more aggressively yesterday which is a positive. [/QUOTE]

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