Post by JABF on Sept 21, 2024 18:50:05 GMT -6
I posted this in the other thread too. Context is needed with that record. The first season was our tank season. The roster was nuked... scorched earth nuked of talent. And we did successfully tank and get the #1 draft pick. The 2nd season (last season) the team improved the last half of the season. Bears went 5-3 and looked like it was getting better. The defense really came on and improved over the course of that year.
Beginning this 3rd year we are 1-1 with what appears to be one of the best defenses in the NFL and (finally) for the first time since the 1939 draft of old Sid Luckman, we have (hopefully) an elite franchise QB. I think most of us posters here on this messageboard have agreed that 2025 would be the year the rebuild would be finished. That still looks very much a doable thing with 3 picks in the first two rounds next year. And the 2nd round pick is from the Carolina Panthers... should be nearly a 1st round pick. That should finish off the OL needs. So a reality check is that the defense is ahead of schedule (should be a top-5 of the NFL this year) and the installation of a new offense should be making progress as this year goes on. Think about it. It is a bunch of new players, new coaching staff (on offense), new coordinator bringing in a new playbook and new schemes - all led by a rookie QB1 tossed into the deep end of the pool day-1.
Who in their right mind would NOT expect some very rough play on offense? Right? That won/loss record includes a tank year, an 8-9 season, and now a 1-1 record. It is too early to panic... in fact stupid to panic. We should sit back, shut up, and watch what happens now. Could be bad. Could be good. We won't know until we know. And I'm fine with that.
We're watching Jim Harbaugh turn around the Chargers right now. Can we stop pretending a good HC can make a huge difference... The Chargers are above the Chiefs in their division currently... HIS FIRST YEAR is above a dynasty team....
They nuked the roster and tanked that first year. Totally different scenario.