Anyway, if you really look at the season, and understand that confidence level is what drives a team. It’s why they say that every year is a completely new team, regardless of any player movement. in short, it works like this, confidence leads to streaks, and streaks lead to belief and knowing. When a team gets to “Belief and knowing”, the other team can smell an arse whooping headed their way.
I say that to say this, I think if we would’ve had a little more success early in the year, we could’ve gone on a streak. We beat ATL luckily, then lose the hardest fight ever vs Tampa. Because of this crushing loss, we hit a losing streak. The next game, a trap game, Carolina, we were losing regardless, because we were spent. But had we had developed confidence instead of doubt, we go on a streak, beating the Vikings, Seattle, Bengals and Oak. At that point, our D which was the strength of the team, would be at the belief and knowing level vs the Ravens. This game I can’t predict, because they were playing really good too. But it would’ve not been a one sided embarrassment that led to losing to the hapless Steelers the next week. My point is, it’s a game of inches and effort. A few more inches (Mark Ingram) or a little more effort to catch the ball (Taysom) can determine a games outcome and that games outcome could’ve resulted in starting a streak. If you look at this team the way it really is, then you’d know you don’t burn down the house to rid the ants.