I'm not usually in the Debbie Downer camp, but the strength of the opposition in those games has to be critically reflected upon.
If we'd handled our business against teams we were supposed to beat, we wouldn't have been 5-7 coming into that final stretch. And in those first 12 games, our offense looked, for the most part, seriously subpar.
If the late season results had been such a strong endorsement of our team improving on O down the final stretch, why did we then can most of the offensive staff in the off-season?
I'm hopeful for the immediate future, but I won't blow smoke up this team's backside where it's unwarranted either.