Finishing strong

[LinvilleGorge]

11 hours ago, Mr. Scot said:

The schedule that is, not the team

Ellis also points out that while our strength of schedule up to this point is buoyed by the Cardinals, it's kind of an illusion since they were without major starters.

So technically, our early season strength of schedule should be even weaker.

The Saints were also playing ball boys and fans out of the stands when we faced them.

[Wanderlai]

Finishing strong means nothing. It’s just a way for shitty coaches to keep their jobs yet ruin draft position. 

[BlitzMonster]

Finishing strong for me would be giving all the rookies a lot of playing time so we have a pretty good idea of what we have with them before next season.   That would also help their off-season development, which is tremendously important between years 1 and 2.  

If that happened, I wouldn't care at all about the team W/L record.   Lose every game from here on out - fine.  Just start developing the young guys.  

 

[Mr. Scot]

3 hours ago, LinvilleGorge said:

The Saints were also playing ball boys and fans out of the stands when we faced them.

Fair, though "Bad Jameis" definitely came out to play that day.

Edited December 15, 2021 by Mr. Scot

[glenwo2]

22 hours ago, Mr. Scot said:

Earlier in the season, I remember saying "well at least we're good enough to beat bad teams".

Turns out we weren't.

We are officially the NY Jets of the NFC.     Goddamn it....

[Pimpdaddy]

21 hours ago, stbugs said:

Oh poo, pantherclaw’s not optimistic. Damn you Rhule!

...Exactly...this season has all the nuances of the 1-15 season...where all the life has been sucked out of this team....