Comments on: Brutal

By: Wiscokid

Wiscokid — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 07:37:58 +0000

Don’t want to have a beer with Brees? Try having one with Tebow.

By: dullgeek

dullgeek — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 16:09:01 +0000

I totally agree with you. The issue is that expectations are high. It’s a superbowl win or the season is a bust. Winning the superbowl is hard – even for this team. If the expectations were lower then I don’t think fans wouldn’t be freaking out so much and fussing over all the things that could prevent those expectations from being met.

But the expectations are high for a team that is trying to accomplish something really hard.

I wonder if, in 1985 after the Bears finished 15-1 how big a contingent of fans were all like, “Yeah but the offense really isn’t that good. They’re going to have a hard time getting by the Giants and the Rams. Doom! Gloom!”

I’d be willing to bet that most Pats fans said, “I told you so” after XLII.

I suspect that this is endemic to high expectations.

By: darrin

darrin — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 15:44:59 +0000

Yeah, these are good times indeed. Not to mention that the roster is pretty much (except for Finley) locked up for the next two years. Rodgers is 28 and should have another 8 years or so playing at an elite level. Outside of Woodson, Clifton, maybe Pickett, the core group is all under 28. If TT and MM stay together this team should be near the top for a long time.

I live in the Chicago burbs, and my Bears fan friends are beside themselves that we go from #4 to #12 without so much as a blip.

Take that Bears fans.