Everyone is beatable in 1 game but we are not getting a ring. It's like Shaq could sometimes get lucky and make a shot from half court, but Shaq is not making 4 consecutive shots from half court. Us beating 4 playoff quality teams to win a ring would be like that. We have not beat a winning team this year. We are like Shaq making 4 of 8 free throws and now saying he can't miss from half court. We face the easiest schedule in the league that will not prepare us for the playoffs. We are an aging inconsistent .500 team against an all-time weak schedule that never plays dominantly except against gutter teams, squeaking out close wins and losses against mediocre teams, with a vulnerable oline, a middle of the road qb, a mediocre pass rush, a head coach who has never won a playoff game in 6 or so years career, a QB who has never won a playoff game in 10+ years career. Any given Sunday sure. Maybe Dallas or SF sleeps on us and has some injuries and we somehow pull out a miracle. The next week its Philly or Detroit and we are on the road again. It just isn't happening. Teams like this don't win it all.

There are not teams that are always dominant in the league but there are teams who often dominate and are capable of dominating or at least beating very good teams for 3-4 consecutive games in the playoffs. We are just not one of those teams. We are not capable of being dominant for a month. We are barely capable of stringing together 2 consecutive wins against the worst of the league.

Is the tide Turning?

There’s room for optimism. They damn near put up 40. Olave makes that catch and they do.

At the risk of sounding like an ambulance chaser, I think we need to talk trade with the Vikings and deal Jameis with Cousins going down. They have Hockensen and three excellent WR's to throw to once Jefferson comes back. I think Jameis is a good fit for what they do, and there's no point in keeping him with him unfairly buried in our doghouse.

I know it's not wise to help a team coming up on our schedule, but that does give us some more leverage in negotiations. Getting O-line help, swapping punters or getting lower round picks would seem alright.

At the risk of sounding like an ambulance chaser, I think we need to talk trade with the Vikings and deal Jameis with Cousins going down. They have Hockensen and three excellent WR's to throw to once Jefferson comes back. I think Jameis is a good fit for what they do, and there's no point in keeping him with him unfairly buried in our doghouse.

I know it's not wise to help a team coming up on our schedule, but that does give us some more leverage in negotiations. Getting O-line help, swapping punters or getting lower round picks would seem alright.