BillyCarpenter1

I hear ya LummOx, and I agree with you. I have my doubts and concerns just like the rest of you. I do not agree with the gloom and doom theory of some members and I\'m not including you in that list. You have been pretty reasonable in your assessment of the team.

Even though I don\'t agree with the doomsayers when they start telling me they KNOW the defense is going to suck- I do agree with some of their concerns. I just have to give it more time to paint the full picture and here\'s why.

Rick Venturi- He did nothing last year to gain anyone\'s confidence that\'s for sure. How much blame goes to Venturi for the disappointing defense- I don\'t know!! I do know we didn\'t have very much talent on defense last year-so I give him the benifit of the doubt for last year. Now, along comes preseason and we look worse than last year. How much is Venturi\'s fault? I don\'t know!! I do know I learned a long time ago to not pay much attention to preseason games. So, he get\'s the benefit of the doubt for preseson.

Come the first game against Seattle if our defense doesn\'t show me something I will be bashing right along with the rest of ya!!! And probably more so.