I'm not a downer. I'm excited for next season.

This just clearly was not the year. They had the talent, but didn't play like it, on offense or special teams. For.... pretty much most of the year.

They kinda lost my faith in the second Lions loss. Built it back up over the next few weeks, then I checked out of the season in the 2nd quarter of the 2nd Vikings game. This team just didn't have what it took, didn't have the killer instinct, wasn't hungry, weren't on the same page with each other. They didn't ever have the "it" of a Super Bowl team. And didn't seem to be looking for it either.

The talent level wasn't insufficient. But the pieces didn't play together as an elite team. An off-season together could fix that.

It's just the locker room mentality. Time to regroup and be better. This season was an immense disappointment from where my expectations were this summer.

Defense was pretty good. Very happy with this defense overall. I know people have valid frustrations, but for year 1 it was a huge step in the right direction.