So the kid who has drunks for parents and knows he's living in hell until he's 18....that kid, when he talks about his environment, is a pessimist? Or is he relaying his reality in truthful, yet matter-of-fact ways? That's extreme, I know, but still.
We don't exist in a vacuum here. It's us versus multiple teams out there who have more to spend than we do, unless everyone's projections are all jacked up. Tell me how it's being a pessimist to express doubt? Only good vibes allowed here? Oh, I forgot: I have to go and chronicle the myriad of moves I would have made if I were owner or GM. LOL. That's always what comes next. Every time.
Should I pump sunshine up everybody's tailpipe, and espouse feelings that make people feel better?
Our team is, and has been for awhile, behind the 8-ball and a bit slow to make what most consider to be obvious moves. This owner, Bob McNair, will waste an entire YEAR on seeing if his boy David Carr can make it or not (even after having NOT made it for several years prior to his Sweetheart Year with Kubiak). Same with Dunta--Made him hang around a year too late, as well, for what??? Just because. He gets weepy when we ALMOST won an overtime game against the Ravens. Right Track, baby!
So, "yeah," I feel it's OK for me to express doubt on something as crucial and clutch as THIS particular free agency cycle. It's sort of important, and patterns don't forecast a good ending. Sue me. But sometimes things get whacky...sometimes tables get turned...I just don't put good odds on it.
And yet I'll be here, glad to have NFL football. Glad to have a Houston team. Hoping those guys get it pulled together and we see something different than we have had in the past decade--Legitimate ability to get into the playoffs AND go further.