This "if the breaks went our way" argument is silly. Most of the games 'that we could have won' were games that would have gone into OT had they made a play or two, and thus, no guaranteed win. On the flip side, we had a few wins that we could have easily lost (the first Titans game, for example). Our record and team is what it is - and that's average, mediocre, decent - however you want to put it. You make your breaks, you don't sit there hope they happen.
The thing that chaps me the most about Kubiak is, yes we're improved - which I'd hope we'd be after being at the bottom, but we STILL have the same glaring needs that we did when he got here. No pass rush, no running game, sub-par OL, sub-par Secondary. Most of these issues have improved slightly, but they're still huge issues. It's been 4 years! You would think that at least one or two of those areas would be resolved or a strength by now. What is the strength of this team? What is its identity?? It doesn't have one.
IMO, the team has evolved and improved mostly because we've had numerous high picks, some of the young players have matured, and Schaub has been a major upgrade to Carr. Kubiak has had a hand in that as well, but I feel the team has peaked with him at the helm. Time for a someone else to come in and give it a try.
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