[NBT]

OK, so the offense was a slow starter in the first quarter. Is that any reason to be so against Kubiak? I have my difference with Kubiak too, especially wasting so many draft choices on defensive guys that ultimately didn't pan out. But the 4th quarter is when the defense must hunker down and protect a lead, or keep a score close. You don't lose games in the first quarter, or even the first half. You lose games in the 4th quarter. Kubiak's choices for defenders lost those games, and I have already said that he should not have been making the decision on defensive playerst. But given that Phillips can, and has turned around defneses in his tours with other teams, gives me reason to believe that he can do the same thing here. If Phillips can hold in the 4th quarter, we will have won 4 or 5 games more than we did last year. 10-6 looks very doable to me this year. You can hoorah me off the board if I am wrong, but expect no mercy if I am right.