Comments on: Blogging Dirty’s 2010 NFL Mock Draft v2!

By: Troy Heinzman

Troy Heinzman — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 13:14:19 +0000

The changing of expectations!! The 5-year plan is nice until the team 7 hours southwest of you goes form 8-8 to winning the Super Bowl. Then the timetable changes. At least for the fans it does. Management is probably still building for the long-term elite level, but they can’t afford to wait too long. Like Jerry Glanville once said, “This is the NFL which stands for Not For Long.”

By: funballad

funballad — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 21:32:06 +0000

i agree troy. i just worry that with such high expectations this time next year many could be calling for heads to roll if we only go 2 rounds into the playoffs.
2 years ago people were talking a 5 year plan and suddenly they want us to break the plan for an immediate superbowl chance.
I want this team to become elite for years to come and the model that other teams look at each year as the team of the decade.

By: Troy Heinzman

Troy Heinzman — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 13:20:39 +0000

Unfortunately, Funballad, that’s the way of the NFL. Teams can go from average (the Saints in 2008) to winning the Super Bowl (Saints in 2009) in one year. And when we look around and see we lost both Saints games by 11 combined points despite being decimated with injuries, you can understand where the optimism comes from. Not saying it’s right, but saying it’s easy to caught up in it.