(S9) - PT 5 - Revisiting Expectations

[Titan127]

At the beginning of the year, I was expecting an explosive increase in production, coming off a 4 sack season in which I was playing on the interior of the defensive line. Unfortunately, well, it hasn't played out quite like the pro-bowl campaign that I was expecting to tear through. At this rate, I'll have trouble matching last season's totals of four sacks, twenty seven tackles, and two tackles for a loss, having currently tallied a sub-par twenty four tackles, two sacks, and an at least productive seven tackles for a loss. I would need to finish the year with a two sack, three tackle game to match my production in those categories from last year, but, furthermore, it wouldn't be unwarranted. The team has to win, and needs Colorado to lose, in order to make the NSFL playoff, a scenario that I never thought we'd find ourselves in. Before the season opened, I believed that we would regress slightly, possibly to 10-4, but I never foresaw a 7-7 or 6-8 campaign in which we might not make the playoffs. This entire season has, in short, been disastrous, but a playoff run and another shot at the trophy could change that. Should we, however, fail to reach the tournament, this will be a year that would be better off forgotten.