In a nutshell, if you lived through the climb from mediocrity to contention, to the 4 superbowl loses, then the erosion into has beens, and eventual drought, you recognize what missed opportunity looks like, you know what a team peaking looks like and you’ve seen what repeating the same thing hoping for a different result looks like.
Fast forward to today…. This franchise was arguably ascending until late season this year…add the playoff no show on both sides of the ball, the fact Allen could well be 50% through his career and seems to have regressed mentally, the cap situation, the lack of contribution (no excellent players seemingly) from the recent drafts, the money tied up in mediocre defensive front, and an apparent stead fast commitment to stay the course…. The “we understand what tweaks we need and will be there next year” lost credibility it used to have
none of the reactions and overreactions are surprising