I don't want to seem down on the team itself, but i am no longer optomistic for a victory each week. Now i just sort of force myself to watch, maybe to see a great play or to see JP progress. The fun is gone and it is all habit from here until the off-season. I think the New England loss was the one that deflated me the most.
This off-season scares me a bit though... another poster in another thread said that this off-season is going to be rough to watch from a player standpoint. Guys are getting older and not getting the job done, we might as well have 5 new players on the O-line next year, Sam Adams may be a cap cut as he appears in the dog-house, Moulds may be gone, Clements isn't worth the price of the franchise tag, but he will probably get it anyway (and i love NC, but he just isn't as good as proclaims). Seems like an overhaul may be likely, which doesn't give me the optimism i want going into next year. Eh, we will see what happens come February, but i hope FA signings, and smart manuvers at least make me as giddy and hopeful for next year as i have been for the past two seasons.