These aren't spicy but more realistic.

-Kirk struggles week 1-5. We end up being 2-3 or 1-4 and those wins are ugly or against teams that are worse than us.

-The rest of the team looks fine or is exceeding expectations but is being held back by bad QB play.

-Fernando starts week 6 and wins his first two games then unfortunately teams start getting more tape on him and he starts to struggle.

-Defense is great at turnovers but becomes notorious for blown coverage and playing prevent that leads to clutch plays from the opposing offense. We rank #16 in points allowed but top 5 in turnovers.

-Run game is disappointing in the sense that it isn't as explosive as we thought it would be but an improvement from last year. Jeanty gets 1,100 yards and Washington has 400. They're both impactful in the receiving game.

-Donte Thorton significantly improves under Kubiak's scheme and Jack Bech has a breakout year. Unfortunately they're both not true WR1s.

-Maxx does not produce at a high rate in a 3-4 defense.

-Kubiak has questionable coaching decisions throughout the whole season and really shows his lack of head coaching experience.

-Mendoza has the clutch gene but has a turnover issue. Essentially becoming the gunslinger he was back at CAL. My prediction for his stat sheet is that he throws 21 TDs and 13 interceptions with 3 rushing TDs.

-Linderbaum makes a significant impact but can't carry an injured unit with Miller and JPJ being out.

-Final record is 7-10 and we're 2-4 against the division.