The Optimist and Chris Williams
So, Dawn read my last post about Chris Williams and said that I am “So lovie-dovie. So ‘Hands Across America’”.
Yeah, guilty.
Look, it’s easy to go negative. Doesn’t take any thought to do it, and you’ll always have plenty of agreement. But it’s just plain too early to go negative on this team.
Yeah, the quarterback situation has played out in an odd way, and it doesn’t look like a barnburning offense. Well, it should be news to no one that you don’t need a big-time big-scoring offense to win football games. You just need SOME offense, and a defense that works. And (and this is the part that may require your “suspension of disbelief”) we just might have that.
I’m not sitting here claiming that we’ll still be playing football in February. But Mark Rypien and Trent Dilfer were steady enough to play the last game of the year, and is Orton less of a quarterback than these two? Let’s give him six-eight games this year and see before we rumble Soldier Field with Grossman-level boos.
And the defense was awful in last week’s pre-season matchup against the 49ers. Good news – it didn’t count toward the standings AND the reason we were all so shocked by the poor performance is that we all know that the defense IS better than that.
So, yeah. I’m still all sunshine and roses. I’m still “Up With People”.
And with a little luck, some decent game plans, and some pride in individual performance, I’ll carry that all season long.
Except for those weeks in which I don’t, of course.
CHILI DAN
