[Longtimefan]

Originally Posted by Beemnseven

Some of you won't be able to believe this, but I too have become somewhat optimistic about this upcoming season.

Maybe it's because enough time has elapsed since that dreadful Giants game at the end of last season; because many people, including me to an extent, are starting to forget that ass-whipping and believe that we might not be as bad along the front four as conventional wisdom says.

Of course that can all change in an instant when the first preseason game rolls around and we start getting gouged up the middle.

But yeah, I've got a mild form of the 'disease' too.

Wouldn't it be nice if our defense could consistently play the way they did the first series of the first pre-season game against the Bengals? That initial effort was enough to cure any disease.