It's a bizarre thing - celebrating failure. I fall into the same camp as
@sb1,
@Rob0729, and others where the hope was that Mac would be adequate and at least be OK enough to be an average quarterback. Pointing to areas where there was reason to believe he could be better was strictly for the sake of hoping he could at least guide the offense and help them score points behind this defense.
I get others had higher expectations, given who was here before him, but I was hoping for a season that at least resembled what we saw in 2021. Demanding better is great and all - but it's also unrealistic because we're going to have periods where "just ok" is all there is until "great" falls back into our laps again.
The "I told you so" crowd - while I understand your glee for the sake of being right - I don't know how much of a victory lap that's really worth. We all lose because now it means they also have to address that position again instead of adding talent, which essentially includes having to start all over.
We all lose in this scenario. And that's unfortunate, given what's likely ahead. I think
@patfanken also falls into this category when it comes to being frustrated by how this has played out and some of the reactions. Having an adequate player isn't settling, it's allowing for a placeholder so they can keep drafting someone else and hopefully eventually end up with a superior player. The last guy beat everyone out. That obviously won't be the case now, but being realistic on how the process goes is how we'll all need to be for the sake of maintaining our sanities.
I expect this to be a long seven weeks, so let's try and at least hope for some good moments mixed in and root for whoever is back there. Hopefully whoever it is gives us something to look forward to until they have a shot at whoever when the time comes. At least for the sake of trying to raise the mood here a bit in the coming weeks.