I agree. It was just a dramatic difference between the first two weeks, when we looked explosive on both sides. Plus I think the Skins are going to be one of the best teams in football. Damn, they look solid, and appear to have depth, and I don't think I'm saying that just because our team looked so bad.
Gotta keep negative--and positive--reactions in check here. Right now this team is all potential. Up and down, great and comically bad are what we should expect from this young team this season.
Also keep in mind Pettine's Jets were pretty bad against the run, even though the teams generally finished in the top 8 Ds each year. So with our lack of LBs, I would not expect a shutdown D against the run this year. Plus, we're lacking at depth at CB. The good news, I find it incredibly hard to believe our D won't be substantially better than last year's.
As for O, well, I frankly expect an exciting show. Ups and downs for sure. But we have the best running back duo in the NFL IMO, a bevy of talented WRs, and a capable offensive line that should be sufficient at pass blocking assuming we have a mobile QB (Manuel). If we have Kolb, we could be talking dangerous territory cause this guy ain't mobile, is injury prone, and has happy feet.
Basically, as fans, we should approach this as having a team that go from lighting it up to crashing and burning in one quarter. Just enjoy the ride. It should at the very least be better than last year with Fitz and Wanny out.