Some of the additional plus:
- Keeping our Home Field - We went 6-2 with losses to New Orleans and New England. Last year we had home losses to crappy teams.
- Competing hard on the road - We have been very competitive on the road except for the Chargers blow out. The NE one was a lot closer. We won in tough places like Atlanta and Kansas City.
I am not sure the minus's you point out are really tough ones.
1. Playing Tolbert because we did not have a backup. When Cadet was in the game, he was getting the carries, not Tolbert. They need more depth at RB.
2. Actually, he has been a pretty good game manager than Rex. No stupid time outs.
3. He is conservative because of the talent level that he has. That is smart.