While otherwise I'd agree.... It's my opinion... and yes you had Sizzle, Smith, and Flacco; three of the best players coming off major injuries. Considering that and many other scenarios, I wouldn't call us mediocre for the very fact of that and that with all of the newer, better players like Wallace, Perriman, and Weddle, Tavon, and others on Defense, and Sizzle's torn biceps, we were a much better team than what our record said. TIME to meld together... Time to get the chemistry going... We had all the potential, and still do to be much better than what the record said. THAT is why I say we were a better team than what the 9-7 says... Teams have gone to the playoffs with that record, and have won it all... with that record. Just sayin.