Fans and players of a struggling team are each faced with similar questions, and they mainly revolve around desire.
For the players, it’s about playing for something; working for something. Every morning they wake up and have to go back to the grind even as the season is bound to end in a whimper. Most of them have never experienced consistent winning at the NFL level. Some of them haven’t consistently won games since high school.
They’re professionals, sure, and this is their job, yes. But most working individuals would agree that jobs can get tedious and monotonous at times.