Any team of any kind is in and of itself a sort of living organism, a whole greater than the sum of its parts. While it is constituted of individuals, they respond as a group in a variety of ways. In that regard, the team can let you know simply by its performance how it feels.
That is how former Pittsburgh Steelers CB Bryant McFadden interprets his former team’s turnaround with Mason Rudolph at quarterback. With Kenny Pickett down, they turned to backup Mitch Trubisky before benching him due to poor play. The team has since looked like an entirely different version of itself.