There was an impulse to add something to the title of this particular opening section, but at some point, the single word “Reality” just stuck. Well, it more than stuck, it stung like a hornet. There wasn’t even the anticipatory buildup like a bee sting, it was a needle driven hammer in the arm. The pain is immediate, and long lasting.
This review is a program level look. We aren’t going to dissect games or plays. We aren’t going to look at other teams and the risk windows involved in facing them (that article comes with 4 games left in the season.