If you can't see that the offense is head and shoulders better than it's been the last 3 years, you just don't want to see it.
We have schemes now that can actually get guys open. How many times in the last umpteen years have we said "Why can't our receivers get open/get separation, etc"? We've got guys open on nearly every pass play now.....we're just not hitting them. Gill was open in the end zone by 10 yards. Brown had 2 steps on his defender. Lachey was wide open. Vanderzee was open countless times.
The problem Saturday wasn't "the offense" per se.....not in the way we've been saying it's the problem in the past. We've got a run game that is gashing teams so far. We've got a pass game that is scheming guys open. We've got a line that isn't getting the QB crushed on every drop back.
What we have right now are two issues. 1) A QB that is showing rust from being out for the better part of two years and only had a few weeks of fall camp to get acclimated to the system and the new receivers, and 2) A HC that still continues to zig when he should have zagged. He gets aggressive at the worst times (2 pt conversion in the middle of the 3rd Q) and then gets conservative at the worst times (runs into a 10 man box when a play action pass will get a first down and salt the game away). The first can be solved with more reps. Cade still has the best record of any active QB. Granted that was 2 knee surgeries ago, but he has shown enough flashes to warrant him the opportunity to play himself out of this rust. If he isn't showing it more consistent against Troy, then I'm all for yanking him in favor of Sullivan. The 2nd can't be solved and we just have to decide if the head scratching decisions outweigh the good KF brings (and yes, he does bring plenty of good....even if Sat sucked a$$).