It's what expansion teams are about.
It's almost MORE frustrating because we're IN so many games so late, and we have such a great D, most of the time. You just have a feeling that if our offense could rush their way out of a wet paper bag, or catch the ball more than 60% of the time, we'd be sitting pretty in the east.
I don't think the folks on the TSN panel saying that Ottawa has an expansion team's mentality (just get to the place, do my job, etc.) as opposed to the mentality of a winning team are entirely right, I think the main issue is that we have such limited offensive weapons, that when those guys are covered, we aren't much of a threat to anyone. Cover Chevon Walker, and you've shut down our rushing game (hopefully he's not out a long while.) Cover the medium distance passes and squeeze the pocket, and you've done a good job to limit Burris' possible offensive contribution, because of our woeful receivers, thus far.
We'll make it through this, we just have to keep showing up to games, and not lose patience, and we will be rewarded, eventually. Hell, if Hamilton made it to the Grey Cup last year, anything can happen.