How many teams would recover from that without a drop? Our best chance this year was to have a healthy Taysom and that was taken away in the first game. It may not be a valid excuse for going 8-5 but it's certainly valid to not expect an undefeated season from a freshmen QB, albeit a talented one.
If we win 9 or 10 regular season games this year, I'd say that shows pretty good coaching.