My biggest surprise and disappointment are one in the same: the offense.
After slow starts the last couple seasons, I really believed this would be the year they would come out swinging, that it wouldn't take eight weeks to "find a rhythm" or "gel." Not only did they get off to a slow start again, but they never pulled it together, and sputtered all the way to the finish line.
As long as the offensive coaching staff remains intact, I simply can't believe that side of the ball will ever improve. It's clear now that our past success was predicated entirely on the freakish abilities of Wilson and Lynch to spin gold out of straw. Wilson literally set records doing everything he could to carry this team, but there's no denying anymore that this offense is completely inept.
I really thought this would be the year they built it back up. Instead, they drove it even further into the ground. Surprising and disappointing to say the least.