Once again I disagree winning THE first game basically proves readiness especially since that self same beat us so soundly later.
I also think the next game where we scored 24 yielding a two game average of 25 1/2 points which would rank 11th in the league for a season average .4 points below New Orlean and ahead of the Niners.
http://www.sportingcharts.com/nfl/stats/team-points-per-game/2013/
It wasn't until the third game that the wheels fell off the offense boht games blowouts where we were made one dimensional and unable to do what we do best which was and is rush the passer.
I'm not Shotty's biggest fan,but he's not in over his head , he was tasked with developing so many young players that needed experience to gain consistent performance that I'm not sure many OC's would have done better ,I in fact give him a huge amount of credit for repurposing an offense mid season in order to protect a defense that had given up a bunch of points only the Denver Broncos scored more points per game last year than we averaged giving up those first four games.
Our defensive failures caused the problem,Shotty was doing a pretty good job IMO and did what he had to do to help the defense.