At this point, I think I lean towards the opinion that we've 1) never been as talented as our results have shown, and 2) the talent we do have is pretty top heavy.
When everyone was healthy and riding the wave, we had just enough talent that heroic efforts and good coaching could make us competitive with anyone if we got decent breaks. Which, I mean - huge credit to everyone involved for that, but it always felt pretty precarious.
I think what we're seeing now is what happens when the lack of depth behind a few of our gamechangers gets exposed and the team-of-destiny confidence and energy dissipates. Still a ways to go before we have the horses to absorb a season of hits and still be playing at a big-time level deep in November, which shouldn't be shocking in year two.