It is perfectly legitimate to feel good about some of the points posters have made in this thread.
So why do I feel so bad? I think it's because all the stuff folks are mentioning has to do with the past, and not the future. There's not very much you can take from this season and translate into a "better" team next year. We're gonna lose alot of key players including Wilber, Dorty, Orange, Quarles and several of the oline starters, Givens, Pendergrass, and several others, possibly Josh Harris.
The backups to the players leaving aren't as good as those guys, or they would've played more. How many snaps did Orville Reynolds get after burning his shirt? The future is cloudy at best.