Pretty sure the Donner party felt good about their path too...LOL. OK, just kidding. But seriously, we know what we have here, we just don't have a big league quarterback who can call an audible and get us that late-game score to put us ahead. We keep hoping for a fumble or hail mary.
Reminds me of the Steve Martin joke, where he says that he was removed from quarterback of his high school football team because they disagreed with his play calling. "I used to like to punt on first down." (Steve Martin)