rut

Harbaugh used the defense’s impressive performance to deflect questions about the offense, but the coach won’t be able to ignore this rut for long.

"She has connected with everyone individually. We got into a bit of a rut with low confidence and she has just stripped it back and wants the best out of every player. It’s working."

Buried were the sins of their predecessors, the failings of past seasons, the rut of postseason humiliation.

“I fell in with the wrong crowd. I take full responsibility for what I did, I was a big boy, but I fell into a rut,” he said.

They have got some good players but they just seem to be in such a rut that I can't see them winning this one either.