Luke Keary has rubbished the suggestion that the Sydney Roosters are dead in the water after being humbled by Brisbane just two weeks out from the NRL finals.
Trent Robinson's side have now suffered back-to-back losses for the first time this season - unfortunately for them it's happened at the wrong time of the year.
The Roosters must now bounce back in the last round of the regular season against cellar dwellers Parramatta if they're to head into the finals with momentum.
It's been a sharp slide for the Roosters after loses to Canberra and the Broncos.
They were flying high in top spot after their win over South Sydney in round 22 which resulted them being installed as premiership favourites.
With the competition fluctuating so drastically, Keary - who returned from a medial ligament strain in his left knee against the Broncos - said it was foolhardy to write them off.
"We'll be fine," the five-eighth said.
"We'll take a few lessons out of it. I don't think it's as bad as it looks.
"We had a few uncharacteristic tries against us, they haven't really happened this year.
"We'll be fine, we'll get back."
There has been plenty to like about the Roosters all year.
They have been the No.1 team in all of the major defensive indicators including least tries conceded (2.3 per game), least linebreaks conceded (3.3) and least missed tackles (22).
While they're disciplined in so many areas of their game, errors have been their achilles heel.
The Roosters rank 14th for errors (11.1 per game) and they made 15 mistakes in the loss to the Broncos.
"We identified that," Keary said.
"We had a real bad start to the year with the errors.
"But we've improved a lot in the last half of the year so we know where we sit with that stuff.
"I think we've been better with it."
Keary said he was untroubled by his knee injury after missing three weeks.
