They actually fell off, they aren’t that good anymore. Johnqt really was the reason why they were good last year
As the resident M0/8 hater, I think that most challengers teams play to their opponents level.
The fact that DB vs MxS can go 4/13 - 13/2 - 10/13 i believe shows that no matter the map, any team can just not show up.
Also Blinn isn't a bad team, sure they joined in the mid-season promotion, but they held TSM to two super close maps, and blew them on one map, and TSM is like #5 in the VCL.
This was just a warmup game with NeT, give this team enough time for BcJ to fit into the system, and they can beat any team in VCL.