In the days before this year's All-Ireland football, there is a sense of calm in Mayo.
Any sheep painted green and red are obviously in hiding and not many have put pen to paper to write about another pilgrimage to Croker in September.
It's all very level-headed and mature, or as former Mayo player Conor Mortimer recently revealed: "People have copped on a bit after being in a few finals in recent times. You wait until you win the final - that's when you celebrate - not two or three weeks beforehand."
What's different this year is that Mayo have not blazed a glorious trail en route to a fourth final appearance since 2006. It was only in the last 10 minutes of the first half against Tipperary a month ago that Stephen Rochford's side cut any real dash.
Positives can also be taken in the way they overturned a six-point half-time deficit against Fermanagh in round 1 of the qualifiers and how Tyrone were kept at bay in the closing minutes of the All-Ireland quarter-final.
The whole world knows that Mayo will have to bring a lot more to the table against the Dubs. It's not surprising then that manager Rochford is calling for a more sustained effort on Sunday.
Speaking to RTÉ Sport, the Crossmolina native said: "We have shown patches of what we can do. We just need to turn those patches into a fluidness throughout the game.
"I'm not necessarily saying that we have to do it for 70 minutes, but we are going to have to do it for longer than 10 or 15-minute spurts.
"If we can get that level of consistency, along with a greater intensity and and pace in our play, then I think we will be a challenge for Dublin."
In terms of meeting that challenge head on, Mayo midfielder Donal Vaughan is confident he and his colleagues can make the step up against the reigning All-Ireland champions, adding that the morale and spirit has never been better.
"If questions are asked of us in the All-Ireland final, we need to respond but I have no doubt we will," the Ballinrobe clubman added.
"There are huge characters within our group.
"There were a couple of games in the qualifiers where we were behind and we responded the right way and pulled victories out of the fire."
Watch live coverage of Dublin v Mayo on The Sunday Game on RTÉ One and the RTÉ Player from 1410. Live radio coverage on Sunday Sport on RTÉ Radio 1 from 1400. Watch highlights of both the All-Ireland minor and senior finals on The Sunday Game on RTÉ2 from 2130.
