"just win baby!"
if wins and record are all that matter to you.. well… how about this.
We had a better record then every single team in the NFC except for the Giants, Carolina and Atlanta.
We beat the giants and Carolina! (i don't want excuses about it being their backups) and lost barely to Atlanta on a b.s. no call pass interference that MAY HAVE led to a score.. idk. (see link at bottom)
So in my mind, we’re one of the top 2-4 teams in the nfc. pretty good for a team that was 6-10 and had no legitimate offensive threats 3 years ago.
Before the season anyone would have said, ok, the giants are better then us, the cowboys… maybe the saints will rise up. the skins are pretty good.. Jacksonville maybe.. yada yada.
Our conference record of 8-4 was tied for 2nd with the same teams as above, the first was the giants. (and the only reason the giants are better then us is that they were NUMBER ONE in TURNOVER ratio. guess who number two was? THE FALCONS. the giants also have a better defense overall and more consistent QB.
You expected us to be 13 and 3? We sure could have been if we weren't so low in the turnover ratio and high in penalties
we all have our different standards.. I blame our lack of a better record on the fumbles of AP, the pick 6 by frerotte or t jack and the penalties.. not brad childress.
we showed tons of character. we had 10 wins. we had a few 4th quarter comebacks.. (saints. packers. lions.) where as in the years before, we gave games away in the fourth quarter…
we made stops when we needed to. people will say that we only beat the pack because they missed a 52 yard fg at the end BUT why was it a 52 yard fg? BECAUSE WE STOPPED THEM FROM getting any closer!
thats grit.. AP made his run to go ahead.. i remember him being all relieved since he fumbled it that game on 4th when we went for it.. anywho. you get my point. that stop had a lot to do with greenway and jared allen, 2 people brought in in the last 3 years.
AND in the head to head game number 2 with the pack, we won. we went to 5-4 and got momentum. THEN in that super important rematch with chicago we killed them at the dome 34-14 and took over first place and never looked back! (and in that game, chilly ran that gorgeous play action pump and go play to berrian for the 99 yard TD.. that was after jared allen made the tackle to prevent them from getting a td on the 1. both chilly players. even TILLMAN gave us credit for a great play call.. i have the qoute on my other blog)
i understand that DURING the season we were all very uncomfortable.. we cold have lost the 2nd packer game or chicago game.. finished 8-8 and not made the playoffs. but we didnt. (unlike the cowboys or patriots)
so im a happy camper. you can shit talk chilly all you want but he coached a real mediocre offense, horrible special teams and "on paper" strong defense into the 4th best record in the nfc and won the division. (with out WINFIELD single handily winning us two games our season was lost)
i’ll take it. =D
atlanta interference?
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