Quote Originally Posted by tmleadr03 View Post
But the team made it just as far last year didnt it?
Frankly, given how bad the AFC West was again this year, we may well have made the wild card round again with Tebow. However, I seriously doubt last year's team could have beaten anyone else in the playoffs except the Colts.

The "got just as far as last year" comparison is worse than most of the anti-"assault weapon" stuff I hear from the left. Last year we finished 8-8 and backed in by losing 3-7 vs KC in Denver, with help. Had the Raiders-Chargers game gone the other way, we would have sat out the playoffs.

I loved our wins last year, I enjoyed Tebow, and am sick about how the Jets treated him this year. I'm worried about his future in the NFL, and I think he deserves one. However, the difference between last year and this year is night and day. If not for a ridiculously bad defensive play, we win in regulation and aren't even having this conversation. If not for Champ Bailey giving ten-yard cushions on 3rd-and-5 plays, we win in regulation and aren't even having this conversation. If not for some really questionable refereeing, we win in regulation and aren't even having this conversation.

If you don't know the difference between 13-3/first seed and 8-8/fourth seed... if you can't see the difference between last year's team and this year's... there's no hope for you as a football fan. I hear hockey got through its strike and is playing again.