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IowaSkinsFan · 12-04-2008, 05:46 PM

We should not have been a playoff team last year. 9-7 didn't sniff the playoffs in the AFC. We were one and done by a team that was only slightly better than us last year and would have been one and done themselves had we not made the playoffs.

We were a realistic 4-4 team at the break. The only reason we are still thinking playoffs is because we beat a underachieving Dallass team and a woefully inconsistent Philly team. I mean, how do you tie the Bengals and then rack up 48 on the Cardinals?

This is a 7-9 that got a couple of fortunate wins that will transform us to a 9-7 team this year. We are lucky to go 2-2 the rest of the way. I see easy losses coming to Baltimore and Philly. And the way we played STL and DET, beating Cincy and SF is no sure thing.

12-04-2008, 05:46 PM	#39
IowaSkinsFan Camp Scrub Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Duh Age: 53 Posts: 49	Re: Did the 6-2 start raise our expectations to an unrealistic level? We should not have been a playoff team last year. 9-7 didn't sniff the playoffs in the AFC. We were one and done by a team that was only slightly better than us last year and would have been one and done themselves had we not made the playoffs. We were a realistic 4-4 team at the break. The only reason we are still thinking playoffs is because we beat a underachieving Dallass team and a woefully inconsistent Philly team. I mean, how do you tie the Bengals and then rack up 48 on the Cardinals? This is a 7-9 that got a couple of fortunate wins that will transform us to a 9-7 team this year. We are lucky to go 2-2 the rest of the way. I see easy losses coming to Baltimore and Philly. And the way we played STL and DET, beating Cincy and SF is no sure thing.