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Originally Posted by 53Fan
See, I think that is part of the problem. Thinking that we were good last year because we went to the playoffs. 9-7? One less win and we would have been 8-8. I'm not sure we even deserved to go to the playoffs. We overachieved the last few games, I believe, because of the emotion over Seans death, and because Collins had been in Saunders system so long. Collins not only surprised us, but other teams as well. The fact is, we were pretty mediocre last year and with the rookies not contributing right away we are basically the same team, only learning yet another system. I don't know if he is the right coach either. I think he needs more time for us to find out.
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I think ppl get too complacent over our last two "trips" to the playoffs, and forget that in both times we were the 6th seed. This team needs to be more proactive than reactive. If you have been the 6th seed in the playoffs for two years, then your goal should be to get into the playoffs at a higher seed and/or win your division.
The same goes for the way we "win" our games. This year we had all these wins by just a few points, and everyone was fine and dandy while this was going on, yet very few were concerned about the struggles and the games that were won on the last drive, on an opponent's missed field goal or an opponents failed last drive.