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Originally Posted by GiantsSuck703
So going 5-1 in the NFC east is not impressive to you, the only loss coming to the Giants, at giant stadium, after the death of an iconic figure in wellington mara. Going 10-2 in the NFC all together, which actually should have been 11-1 if you count the robbery in Tampa, is not impressive. Going to Tampa and beating them on there home field in the playoffs is not that impressive to you. Doing all this with a 35 year old QB, A second reciever named David Patten, a starting Defense that had guys like Lemar Marshall,Ryan Clark,Walt Harris,Joe Salavea,Demetric Evans and Phillip Daniels, all guys considered expandable every where else isnt impressive to you. If you dont understand how good the 05' team actually was, then you dont really understand football.
The five game winning streak was pretty amazing, they had to beat Arizona and St.louis on the road, even though they were not great teams, they still were not home games, and then they had to beat the Giants, the Cowboys and the Eagles to make the playoffs and they did.
Thats pretty damn good if you ask me.
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Don't attribute that Giants loss to Mara's death, that's just a media story. On the field, I'm sure the fact that the owner of the Giants had died earlier that week was not something either team was considering given the complexities of an NFL offense/defense. We were outplayed badly, and it was a cause for concern.
That said, what told me that that team was going to be alright is that the week after that bloodbath, they returned home to play the 49ers. Now the 49ers were a bad team at the time, but many weaker teams would have a propensity to alter the gameplan to make sure you beat a team like SF after such a hard defeat the week before--and the 2005 team goes out and beats SF every bit as bad as they were beaten by the Giants a week before. That game, as seemingly meaningless as it was, told me that this team was for real.
Call me crazy, but if we beat the 49ers 28-27 on that day, I don't think we are going to make the playoffs.
Good teams beat bad opponents by big margins most of the time.
-EDIT- The 49er game happened before the Giants game. Still, same point stands, and the Eagle victory at home was pretty impressive also, I think.