Should Mike Shanahan be fired?

[The Goat]

Originally Posted by Swarley

People go on and one about the Packers like that's something to expect from every injured team. What the Packers did in their SB season was pretty amazing and it'll probably not happen for some time. That's like saying that the Ravens won with Trent Dilfer, therefore every other team is grossly overstating the need for a big time QB.


The Packers SB winning team, like the Ravens with Dilfer are the exception, not the rule.

The Packers were an extreme case that won the SB, and Giants to a lesser extent, but you miss the point entirely. We're not talking about winning the SB here. We're talking about just becomeing a competitive team, and there are myriad teams over the last several years who lost talent due to injury and stayed competitive. NE lost Brady for an entire season and still won 11 games (or was it 13, can't remember for sure). That's almost as amazing as what the Pack and Giants accomplished, because losing your franchise QB is huge.

The "injury ruined our season" excuse holds no water, as there are too many cases that prove otherwise.