The NFL Thread 2011: New York Giants Win Super Bowl XLVI

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RolStoppable said:

amp316 said:

Yeah, but this team was supposed to be a lot better than that Favre led team.  That's what makes this performance a lot worse.

That's what happens when you only look at the record of teams and ignore how they actually played. For me, this year's Packers were never as complete as last year's Super Bowl winners. Despite their 15-1 record, they weren't an almost unbeatable force. Coming up with a gameplan to beat these Packers wasn't particularly hard, it was merely a matter of execution. Most teams they played against had quarterbacks that would turn the ball over repeatedly which is about the only thing the Packers defense was good at this season: making interceptions. I think they were ranked last in yards allowed. In fact, over the course of the season the defense allowed more yards than the offense generated. And you know how good the Packers offense was this season.

An opponent's quarterback that doesn't turn the ball over and a Packers offense that can't get going are the recipe for disaster, because this year's defense couldn't win games for the Packers.

I didn't just look at the record of the Packers.  As you will notice, I picked them to lose and if anything you were the one who overestimated them.  I will say one thing about the record though...  15-1 is not a fluke, regardless of how they managed to do it.  I stand by my statement that ANY 15-1 team losing in the first round of the playoffs is a horrible showing.  Actually, being 15-1 and not making the Super Bowl is really bad.  I still make fun of the Vikings for this.