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[/QUOTE]The Chargers didn't score a TD the entire game. The offense held the ball for the last 9 minutes of the game running it down the throats of a very good San Diego front seven. In the previous game against the Jaguars, Brady and the offense were almost FLAWLESS. They were awesome in the playoffs. Did the last minute of the superbowl wipe away everyones memory of what happened that year?
You do realized they averaged 30 points a game the last 6 games of the season, right?
Here is the breakdown:
PHI: 31
BAL: 27
PIT: 34
NYJ: 20
MIA: 28
NYG: 38
So beacuse they were no longer scoring 40+ points a game against some of the best defenses in the league they were somehow not that great? Keep in mind that 2004 team only averaged 27.3 pts a game. So even the 2007 "slowed down" offense was better then the 2004 offense, which was still the strength of that team.
That's just insane. If Asante holds onto that ball then the there is no question of which team was the better team. That shouldn't change simply because of that one play. That 2004 team was a great team. No question. The 2007 team was better.
Lets not forget intangibles, the 2004 always played above itself, and when it mattered most, when the most people were watching. Compare the 2004 playoffs to the 2007 playoffs. Its not close.
And that 20 pt Jets game was in crap weather, I was there, windy and sleet/rain, 32ish...not fun weather. In any case, this has all been summed up by a saying we have all heard before, "Offense wins games, defense wins championships." Big difference between 01, 03, 04 teams and last year? Defense. 07 was the 03/04 indy colts, the 01 Rams. I remember saying to a friend that the giants-pats was like the previous pats/"greatest show on turf" game...
Given many of the 07 players may have been the same on d, they were 3 years older. Bru had a stroke for christ sake. Rodney-old, Seau-old (but in better shape than bru apparently), Seymour-older, Warren-older. The d last year was good, but not its dominant youthful self. Not to mention the loss of big game Willie. I'm sure theres others that were in the 07 lineup im missing, but theres no way you can say the 07 defense could hold a candle to the 03/04 defense. 04 team finds a way to shut down Moss and Co. and eek out the shoot out win against the 07 pats. Maybe it would involve bumping the recievers to disrupt timing and getting in the qb's face...sounds like the colts game doesn't it?