What makes winning a championship these days is that you are in a one and done format, and on "any given Sunday" even the teams that "suck" can beat you. So when you are in a playoff system where you have to win at LEAST 3 games against 3 very good teams, it doesn't take much to watch it go off the rails. One call, or lack thereof. (what if holding had been called on the helmet catch? There were at least 3 obvious ones) One lucky bounce. (what if the Pats had recovered just ONE of 3 fumbles the Giants had in '11). And of course being the team that's the "healthiest" relatively. (That would include several recent years) The breaks seemed to fall all in our favor in 2001, and in some other years, not so much.
BB said it right. You have to build a teams to be able to make the playoffs. Once you are there, AND get the breaks, you have a shot at the title. Healthy teams, hot teams are not always the "best" teams. That is why winning championship in the NFL is SOOOOOOO tenuous, (and why we are so spoiled l
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