The NY Giants Will Be Great For Years
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Regardless of what happens on Sunday I think that the New York Giants will be great for years to come. The Giants and Green Bay Packers are the youngest teams in the NFL.
"The answer was in the Patriots eyes. Gone were the swagger and c0ck sure smirks, replaced by downcast eyes and heads in hands. For his poise and leadership Eli Manning was named the game's MVP. The 2007 Giants were never perfect nor meant to be. They were fighters, scrappers....now they could be called something else, World Champions."
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even a .500 team with Rodgers? no
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<<but the league seems to be structured in a way to promote precipitate declines - as well as meteoric rises - in franchises' fortunes. Which is probably why it's supplanted baseball as the American Pastime>>
Yawie99, I think there are two reasons this is true and that it is why it is very very hard for a team to repeat:
(1) There are far more season ending injuries in football then any other sport. A 17 week season is very short and players don't have time to recover.
(2) In other sports playoffs are the best 3 out of 5 or 4 out of 7, but in football each playoff "round" is "do or die" so its tougher for a defending champ to advance to the next round, let alone win the Super Bowl again. That is why what the Patriots are doing is simply amazing.
"The answer was in the Patriots eyes. Gone were the swagger and c0ck sure smirks, replaced by downcast eyes and heads in hands. For his poise and leadership Eli Manning was named the game's MVP. The 2007 Giants were never perfect nor meant to be. They were fighters, scrappers....now they could be called something else, World Champions."
PS: Cowboys go down the tubes this upcoming season - they'll be 8 - 8 if they're lucky.
<< <i>Giants may be great, but the Eagles will be greater. The Eagles are sitting on a monster season this year - no doubt about it. This upcoming season is Super Bowl here we come!
PS: Cowboys go down the tubes this upcoming season - they'll be 8 - 8 if they're lucky. >>
And SteveK will be promoting internet poker!
<< <i>Regardless of what happens on Sunday I think that the New York Giants will be great for years to come. The Giants and Green Bay Packers are the youngest teams in the NFL. >>
My how things change in a year. Before this season, Coughlin was close to getting fired, and the Jets had "Mangenius"!!
And I certainly agree that given the current dynamics of the league, the Patriots' run is incredibly impressive. Even if I am still a little green about their win over the Rams a few years ago.
"The answer was in the Patriots eyes. Gone were the swagger and c0ck sure smirks, replaced by downcast eyes and heads in hands. For his poise and leadership Eli Manning was named the game's MVP. The 2007 Giants were never perfect nor meant to be. They were fighters, scrappers....now they could be called something else, World Champions."
The NFL does too much to promote parity, and I wish they would stop this:
1) The teams with the worst records get the best draft picks.
2) The teams with the worst records get the easier schedules the following season.
3) Expanding the playoffs from 10 teams to 12.
4) Shrinking the division size to four teams each, making it more likely team with bad records get in the Playoffs.
5) More reasons I am forgetting.
6) Even more reasons that I don't know about.
The game is so popular and televises so well that it will continue to thrive with or without parity. It thrives in this era of relative parity, and it thrived in the '80s when the 49ers were a near-dynasty.
Just look at the Super Bowl Champions since 2000:
2010: New Orleans Saints
2009: Pittsburgh Steelers
2008: New York Giants
2007: Indianapolis Colts
2006: Pittsburgh Steelers
2005: New England Patriots
2004: New England Patriots
2003: Tampa Bay Buccaneers
2002: New England Patriots
2001: Baltimore Ravens
2000: St. Louis Rams
8 champions in 11 seasons.
The 49ers and Cowboys were like the Yankees and Redsox, yes they were great teams to start with, but they would buy superstars to enhance their teams and most years the rest of the league was on the outside looking in.
Then the MVP was the owner with the biggest wallet.
Now the MVP is the GM who can evaluate talent and know where to put his money.
<< <i>I have to say I like it this way alot better than the '80s and '90s.
The 49ers and Cowboys were like the Yankees and Redsox, yes they were great teams to start with, but they would buy superstars to enhance their teams and most years the rest of the league was on the outside looking in.
Then the MVP was the owner with the biggest wallet.
Now the MVP is the GM who can evaluate talent and know where to put his money. >>
I liked when the Cowboys were dominant but I can understand how parity makes the league more interesting b/c most fans don't want to see the same teams win every year.
Super Bowl XXVIII: Buffalo Bills vs Dallas Cowboys -
Running back Emmitt Smith rushed for 132 yards and 2
touchdowns earning Super Bowl MVP honors as the Cowboys
defeated the Bills 30-13 to win their second consecutive NFL
title.
<< <i>Who did the Cowboys "Buy" other than D. Sanders in the 90's? >>
He was the only one that was bought but the salary cap kept them from retaining alot of the guys that left after wining the Super Bowls.
Super Bowl XXVIII: Buffalo Bills vs Dallas Cowboys -
Running back Emmitt Smith rushed for 132 yards and 2
touchdowns earning Super Bowl MVP honors as the Cowboys
defeated the Bills 30-13 to win their second consecutive NFL
title.