(01-21-2018, 08:29 PM)P. Haze Wrote: We were “one player away” in 2007 and didn’t  see the playoffs for ten years. Not buying we’ll be back because of one good year. We had the opportunity of a lifetime and scared it away by coward leadership.

While I agree about being 1 play away in 2007, this is really more comparable to 2005 other than the 1 play thing. And if we hadn't been wrecked by injuries in 2008, who knows what would have happened. Gene wouldn't have come on and maybe we wouldn't have sucked so bad by 2011. We were a decent team till then, but it was clearly prior draft picks propping us up, some even going back to Coughlin.

I look at 2004-2010 as a window that was never fully opened do to one really bad change (making Gene Smith GM). We had talent, our D was good, we were in the mix for the playoffs late in the season even as far as 2010. But basically no new talent was added at all from 09-12, thats what made the 10 year thing happen. And all our old talent was dumped for 'new, better players' who were clearly worse than the players they replaced.

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