(01-08-2023, 06:20 PM)Bullseye Wrote: I know some of you weren't around in 1996, so my apologies, but you are still more than welcome to participate. 

But, for those of us with the benefit of having experienced all three of three of those largely unexpected playoff runs, which is your favorite and why?

My goodness, what a question. This is akin to picking the child you like best on a public forum. 

2017 - we had a team most of which were hired guns, a QB that struggled to throw a spiral and a coach that was a TC mouth piece. They did get ripped off in the conference championship. This one is out despite thinking highly of TC.

2022 - results are not in yet so it doesn't qualify. I have said since the preseason it does feel like 1996.  We will have to see where it goes from here. It does have the chance to be the one though.

1996 - So far this is the one. We were 4-7. It was improvement over the previous year. ( kind of like this team) They were learning to play together early that season. Something brought them all together (like the scene in the movie Major League) They went on a  wonderful run. This was the second year of pro football here. It was amazing.  (We still during opponents field goals invoke the spirit of Morton Anderson in my section)  After the Buffalo and Denver games it seemed the whole city met the team at the airport lining the roads!  We did get ripped in New England when our QB headset wouldn't work but New England's' would. Next year the NFL took control of that away from the home team.

best I could do...

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