We have much to look forward to.

[PhillyB]

:beatdeadhorse5:

the dead horse is the fact that we shouldn't call for everyone to be fired. just to get that outta the way: we shouldn't.

In all seriousness though, we just played one of the best, if not THE best, teams in the NFL and hung with 'em to the very end. Missed opportunities? yes, of course. but we hung tough. we played 'em hard. we have a helluva team right now.

This gives us motivation to go slaughter new orleans and lock up the number 2 seed... get a first round bye still, homefield for a game. we're proven winners, proven fighters... and i look for the D to get back on track against a one-trick New Orleans offense.

Lastly - Deangelo williams is the freakin man. :sifone:

[ckad79]

We proved all season that if we don't get the #1 seed with home field advantage we aren't going to do s***. This team can't win outside of Charlotte and I would rather stay home and get a better draft pick than not have homefield advantage. It's a waste of time...

[fieryprophet]

We proved all season that if we don't get the #1 seed with home field advantage we aren't going to do s***. This team can't win outside of Charlotte and I would rather stay home and get a better draft pick than not have homefield advantage. It's a waste of time...

We can still get a home game by clinching the #2 seed, and frankly, I have seen way too many playoffs to think that the difference between #1 and #2 is anything but a digit. (And lately, I think of any playoff team as dangerous until defeated. Yes, even Arizona. Everyone's assumes things, but the only assumption that's proven these days and that no one knows anything).

[PhillyB]

We can still get a home game by clinching the #2 seed, and frankly, I have seen way too many playoffs to think that the difference between #1 and #2 is anything but a digit. (And lately, I think of any playoff team as dangerous until defeated. Yes, even Arizona. Everyone's assumes things, but the only assumption that's proven these days and that no one knows anything).

Agree... and while homefield would be freakin awesome, this team is proven to be at its best with something serious to prove, with an unquenchable fire in the gut. that fire's been lit this week, and i expect new orleans to be overcome.