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Remember the 05-06 season?

philw5289

By philw5289,
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The NFL Shield At Midfield Grand Master

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that '05 team was super deep on defense which allowed us to survive the usual handful of jake games and the fact that our offensive playbook was "jumpball to steve" scribbled on a taco bell napkin.

still though opening weekend always has been and always will be super unpredictable. both participants in the 2005 NFC title game actually lost on opening weekend. seattle lost by double digits to byron leftwich's jaguars in week 1 that year.

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Schedule was a lot easier that year and the team was full of veterans two years removed from the super bowl. No comparison.

With all due respect to that team featuring talented leadership like Jake Delhomme, Deshaun Foster, Kris Mangum, and Brenston Buckner, this team is better. As for the schedule, the nfl is a week to week propsition. The schedule doesn't worry me if we start playing well.

This game sucked, but despite the fact we had a punt blocked, multiple other turnovers, and tied for the worst rushing performance in team history, we were in a one possesion game.

It sucked, but it doesn't mean the season is over.

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Young Peppers, an older but still effective mike Rucker and a savvy vet in Buckner. Gamble was very effective at corner and steve smith had an amazing year (remember the pirate ship and row boat celebrations) with 103 catches and 12 TDs. For reference, last year he had 79 catches and 7 TDs. 2005 was easily his best season.

Can't believe the poster above is dismissing the talent on that team. They were an above average to very good squad who unfortunately got sidetracked by injuries in the NFC championship game. If Foster didn't break his ankle in the chicago game it's very possible they are playing the steelers in the super bowl.

really to give an example of how far off we are from that team we lost jenkins in week one and replaced him with jordan carstens. we still had one of the best lines in the league and finished the season 5th in scoring and 3rd in yards with the 7th most sacks in the league.

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The NFL Shield At Midfield Grand Master

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Young Peppers, an older but still effective mike Rucker and a savvy vet in Buckner. Gamble was very effective at corner and steve smith had an amazing year (remember the pirate ship and row boat celebrations) with 103 catches and 12 TDs. For reference, last year he had 79 catches and 7 TDs. 2005 was easily his best season.

Can't believe the poster above is dismissing the talent on that team. They were an above average to very good squad who unfortunately got sidetracked by injuries in the NFC championship game. If Foster didn't break his ankle in the chicago game it's very possible they are playing the steelers in the super bowl.

yeah if anything i'm praising the depth and talent of the 2005 team to point out that what we have now is a far, far cry from that.

unless you're not referring to my post.

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If we had even had average line play we would have won this game. We were simply flying blind on their defensive scheme and our O-line was not only unprepared but played like poo on top of that. If anyone can point out more than three plays were Cam had a full three seconds of clean pocket, I'll be supremely surprised. The run blocking was even worse. Every play was a clusterfug. Especially our screens and options. It was like a smear-the-***** game, just a huge group of players with no direction.

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