What is still amazing to me is that they won the SuperBowl in the first place.
A lot of people hate on Big Ben, me included much of the time...
I still say that their accomplishment was quite amazing, and Big Ben is the reason why they were able to win it.
I know they had a fantastic defense, and I know the truism is, "defense wins championships", but there is one small rub to that truism...
It was invented in the first place by a defensive coordinator bucking for a promotion (semi-kidding, but not an original one-liner) ...and someone give me an example of one other team that was able to win a Superbowl with a bad, and I mean bad...offensive line. They did it. I have to give props to Ben for that.
They thought they could get away with getting rid of Faneca, and for a year...a magical year...they did. It was magical because his loss broke the straw on that o-line's back, and it was obvious then, and it is now VERY obvious.
My bottom line?
I am not surprised by the unprecedented nature of that 5 game losing streak and their apparent collapse this year. The recipe was in place.
Edit-Ha Dakota -same sentiment--I be typin', you be postin' lol
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