The Iggles really got lucky and had the Red Sea just part for them this year didn't they? Who knew that the Rams were going to completely fall apart and not only not defend their crown in the Super Bowl again, but not even make the playoffs? Rodger's team not being a playoff team was surprising too. Brady's team limped in, but his had no business even being in the playoffs and it showed. Cardinals and K- Murray fell apart.
Iggles got a first round bye. A 2nd round matchup with the Giants, a team nobody expected to be anywhere near the playoffs this year, and then in the NFC Championship game the Niners on their 3rd string QB who got hurt and couldn't throw the ball. The NFC was wide open this year and not the tough conference to navigate in the playoffs that it usually is.
I can't help but think bout the JAX and GB games that the Cowboys had won but couldn't close the deal in. They win those 2 games, they would have been the 1 seed and would have had that cushy 2nd round Giants matchup and then face probably the Iggles at home in the 3rd round. That would have been very interesting- I liked how they matched up against the Iggles better than with the Niners. I wanted to play them a 3rd time this year. We rolled them once and if not for Rush's 3 picks, actually had a chance to beat them with a backup QB. They are beatable, just had the easiest ride through the NFC I think Ive ever seen a team have. Could have been the Cowboys, oh well.
We rolled them with their b/u QB, they rolled us with our b/u QB. It's a shame we haven't played each other full strength since the first game of last year. (They played only backups in our 2nd matchup last year)
But, i must say, this "only this or that break" kept us from success is kind of a loser mentality.
We LOST. We weren't good enough. We didn't get the 1 seed because too many teams punked us. We didn't get the number 1 seed because our QB is a turnover machine, our owner and coaches suck, and because we weren't good enough and we didn't deserve it. Period.
The Eagles didn't get to face Josh Johnson because they "got lucky"...they got to face him because they beat the ever living hail out of Purdy. They beat the hail out of QBs all year...15 more sacks than the 2nd closest team. WE played Purdy the week before...and he barely had to wash his jersey. The Eagles played him a week later, and now Purdy has to have surgery. Who do you think he'd be more scared to play against? Then they knocked Johnson out of the game! The Eagles made their own luck. They DESTROYED the team 31 to 7 that beat us 1 week before. The Eagles had the defense that were the bullies...not the 9ers. They were the intimidators. WE let the 49ers walk over and disrespect us during warmups.
Constantly acting like the only thing keeping us from being successful as these other teams have been in this millennium is a lucky break here and there is Loser Mentality. What, we've just been unlucky for 3 decades? WE. ARENT. GOOD ENOUGH.
Until people realize that, and stop whining and making excuses (especially the owner) we'll spend another 30 years saying "we just were unlucky", like freaking Charlie Brown
