The wild card. If I remember correctly we were 5-8 and still in the hunt for the 5th or 6th wild card spot because the nfc was so awful.
winning over chicago was important, it would give us a chance to still make the postseason, throwing that away on henson who looked horrendous in that first half made no sense.
Vinny came in and made some plays to witten and then julius popped one and we won the game.
the following week we pulled out that miracle in seattle, at 5-7 on our way home to play new orleans and then at philly. We blew the new orleans game and then like I said we had philly on the ropes until copper slipped and couldnt catch the pass that would have been a big first down. We ended up losing 12-7. We almost got that one.
8-8 would have gotten us in, and around thanksgiving it was looking like 7-9 would get the 6th seed.
so that is what we were playing for. You can rewrite to fit some bill sucks agenda all you want, but the facts are the facts.