11-12-2021, 12:23 AM
So who was a member here in 2012?
After shocking the world by making the playoffs in 2011 we were rewarded with opening the season on Monday night football AT HOME. Unfortunately we got curb stomped by the Ravens 44-13 and there was lots of talk of "overrated" and "fluke". Reminders that the 2011 team had finished 9-8 and our only win against a winning team was the very average 9-7 Titans.
We won our next three games, but none of those opponents had won more than 5 games in 2011. We were all very proud of 3-1, but a lot of people still had a lot of doubts.
We then lost 3 straight to the 1-3 Dolphins, the 0-5 Browns, and the 2-3 Steelers.
We were really struggling at 3-4 but at least we had a bye week to get everything straightened out.
After the bye we lost our third straight HOME game to drop to 3-5. We had also won only 16 of our last 42 games. Only 3 AFC teams had fewer wins than us, and 4 of our remaining opponents were at .500 or better including the 6-2 Ravens, the 6-3 Giants, a road game against the 5-3 Steelers, and a 2000 mile road trip to the 4-4 Chargers.. Pretty much everyone was throwing in the towel.
But there was one guy who predicted we would make the playoffs. For the life of me I can not remember who it was, but you can imagined how he was abused for saying that.
Not only do we win all of those games against teams that were .500 or better, but we went 7-1 and make the playoffs. Our defense which had been 25th in scoring and 21st in yards over the first half of the season allowed the second fewest points and 3rd fewest yards over the last 8 weeks of the season. Our offense also improved from 15th in scoring to 9th.
Anyone remember who that was who said we would make the playoffs when we were 3-5?
After shocking the world by making the playoffs in 2011 we were rewarded with opening the season on Monday night football AT HOME. Unfortunately we got curb stomped by the Ravens 44-13 and there was lots of talk of "overrated" and "fluke". Reminders that the 2011 team had finished 9-8 and our only win against a winning team was the very average 9-7 Titans.
We won our next three games, but none of those opponents had won more than 5 games in 2011. We were all very proud of 3-1, but a lot of people still had a lot of doubts.
We then lost 3 straight to the 1-3 Dolphins, the 0-5 Browns, and the 2-3 Steelers.
We were really struggling at 3-4 but at least we had a bye week to get everything straightened out.
After the bye we lost our third straight HOME game to drop to 3-5. We had also won only 16 of our last 42 games. Only 3 AFC teams had fewer wins than us, and 4 of our remaining opponents were at .500 or better including the 6-2 Ravens, the 6-3 Giants, a road game against the 5-3 Steelers, and a 2000 mile road trip to the 4-4 Chargers.. Pretty much everyone was throwing in the towel.
But there was one guy who predicted we would make the playoffs. For the life of me I can not remember who it was, but you can imagined how he was abused for saying that.
Not only do we win all of those games against teams that were .500 or better, but we went 7-1 and make the playoffs. Our defense which had been 25th in scoring and 21st in yards over the first half of the season allowed the second fewest points and 3rd fewest yards over the last 8 weeks of the season. Our offense also improved from 15th in scoring to 9th.
Anyone remember who that was who said we would make the playoffs when we were 3-5?
