The real reason we are not playing tomorrow

[BengalChris]

(01-24-2016, 01:04 AM)Utts Wrote: It's ironic that I'm writing this, given how critical of Andy I've been over the years. However, I believe that if Andy doesn't make that boneheaded interception against the Steelers, we'd most likely be in the AFC Championship game. As close as we played teams with AJ at QB, I can't help thinking that we would have one at least 1-2 more games down the stretch - guaranteeing us either the 1 or 2 seed.

Losing Andy is why this season went in the toilet (not the last 2-minutes of the Wildcard game). One seriously stupid play and ensuing tackle, and there goes the season. Winning a Super Bowl is about 75% talent and 25% luck (good bounces, calls going your way, avoiding key injuries).

Utts, your criticism of Dalton in 2014 was not unwarranted. He didn't play that well for about half a season and never really made a connection with the backup WRs, even though they've all been on the team for awhile.

Overall, when you look at the last 5 years, the only reason this team hasn't won a playoff game is because it didn't get the job done, not that it wasn't capable. Whether it be the coaches or the players, it came down to being unprepared, over-confident and mistake filled football. It was never one player, but multiple players.

Each one of those games was winnable.

You take anyone one of those games and there will be multiple bad plays, that when combined, led to a loss.

Composure, composure, composure or losses there of.