11-20-2018, 04:24 PM
(11-20-2018, 01:34 PM)Whatever Wrote: The '09 game against the Jets with a rookie Mark Sanchez after we got to scout them with our backups should have been a win.
That team was smoke and mirrors. After Chris Henry went down with injury in the 8th game our entire offense collapsed. Through the first 9 weeks of the season (8 games) we had the #12 offense. Over the last 8 games our offense was ranked dead last.
After we lost Henry we beat the Steelers without scoring a single offensive TD. After that we went 3-5 with no wins over a team better than 5-11. We struggled to beat the 4-12 Chiefs in week 16 needing a td in the final 2 minutes to win.
Just making the playoffs was an impressive feat for Marvin that year. A majority of our O-line was undrafted free agents with no starting experience (Cook, Living, Roland), we had no receiving threat at TE (Foschi, Coats) or RB (Benson) and after Henry went down we only had one decent WR.
(11-20-2018, 01:34 PM)Whatever Wrote: The first Houston loss when they had to trot their 3rd string QB out there should have been a win.
We had a team that was predicted to be the worst in the entire league. Houston had the #2 defense in the league and the #2 rushing attack. They were a 4 point favorite playing at home.
Again, Marvin should be praised for even making the playoffs with that team.
