01-15-2020, 11:33 AM
(01-15-2020, 10:38 AM)Sled21 Wrote: That's a bit of a historical rewrite. Palmer had a team that was a legitimate contender for the Super Bowl the season Pissburgh took his knee out. Palmer was not the same guy for years after that.
Don’t wanna make this a Palmer thread but I felt the team wasn’t the same after 05 either. The defense was bad in 05 and relied on turnovers and benefiting from a high powered offense. There best defensive player Odell Thurman was suspended multiple times after 05 and ultimately banned from the league. Pollack breaks his neck in week 2 of 2006 and never plays again. That’s there 1st and 2nd round pick in the 2005 draft already gone. There 3rd round pick Chris Henry would be suspended multiple times throughout his career. The offensive line fell apart Jones and Braham both had career ending injuries , Anderson got old and Steinbach left for the Browns in free agency. Rudi got old and Chris Perry who was a 1st round pick was injured his whole career.
