01-02-2016, 02:29 AM
(01-02-2016, 01:17 AM)Nebuchadnezzar Wrote: Another phrase "This isn't Madden" always cracks me up.
I don't play Madden. The last time I played a Madden game was in 2007 and it was boring. I don't play fantasy football either so that argument just flies out the window as well.
If the Browns are "Elite", did anyone here pick them to win any game this season?
Of course, I guess this is just my opinion. If you want to think there are no bad teams, that's cool, I'll stick with my opinion that there are.
Madden is so lucky that franchise tagged him lol. Any who, Madden does kinda prove how much a QB means to an offense. Basically any team can beat any team any time as long as the QB plays well. Its the only position that makes or breaks a team. If you don't believe that play my 14yr old cousin as the Pats v Browns, I bet he still wins. So I don't believe there are truly Elite teams in the NFL only elite players. Carolina just got beat, no ones untouchable.
The playoff situation occasionally lets in undeserving teams over more deserving ones, true.
So... No a playoff team is not necessarily having a good year. Whether or not a season went well depends on plenty of factors which all boil down to "is the team heading in the right direction" (how about that phrase lol).
If the team surpassed expectations and or came alive late in the season then that is a good year. The playoffs don't exactly legitimize the Bengals season because its where we expected to be. Plus with the free agent decisions to make after this season... getting to the playoffs alone isn't going to be enough to legitimize the organization's success with this roster talent this year.
It's a problem when fans have high expectations. Lot's of people know I'm an Alabama fan and I can tell you that the expectations for that team are always to be National Champs. The proof is in how they upset SEC fans and Vegas by losing their bowl games when they get left out of the big game. Why? Because who cares. No one in Alabama. But, for the other team it may mean something to be in a bowl game.
Cincy is becoming a Bama with all the talent on this roster. Expectations are high and a playoff appearance alone won't cut it, not this year. Sorry. We need a deep run at least, just to prove we can do it.
