overworkedirish
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This kind of hypothetical has been addressed peripherally in a few threads, but I wanted to bring it to the forefront. Before the season started, we had some hopes for this team. Lofty? Yes, but not out of the realm of possibility at the time. Many fans saw our team as on the fringe of being playoff contenders. 10-6 at best. Others saw us as the same ol' 7-9ers. I heard some 6-10s, but those posters were generally scoffed at. And we laughed in the faces of columnists who said we were to fall below the lowly Bills (:confused:).
So my question to you is this: What has changed? If we ended up with the middle-of-the-pack record we thought we would: 6-10 to 10-6 and missed the playoffs, as we likely would have (considering the AFC East competition and the AFC wildcard competition). We would be right here, firing Sparano. And unless Henne showed some exceptional skill, we'd be prepared to draft a QB - round 1 like everyone's wanted for quite some time now.
WE'RE RIGHT WHERE WE THOUGHT WE'D BE, BUT BETTER OFF.
Don't be so down on the team just because we "lost out" on Luck - he wasn't ours to begin with. And frankly, this team isn't bad enough to deserve the #1 pick. Enjoy this win, and sleep soundly knowing that we're ahead of the game for three reasons:
1) We know Sparano and this FO is gone.
2) We know Henne's ceiling.
3) We know a QB is our first order of business.
Let things play out. It hurts to see the Colts edge closer to him every game mainly because Manning's been so dominant, but there are future HOFs that get drafted every year by one of the other 31 teams. No one's NFL career is written in stone. Just ask Sterling Sharpe.
So my question to you is this: What has changed? If we ended up with the middle-of-the-pack record we thought we would: 6-10 to 10-6 and missed the playoffs, as we likely would have (considering the AFC East competition and the AFC wildcard competition). We would be right here, firing Sparano. And unless Henne showed some exceptional skill, we'd be prepared to draft a QB - round 1 like everyone's wanted for quite some time now.
WE'RE RIGHT WHERE WE THOUGHT WE'D BE, BUT BETTER OFF.
Don't be so down on the team just because we "lost out" on Luck - he wasn't ours to begin with. And frankly, this team isn't bad enough to deserve the #1 pick. Enjoy this win, and sleep soundly knowing that we're ahead of the game for three reasons:
1) We know Sparano and this FO is gone.
2) We know Henne's ceiling.
3) We know a QB is our first order of business.
Let things play out. It hurts to see the Colts edge closer to him every game mainly because Manning's been so dominant, but there are future HOFs that get drafted every year by one of the other 31 teams. No one's NFL career is written in stone. Just ask Sterling Sharpe.
