No I am not; you are trying to create distinctions where none exist because you know you’re wrong. I pulled results from every decade in the NFL demonstrating upsets happen quite often and you’re trying to say that they don’t apply because you arbitrarily insert some imaginary era in there. We saw upsets pre-free agency era and post free agency era. The AFL and the NEFL weren’t even pulling players from the same talent pool (unlike the NFC and AFC) and the AFL still pulled off two huge upsets.
AFC, but they were considered the “best” team, so that proves your statement just plain wrong because the Giants won that game.
The free agency era begin prior to 1994, are you trying to be deceptive or do you just not know the facts?
Which of the 90s teams went 18-0? Oh wait, none of them. The pats were the second best team in the history of the NFL, and they lost.
Your simplistic view of the sport is downright shocking at times. It’s not that Miami wasn’t “good” enough to make it to the bowl that year; it was that they didn’t match up well against the Chargers. Miami matched up far better against the Niners than the Chargers did, everyone can see that. You asserting you can call the outcome of a hypothetical situation with 100 percent certainty is absurd. Upsets happen in sports all the time, that’s why we watch. The Niners would have probably won that game, but to say Miami had zero chance is displaying a huge amount of ignorance when it comes to sports. After all, the amateur US Hockey team had “no chance” of beating the Soviet team, and we all know how that turned out.
I forgot that you’re the guy who likes to pretend the regular season doesn’t matter. Marino rolled the Steelers 45-28 in the 84 AFC Championship game, that’s a pretty impressive playoff performance right there if you ask me. He wasn’t in a shootout against the Chargers, they were more of a ground team; he would have been in an offensive shootout against the Niners.
Why are you arguing with that ****ing troll?????
And while youre correct, NYJunc cant say for sure what wouldve happened, nor can anyone else for that matter, as Finomeal just pointed out the 9ers were real good that year.
What I always like to say however, like you seem to be trying to say, is that its god damn Dan Marino. I dont give a **** who we were playing. On any given Sunday, when your QB is Dan ****ing Marino, the greatest of all time, he could shread the **** out of your defense and drop a 40 spot. I dont care whos defense it is. And while that wasnt likely, it was certainly possible. And yes, it wouldve likely taken that kind of effort, given the fact that the 9ers wouldve lit our defense up. But, who knows, we may have won a shootout.
I sure as hell wouldve liked to have had the opportunity.
Some of you seem to be making it a foregone conclusion that we wouldve won the AFC title game in Pittsburgh though. And just because SD beat them, dosent mean we wouldve. Thats making the same mistake these people are making in assuming that the 9ers wouldve mopped us in the SB.
Thing is we actually played a game in the regular season that year in Pittsburgh. And for those who dont remember that, we were ****ing hosed in that game as well. We lost in OT, to a score of 16-13 or 13-10 I believe. I know that Marino hit McDuffie on a beautiful play down the middle that wouldve put the phins in position to kick the game winning FG, only the refs ruled it a trap. Replay showed it was clearly a catch. Pittsburgh winds up winning.
Point is, while it was no lock that we win the AFC title if we didnt get hosed in San Diego, I wouldve like the chance. Marino playing in his hometown against the Steelers for a shot to go to the SB. How great would that have been. You know the NFL wouldve wanted that matchup.
And while it was certainly a longshot that we beat the 9ers had we made it to that SB, I wouldve loved the chance. Despite these folks who say we wouldve had no shot, theyre flat out wrong. We wouldve had a shot. We had Dan Marino. And we damn sure deserved a shot. We were the best team in the AFC that season. In fact, if we didnt get screwed in the regular season in the first place in that Pittsburgh game, we wouldve never been the 3 seed and playing that divisional round game in San Diego.
For those still whining about that meaningless game against Pittsburgh two years ago and trying to compare the screwjob..... GET REAL. Were talking about playoffs here and SB shots. You know....when the team was actually good and games meant something. Who gives 2 ****s about a game that we wouldve lost anyway where they missed a real close call on a fumble near the goal line with over 2 minutes left. I cant believe people still whine about that much less compare it to something EPIC like that SD playoff game.