[moloch41]

Originally Posted by AlphaRam

Yeah, but we had a chance at the playoffs. All we needed was for 4 other teams to lose on the final day (three did), Green Bay to not win by 30-something points, and the stars to align in a precise manner for us to have made the playoffs.

Sometimes as fans we have to just cheer for a win from game to game. I went to a game in 2002 where we were already out of the playoffs. However, I still yelled for the team...who staged a 4th quarter comeback to beat the Whiners.

Sometimes, we have to learn to accept the smaller victories...we sack the opposing QB...a great rushing game by a RB.....lineman playing in 200th consecutive game.

And I agree with whoever said they'd rather see the team improve than get a high draft pick, but I said last year as we were winning those games that we weren't really improving and it was just hurting our draft status. They were worthless wins against a bunch of teams that had already mailed the season in. 8-8 was a high win total for last year because we got very lucky in the beginning of the season and squeaked out a handful of wins that we probably shouldn't have gotten. We're not going to improve with Linehan as head coach, so I'd rather see a high draft pick in the hands of a new regime.