According to Gil Brandt...

by BishopWest on Sep 23, 2009 1:35 AM CDT

Yesterday I heard Gil Brandt on Sirius NFL radio make a statement that lit a candle of hope inside of me. And I needed a little hope after that debacle that I watched Sunday night.

Mr. Brandt, who I have the utmost respect for, and who is affectionately referred to as the “Godfather” on Sirius, said that since 2002 forty-eight teams that started the season with an 0-2 record, or a 1-1 record, still made the playoffs. Gil added that 57% of the teams with a 1-1 record or less, made the playoffs since 2002.

Then the Godfather said to all the NFL fans listening, that if your favorite team stands at 1-1 or 0-2, you still have greater than 50% chance of making the playoffs.

Once I got home, I verified his statement by checking all the records since 2002, and he is right.

I took his thought a little further and also determined that, during that same time period, 12 of the 28 teams that made it to the Conference Championship Game, began their season with a 1-1 record or less.

And even more encouraging is the fact that in:

2002 – Tampa Bay won the Super Bowl (and started the season with a 1-1 record)

2003 – New England won the Super Bowl (and started the season with a 1-1 record)

2005 – Seattle lost the Super Bowl (and started the season with a 1-1 record)

2007 – New York Giants won the Super Bowl (and started the season with an 0-2 record)

Thank you, Mr. Brandt, I for one needed to hear that.

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Exactly...

That has been the point that we have been trying to get across to so many people calling for Romo’s head and saying how he lost another big game. The fact is that there is way too much football left to be played to start judging this team, good or bad. I won’t lie, I like what I am hearing out of Valley Ranch, but at the end of the day, they still have to go prove it on the field. And thankfully, they still have 14 games to do so.

If I had a nickel for every Super Bowl the Eagles have won, I would have zero nickels.

by Cowboyfan729 on Sep 23, 2009 8:11 AM CDT reply actions

I know and at this point already everyone in New York was calling for bothe Eli and Coughlin's head as well and then they went out and won the Super Bowl

by rioplayer7 on Sep 23, 2009 9:31 AM CDT reply actions

Great point

That gets kinda lost. Wonder where there power ranking was at that point? Power rankings. Geesh.

by King Man on Sep 23, 2009 12:20 PM CDT up reply actions

Can we forget the playoffs right now??

This is what happened last year. Everyone wanted to jump straight to the playoffs (even the players). This year, its like its the end of the world and we’re not going to make it at all. People calm down! What this team needs to do is take every game one game at a time, and then see what happens – especially in December. Playoffs?!?!! Lets just wait and see what happens in the season firest imo

After Fuentes blows a save and an Angels loss to the Indians:
"Angels still in first place" - UCI Halo
"Hey you know who would have gotten those 3 outs in the 9th?
Darren O’Day." - FirebatM3
LOL

by MayurP on Sep 23, 2009 9:37 AM CDT reply actions