Pre-Game Thread Game 13: Titans @ Jaguars

The defense has to be good at something to win a championship. It doesn't need to be the '85 Bears. Create turnovers at a ridiculous rate. Rush the passer better than anyone else. Stop the run. It needs to be able to take something away from the other team.

We can't provide any type of resistance at all.

 

Giants, Saints, Colts were statistically bad as far as yards and points.

 

It was Frank Reich. Oilers actually injured Jim Kelly the week before when the Oilers won the week 17 regular season matchup.

 

Giants had pass rush, the Saints had an amazing Takeaway rate that year. Can't recall the Colts specifically but they had a pretty good D that year against the Bears.

 

Oh wow, thats right.

 

Except it wasn’t Kelly and that’s what makes it worse. It was Frank Reich at QB that day. The Oilers were the best team in the NFL that year and probably win the SB if they don’t crap that game away. That game sealed the Oilers fate becoming the Titans.

 

exactly. I felt the same way that season. We were the best team in my mind and that should have been our superbowl year.

 

Then 99' and 00' and 09' all happened. Some really good teams that were SB caliber but S**t the bed in the post season somewhere. (I wouldn't say that about the 99' season, Rams were really good too and we took them to the wire.

Oilers had a couple other seasons that were really good and just fell short. 79' (I wasn't born yet, but I am aware of the Renfro "catch").

 

78 and 79 2nd best teams those years. Steelers were just better. But Renfro did catch that ball. There are a Steelers fans who still claim it ain’t a catch.