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Ironically I think Pardee should have won COY in 1993. All that Houston turmoil and he kept them afloat as long as humanly possible Pardee didn't really seem like he was in charge to me. It seemed like Buddy Ryan was more in control there. I think that Pardee may have been a lazy hire by Bud Adams ...

This division may have been the toughest of all-time in the NFL. PRO! Magazine did a feature on the AFC West in their January 1985 issue: https://thumbs4.imagebam.com/f6/ba/1b/ME1BISC2_t.jpg You had three ten-win teams (the surprising Broncos, the Seahawks, and the defending champ Raiders). You also...

I disagree ... the Bengals should have been a SB contender going back to 1985. They even had a top defense in 1983. Wyche and Esiason underachieved from 1985-1987 and sucked in 89 and 90 as well, though they made the playoffs in 1990. Had another team gone instead of them, Bo Jackson's football car...

1988- It should have been Marv Levy instead of Mike Ditka

Actually, it should have been Sam Wyche. He took a team that had turmoil a year before and guided them to within seconds of a SB win.

The Packers played the AFC West so they did play three of the top 5 rushing attacks, which were all from that division. They also played the 49ers and Eagles which were top 10. Packers themselves were #11 and Lions were #12 and they played them twice. So that's 7 games against above average running...

The 96 Pack were fourth against the run because they played a lot of lower-rated ground attacks. And, who cares what ESPN says? They probably have the 91 Redskins (another vastly overrated team) in the top two.

96 Jags over Pack is a take I guess. Exactly what is this based on? The Jags were a 9-7 team that gave up more points than they scored. They were good at moving the ball up and down with the passing game, but struggled to score TDs, and were thoroughly mediocre everywhere else. They won 2 playoff g...

But had, say, the Pats all got the flu and Jax actually went off to NO, I couldn't help but think the buck would definitely have stopped there! Green Bay minus the points for sure (and it likely would be 17.5 at the very, very least). Mostly based on too-much-too-soon for Jax with the pendulum havi...

1991 8-3 in one score games
1990 2-7 in one score games

That was the result of an easier schedule. In 1990, they played nine games against teams that finished above .500. In 1991, they only played five such games, and their last five games were against below .500 teams.

Earlier, I talked about the bad vibes going into the season after getting blown out three times. It wasn't surprising that the team crashed to a poor record as a result. Also, I now believe that 1990 should have been Dan Reeves' final season as HC of the Denver Broncos. Say what you want about how h...