Say what you will about our 12 year post season drought.
But don't say it would have lasted this long if we were magically spirited away to the AFC West or the NFC West.
Despite the decade of misery we've suffered, if you put us in either of those lousy divisions, where 8-8 (and even 7-9 once) often constitute a division championship, I think we'd have made it multiple times to the post season.
Think about it. In the last 10 years there have been maybe 2 or 3 relevant teams from the west.
The Cardinals had a nice two year run under Kurt Warner. The Seahawks had a couple years under Mike Holmgren. And of course, the lovable losers, the Oakland Raiders, who were good in 2001/2002, which culminated in an embarrassing super bowl route. Never to be heard from again.
I propose we use the AFC/NFC West to create a minor league system. The winner of it all is "allowed" to compete in the NFL for a season to see if they can carry their weight.
Although I write this in tongue-in-cheek fashion, there is an underlying truth: I really don't like west coast teams. Their divisions are full of playboys and sissies who haven't won anything since the days of John Elway and the Broncos.
But don't say it would have lasted this long if we were magically spirited away to the AFC West or the NFC West.
Despite the decade of misery we've suffered, if you put us in either of those lousy divisions, where 8-8 (and even 7-9 once) often constitute a division championship, I think we'd have made it multiple times to the post season.
Think about it. In the last 10 years there have been maybe 2 or 3 relevant teams from the west.
The Cardinals had a nice two year run under Kurt Warner. The Seahawks had a couple years under Mike Holmgren. And of course, the lovable losers, the Oakland Raiders, who were good in 2001/2002, which culminated in an embarrassing super bowl route. Never to be heard from again.
I propose we use the AFC/NFC West to create a minor league system. The winner of it all is "allowed" to compete in the NFL for a season to see if they can carry their weight.
Although I write this in tongue-in-cheek fashion, there is an underlying truth: I really don't like west coast teams. Their divisions are full of playboys and sissies who haven't won anything since the days of John Elway and the Broncos.
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