keasley45
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He was one of the winningest QB's in history over his first 8 seasons. He was a stone-cold killer when the game was on the line. One of the best finishers in the history of the game, period.
They moved on, they fleeced Denver, mission accomplished.
Grow up
Move on
Get over it
Wins aren't attributable to a single player.
He WAS a killer when the game was on the line. What frustrated the LOB and others like ADB was that the games shouldn't have been on the line, and that he wasn't a killer for vast stretches of the rest of games, save for throwing high percentage of completion passes. 67% completion rate ? CHECK ! First down on 3rd and 8? 'We'll get'em in the 4th qtr... KEEP ON BELIEVING.. RAH RAH RAH'.
I mean, we had a generationally great defense that was utterly dominant (kind of like Denver last year). And we STILL had to be in dogfights and rely on 2 minute drill heroics. And BTW, we also had a generational talent at RB. A player so good that Beast Mode is now a word in Websters. And ADB? The dude was as good a receiver as you could want on any team - who would no doubt have achieved more on another team with a better passing game.
And yet, we STILL had to win games in comeback mode and by 1 score.
Our D led the league in scoring for how many years consecutively?
THATS why people are upset. That's why the LOB left the way they did.
But Russ got his stats, and parlayed them into a 1/4 billion dollar payday..
And I'd wager Geno has helped folks see that what ailed the offense back then wasn't a desire to 'play it close' in the 4th because that's what Pete wanted, or to just run 2/3rds of the time... because that's what Pete wanted. The offense did what it did because of who facilitated it.
Same way it does now in Denver.