RichNhansom":250k0ppe said:Geidi do you know what a hail Mary is? Your making it very obvious that you went to the stat sheet to try and dig something up you could use but all you accomplished is to make yourself look uniformed.
As for the scoring or not in the first half Lynch was playing on a sprained ankle compliments of FedEx field and had a critical fumble in that game. We also were on week two of back to back east coast travel and playing at a 10:00am start. Comparatively your offense was basically healthy minus Manningham and Williams of which neither were starters or game changers, playing your first week of travel at a later start time.
How do you think you would have done if Gore wete playing injured? Or at a 10:00am start? Remember the only team you could beat at 10:00am was the Jets.
The whole season was a hairs breath from us being the #2 seed and you being the #5. If you had to play NE or GB at 10:00am that probably isn't the case.
Hail mary plays are plays of desperation, hence the reference to religion. Washington was doing pretty well untill RG3 got hurt, from what I remember. Point being there's a lot of luck involved in the playoffs, and moving forward to the next rounds. Both the 'Hawks and the '9ers were injured. At that time of the year everybody is injured. Coaching becomes really important at that point to hide weaknesses and exploit the other teams injury/weaknesses. As for the 10am start, yes there is an effect on the circadian rythm, if two teams are so equal that a 10 am start will affect the outcome - that means they are quite even. There is a lot of luck involved in winning superbowls. 49ers had I think 20 playoff appearances, and only 5 superbwols to show for it. Seattle was just unlucky in last years round.