It was our stadium brothers the New York Giants, coached by the all talk (more like yell) and no coach guy Mr. Tom Coughlin. It makes me sick to see an 8-8 team, picked to go to the Superbowl, get into the playoffs. They don't deserve it!!!! How does any 8-8 team deserve a playoff berth. That's ridiculous. We got in by the skin of our teeth and we were 10-6!!!! That's ridiculous. The teams in the NFC are so bad, teams that manage to stay above a .333 winning percentage get into the playoffs. Truly this is an example of exactly what the commissioners want: parity, anyone can beat anyone on any given Sunday. But, c'mon, it's still football right? Does everyone have to suck?!?!?! Look, I'm happy for the Giants. Just, all this second fiddle nonsense (Jets and Mets) gets me pissed.
Again I don't believe you can bakc in, you either win the games you ned to win to make it or you don't whether you do it Weeks 1-8 or 9-17. The giants are cleary not a deserving playof team in a normal year but the NFC stinks as usual so they are in and they can definitely beat Philly next week.
Yea, that's the sad part. An 8-8 team in the NFC can sneak in and win a playoff game or two (NFC is so bad and inconsistent) while more deserving AFC teams sit at home in January.
The Term "back in" is used when you actually LOSE and still get in.... Winning and getting in is just getting in...
Hey, if the tables were turned and a mediocre Jets team was getting in on a weak conference year, you wouldn't be complaining. Giants won't make much noise in the playoffs, anyway.
It's just very frustrating b/c the giants have made a living off a weak conference the past decade while we have had some damn good teams and we haven't been able to get to a SB b/c we play in the much tougher conf. If we played in the NFC the last 10 seasons we'd have multiple SB appearances. In typical Jets luck when the AFC used to stink so did we.
I don't know who these 'more deserving' AFC teams are? Only 1 9-7 team missed the playoffs. And they weren't good enough to win at home against a lowly sub-.500 NFC team. Everyone else finished .500 or worse. Just like those NFC teams that didn't get in. The AFC has better teams at the top of the conference. But after you get by the top 5, you have a bunch of mediocre teams, just like the NFC.
I agree with both of those statements. I certainly didn't complain in 1991 when the NFC was the better conference and the Jets made the playoffs with a .500 record. It goes in cycles. The only year that bothered me somewhat was 1999. Each conference had problem teams. AFC seeds 1. Jaguars (14-2) 2. Colts (13-3) 3. Seahawks (9-7) 4. Titans (13-3) 5. Bills (11-5) 6. Dolphins (9-7) NFC seeds 1. Rams (13-3) 2. Buccaneers (11-5) 3. Redskins (10-6) 4. Vikings (10-6) 5. Cowboys (8-8) 6. Lions (8-8) The teams in bold were very spotty. The Chiefs and Jets were playing better than the Dolphins and Seahawks down the stretch. If the NFL had an 18-game schedule the Jets and Chiefs would have made the playoffs. Then, as luck would have it, the Dolphins played the Seahawks in the first round. One of those junky teams was going to win a playoff game. Miami beat Seattle 20-17. A week later they were pulverized in Jacksonville, 62-7. Cowboys and Lions- what can you say there? They won tiebreakers over two other .500 teams (Packers and Panthers). Lions lost at Washington in first round 27-13. The Cowboys lost in Minnesota 27-10 to a team led at quarterback by Jeff George.
After you get by the top 2 in the NFC you have a bunch of mediocre teams and the top 2 in the NFC went 3-5 against the AFC. Chi lost 3 games all year- to the AFC, NO lost 6 and 3 were to the AFC.
At least the Giants did step up and win a game they were supposed to in order to secure a playoff spot. The only team that really backed in were the Cowboys. Parcells losing to the Lions at home?
