[Colts And Orioles]

Originally Posted by Colts And Orioles

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Some have argued that Bill Belichick's best and most impressive season ever as a head coach was in 2008, when the Patriots went 11-5 with Matt Cassel at quarterback.



The 2008 Patriots Will Forever be Bill Belichick’s True Masterpiece

(By Michael Seff)

http://draftamerica.com/the-2008-pat...e-masterpiece/

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Originally Posted by TheMugwump

They can say that all they want. But those 2008 Patriots did miss the playoffs.

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And there have been many 8-8 teams and even some 7-9 teams that have made the playoffs, due to being in a shitty division.

Since 1978, the only two 11-5 teams ever to not to make the playoffs have been the 1985 Denver Broncos and the 2008 Patriots. If you're arguing that the luck of the draw which will often allow an 8-8 team to make the playoffs is more impressive than an extremely unlucky 11-5 team not making the playoffs, that's rather absurd. Going 11-5 with Matt Cassel as your starting quarterback is a hell of a lot more impressive than an 8-8 team or a 7-9 team sneaking into the playoffs. If that 2008 Patriots team had gone 8-8 and won their division, it would have been viewed much more as the Patriots desperately missing Brady than the fact that they went 11-5 without him. The 2020 Colts would have been the 3rd team ever to miss the playoffs with their 11-5 record, but there was an additional/7th seed added this year. I don't know anybody who would argue that the 7-9 Redskins deserved a playoff berth more and/or were a more accomplished team than the 11-5 Colts were, regardless of whether or not that 7th seed had been added.

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