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Originally Posted by FloridaMan88
Losing to Carolina in the NFC Championship Game (who went on to almost beat the Patriots in the Super Bowl, losing 32-29), is not as bad as your beloved Bill Wash choking to an 8-7 Vikings team in the Divisional Round… against freaking Wade Wilson.
Bill Walsh’s #1 seeded 49ers team lost at home with Joe Montana at QB to an 8-7 Vikings team with Wade Wilson at QB.
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Let's examine this game that you're clutching your pearls so tightly over, as the one singular reference you have as a poor performance by a coach, compared to your hero whose playoff collapses are many, and the stuff of legend.
So the Vikings in the 88 divisional round. How was that defense again?
The Minnesota Vikings had one of the best defenses in the NFL finishing with the following stats:
Total yards allowed: 4,091, the best in the league
Yards per play allowed: 4.3, the best in the league
First downs allowed: 243, the best in the league
Takeaways: 53, the best in the league
Passer rating against opposing quarterbacks: 41.2, the lowest in the 1980s and fifth all-time for the Super Bowl era.
I'm not sure that any poor performance against that unit could be considered a choke, but sure. Let's say your pearl clutching is valid.
If that's the case, then your boy Andy Reid lost at home to Brad Johnson in an NFC championship game, and is just as culpable. Another legend in the echelon of the magnificent Jake Delhomme.
I mean, if we're not going to factor two of the greatest defensive seasons on record and put it squarely on the coaches, your boy still has plenty more gaffes than Bill Walsh, who created the offense he's used for decades.
Yikes. Lmao.