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Originally Posted by Bump
the 97 playoff game was particularly hard
I'm trying to remember, but wasn't that when they put Elvis Grbac back in for the last game vs the Saints and then the playoff loss was to Denver? After Rich Gannon had the offense moving pretty efficiently while Grbac was hurt and Marty was being questioned about the decision because Gannon looked better and Marty said "I'm not letting a player lose his job to an injury"
That's how I remember it
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It was also the cooking spray game. Plus Gonzalez caught what should have been the winning touchdown but he was incorrectly ruled out of bounds. And of course that touchdown was only necessary because a phantom hold on a successful field goal moved it back ten yards, and then on the longer retry it was missed. If not for that, a late field goal would have won it. It was just an absolute unholy witches brew of bullshit that denied us that day. And that was the best, most complete team we ever fielded between Dawson and Mahomes. Still makes me sick just thinking about it. That one will never go away.
IIRC it came out later than Carl had basically forced Marty's hand about starting that rusty ass shitbag Grbac. I will go to my grave believing that had Gannon gotten the start that day we would have overcome everything else.