Originally posted by cciowa:
that means nothing when we start playing games again. its like when someone rolls out the picture of five dusty super bowl trophies. you can not live on that past success. remember the year we were thrilled to end on a hot streak. go 7 and 9 or something then begin the next year 0-5. i loved the win streak. but to think that has anything to do with our team now or what will happen in a few months is silly in my opinion
I'm still trying to find a team that had a five-game winning streak and then sucked the next year.
The closest I can find is the 2008 Cleveland Browns with a four-game winning streak, but they didn't beat any playoff teams.
In 2009, we finished 4-1. Didn't beat any playoff teams there, either.
Winning five in a row, even against bad teams, is a hard thing to do. I do my best to stay cautiously optimistic at best through everything but I really don't think it was all a meaningless mirage. We'll find out in half a year, though.
Just to give an idea of how difficult it is: the last time we had done it was 2013 and before that, 2011. We didn't even do it the season we went to the Super Bowl. Before 2011, you have to go all the way back to 2001 and then 1997.
[ Edited by Fanaticofnfl on Mar 23, 2018 at 5:58 PM ]