Saints super bowl bound?

whodatsaintsfan26 · 09-06-2004, 11:32 AM

here is a link from Len Pasquarelli

By Len Pasquarelli
ESPN.com

Everybody pretty much knows the hope springs eternal statistics, numbers from the past half-dozen NFL seasons, a recent history coaches and general managers recite by rote to convince even the shabbiest of rosters that the playoffs are a realistic possibility at the outset of any campaign.

Over the last six years, seven of the 12 teams that advanced to the Super Bowl were at .500 or below in the season preceding their championship game appearance, and eight did not qualify for the playoffs at all. Of the past six Super Bowl champions, four failed to participate in the postseason the year before claiming the Vince Lombardi trophy, and the two others were coming off campaigns in which they had been only wild-card teams.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/previe...len&id=1875674

[Edited on 9/6/2004 by Halo]

09-06-2004, 11:32 AM	#1
whodatsaintsfan26 500th Post Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Dallas Texas Posts: 577	Saints super bowl bound? here is a link from Len Pasquarelli By Len Pasquarelli ESPN.com Everybody pretty much knows the hope springs eternal statistics, numbers from the past half-dozen NFL seasons, a recent history coaches and general managers recite by rote to convince even the shabbiest of rosters that the playoffs are a realistic possibility at the outset of any campaign. Over the last six years, seven of the 12 teams that advanced to the Super Bowl were at .500 or below in the season preceding their championship game appearance, and eight did not qualify for the playoffs at all. Of the past six Super Bowl champions, four failed to participate in the postseason the year before claiming the Vince Lombardi trophy, and the two others were coming off campaigns in which they had been only wild-card teams. http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/previe...len&id=1875674 [Edited on 9/6/2004 by Halo]