Guys who just aren’t that good don’t win playoff games.
Are you going to try saying people that suck can win at the playoff level? Really? Because it cannot be both ways. So if a guy can and DID win at that level, there has to be talent. Both to get him TO the game and even more to win it.
Now I don’t see that as a remotely controversial or arguable statement. In fact, anyone saying it was would have a pretty tough time backing it up factually or logically.
Since that is in fact the case we can skip to other reasons outside takent and ability which he was proven to have. And has.
Does it really matter how good a coach is when his boss says no?
If you ever spent any time in the workforce, and I’m sure you have, you have encountered office politics. The NFL has it on a much ‘richer’ scale. That’s all there is to it.
Unless one gets to win NFL playoff games being ‘not that good’.
Sure they do. Remember, it’s a team sport, with a 53 man roster divided up in 3 major groups. The fact is no player is on the team more than half the plays when you count special teams. A good team can win with a bad player, even in the playoffs. Look at Trent Dilfer. Generally considered the worst QB to ever win a SB, hist stats on their SB run were pathetic. The team went 5 (regular season) games in a row without an offensive TD... and won all 5 because they had the best defense in the history of the game.
Or look even closer to last year when the (terrible in all phases of the game) Carolina Panthers beat the (even worse) Arizona Cardinals in the Wild Card round.
So yes bad teams and bad players can win A playoff game. But the truth tends to come out as the playoffs progress. Unless you have the best defense ever to make up for it.
It certainly does matter how good a coach is, because that also helps show how good the owner is. Kraft doesn’t interfere with the team. He let’s Belichick handle it, because Belichick is possibly the best ever. Belichick handles the roster, if Bill had wanted Tebow he’d have gotten him. And really, if Kraft was going to interfere why wait until the final cut, just don’t bring Tebow in. Again, Ray Rice shows how this works, nobody wants the PR hit so nobody has brought him in for try outs.
There’s a long list of players that have managed to win A playoff game without being very good. There’s even a few that won the Lombardi that way. A 53 man roster has lots of people to help weak players.
If you want to talk about playoff records, Sanchez is 4-2 with back to back AFC championship appearances. But some here believe Tebow should stay and he should go.