[LenS]

On the down side, Gibbs won two of his Super Bowls in strike years, not exactly full seasons. And his third happened the year that both Philly and SF were using third stringers at QB for much of the time and just missed the playoffs. The Giants were in the midst of a QB feud. Plus, the Dallas dynasty was still a year away which left the Detroit Lions as the Skins main competition in the NFC playoffs. The epitome of a mediocre team that won in the dome games and reeked elsewhere. And the AFC was still in the midst of pathetic streak.

Gibbs was more the master of slipping through the cracks in the off years than someone who's team dominated the league. Nor did Gibbs get to the Super Bowl without home advantage all the way. If the Skins had to go on the road, they just didn't go to the Super Bowl.

[mainepatsfan]

They had to go on the road in 1987 to beat Chicago. Minnesota then upset the 49ers which meant the NFC title game that year was played at RFK. That was the last time a team played a playoff game on the road and their next at home.

You can't blame the Redskins because the Cowboys didn't put it all together in 1991.