Teams that fell short

[boogiewithstu2007]

Any squad in your teams history you thought could have won it all but fell short ?

I feel like the 1986 Seahawks could have won it all had they slipped in, they ended the season wining 5 straight in dominant fashion clicking on all cylinders, Curt Warner was one of the top backs in the league, defense was stuffing everyone, and they also beat both Super Bowl teams that year, Giants and Broncos … Final game of the year they beat the Broncos 41-16 … I mean they were on fire! No guarantees obviously, 86 Giants were beasts, but I still would have loved to see that particular team have a shot…. Even if they had lost in the post season, I would have been cool with it, but not seeing that team have the opportunity haunts me a bit even today…. 10 wins usually gets you in, but not that particular year …

 

[mrschaney]

Marvin Lewis era dynasty Bengals. Often fell short, most often due to poor officiating.

 

[LambeauLegs]

The year of the choke job in Seattle in the NFC championship game

 

[Southieinnc]

Patriots? All 3 Superbowl losses.
Against Green Bay all we had to do was tackle the returner.
on the ensuing kickoff, Desmond Howard returned the ball a then-Super Bowl record 99 yards for a touchdown. The score proved to be the last one, as both teams' defenses took over the rest of the game. Howard became the first special teams player ever to be named Super Bowl MVP. He gained a total of 154 kickoff return yards, and also recorded a then-Super Bowl record 90 punt return yards, thus tying the then-Super Bowl records of total return yards (244) and combined net yards gained (244).

Screw the helmet catch!

Welker, can you catch a ball? Asante Samuel can you catch that interception?

Super Bowl Blunder No. 3: Asante Samuel costs New England a perfect season

Yesterday, we talked about the Super Bowl blunder by former Patriots wide receiver Wes Welker that cost New England a Super Bowl XLVI title. Today, we are going to go a little further back and talk…

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Super Bowl Blunder No. 4: Wes Welker costs the Patriots a Super Bowl title

When Tom Brady and the New England Patriots square off against the Atlanta Falcons in Super Bowl LI, they’ll be seeking their fifth Super Bowl title, which would propel Brady into first on th…

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[Nasty_Magician]

The 06/07 Cowboys were loaded on both sides of the ball. If they had a competent head coach (like if insecure bitch boy Jerry had retained Sean Payton) I think they win. I like Wade but he's not a head coach.

 

[boogiewithstu2007]

The year of the choke job in Seattle in the NFC championship game

I hear ya on that, Pack were a legit title team that year, in all rights shoulda represented the NFC in the title game …

 

[Picklerick 2.0]

98 minnesota vikings.

 

[boogiewithstu2007]

Patriots? All 3 Superbowl losses.
Against Green Bay all we had to do was tackle the returner.
on the ensuing kickoff, Desmond Howard returned the ball a then-Super Bowl record 99 yards for a touchdown. The score proved to be the last one, as both teams' defenses took over the rest of the game. Howard became the first special teams player ever to be named Super Bowl MVP. He gained a total of 154 kickoff return yards, and also recorded a then-Super Bowl record 90 punt return yards, thus tying the then-Super Bowl records of total return yards (244) and combined net yards gained (244).

Screw the helmet catch!

Welker, can you catch a ball? Asante Samuel can you catch that interception?

Super Bowl Blunder No. 3: Asante Samuel costs New England a perfect season

Yesterday, we talked about the Super Bowl blunder by former Patriots wide receiver Wes Welker that cost New England a Super Bowl XLVI title. Today, we are going to go a little further back and talk…

touchdownwire.usatoday.com

Super Bowl Blunder No. 4: Wes Welker costs the Patriots a Super Bowl title

When Tom Brady and the New England Patriots square off against the Atlanta Falcons in Super Bowl LI, they’ll be seeking their fifth Super Bowl title, which would propel Brady into first on th…

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I know man, those games were just so close, when we lost our heartbreaker on the goal-line I knew very well Pats fans understood our pain … It’s tough losing those ones, especially when you guys were SO close to an undefeated season…

 

[boogiewithstu2007]

98 minnesota vikings.

DEFINITELY! Minny was legit that year! I watched that game, Atlanta pulled a rabbit out to pull off that NFC title game, I wanted to see Minnesota take on the Broncos that year! That woulda been one helluva Super-Bowl…

 

[Southieinnc]

I know man, those games were just so close, when we lost our heartbreaker on the goal-line I knew very well Pats fans understood our pain … It’s tough losing those ones, especially when you guys were SO close to an undefeated season…

They all hurt - but winning the next one helps a bunch!

 

[boogiewithstu2007]

Marvin Lewis era dynasty Bengals. Often fell short, most often due to poor officiating.

LoL …. 1988 Bengals were legit though, very good squad …

 

[Southieinnc]

LoL …. 1988 Bengals were legit though, very good squad …

Montana to Taylor for winning score.
Boomer only 11 receptions out of 25 passes.....

 

[boogiewithstu2007]

Montana to Taylor for winning score.
Boomer only 11 receptions out of 25 passes.....

Wow, Boomer had a bad day, and they still almost won it… I remember a dropped INT late that coulda potentially won the game for the Bengals…. If YouTube allows it, here it is…

 

[Dude]

I know man, those games were just so close, when we lost our heartbreaker on the goal-line I knew very well Pats fans understood our pain … It’s tough losing those ones, especially when you guys were SO close to an undefeated season…

Patriots? All 3 Superbowl losses.
Against Green Bay all we had to do was tackle the returner.
on the ensuing kickoff, Desmond Howard returned the ball a then-Super Bowl record 99 yards for a touchdown. The score proved to be the last one, as both teams' defenses took over the rest of the game. Howard became the first special teams player ever to be named Super Bowl MVP. He gained a total of 154 kickoff return yards, and also recorded a then-Super Bowl record 90 punt return yards, thus tying the then-Super Bowl records of total return yards (244) and combined net yards gained (244).

Screw the helmet catch!

Welker, can you catch a ball? Asante Samuel can you catch that interception?

Super Bowl Blunder No. 3: Asante Samuel costs New England a perfect season

Yesterday, we talked about the Super Bowl blunder by former Patriots wide receiver Wes Welker that cost New England a Super Bowl XLVI title. Today, we are going to go a little further back and talk…

touchdownwire.usatoday.com

Super Bowl Blunder No. 4: Wes Welker costs the Patriots a Super Bowl title

When Tom Brady and the New England Patriots square off against the Atlanta Falcons in Super Bowl LI, they’ll be seeking their fifth Super Bowl title, which would propel Brady into first on th…

touchdownwire.usatoday.com

That Green Bay one hurt. So close and then a couple of plays flipped it in favor of Packers. Got out-coached that day, besides the big play, and 4 INT by Bledsoe.

 

[Southieinnc]

That Green Bay one hurt. So close and then a couple of plays flipped it in favor of Packers. Got out-coached that day, besides the big play, and 4 INT by Bledsoe.

244 yards on kick returns - by a midget returner.
Howard got 244 yards on returns
Packers had 204 yards passing!

 

[TheLonestarDUCK]

The 1990 Niners were a freak fumble exchange between Young & Craig to advance to Super Bowl. Montana took a hard hit just before that. One first down the Niners play the Bills in the Super Bowl and certainly would have been first and only team to 3Peat.

The 1990 San Francisco 49ers: A Three-Peat Bid That Just Misses - thesportsnotebook.com

The mission for the 1990 San Francisco 49ers was clear after their 55-10 pounding of the Denver Broncos in the previous season’s Super Bowl. Winners of two straight titles, the 49er players began chanting “Three-Peat!” in the locker room. The ‘90 Niners came awfully close, but ended up just...

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[Niner Outlaw]

There are a few 49ers teams that really fell short.

The 1983 49ers
4th in points scored and 4th in points allowed. Montana had a great PB season. Dean and Board had 17.5 and 13 sacks, 3 defenders in the PB. Only went 10-6, but 2 losses were by 3pts and 2 others were by 5pts. We lost to Washington in the NFCCG, 24-21. Even skins fans will tell you that the refs made 2 BS PI calls that handed the Skins the trip to the SB, where karma ensured they lost to the Raiders.

The 1987 49ers
1st in points scored and yards gained. 3rd in points allowed, 1st in yards allowed. Montana, Craig, and Rice and 2 defenders in the PB. 13-2 record. We lost in the first rd to Minny. Dug a 20-3 hole at halftime and couldn't get back out of it. Couldn't protected Montana (4 sacks) against that Minny DL, and Young had to finish the game.

The 1990 49ers
See the post and link above.

 

[RobToxin]

Houston Oilers 1987-1993.

Didn't even make the AFC Title Game.

That was an epic underachievement.

 

[sonnyblack65]

DEFINITELY! Minny was legit that year! I watched that game, Atlanta pulled a rabbit out to pull off that NFC title game, I wanted to see Minnesota take on the Broncos that year! That woulda been one helluva Super-Bowl…

Denny Green blew that imo. They were up 20-7 with under 2 to go in first half, and had the ball. Cunningham was sacked I believe on 1st down on like their own 20 yard line. I figured they would play conservative and go into the locker with a 2 score lead. Green got greedy and Atl recovered fumble by Randall deep into Viking territory, and then scored a TD right before half, cutting it to a 1 score game

 

[Beaker]

98 minnesota vikings.

That is always the one that comes to mind with me. I really think they had the best team in the league that year, and it really wasn't close.