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Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501
Reid isn't a martyball coach. The question is why a team that has absolutely dominated the NFC in the regular season has had average postseason success. I feel like he's tense or presses in the playoffs. I don't mind the hire. He's better than Marty. But wish people wouldn't create stories that his postseason lack of success hasn't been very, very heavily scrutinized, not just in Philly, but everywhere.
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Just like Marty, for the most part, Reid's best teams suffered in the postseasom from what helped them be so good in the reg season : lack of consistant QB play.
McNabb was overrated, and never truly great or elite. Those teams won with defense and special teams, and by having an attention to detail, and by being tough in the trenches. Which, as we all know, can win you around 10 games a year, every year.
However, pretty much EVERY team in the playoffs has the same MO - smart, tough football. The difference comes with the execution, and who's pulking the trigger. Outside of an aged Joe Montana (and don't bring up Gannon - Gruden coached him up like crazy) Marty NEVER had a QB. Dude won 13 games with STEVE BONO. Reid is a similar coach, who always seemed to get the most out of whatever he had (at least until this year.) But he got the most out of McNabb he could, those horrible WRs - and when Terrell Owens showed up and gave some kind of actual explosiveness to their passing game, he went to a Super Bowl.