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Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501
That is no guarantee that you're going to win deep in the playoffs. Seattle, Baltimore, Houston, the Giants, the Alex Smith niners, and now KC and Tennessee... these are teams that are doing really well playing more of an efficient game. The Steelers (pre-Arians) did as well.
So much attention is paid to this electric passing game. But the fact is that efficient teams have been just as successful in the playoffs of late as explosive offenses. I brought up before that apart from one Super Bowl run, both Aaron Rodgers and Drew Brees have a really lousy playoff win-loss record.
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Baltimore scored 31ppg in the playoffs last year... Flacco threw for 11 yards in 4 games with a 9ypa and 117 rating. Seattle lost last year despite throwing for 385 yards and scoring 28 points. Houston lost their playoff game 41-28 last year. The 2011 Giants scored 25.5pgg in the postseason, and Manning threw for over 1200 yards in 4 games. The 49ers last year gave up 31 points in two of their games and in 2011 had to beat the Saints 36-32 on Smith's 300 yards/3TDs (and Brees threw for 460 that game, but didn't have 140 yards rushing to back it up like the 49ers did).
There are almost no guarantees in
anything, so it's pointless to even say... the overwhelming trend is that you need elite QB play to win deep in the playoffs, which can only be overcome by elite play at
several other positions, such an entire defense.