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Originally Posted by jd1020

Interesting. The last SB winner to have a 100 yard runner was the 2006 Colts.

Time to wake up and realize the NFL is changing to a passing league.

And I'd hardly consider teams like the Colts, Saints, Packers, and Patriots to be complete teams... They do, however, have 1 thing in common. Any guess?

The packers the year they won the super bowl, were a complete team in the playoffs. Their defense had as much to do with them winning the super bowl as their offense. The patriots haven't won a super bowl since adding players like randy moss, and wes welker, while losing guys like ty law, lawyer milloy, willie mcginnest. The saints defense also was a major reason they won the super bowl, or do you not remember them knocking out favre, and picking off peyton manning to seal the super bowl? The two most complete teams in football last year played in the super bowl. the most complete team (the giants) won the super bowl before. They were the most balanced teams in football. Now, would you care to tell me how I am wrong again? Lets not forget, that Aaron Rodgers, record breaking MVP season, was the year AFTER they won the super bowl, and he got bounced in the divisionals by the giants. Im not here to troll, or to stir shit up, but the myth that these days all you need is a franchise qb to win is bullshit. you need a complete team.

Originally Posted by MagicHef

Ok, from opening day 2011 roster to now, what has improved?

QB- I think the improvement is marginal at best. The season that Cassel had just finished was better than any Smith has ever had.

OL- Sure, it should be better. We'll see if it makes a difference.

CB- definitely worse than 2011.

Aside from that, all the improvements are "the rookies will be awesome" and "the young players will be so much better than they were."

Yeahhhhhh, um, you left out that little thing called coaching. That probably is the biggest difference. And if you don't think that Alex Smith is a HUGE upgrade to matt cassel, then you are either just a dip shit, or a cassel lover. There is not a person on the planet who sees alex smith as a MARGINAL upgrade to Matt Cassel. Its the difference between going from a 1970 ford pinto, to a 2011 Toyota Prius. Its a huge upgrade.