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Originally Posted by pugsnotdrugs19
The burden of our expectations and success also sets us up to continue it even further.
You can't tell me that it doesn't benefit this team to have to take on the best efforts of their opponents week after week. It just sharpens the iron. They aren't ever going to be taken back by "playoff speed" and getting an opponent's full focus for four quarters; it's a weekly guarantee for them unlike it is for any other franchise.
I see it as the gift that keeps on giving, a nice revolving cycle. A bit exhausting, but wouldn't have it any other way and ultimately it's why they will threepeat.
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We also get a lot of stand alone games in prime time which I think is great for the playoffs. When you perform when all eyes are on you those are great reps to have in the bank. One huge moment last season was the team flying to Germany, doing all those press conferences, training in a different facility, playing in a building with split fanbases etc. That was a mini superbowl experience imo which was great preparation for the guys.