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Originally Posted by Peyton's Princess
I loved Vermeil and I thought he was an awesome coach. Fantastic.
Our offense was great year in and year out...I loved it. Eddie Kennison was underrated.
but you disagree? Trent had a ton of opportunities in 2004 and I used to remember thinking on those final drives we were ****ed. And we usually were.
We either led 14 or 15 games in the 4th quarter that year and won 7 games. I realize our defense was a disaster but our #1 offense had plenty of chances to win games and couldn't once we had to abandon our running game.
2005 still eats at me because I think we could have went on a run if we got into the playoffs...
that Dallas game will forever hurt to think about it...one of my worst memories as a Chiefs fan...the Surtain dropped pick 6...the LJ block and whiff that led to a 14 point swing...the Tynes miss that would have forced OT...we'd win that game 19 times out of 20 and the 1 time we managed to lose it it ****ed us right out of the playoffs...
we would have won a playoff game that year
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The reason that's unfair is the offense was asked to do that every single week. That's almost not an exaggeration. If you gave John Elway that defense, he wouldn't save you every time. You're playing a slanted game.
Despite that, in the 2004 season, for instance... Trent Green was tied for 4th in the league in 4th quarter comebacks. I wouldn't put him up there with Montana or Elway but he wasn't a complete choke artist either. He was top 10 in 4th quarter comebacks and game-winning drives 3 of the last 4 years under DV. And the year he wasn't was 2003, where the team won 13 games... and he made some great clutch plays.