Thank you. It feels good too. Denver, to echo Elfdart, can suck it -- long and hard!havokeff wrote:That is because, apparently, it has never happened before. Congrats Chargers and especially Elfdart and SPC!Darth Fanboy wrote:What an ass whooping. Fuckin big time congratulations to the Charger fans. I can't remember a bigger comeback in a divisional race to win a playoff spot.Also, I think the Chargers are the first 4-8 team to ever make the playoffs. IIRC weren't they the first 0-4 team to make the playoffs some years ago too?
We're the 1st 8-8 division champion since the 1985 Cleveland Browns I hear. Also, this is in fact (according to Al Michaels) the 1st time a division-leading team (Denver) has been in that lead all season long and then given it up in the last week.
As for start 0-4 and make the playoffs? I don't believe so, aside from this year and last, when we've been good we've been good early and late, and rough in the middle. Hell, it's hilarious that in 2005 we went 9-7, gave the Colts their 1st loss (in Indy!) but lost a slew of less-than-10-point decisions, we failed to make the post-season. Then, the Broncos were actually a team. Now, they can't stop a fling, a prayer or a high school track team.
What we did do was, IIRC, be the 1st team to go 5-1 and then miss the post-season. (I think we finished 8-8 and it might've been a 6-1 start -- that was an historic meltdown, too, sad to say it, and in Charger blue) That was in either Doug Fluties (remember him?) waning years as starter or one of Brees' first attempts at the job.
FUN FACT: Whenever you see Brees take pressure and he responds by running backwards, putting his back to the pass rusher looking over either shoulder ... and then he whips his body and head around in the other direction buying a second or two to fling a pass downfield? He learned that from Flutie. Flutie did it (and crazier things, like jump passes
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