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Originally Posted by stevecarlton1972
No doubt, as 16 game season really is a game of inches. There are so many things that broke our way last year to enable us to get home field advantage in the playoffs and make a playoff run to the Superbowl so much easier. I still believe that if the Vikings didn't get lucky on that last play against the Saints, Drew Brees may come to Philly and beat us in the NFC Championship. We never beat Drew Brees as he has won in New Orleans and in Philly, so the Home Field was no advantage to us in that respect compared to playing the Vikings.
The only thing that makes a repeat somewhat possible is our team didn't get depleted through Free Agency like most Superbowl teams do. Because Wentz is still young and not making Franchise QB money yet, we still have cap flexibility so we are fielding pretty much the same team this year. But the window will get smaller once Wentz is payed big bucks as that is when you need to start going cheap on certain positions to make up for that cap hit.
Seattle is a perfect example as the won the Superbowl with a young team, and then got back to the Superbowl the next year and lost to New England. And 3 years later, they a shell of that Superbowl team because it's so hard to keep everyone intact in a Salary Cap world.
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All very good points. Beyond the physical and financial aspects you mention is the mental challenge teams that win face. All of a sudden you've been to the top of the mountain so can you keep the same focus and intensity the next year. Also, SB champs get everybody's best punch the next year. It will be most every other teams Super Bowl to knock off the champs and that can take a lot out of a team.
jeff