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Originally Posted by Sylvanfan
In the NFC, teams like Green Bay, Seattle, and the Giants have been within a TD drive at the end of the game to get them wins or losses. I think Seattle is a team who's probably given the most consistent effort week to week, but I don't know if I'd call a team with that offence the best in the conference.
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Agreed, this is what's keeping me from labeling them as #1 in the conference as well. I know a dominating D can help carry a team, and even in this unprecedented offensive era, a strong D seems to win out over an explosive O in the playoffs a lot of the time (see Saints/Niners last year).
Despite that, I just can't help but look at the starting QB's for SB winners going back to '03: E. Manning, Rodgers, Brees, Roethlisberger, E. Manning, P. Manning, Roethsliberger, Brady, Brady.
--pretty telling, really. I don't care how good your D/run game is, come playoff time, if you don't have "it" at QB, its going to be extremely difficult to win out in this era.