XenaGuy - 19 December 2007 12:53 AM

Not whole teams change that much. Your SOS angle doesn’t really work when you go from 0-6 to 5-0 vs the very same teams.

I don’t know what “SOS angle” means ... but as Acura T points out in his reply to my comments, the main reeason the Bucs record improved against division foes this season is that the rest of the division collapsed from injuries and coach/QB fiascos. They still haven’t beaten anybody with a winning record this year, that can’t be argued.

I’ll admit, they are better this year than last, but not that they are a ‘good’ team this year. They are a mid-level team playiing a terribly weak schedule, in a weak division racked by injuries and off-field controversy, which they have avoided. This has resulted in a division title, a surprising record, possibly 11-5 for the season, and a possible 1st round playoff win. The team is better this season than last year’s terrible 5-11 bunch, but they’re not good enough for 11-5 without the weak schedule and crippled division.

Really. SoS, Strenght of Schedule, was too much short hand?

Wait, so first you say teams don’t change that much from year to year, but then you say three teams in the bucs division alone have changed so much that the same bad team from last year went from 0-6 to 5-0.  Hmmm…

The bucs avoided injuries? 

Well man, I think were clearly watching two different NFLs.  Enjoy what remains of the season.

Strength of schedule plays into it, I admit, but teams themselves DO CHANGE from year to year. Your coaches are gone, your starting QB’s are rotated, your running back is on the IR, you are starting numerous rookies, YOUR TEAM RETURNS A KICKOFF FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER IN A SEASON (wooT! WOOT! lol.) My point was that teams DO change. I’ll say this, GOOD TEAMS and great teams DON’T CHANGE from season to season, but never was I calling the Bucs great. Honestly, the year we won the Super Bowl is similar to this year, granted we were a little stronger in those days, but we snuck up on everyone and then steam rolled through the playoffs. Also, we’ve lost games to the good teams, but as one Buc said in an article recently, we didn’t GET BEAT, WE LOST it. Last, as a point of change, the Chargers, who are a good team, changed their coach and look what happened to them.

Honestly, the year we won the Super Bowl is similar to this year, granted we were a little stronger in those days, but we snuck up on everyone and then steam rolled through the playoffs.

I think that our Offensive Line is actually better than the 2002 team’s was.

The 2002 D was vastly superior to this D.

As far as the oline goes, this year’s might be a bit better over the course of the year, but in 2002 that line came together at theperfect time and played just lights out!  That last six game or so stretch was incredible. I don’t think you can expect that to happen every really. It was just the right moment in time.