The thing about good teams is that opponents always have an excuse. Stafford can't play on the road, Tony Romo was out, SF had injuries on defense, Philip Rivers was off that day, the Giants were still learning their game plan under a new offensive coordinator, the Raiders just changed coaches.
You could go on and on. Our team never makes excuses. We lost a ton of talent on D. I'm not even sure people realize how much pro bowl talent we lost. But never an excuse. Not once.
This is a well built football team, with a lot of captains and leaders from other teams. We're a complete football team.
They have something really special in the locker room. I believe they can go all the way. They have each other's back. It was PPs comments that made me believe, when Palmer went down, he said the D took it personally. That's rare. He said they wanted to then destroy the opposing QB and they did.
And I keep seeing players go up to BA after a win. I've been saying it 3 or 4 weeks now. That's rarer than you'd expect nowadays. Not celebrating with teammates but looking for the coach. PP looked like he was going to cry last game, when he found BA and hugged him. Dockett has been a stud on the sideline. And look at the players afterward in the lockeroom, with PP hopping around and CC right up front. This is a United lockeroom the likes of which we haven't seen. A lockeroom like that can win a SB.
The way our players treat this coach is a throwback to times past. When the coach was more important and garnered an almost revered respect. That's what our Cardinals are showing BA. It's amazing to me.
