When all is said and done, I feel like this team will be better than the 2016 team that made it to the NFC Championship game. We'll be stronger on defense, we'll have more of a running game, and our pass catchers are coming along nicely. We don't have Jordy anymore, but we didn't have him for most of the Giants playoff game and beat the Cowboys without him in the divisional round.
Basically, subtract Jordy and Cook and add in Graham and the emergence of some of these younger guys. Allison in an increased role. And again, Jones/Williams is a much better running tandem than anything we had in 2016.
So my point is that, as flawed as the 2016 team was, it went pretty far. To the captain's point, if you're one of the 6 teams in the NFC left standing after week 17, you have a shot. Especially with that #12 guy behind center.