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<blockquote data-quote="FrankRizzo" data-source="post: 453235" data-attributes="member: 2232"><p>I am not saying sustained success is due to luck. But the difference between the 2010 post-season and 2011 post-season clearly shows that there's plenty of luck that is a factor in who ends up the champion.</p><p> </p><p>We had some very fortunate breaks in the 2010 post-season as well as week 16 & 17 to qualify, and things that were 100% out of our control.</p><p> </p><p>Last year, the Giants had those breaks go their way. Not only the rare fumbles, drops, and death in the team family versus us, but they had the same guy fumble twice late in the NFC Championship game at San Francisco.</p><p> </p><p>And in 2009, the Saints were totally outplayed by Minnesota in that NFC Championship game, but the Vikings fumbled snaps, handoffs, some key bad calls against the Vikings, and still the Vikings probably would have won had they not huddled with 12 men coming out of a timeout, and then Farve did what he always does late in big playoff games.</p><p> </p><p>They are not excuses. They are breaks. Some bounce your way, some don't. To pretend they don't make a significant difference at times is naive.</p><p> </p><p>Also, Teddy pulled the trigger on Rodgers. But it was lucky that he slid that far. As Belichick has said about getting Brady in the end of round 6, it was very lucky because had they known he was anywhere near that good, they wouldn't have sat there and waited so long to take him.</p><p>Teddy did not trade up to get Rodgers. He did do that for Clay Matthews though, which makes that pick all the more impressive in my opinion.</p><p>The Matthews move/pick was genius with no luck. The Rodgers pick in his lap had some luck there.</p><p>It was the same as Randy Moss sliding into Ron Wolf's lap in the 1998 draft, but Wolf chickened out whereas Thompson had the steel ballz. That part isn't luck of course, but the premium talent sliding that far is.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FrankRizzo, post: 453235, member: 2232"] I am not saying sustained success is due to luck. But the difference between the 2010 post-season and 2011 post-season clearly shows that there's plenty of luck that is a factor in who ends up the champion. We had some very fortunate breaks in the 2010 post-season as well as week 16 & 17 to qualify, and things that were 100% out of our control. Last year, the Giants had those breaks go their way. Not only the rare fumbles, drops, and death in the team family versus us, but they had the same guy fumble twice late in the NFC Championship game at San Francisco. And in 2009, the Saints were totally outplayed by Minnesota in that NFC Championship game, but the Vikings fumbled snaps, handoffs, some key bad calls against the Vikings, and still the Vikings probably would have won had they not huddled with 12 men coming out of a timeout, and then Farve did what he always does late in big playoff games. They are not excuses. They are breaks. Some bounce your way, some don't. To pretend they don't make a significant difference at times is naive. Also, Teddy pulled the trigger on Rodgers. But it was lucky that he slid that far. As Belichick has said about getting Brady in the end of round 6, it was very lucky because had they known he was anywhere near that good, they wouldn't have sat there and waited so long to take him. Teddy did not trade up to get Rodgers. He did do that for Clay Matthews though, which makes that pick all the more impressive in my opinion. The Matthews move/pick was genius with no luck. The Rodgers pick in his lap had some luck there. It was the same as Randy Moss sliding into Ron Wolf's lap in the 1998 draft, but Wolf chickened out whereas Thompson had the steel ballz. That part isn't luck of course, but the premium talent sliding that far is. [/QUOTE]
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