A Mighty Fast Recovery ; Unlike Other Professional Leagues, Teams in the Nfl Have the Ability to Go From Doormat One Season to Playoff Contender the Next Year
The Washington Times › September 10, 2009
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Take heart, the downtrodden and weak, the underachieving and the unlucky. The NFL last season provided hope that things not only can get better, they can get better in a hurry. Yes, it can happen to you.
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A Mighty Fast Recovery ; Unlike Other Professional Leagues, Teams in the Nfl Have the Ability to Go From Doormat One Season to Playoff Contender the Next Year
Three teams made sweeping U-turns in the right direction in 2008, and that doesn't include the surprise NFC champion Arizona Cardinals. Big losers took the express lane and became big winners, bypassing gradual, incremental improvement. No rest stops at .500 here. The Baltimore Ravens turned a 5-11 record into 11-5 and came within one game of the Super Bowl. After enduring turmoil that shook the franchise to its core, the Atlanta Falcons went from 4-12 and last place in the NFC South to 11-5 and second place.
But the biggest turnaround happened in Miami, where the Dolphins zoomed from 1-15 to 11-5, finishing first in the AFC East ahead of the mighty New England Patriots (minus Tom Brady, of course) and Brett Favre and the New York Jets. The 10-game swing tied an NFL record set b...See the full content of this document
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