If Fred Dean stays with the Chargers in '81
Posted: Mon Dec 09, 2024 9:00 am
In my opinion, SD still does not best Cincy in such a hypothetical. The Charger D surrounding Dean still digresses; and if they couldn't get by Oakland the year before...
Perhaps SD wins a couple more games in '81, don't need the Bears to do them that favor in the finale, their win at Miami not so..."Epic" (if the game is even in Miami instead of Jack Murphy). and maybe they play a bit better in their two games vs the Bengals, but IMO not better enough. Neither game a nail-biter, in the end.
But what happens in the NFC in such an event?? Is there anyone who thinks that 'the Genius' still has his team finish on top anyway considering that Dean wouldn't be their only addition in '81 - Hacksaw and the new, drafted secondary for starters? I guess most of you will see Big D, and also Cincy, as both being better than San Fran in '81. I lean that way as well.
And to those who feel that the Cowboys & Bengals would have been better, do you think that other playoff teams as well would have been better? Or is that going too far? Maybe it’s not a case of “going too far” to think that, but I opine that those other playoff teams would not have been better. San Fran even without Dean, I think, would have still been better than a Charger team with him.
Perhaps SD wins a couple more games in '81, don't need the Bears to do them that favor in the finale, their win at Miami not so..."Epic" (if the game is even in Miami instead of Jack Murphy). and maybe they play a bit better in their two games vs the Bengals, but IMO not better enough. Neither game a nail-biter, in the end.
But what happens in the NFC in such an event?? Is there anyone who thinks that 'the Genius' still has his team finish on top anyway considering that Dean wouldn't be their only addition in '81 - Hacksaw and the new, drafted secondary for starters? I guess most of you will see Big D, and also Cincy, as both being better than San Fran in '81. I lean that way as well.
And to those who feel that the Cowboys & Bengals would have been better, do you think that other playoff teams as well would have been better? Or is that going too far? Maybe it’s not a case of “going too far” to think that, but I opine that those other playoff teams would not have been better. San Fran even without Dean, I think, would have still been better than a Charger team with him.