Dstone5553
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I understand how good the D was.
I didn't understand "keeping him as DC as HC" or whatever that was, which was followed by "HC? Give me a break!" which sounds opposite of everything else you were saying.
The D was great. Buddy was a great DC. They may have won again, but the 86 team lost McMahon, so the HC was not the issue. I am not one who thinks Ditka was a great HC overall. But Buddy sucked at it. He had great D talent in Philly and good offensive talent and couldn't win a playoff game.
But yes, with the talent they had, they should have kept winning. No question. They had a very good OL to go along with that D so any QB should have had a shot to win a title. Any but Flutie, that is.
If Buddy was the HC, that means he would have been calling the plays for the defense and the best defense of all time would have lived on.
It's my belief that Ryan would have been a fine HC for that team and the main reason is his defense would have led the way.
Yep, Jim got injured so that is a giant hurdle but it's my contention that that team would have had a better chance in this hypothetical scenario than they did in the real life scenario in which they were turned into a bend but don't break defense under Vince Tobin with Ditka as HC.
It's a silly argument especially because I've had to explain it so much.