I'm thinking of starting a "Coulda, woulda, shoulda" theme league.

With a limit of one franchise, every player selects a season where it "coulda, woulda, shoulda"  have had a happier ending than it did. 

Here are some examples of what I mean

2007 Patriots.  For obvious reasons
1982 NY Jets: After winning playoff games @ Cincy and LA (the Raiders, not the Rams), qb Richard Todd threw 5 picks in the AFC title game at Miami in a monsoon.
1982 Dolphins: Came within one great defensive play by Wash qb Joe Theismann of winning the Super Bowl
1990 Bills: Should be obvious

1976 Steelers: Had the highest expected winning pct of any post-merger team, but had to play the AFC title game @ Oakland w/o Franco Harris & Rocky Bleir
2006 Ravens; A great 13-3 regular season went up in smoke thanks to an impotent performance by their offense vs a very poor Colts defense
1986 Browns: Could go with the 87 version, but they lost the 86 AFC title game at home, giving them the "nod" in my eyes.
1981 Bengals: Had better stats and probably a better team than their Super Bowl opponents, the Niners, but a boatload of mistakes in the 1st half put them in a hole they couldn't get out of.

2005 Colts: After a 13-0 start, lost at home to a Steelers team they had smoked 26-7 in the regular season.  The 1964 or 1968 Baltimore Colts seasons would work well too.
1999 Jags: With the exception of the Titans, against who they were 0-3 including an AFC title game loss, finished undefeated. 
1993 Oilers: Finished 12-4 but for the 3rd consecutive year, blew a 2nd half lead in their only playoff game.
2000 Titans; Had the league's best team, but thanks to 2 flukey 2nd half tds by Baltimore, were one and done in the playoffs.

1995 Chiefs: Had the league's best record, but 3 miised fgs contributed mightily to a loss to a Colts team that barely made the playoffs
1979 Chargers; Smoked both Super Bowl teams, the Steelers & Rams, in the regular season but lost at home to an Oilers team playing without qb Dan Pastorini and HOF rb Earl Campbell.
1985 Raiders: Lost to New England in the division round 27-20, the margin of victory being a Patriot recovery of a fumbled kickoff in the end zone.
1996 Broncos: Lost at home in the division round to a Jags team in its 2nd year of existance.

2008 Eagles: Lost the NFC Championship game to an Arizona team they beat 48-21 in the regular season.
2008 Ny Giants; After a magic carpet ride to the 2007 Super Bowl title, started the 08 season 11-1 including road wins against Pittsburgh and Philly. Wr Plaxico Burress shot himself in the thigh and the Giants limped home afterwards, going one and done in the playoffs.
1994 Cowboys: Thanks to 3 turnovers in the 1st 7 minutes of the NFC title game at San Fran, the Cowboys dream of a three-peat went up in smoke.
1983 Redskins: Picked an inoppurtune time to play their worst game of the season: the Super Bowl vs the Raiders

1988 Bears; Lost the NFC title game at home to a Niners team they had beaten in the regular season.
2007 Packers: Lost the NFC title game at home to a Giants team they had waxed 35-13 in the regular season.
1998 Vikings: The highest scoring team ever (at the time) lost the NFC title game thanks in no small part to a missed fg by Gary Andersen, who was perfect on fgs & xps all season
Lions: N/A

1980 Falcons: Probably had the league's best team that season, but coughed up a 13 point 4th quarter lead to the DANNY WHITE  (???!!!) led Cowboys in the division round.
Saints: Can't think of one.
99 Bucs: If they had any offense whatsoever, they probably would've beaten the mighty 99 Rams in the NFC Title game.
2003 Panthers: Thanks to a shanked kickoff by kicker John Craney after tying the game at 29, lost the Super Bowl to NE on a last second fg.

2005 Seahawks; Lost the Super Bowl to the 6th seeded Steelers, thanks in part to some dubious calls that went against them.
2001 Rams; Lost to a much inferior Patriots team in the Super Bowl
1987 Niners; Clearly the NFL's best team, they lost in the division round at home to a Vikings squad that had backed into the playoffs with an 8-7 record.
2008 Cardinals: Came within 39 seconds of becoming the most unlikely Super Bowl champ ever.





 

(My beloved) 87 Broncos, up 10-0 in the first quarter only to get stomped 41-10. A record 35 points scored against them in the 2nd qrtr alone.......Still the greatest team to ever take the field I say.

I'd do this one too, but as a Chargers fan, I would rather take the 81 season (82 playoffs), when they lost to the Bengals in the Ice bowl.  That team had a far better running game with Brooks and Muncie.  Woulda been so much fun if they had taken on the 49ers in the Super Bowl.  I really think they woulda won.  That Charger team was much better than Cincy, but that cold killed their explosive offense.

Being an Eagles' fan, for some reason that '08 season bothers me more than the '04 team that lost the Super Bowl, or all those great teams from the early 2000's that lost conference championship games, or the Buddy Ryan great defense teams that never won a playoff game.  Sure all those other years would've been great, but in '08, they weren't supposed to be in the playoffs (needed Oakland to come back from 10 down in the 4th vs Tampa, and needed a Houston win over Chicago).  Then they beat the rival Giants in the Divisional round, got way behind Arizona and came back only to blow it.  I really believe had they stopped Tim Hightower on 4th and 1 late 4th, they'd have won that game and beaten the Steelers in the Super Bowl.

I like this theme and would be interested in using the '98 Jets. Vinny and the Jets won the AFC East and in the AFC Championship game had a 10-0 lead on the Broncos in Denver, before collapsing in the second half. Count me in.

I don't know if I can get 24 players, but this is where we stand:

1. Roadhouse19 (I'll wait and see)
2. manton03 (1987 Broncos)
3. amerk1180 (1981 Chargers)
4. doubleot (2008 eagless)
5. ddprime (1998 NY Jets)

I'll take the 1987 Niners

Ok Cool  You've got'em.

Format Thus Far

AFC East
1.  1998 NY Jets ddprime
2.
3.
4.

AFC North
1. 2006 Ravens spaolo
2.
3.
4.

AFC South
1.
2.
3.
4.

AFC West
1. 1987 Broncos manton03
2. 1981 Chargers amerk1190
3. 1995 Chiefs? (isacqbs58)
4.

NFC East
1. 2008 Eagles doubleot
2. 2008 Giants hoopsrus
3.
4.

NFC North
1. 1998 Vikings onubears4656
2. 1986 Bears usmc1971
3.
4.

NFC South
1.
2.
3.
4.

NFC West
1. 1987 49ers Cool May
2.
3.
4.

I will take my beloved Chief's Roadhouse........

Posted by isacqbs58 on 5/8/2011 3:11:00 PM (view original):
I will take my beloved Chief's Roadhouse........

Sure.  But which year?

Roadhouse. I guess I'am not getting it. Do I have to pick a team listed? Do I have to pick all player's only from that year and only from that team? If so, I'am hard pressed to spend 70 mil. on any Bear's team!!

95 team road..it is the only one you have down for KC

The team's that I listed are only examples.  Ike could've used another Chiefs team if he wanted.  For instance, If we get rolling, Amerk is gonna use the 1981 Chargers instead of the 1979 version which is perfectly fine.

So Ike, if you wanna another Chiefs season, (the 1971 version perhaps? or maybe 1997 or 1990), feel free to stake your claim.  As far as I'm concerned, you have dibs on any Chiefs season.

As far as USMC's question, I haven't sat down and thought out a cap or roster rules.  At this point, I'm just trying to gage if there's any interest in a league like this.

If we do fill up, I'm gonna go with the 2006 Patriots.  If someone else stakes a claim to a Pats season, I'll defer to him (or her) and pick a different franchise.

I'am  interested,  but like i said, I need a little flex on some player"s