Biggest Surprise Of The 2011 NFL Season?

86WARD · #1 12-31-2011, 04:19 PM

What do you think was the biggest surprise of the 2011 season? Was it the play of the rookie quarterbacks in the lockout shortened "season?" Was it the Colts going 0-13 without Peyton Manning? Was it the play of the San Francisco 49ers? Cincinnati Bengals? Dan Marino's passing record falling to Drew Brees and possibly Tom Brady?

What was it?!?

Inclulbus · #2 12-31-2011, 04:41 PM

mine is the 49ers. Never expected this at all, especially with Alex Smith running the show.

SeanTaylor21 · #3 12-31-2011, 05:35 PM

Going with the 49ers as well.

CaptainStubing · #4 12-31-2011, 05:43 PM

i'm going with the choke job by the eagles.

the niners situation is surprising, but i don't know if he is the most surprising, considering how much talent we knew was sitting there all along.

86WARD · #5 12-31-2011, 05:50 PM

I went with how horrible the Colts have been without Peyton. I think we all knew they would not be close to the team they were with Peyton but what they are now is just awful...

CaptainStubing · #6 12-31-2011, 06:06 PM

yep, the colts embarassing themselves was on my final 3 list. i don't believe that peyton manning is worth 8 or 9 extra wins a year for a team. He's obviously worth at least a few (maybe 5) but i don't believe this team should be 2-13.

they were 10-6 last year with manning so they probably should have been able to get 5 or 6 wins this year.

Steve12 · #7 12-31-2011, 06:16 PM

I can't decide between the Eagles and the Colts. I might give the edge to the Eagles because people were basically talking Super Bowl or bust for that team, and they're not even in the playoffs.

cpgobrowns · #8 12-31-2011, 06:25 PM

The Colts have had shitty drafts for the last few years. Its surprising it was that bad, but a drop off was coming. I took the 49ers over the Eagles because the Eagles are still around .500. If Phil. dropped like the Colts did, I would have picked them.

86WARD · #9 12-31-2011, 06:39 PM

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Originally Posted by CaptainStubing

yep, the colts embarassing themselves was on my final 3 list. i don't believe that peyton manning is worth 8 or 9 extra wins a year for a team. He's obviously worth at least a few (maybe 5) but i don't believe this team should be 2-13.

they were 10-6 last year with manning so they probably should have been able to get 5 or 6 wins this year.

With Manning, I didn't think they would be better than 10 wins. I thought they'd hit that mark, but I still felt like the Texans would win the division.

ragman · #10 12-31-2011, 06:52 PM

I voted for the Niners. Who knew?