2009-2014 NFL Appreciation Thread...

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The last time we had four legit All-Timers, all in their primes, I think was 2009-14. We had four GOAT10 quarterbacks, Brady, Brees, Manning, Rodgers...

Honestly we could extend this window either way and/or add Ben and Rivers too, if we're just saying Top 25 All-Time QBs. We had six playing in that time frame all in their primes...

Currently we have a guy who is already GOAT5 and climbing (Mahomes); a guy with GOAT10 potential right now (Lamar); and two guys with potential to be GOAT10 guys by the end (Allen and Burrow)...

That 2009-14 era saw the rise of record passing, rise of the LOB who yall know I think is the greatest defense ever, a 3-year stretch in the middle where mid QBs were winning SBs ('11 Eli, '12 Flacco, '13 Russ), but some absolutely explosive and memorable games. What are some of your favorite memories from this stretch?

Some of mine:

•Pats/Hawks Super Bowl is one of the greatest games of all time. I'll be re-running that game every year for the rest of my life;

•that playoff game where the Chiefs had Luck's Colts down by 100 points and lost the fukking game 🤣;

•Fraudgers' 15-1 Pack was so dominant that year, and then the playoffs came 🤣;

•Fraudgers' Pack putting the beats on Seattle in the '14 NFC Championship......and then lost 🤣;

•Fraudgers going blow for blow with Warner and Fitzgerald in the '09 playoffs is one of my favorite games ever;

•Marshawn's Beast Quake game;

•Charles Woodson is my favorite football player ever. Him finally winning DPOY and a title meant everything to me;

•The "mid" QB era was kinda fun. Flacco had a multi-year streak where he transformed into Joe Montana in the playoffs 🤣. Eli is the definition of mid QB but this mf also turned into like Peak Regular Season Peyton in the playoffs. Stat Padford developed his reputation as a Regular Season Warrior (he's still that, by the way);

•watching the Lions be good for the first time in my life was a cool experience;

I could keep going. What's yall biggest memories from that era?
 
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