Imperfection Denied!

They blew it. The 2007 Dolphins blew it.

The 2007 Dolphins had a chance to make history. They were attempting to become only the second modern day NFL team to finish an imperfect season. They tried with the least amount of effort possible, but thanks to the currently even more inept Baltimore Ravens, they just couldn’t pull it off.

Now we’re stuck listening to the insufferable 1976 Buccaneers, the only team to finish an imperfect season since the merger, for another year.

“We were holding our breath, because this Dolphins team was pretty bad,” said the celebrating coach of that “special” Bucs team, John McKay. “We were openly rooting for the Dolphins to win. I know that shows a lack of sportsmanship, but who cares?”

The 1976 Tampa Bay Buccaneers get together every season and crack open a bottle of champagne the day the last imperfect team finally pulls off a miracle.

This season was extra special, proving once and for all that the second hardest record in the NFL is likely to never be matched.

“If this Dolphins team can win one game, ANYONE can win one game!” Happily exclaimed former Buc defensive end Pat Toomay, “I mean, anyone except us.”

The Bucs have had scares before. The 1990 Patriots were awful. The 1991 Colts might have been even worse. In 2001, the Carolina Panthers broke one of the Bucs records by losing 15 straight games in the same season. But they won their first game, so the pressure was off.

In a year where records have dropped like flies, (all of Dan Marino’s records, the HR record in baseball, most World Series wins by a manager without a loss to start a career) and others are sure to drop soon (the ’72 Miami Dolphins perfect season, Manning’s TD record, the most points in an NFL season), let’s take some time to honor a team whose record hasn’t been beaten.

Ladies and Gentlemen, please join me in honoring the immortal and imperfect 1976 Tampa Bay Buccaneers. May their record live on forever. Or at least until next season, when the Dolphins challenge it again.


I’m SeanMC
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