At some point, San Francisco kicked their sorry history and became the 49ers we knew in the 80's and 90's. Green Bay took several decades off from the 60's until the the Farve days revived them. My point? At some point, talent and the right coach wins, and I see a Detroit team that can beat Dallas and make another team sweat it out in the divisional round. No team has been that great week in and week out: New England got spanked by KC and Green Bay, Denver has looked HORRID on "O" the last three weeks, Dallas almost choked away that amazing start they had, and Pittsburgh lost to both the Jets AND the Bucs for the love of all that is Holy.
My point? Why not Detroit?
Or for that matter, wouldn't it mess everyone up if Carolina got on a roll? How much fun would THAT be to listen to all the "experts" trying to explain that away??