What does this even mean?

. I'm struggling with the thread title, poll title, and the post you quoted. They don't all say the same thing.

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If you're asking about an ideal situation by having a defense in 2007-2008 that was able to generate a great pass rush, sure? But, they were a wild card team and had to play on the road and then face the undefeated Patriots. I don't think that's ideal.
Then in 2011, it was similar, although they received the benefit of the most overlooked and worst call I've seen in playoff history in that Ahmad Bradshaw was given forward progress on a clear fumble that would have probably sealed the game for the 49er's. They still had to go through Matt Ryan, Aaron Rodgers, a 13-3 49er's team, and then the Patriots again.
He did get some great plays by his teammates in all of those games though. Beyond great plays.
He was not better than Big Ben or Rivers, but he will get into the HOF due to those wins and him being in New York.