meh....we won on wild card weekend because Brian Milne was in the right place at the right time and Az Zahir Hakeem decided to drop the biggest punt of the game. You just know that if Warner gets his hands on that ball it's ballgame for the Rams. Don't get me wrong here, that game was awesome and I still get hazy when thinking of how it felt that night to finally win a playoff game!
The Vikes blew us out the next week despite Ricky and Joe returning to the lineup. We just didn't have an answer for Randy Moss.
I don't consider us a contender that year although we were very competitive.....nobody had the book on Brooks yet and we benefitted greatly. Of course, that's JMHO.....I am drawing a sharp line between contender and competitive though.....it's all subjective!