Jimmy G forcing me to root for him again makes me sick, but doing some reflection I thought about the 90s with Steve Young and how he missed the playoffs in 91, and lost to the Cowboys twice (badly) in the NFC Championship game the next 2 years.
I was 10 years old at the time, so looking back at it now, would I have said fuck Steve Young after the 2nd Cowboys loss? I jumped off Jimmy bandwagon after the game losing interception against the Rams last year in the NFCCG. Now Steve won a fucking MVP in 92 and 94 and lead the league in passing etc, which Jimmy is NO WHERE near. So I imagine Steve had a lot of cache even at the start of the 94 season.
With all of that said, perhaps Jimmy is growing as a player, and will actually rise to the occasion and play well in a playoff game.