He looked at the seven-game playoff loss to Chicago as a beginning, not an ending.

Lower than the 39-38 playoff loss to the 49ers in the 2002 season after the Giants had a 38-14 lead.

He could have speaking about an era in Philadelphia rather than a playoff loss.

Then he started in the playoff loss against Minnesota.

Without that playoff loss, maybe the next season does not go the way it went.

It was also their second playoff loss in two years.

The coach who always looked as if he was bottling every playoff loss somewhere deep inside let them all out at once.

This was also Lombardi's second playoff loss in less than 4 seasons.

His toughest game: the playoff loss to Cleveland in 1997.

They also remember their playoff losses in recent years and that's been painful.