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I think you're (@74_75_78_79_) selling Miami a little short here. They benefited from discipline (Shula teams always did), but that roster had more going for it than just “lack of penalties.” Arnsparger’s defensive mind, the Killer B’s, and on the other side when Woodley struggled, they had Strock ...

1988- It should have been Marv Levy instead of Mike Ditka Actually, it should have been Sam Wyche. He took a team that had turmoil a year before and guided them to within seconds of a SB win. I disagree ... the Bengals should have been a SB contender going back to 1985. They even had a top defense ...

The big one that always stuck out on paper to me was Jack Pardee winning over the Buccaneers coach that took them to NFCCG in 1979 just 2 years after they were the worst team in NFL history. And I don't think that Pardee Redskins team even went to the playoffs that year. It was before my time and I...

1984 Chargers: 0-8 in division games, 7-1 against the rest of the NFL

Some years they get this award wrong. Which years do you think so? 2003- Marvin Lewis or Bill Parcells deserved it more. What did Belichick do to earn it- win a bunch of close games? 1988- It should have been Marv Levy instead of Mike Ditka 2025- I’m sorry but the schedule alone should have disquali...

Citizen wrote: ↑Mon Feb 02, 2026 10:36 am In a perverse way, some of my favorite ones are those where they go to ridiculous lengths portray something positive about bad teams.

The 1976 Bucs may have been the peak of “find positives” in this team’s year

ShinobiMusashi wrote: ↑Sun Feb 01, 2026 2:04 pm The Raiders ones feel self made and extra propaganda-ey, always different from the others from any particular season, extra ego.

Ironically there is no Raider yearbook for 1984, AKA a year after winning the SB (which you think would SCREAM self made)

Brian wolf wrote: ↑Mon Feb 09, 2026 10:00 pm In hindsight, the real SB was the NFC Championship game.

Seahawks/Rams being the real SB says all I need to know how watered down and mediocre a season this was

Patriots finally had to play a healthy complete team and it showed

Overlooked? More like overrated. His numbers in Minnesota were empty calories. What has he ever won- a handful of wild card games? He is not a HOF’er nor even hall of very good O.J. Simpson never made a playoff impact. Dick Butkus never even made the playoffs. You're judging a pass rusher on W/L re...