NFL 2009 Thread

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

It is not perfect, as shown by some of the other guys above. The list is easily debatable. I do think it is an interesting way of evaluating the teams however.

 

[wheelsup_cavu]

Interesting rating system.

Tampa Bay and Seattle come into the league in 1976 and they still are ahead of New Orleans.
Not bad considering they have 9 less years in the league than New Orleans.


Wheels

 

[renrich]

Well, I"ll be a monkey's uncle. Early in this thread I said that the owner of the Broncos had screwed the pooch by hiring this kid, McDaniels. If someone will hand me some mustard, I am ready to eat crow. This Josh McDaniels can coach. The Broncos are a team transformed. They make few mistakes and play sixty minutes of tough, hard, physical football. They may not have the talent to win the Super Bowl but I sure would not bet against them. It appears to me that there is no real solid favorite for best team in the NFL right now and the Broncos just might get it done. The guy is just 33 years old and he may be a prodigy.

 

[pbfoot]

take note of the Bills guys a small market team they were probably the best team of the 90's

 

[diddyriddick]

take note of the Bills guys a small market team they were probably the best team of the 90's

Folks in Dallas and Frisco might take exception to that.

 

[Messy1]

I agree the Bills were good, but going 0-4 for Super Bowls lowers them down a few notches in my book. Even being a 49er s fan, I'd have to say the 90's belonged to the Cowboys.

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Interesting rating system.

Tampa Bay and Seattle come into the league in 1976 and they still are ahead of New Orleans.
Not bad considering they have 9 less years in the league than New Orleans.


Wheels

That is because both have at least been to a Super Bowl.

 

[pbfoot]

Folks in Dallas and Frisco might take exception to that.

imagine they would but they don't have 7 hall of famers playing on the same team and 4 staright Super bowl appearances thats 40%of the decade that they were the AFC team

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

I agree the Bills were good, but going 0-4 for Super Bowls lowers them down a few notches in my book. Even being a 49er s fan, I'd have to say the 90's belonged to the Cowboys.

Unfortunately I agree.

If I had to break down the top 3 by decades (again I will only do Super Bowl era) it would be like this. This is obviously just my opinion and debatable as well.

1960s
1. Green Bay Packers
2. Oakland Raiders
3. Baltimore Colts

1970s
1. Pittsburgh Steelers
2. Dallas Cowboys
3. Miami Dolphins
4. Minnesota Vikings

1980s
1. San Francisco 49ers
2. Washington Redskins
3. Denver Broncos
4. Miami Dolphins

1990s
1. Dallas Cowboys
2. San Francisco 49ers
3. Denver Broncos
4. Buffalo Bills

2000s
1. New England Patriots
2. Pittsburgh Steelers
3. Indianapolis Colts
4. New York Giants

imagine they would but they don't have 7 hall of famers playing on the same team and 4 staright Super bowl appearances thats 40%of the decade that they were the AFC team

And they still lost them pretty bad...

Buffalo was a great team, but to call them the best of the 90s is very far fetched. The 90s belong to the Cowboys (as much as I hate them) and then followed by the 49ers.

 

[Messy1]

"imagine they would but they don't have 7 hall of famers playing on the same team and 4 staright Super bowl appearances thats 40%of the decade that they were the AFC team"

And also 40% percent of the losses. Once again, I am not a Cowboys fan, but they had several hall of famers playing on that team in the 90's, and three Super Bowl victories. Aikman, Michael Irvin, Emmit Smith will be one.

I would agree they might be the 2nd best team of the 90's. But to me, Super Bowl victories in football are the deciding factor. I think the Cowboys going to three and winning three puts them far ahead of Buffalo and their 4 appearances with 4 losses.

 

[ToughOmbre]

Not a bad list Chris. No's 2-4 for each decade can be debated, but your No.1 teams are absolutely correct.

TO

 

[pbfoot]

Now I think that media sway might have a wee bit to do with that Buffalo just did not get anywhere near the press the Cowboys or 49ers did IMHO
Jim Kelly , Thurman Thomas , Bruce Smith

 

[Messy1]

I think they would have gotten all the press they could handle had they won Super Bowls.

 

[pbfoot]

I think they would have gotten all the press they could handle had they won Super Bowls.

Dallas could be the worst team in the league and they'd get more press .
Did you know they almost changed the area code in Buffalo from 716 to 044

 

[Messy1]

Dallas could be the worst team in the league and they'd get more press .
Did you know they almost changed the area code in Buffalo from 716 to 044

I was not aware of that!
But i do agree that some teams do get more press than others.

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Jim Kelly , Thurman Thomas , Bruce Smith

Point? All of these were dominant players as well. As for Kelly, I agree he was better than Aikman, but Steve Young....nope...

49ers
Steve Young, Jerry Rice, Ken Norton Jr., Derrick Deese, John Taylor, Bryant Young, Dana Stubblefield, Eric Davis, Deion Sanders, Tim McDonald, Charles Haley

Cowboys (makes me throw up to post this...)
Troy Aikman, Nate Newton, Michael Irvin, Emmitt Smith, Charles Haley, Ken Norton Jr., Deion Sanders

 

[ToughOmbre]

Now I think that media sway might have a wee bit to do with that Buffalo just did not get anywhere near the press the Cowboys or 49ers did IMHO
Jim Kelly , Thurman Thomas , Bruce Smith

It's all about championships pb, nothing more, nothing less. The best teams of the decades are the ones that win them. Going to four Super Bowls in a row is a great feat, but to be ranked with the big boys you gotta win a few.

TO

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Dallas could be the worst team in the league and they'd get more press .

Agreed they always seem to fall in a pile of **** and come out smelling like roses. I ****ing hate them.

Did you know they almost changed the area code in Buffalo from 716 to 044

It's all about championships pb, nothing more, nothing less. The best teams of the decades are the ones that win them. Going to four Super Bowls in a row is a great feat, but to be ranked with the big boys you gotta win a few.

TO

Agreed. The two best teams of the 90s won Superbowls.

Buffalo may have gone to 4 in a row, but hey lost all of them. As pbfoot pointed out that might be 40%, but it is also 40% lost.

However the Cowboys went 3 times in the 90s and won all 3 times, and the 49ers went 2 times in the 90s and won both times. That makes 50% of the decade and 50% of the decade won.

 

[Messy1]

I could not stand how the Cowboys fans came out of the woodwork in the 90's, and then disappeared when the party was over! One of my best friends to this day was a big Cowboys fan, bandwagonner to boot which made it even more irritating. She used to give me soo much crap when they beat the 49ers in the playoffs a few years! But Karma is a bitch, she married a 49ers fan!

Even more irritating, she thought Aikman was god! But she got to meet Joe Montana in K.C. steakhouse and got his autograph and rubs that in my face to this day!

 

[pbfoot]

Football has one thing that peeves me they never play the Superbowl in the winter states outdoors it just ain't right. Whats good in the regular season should be good for the playoffs