JoeSixPat

We know Mercury Morris maintains that should the Patriots go 19-0 they are simply joining his 17-0 Miami Dolphins as the best NFL team of all time.

Likely there are some fans that feel the same way - that the fact that Miami was the first team in the Super Bowl era to have a perfect season we're "johnny come lately's.." simply replicating what the '72 Dolphins have already done.

Well, just for impartial science sake, let's see what the fans visiting this message board think (I'd suspect there's a few fans of other teams lurking here as well)

If the Patriots win the Super Bowl will they have replicated what the '72 Dolphins did? Or will they have surpassed it?

Will the Patriots have moved beyond Mercury Morris' "neighborhood"? (And will he don his tux?)

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patsfaninpa

Mercury can move into the guest house. Isn't 19-0 > 17-0!!

PatsfanGlo

Its really a simple math....19 > 17....

oldskool138

Even simpler math 18 > 17

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ForThoseAboutToRock

I don't have enough respect for M. Morris to take any of his opinions seriously. He seems to me to be someone who just wants attention, so he'll say whatever he needs to get back on ESPN. It doesn't matter at all what M. Morris, or any of the '72 Dolphins for that matter, think of the accomplishments of the 2007 Patriots.

JoeSixPat

I think one can legitimately make a case for that... but a Championship is a championship... and 18-1 isn't a perfect season.

I think it just shows how much more difficult it is to win an extra two games and just how much further beyond Mr. Morris' Neighborhood we'll have moved.

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scout

When people talk about the greatest team and the undefeated season, they will always bring up the Patriots. After discussing how great that Patriot team was they will then mention the Dolphins went undefeated back when it was a shorter season, kind of like a side note.

PatsFanInVa

Yep. And you know they'll all get on TV to embarass themselves trying to spin it after the super bowl.

LOLOL

PFnV

apricissimus

I'd vote for both if I could (so I voted for neither). Obviously winning 19 games is better than winning 17 games as many have pointed out, and the Patriots will have had a tougher road getting there, so in that sense the Patriots had a better season.

But at the same time, I don't think it's fair to penalize the '72 Dolphins because the never even had the chance to play 19 games. If the Pats win the Super Bowl, both teams will have had perfect seasons, and you can't fault the Dolphins for not winning more than 17 games. They did all they could.

AStack75

We'll make Mercury move out of our neighborhood. He's bringing down the property values with the crap music that comes from his house.