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"The NFC Is Clearly The Dominant Conference" - Fact or Fiction?
By: John Morgan

Many fans and media members have been stating that the NFC is clearly the dominant conference in the NFL, to the point where it is declared with such conviction to imply that the subject is not even open for debate. But is that an accurate opinion?...

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fair catch fryar

Silly, bored sports writers. The NFC is the flavor of the month and deserves to be due to their Superbowl win, but to say "dominant" is just stupid.

Brady_to_Moss

Packers
Saints
SF
Cowboys ( think they will be really good next year)
Giants (maybe)

AFC

Pats
Ravens
Pitt
Texans
Chargers (maybe)

brdmaverick

It certainly helps that they won four straight Super Bowls, but based on last season alone that was definitely true.

We all know the Pats would have had a much tougher time getting to the Super Bowl if they were in the NFC? Why, because the NFC is better.

If Peyton comes back healthy (and in the AFC) then that certainly helps in trying to even things up.

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Ron Sellers

How is the NFC better, other than the final score of the final game which was determined by the final play?

If Boise State had a chance to play for the BCS championship and had defeated LSU, would that make the Mountain West better than the SEC?

Props to the Giants for winning, but I don't see how the NFC is better than the AFC. Three teams with bad defenses (Packers, Saints, Lions), another with a bad offense (49ers) and a gaudy record in a bad division, one that clicked at the right time (Giants) and then a group of even bigger question marks (Cowboys, Falcons, Eagles, Bears). The AFC is similar, but it's more good defenses/meh offenses (Steelers, Ravens, Bengals, Texans) than good offenses/meh defenses (Pats), followed by their own question marks (Jets, Titans, Chargers, Broncos, Chiefs, Raiders, Dolphins).

I don't see one conference being any better than the other one either last year, or looking ahead to next year.

Rob0729

I would say the NFC has more of the top teams than the AFC, but I don't know if it is a dominance. They won the head to head overall battle including the Super Bowl, but I still think there are several teams in the AFC who are good enough to beat any team in the NFC.

supafly

Agreed....

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RelocatedPatFan

Using superlatives incorrectly I would say.

Do they appear to have more teasm that seem better? By news boradcast terms they seem to and I would have to agree, but I don't see any teams without flaws.

Dominant would be (to me) like the Patriots run against the AFCE or Buffalo specifically. You need to have a huge discrepancy in winning % to be considered dominant. At this poitn they just may have a slight advantage.

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PatsFanInVa

Can't believe someone said "Giants (maybe)"

You really going to tell me that if the Giants are alive come playoff time next year you're counting them out? Not me.

The Giants' identity is wrapped around that slow-start, road-warrior, underdog mentality. Two of the last four SBs... I'd say lose the "maybe." Reminds me of the "yeah the Patriots just keep getting lucky over and over again every year" stuff from the 2001-2004 era. (Remember how the Colts and the Steelers were "really" better, but just couldn't win anything?)

patsfan-1982

the AFC has had the same 3 or 4 teams at the top for the last 10 years so come playoff time they know each other very well and its just like a Division game very physical and after playing 2 or 3 games like that the AFC winner come in all banged up and have given all they had just to get there,


the NFC is a whole new story it's a team that gets hot late and gets over looked by the top NFC teams because they dont know what they can really do be cause they have only been playing great for the last 2 or 3 games, with the AFC you have awhole season of tape on the pats steelers. ravens and colts of them playing there best so you know what you need to stop to win