The statement "16 and 0 means nothing if they don't win it all" is crap.
When talking football numbers we rarely, if ever, lump regular season with post season. There are official NFL regular season records and official NFL post season records. We speak of regular season win-losses or post season win-losses. There are regular season statistics and post season statistics.
16-0 in and of it self is an incredible REGULAR season accomplishment, it's an official NFL record that no other team has achieved, it WILL be remembered, and should be appreciated for what it is regardless of winning the SB or not. (although it would go down as one greatest chokes but that's for a different thread)
Lets be realistic, years from now when a team is coming close to an undefeated season, the media will say "The '07 Patriots were the last team to go undefeated and the only team to go undefeated in a 16 game schedule" (then they'll talk about the perfect Dolphins "don't talk to me when your in my town... talk to me when....."). This team will be remembered REGARDLESS of post season outcome.
Now for a completely entirely different discussion we can talk about "The perfect season" or "The greatest team of all time" (this is where we lump 16-0 and 3-0 together).
When talking football numbers we rarely, if ever, lump regular season with post season. There are official NFL regular season records and official NFL post season records. We speak of regular season win-losses or post season win-losses. There are regular season statistics and post season statistics.
16-0 in and of it self is an incredible REGULAR season accomplishment, it's an official NFL record that no other team has achieved, it WILL be remembered, and should be appreciated for what it is regardless of winning the SB or not. (although it would go down as one greatest chokes but that's for a different thread)
Lets be realistic, years from now when a team is coming close to an undefeated season, the media will say "The '07 Patriots were the last team to go undefeated and the only team to go undefeated in a 16 game schedule" (then they'll talk about the perfect Dolphins "don't talk to me when your in my town... talk to me when....."). This team will be remembered REGARDLESS of post season outcome.
Now for a completely entirely different discussion we can talk about "The perfect season" or "The greatest team of all time" (this is where we lump 16-0 and 3-0 together).