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So, the Free Agency/Cap era was introduced specifically so that the rest of the league did not have to suffer through a San Francisco or a Dallas (or in the AFC, Buffalo, a dynasty of losers).
You other old-timers remember when the 49ers were the big dog, with some frequent flyers winning the SBs in between, or feeling like "when is it anybody else's turn" when Dallas was the top of the pack. We were a team that never or rarely won the division, in the conference that never won the SB... it just seemed like another level. Incredibly discouraging, you just had to keep believing. Then 2001 and we all know the rest of that story.
So, how much does the rest of the league wish that the Free Agency/Cap era had had the intended effect?
And what if it didn't simply because NE was that good for that long, regardless of how much was Brady, how much was Belichick, and so on?
In other words, maybe the Chiefs aren't a dynasty because dynasties were already rare AF, and should have been hunted to extinction if we go by the intent of the last 20 years' league actions.
Weigh in: When will we see another dynasty in the NFL, with 3 out of 4 being the buy-in for "Dynasty"?
You other old-timers remember when the 49ers were the big dog, with some frequent flyers winning the SBs in between, or feeling like "when is it anybody else's turn" when Dallas was the top of the pack. We were a team that never or rarely won the division, in the conference that never won the SB... it just seemed like another level. Incredibly discouraging, you just had to keep believing. Then 2001 and we all know the rest of that story.
So, how much does the rest of the league wish that the Free Agency/Cap era had had the intended effect?
And what if it didn't simply because NE was that good for that long, regardless of how much was Brady, how much was Belichick, and so on?
In other words, maybe the Chiefs aren't a dynasty because dynasties were already rare AF, and should have been hunted to extinction if we go by the intent of the last 20 years' league actions.
Weigh in: When will we see another dynasty in the NFL, with 3 out of 4 being the buy-in for "Dynasty"?