3 of the 4 SBs the Bills lost in a row, SF lost in the NFCCG. Would the Bills have won a SB against the 49ers?

[john4psu]

Three of the four Super Bowls the Bills lost in a row, the San Francisco 49ers lost in the NFCCG, once to the NY Giants and twice to Dallas. Would the Bills have won a Super Bowl against the 49ers?

 

[maust]

Does this account exist for the primary purpose of asking irrelevant questions?
The Pats are in the SB and you couldn't even manage a Pats related question?

 

[One-If-By-Sea]

Three of the four Super Bowls the Bills lost in a row, the San Francisco 49ers lost in the NFCCG, once to the NY Giants and twice to Dallas. Would the Bills have won a Super Bowl against the 49ers?

Really weird question on a PatsFans website.

 

[john4psu]

Really weird question on a PatsFans website.

It's in the NFL section.

 

[One-If-By-Sea]

It's in the NFL section.

This is not a general NFL site, that is why it is called PatsFans . If you want to have general NFL discussions, go to Reddit.

 

[NFL Mystique]

1990: Toss up. I don't believe Levy was a great HC. He certainly was not good whatsoever in SB games. Seifert was the 49ers HC. I don't know how good of a HC he actually was. He was handed a loaded team and really did not need to do much. I say...49ers win by a fg.

92/93: Not a chance in hell

 

[john4psu]

This is not a general NFL site, that is why it is called PatsFans . If you want to have general NFL discussions, go to Reddit.

It's in the NFL Football Forum dumbshit.

 

[maust]

It's in the NFL Football Forum dumbshit.

That right there is how you win friends and influence enemies

 

[TheRainMaker]

The answer is absolutely not.

 

[Ian]

This is not a general NFL site, that is why it is called PatsFans . If you want to have general NFL discussions, go to Reddit.

I'll disagree - that was the point when I opened this section (the NFL Forum). It was to give people somewhere else to talk about various other happenings going on in the league, or other discussions, so we wouldn't have a ton of "OT: ..." threads in the main forum. So I don't fault @john4psu for asking.

I would have to say it's possible they beat the 49ers. If I recall, San Francisco's defense had issues and wasn't as good as several of those other teams that advanced, so my thought would be that Buffalo might have fared a little better in that match-up.

I thought the question might be whether or not I'd rather see my team lose in the conference championship rather than lose a Super Bowl. 2007 still leaves me a in a bad place whenever I think of how that one ended ... So I'm not sure where I stand there.

 

[Actual Pats Fan]

Replace Kelly with Flutie for the same era and the Bills win at least one, probably more, no matter who they play. Heck, the downtrodden Patriots of that same era would have replaced one of those Kelly Bills teams as AFC Champion.

Flutie was that good.

 

[NFL Mystique]

Replace Kelly with Flutie for the same era and the Bills win at least one, probably more, no matter who they play. Heck, the downtrodden Patriots of that same era would have replaced one of those Kelly Bills teams as AFC Champion.

Flutie was that good.

Well nobody was beating Denver from the AFC in 98. Even if Flutie starts in 99, is he beating the Jags and then Rams in the SB?

 

[Actual Pats Fan]

Well nobody was beating Denver from the AFC in 98. Even if Flutie starts in 99, is he beating the Jags and then Rams in the SB?

Yup.

As far as the Broncos, the Jets etc. had their chances, but they had to be close to perfect.

 

[Actual Pats Fan]

I'll disagree - that was the point when I opened this section (the NFL Forum). It was to give people somewhere else to talk about various other happenings going on in the league, or other discussions, so we wouldn't have a ton of "OT: ..." threads in the main forum. So I don't fault @john4psu for asking.

I would have to say it's possible they beat the 49ers. If I recall, San Francisco's defense had issues and wasn't as good as several of those other teams that advanced, so my thought would be that Buffalo might have fared a little better in that match-up.

I thought the question might be whether or not I'd rather see my team lose in the conference championship rather than lose a Super Bowl. 2007 still leaves me a in a bad place whenever I think of how that one ended ... So I'm not sure where I stand there.

'07 Pats were not physically and mentally their best toward the end. They were vulnerable to being knocked off. Junior's inspirational speech about making history hit the mark, but the team was more drained emotionally than determined. The '72 Dolphins found themselves an underdog in the postseason despite their record, and I think that helped them.

 

[NFL Mystique]

'07 Pats were not physically and mentally their best toward the end. They were vulnerable to being knocked off. Junior's inspirational speech about making history hit the mark, but the team was more drained emotionally than determined. The '72 Dolphins found themselves an underdog in the postseason despite their record, and I think that helped them.

I think people still viewed the Patriots as that unbeatable juggernaut they had been until mid Nov. And viewed the Giants as an inconsistent team that could never put it together.

Everything had changed by Feb 3, 2008. The signs were there that the Patriots were very beatable. The Giants kept getting better up until that game. In retrospect, that 12 point spread seemed high.

The biggest red flag of all was beating a west coast team by nine points at home in the AFCCG. Said team had a QB playing on a torn acl and the star RB sitting on the bench. Without those injuries, there is a strong chance the Patriots do not make it to Glendale.