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Browns were the dominant team of the 50s .You could also say the Lion 's also both won 3 championships in the 50s now look at them both.
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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.Browns were the dominant team of the 50s .You could also say the Lion 's also both won 3 championships in the 50s now look at them both.
Browns were the dominant team of the 50s .
1. NFL is, and has been really since the invention of the forward pass, a quarterback-driven league.Placing the current Patriots with those three teams/franchises is an incredible achievement. It won't truly be appreciated in full by either Boston area or national fans and media for many years, after this run has long ended.
In my opinion - admittedly not completely objective - the success of the Patriots in the 2000s and 2010s is actually a more impressive achievement than that of those three great teams.
The reason I say that is because the Patriots are the only one to accomplish so much long term success while playing in an era of the double edged sword of free agency and the salary cap. Also factor in a sport with the shortest average career, with replenishment of quality players hampered by the annual draft based on inverse order of the previous season's record.
In addition injuries - which are more plentiful in both severity as well as quantity in football - play a larger role in the outcome of NFL games than in other sports.
Consider all those components. A team is absolutely not supposed to be able to have sustained success in today's National Football League. With four-team divisions, teams and owners were supposed to never have long droughts of missing the playoffs - with the caveat that their team would also only have a few years of success when they were king of the hill.
Unless we see dramatic rule changes, I don't believe we will ever see this kind of sustained success in either the NFL or even in any of the four major US team sports ever again.
From 2003-2012 a ten year period, the Pats won 126 games........ (12 wins this year and next equals that)Looks like the pats only need 10 wins in the next 26 games to hold the record for most regular season wins in a decade, held today by the colts at 115. They have 106 currently.
Patriots win Sunday was 218th since 2000. Most ever in back to back decades.
Patriots Quietly Pulled Off Significant, History-Making Achievement This Week
Kinda interesting. Kinda irrelevant too since the 80s were the first decade with the 16 games schedule.
But breaking it with 26 games to go seems significant.
I posted this before:
Team of...
1970s: Steelers
1980s: 49ers
1990s: Cowboys
2000s: Pats
2010s: Pats
That's nuts, especially considering its the same coach and QB both decades.
Regards,
Chris
G.O.A.T.:................................G.O.A.T.:Exactly. Sustained excellence is one thing. Sustained alpha status across 2 decades is another. Granted, it helps that the run started in 2001 which aligns nicely for team-of-decade crowns, but it's truly amazing what we've witnessed.
Regards,
Chris
Just a note: From 1976-1986, not including the 5-win strike season of 1982, but still including the 2-14 1981 season, the Pats won 94 games.From 2003-2012 a ten year period, the Pats won 126 games........ (12 wins this year and next equals that)
That was 11 year period, not 10. Take off 11 wins at either end and it was 85 wins in a decade.Just a note: From 1976-1986, not including the 5-win strike season of 1982, but still including the 2-14 1981 season, the Pats won 94 games.
Not too shabby.
Yes. It was a graphic last week vs. KCHas Brady set the record yet for most wins by a qb over the age of 40 yet?
My post is explicit and specific, but if you insist on a calendar decade then go ahead and include the strike year and the total is 88, including playoffs.That was 11 year period, not 10. Take off 11 wins at either end and it was 85 wins in a decade.
I wasn't insisting on a calendar decade but just a ten year period as a decade. "86-96' is 11 years, not 10 ( unless it is a baker's decade) so it isnt fair to compare 11 years to 10...My post is explicit and specific, but if you insist on a calendar decade then go ahead and include the strike year and the total is 88, including playoffs.
The point is, in the decade from 1977-1986 the Patriots rank ninth out of 28 teams in wins.I wasn't insisting on a calendar decade but just a ten year period as a decade. "86-96' is 11 years, not 10 ( unless it is a baker's decade) so it isnt fair to compare 11 years to 10...
We're in agreement. You can divide the Patriots history into 6 eras and only two were poor;The point is, in the decade from 1977-1986 the Patriots rank ninth out of 28 teams in wins.
Hardly "laughingstock", "embarrassment", "second-rate" material.