Professional Football Researchers Association Forum

The 84 Chargers are more intriguing

0-8 in the AFC West but 7-1 against the rest of the league (including wins over Miami AND Chicago)

So we penalize the 73 Dolphins because they didn't have to face the Steelers, Rams or Cowboys? The Cowboys lost Calvin Hill in the playoffs, the Steelers allowed the Raiders to run all over them and the Bengals were bombing defenses with Anderson to Curtis, not to mention a good running game. The D...

I don't agree about the 73 Dolphins ... the expectations of defending a world championship is difficult for any team, especially since it was only done thrice since the end of the 1959 season when Baltimore and Green Bay did it--excluding the AFL*-- The Dolphins hammered the Bengals, Raiders and Vi...

This may be the goofiest team of my time No Barry, 8-8 (after an 8-4 start, lost out) negative point differential BUT they had 5 Pro Bowlers and beat 5 playoff teams (STL, MIN, SEA, TB, WSH) Their last win of that season was their first vs Washington anywhere since the 60s! Whatever a paper tiger (o...

1986 Chiefs: Had a solid defense, but the mediocre Bill Kenney at QB, and practically no running game whatsoever. Were blasted by the Jets in the WC round. At the time, I was happy for KC, but I believe to this day that if the Seahawks were there instead of KC, they beat the Jets and Browns, and th...

The 98 Saints even at 6-8 actually could have controlled their destiny. Their week 16 game at Arizona was essentially an elimination game. They were in the running for a 6 seed with Tampa Bay (and remember the Saints had H2H tiebreaker) Had they gotten out of the desert with a win (and they nearly d...

MDallas was probably the best team, but Teams #2 - #7 were all in the AFC (IMO). Not sure if a team has had an easier "road to the Super Bowl" than the 77 Cowboys. 73 Dolphins I think we overrate the strength of the AFC as outside of the 70 Colts/77 Broncos the AFC for the rest of the dec...

Sandwiched around the playoff runs of 1983/1984 and the winning seasons of 1986-1988….. Was an unusual 8-8 Seattle team that literally alternated wins and losses all year 2-0, 2-2, 4-2, 4-4, 6-4, 6-6, 8-6, 8-8) When good, they were very good (blowouts of division winning Browns and Raiders) When bad...

I think the 66 Giants were worst of the worst.

They didn’t have the expansion excuse of Tampa and were a more veteran team than those early Raiders

1973 Rams were not that good IMO for being 12-2. Only played 2 playoff teams. Lost to Vikings and beat Cowboys. Split with the 9-5 Falcons. Avoided all of the good AFC teams. Except for McCutcheon, every starter started all 14 games. So no adversity there. Didn't pass all that much. Apparently Hadl...