Of Dynasties, Football
By now I’m sure that all of you have probably heard the outcome of Super Bowl XXXIX. Everyone is going around, proclaiming the New England Patriots the newest dynasty in football. I beg to differ.
Have we all forgotten the Dallas Cowboys of the early 90s? They were a true dynasty. In consecutive Super Bowls, they easily defeated the Bills. The next year, they lost in the NFC championship game to the San Francisco 49ers, the eventual Super Bowl champs. The following year, they returned to the Super Bowl again, easily handling the Pittsburgh Steelers.
By now, you’re probably thinking, so, they both won three Super Bowls in four years, so why are the Patriots so illegitimate? I say because they barely made it to the Super Bowl their first two times, winning both on last second field goals by Adam Vinatieri. Meanwhile, the Boys beat the Buffalo Bills 52-17 and 30-13 in Super Bowls XXVII and XXVIII. The next year they lost 38-28 in the NFC championship game to eventual Super Bowl champs the San Francisco 49ers. In their off year, the Pats didn’t even make it to the post-season. The following year, the Boys won the Super Bowl 27-17 over the Steelers.
During the early 90s, no one wanted to have the Cowboys on their schedule. This is because they were a dynasty. On the other hand, while New England has been seen as a threat, they routinely get by with the skin of their teeth, and they even lost to the lowly Miami Dolphins this year. And by the way, that was with their normal starters in, not the rest everybody attitude that the Eagles took at the end.
