patriotsheatyan Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 How would you rank these teams? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patriotsheatyan Posted February 5, 2019 Author Share Posted February 5, 2019 1: 01 Rams 2: 18 Rams 3: 14 Seahawks 4: 05 Seahawks 5: 12 49erw 6: 08 Cardinals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calvert28 Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 01 Rams 12 49ers 14 Seahawks 18 Rams 08 Cardinals 05 Seahawks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom cody Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 1. 01 Rams 2. 05 Seahawks 3. 18 Rams 4. 14 Seahawks 5. 12 49ers 6. 08 Cardinals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N4L Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 1 hour ago, tom cody said: 1. 01 Rams 2. 05 Seahawks 3. 18 Rams 4. 14 Seahawks 5. 12 49ers 6. 08 Cardinals Both the 12 49ers and 14 seahawks would have smoked the 18 rams. both teams' defenses were 10x more talented than the pats defense that just made the rams look stupid. Id say both teams are better than the 05 seahawks as well. Pat willis and Navarro Bowman >>>>>> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CP3MVP Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 3 hours ago, N4L said: Both the 12 49ers and 14 seahawks would have smoked the 18 rams. both teams' defenses were 10x more talented than the pats defense that just made the rams look stupid. Id say both teams are better than the 05 seahawks as well. Pat willis and Navarro Bowman >>>>>> The 12 49ers defense got “smoked” by joe Flacco Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x0x Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 Recent inflated numbers are a joke. Peyton Manning's 2013 for example despite the most yards and TDs is not even Top 3 for a QB season when you consider the environment. The 2001 Rams would destroy most teams today. The talent on the offensive side was just disgusting. 30 Year Old Kurt Warner 28 Year Old Marshall Faulk 25 Year Old Tory Holt 29 Year Old Isaac Bruce Proehl-Hakim as secondary receivers Ernie Conwell was a great all-around TE 26 Year Old Orlando Pace as LT 30 Year Old Adam Timmerman at RG (underrated guard, also played for mid 90s Packers) Nutton-McCollum-Tucker all solid linemen to round out Now you got the defense. In 2001 the Rams got Aeneas Williams on their secondary, to round out he had Dexter McCleon, Herring and Archuleta. It doesn't look amazing on paper except for Williams but McCleon was a very solid CB and at safety Herring and Archuleta were good enough. Though Archuleta was green at this point he still didn't get burned as much as you'd think. A 26 year old London Fletcher, 27 year old Leonard Little, Brian Young, Wistrom and Zgonina are your highlights on the defensive line and as a unit they were pretty damn good with Wistrom forgotten by history as a pretty great pass rusher indeed and Little himself even better of course. Special teams are what they are, Wilkins and Baker are a great tandem and Canidate/Hakim on returns were decent. Quite honestly the team doesn't have any real weaknesses. If you look through their schedule you'll find they beat 4 playoff teams to start 6-0, then lost to a very potent Saints team by 3 who imploded at 7-5 so when the Rams lost to them that's another solid playoff team basically. They then end the 2nd half of the season by going 8-1 beating the playoff Patriots, the playoff 49ers a second time and losing to the playoff Bucs by 7. So if you're counting they played 6/11 playoff teams in their regular season facing one of those two times (winning both). Then in the playoffs they slaughter the Packers by intercepting Favre 6 times (still playoff record), shutting down the Eagles (allowed late TD to have a 5 point gap, not indicative of control) and lost to the Patriots on a last second field goal after tying at a minute left from 14 down. Like the 2007 Giants beating the Pats, I DO think meeting in the regular season gave the losing team more ammo to come back. But anyways way ahead of the pack that team. After them I'd go with the Seahawks who should have won obviously. To round out I got 05 Hawks who got reamed by the refs, my 08 Cards, then 2012 49ers. The 2018 Rams are at the bottom because frankly they were lucky to win the NFC Title first off, then give quite possibly the worst Super Bowl performance EVER given the circumstances (can't flag the 1971 Dolphins or 2000 Giants as much given their situation). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forge Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 51 minutes ago, CP3MVP said: The 12 49ers defense got “smoked” by joe Flacco Point without some context. The 49ers defense was hampered big time by injuries at the end of the season - Justin Smith tore his triceps and Aldon Smith tore his labrum (an injury that often will put guys on IR). They both played through it, but clearly neither was the same, nor was the 49er defense. Aldon, for example, had 19.5 sacks through 13 games that year. He managed 0 in the final 6. The team gave up 24 or more points 3 times in the first 14 weeks that season (and two of those were exactly 24, the other game 26), then promptly gave up at least 24 in 5 out of the final 6, including 30+ 4 times (something that hadn't been done on them all season up to that point). Does that change anything? I don't know. That defense was great, particularly when you look at the teams they were playing, and injuries clearly played a role in the downswing to end the season, but the schedule became a lot tougher as well. Those last few slate of games featured some brutal opponents - New England (far and away the best offense in terms of points scored that season), Atlanta (#7), Green Bay #5 (this is something that can be compared a little bit, as they only gave up 22 on the road to them at the start of the season, but 31 at home 4 months later), Seattle #9 (this was when they went on that tear at the end of the season), and of course that Baltimore team (#10). Does a perfectly healthy defense change anything against Baltimore? I dunno. They did hold the Saints to only 21 points in the super dome earlier in the year (the highest scoring NFC team / third highest scoring team in the NFL that year). But I think that's taking too much credit away from Baltimore and how well they were playing, but to try and denigrate the 49er defense because of that game is also without some merit (at least without context). ** edit Just re-read the OP you were responding to, and he did use a single game (the super bowl) to justify his statement. So your response is probably justified lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
footbull3196 Posted February 6, 2019 Share Posted February 6, 2019 1. 2001 Rams 2. 2005 Seahawks 3. 2014 Seahawks 4. 2018 Rams 5. 2012 49ers 6. 2008 Cardinals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Ramster Posted February 6, 2019 Share Posted February 6, 2019 Justin Smith is a cheater. Who got away hit defnesive Holding which Led to super inflated sack numbers by Aldon and Co. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calvert28 Posted February 6, 2019 Share Posted February 6, 2019 8 hours ago, CP3MVP said: The 12 49ers defense got “smoked” by joe Flacco Hey Eli out dueled Tom Brady. Means nothing at a head to head match. Flacco thus far has shown to be a better playoff QB then Goff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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