TecmoSuperJoe Posted February 1, 2018 Share Posted February 1, 2018 I wanted to know your opinions on what team in a three year span was the most dominant in a three year run. I guess you'd have to take into consideration the circumstances. Era being the biggest one since there didn't used to be salary cap. Also competition level in conference and league at the time. We have yet to have a three peat champion. The NFL is such a small sample size I'm personally not going to have Super Bowls be a dealbreaker for me. Others will differ obviously. Off the top of my head I'm guessing most answers will consistent of: 1999-2001 Rams 1987-1989 49ers 1988-1990 49ers 1992-1994 Cowboys 1977-1979 Steelers 2003-2005 Patriots 1996-1998 Broncos 2003-2005 Colts 1971-1973 Dolphins I feel like I'm forgetting some others choices that should stick out. Hopefully some "seasoned" fans chime in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MWil23 Posted February 1, 2018 Share Posted February 1, 2018 I'd throw the 90's Bills in there, even if they did lose 4 in a row. What an unbelievable feat that will never again be replicated. I wish that they would have won JUST ONE so that their players and coaching staff would have gotten the recognition they deserve, not to mention their awesome fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeT14 Posted February 1, 2018 Share Posted February 1, 2018 2015-current Patriots to add to the list? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
August4th Posted February 1, 2018 Share Posted February 1, 2018 95-97 packers 11-13 niners 13-15 Broncos 15-17 pats would't say the greatest.. but these teams were very impressive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuckIsGOAT Posted February 1, 2018 Share Posted February 1, 2018 Dolphins and I don't think it's close Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cddolphin Posted February 1, 2018 Share Posted February 1, 2018 2 minutes ago, LuckIsGOAT said: Dolphins and I don't think it's close Hard to say when it was before the salary cap era. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danger Posted February 1, 2018 Share Posted February 1, 2018 Any team that did not win 2 Super Bowls in a 3 year period is out. Packers (I & II) Dolphins (VII & VIII) -- Lost VI Steelers (IX & X) Steelers (XIII & XIV) 49ers (XXIII & XXIV) Cowboys (XXVII & XXVIII)/(XXVIII & XXX) Broncos (XXXII & XXXIII) Patriots (XXXVI & XXXVIII)/(XXXVIII & XXXIX) Patriots (XLIX & LI) Given all these I'm going to say back to back winners take precedence. And the fact that the only team to make the Super Bowl all three times in any three year span was the Dolphins, they get the nod. Now if they were to play eachother on the field? Who the hell knows, but that's not what this thread is about. Free Agency and the Salary Cap certainly make it more difficult to do something like that today, Also the fact that there are just generally more teams also makes a few more hurdles. So I'm also going to go with the Patriots in XXXVIII & XXXIX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nextsuperstar1 Posted February 2, 2018 Share Posted February 2, 2018 I think four year runs might be a better measure. Four years seems to be the measure of a dominant team. For example: the 1993 to 1996 Cowboys; the four Buffalo Super Bowl teams; the 2001 to 2004 Patriots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malik Posted February 2, 2018 Share Posted February 2, 2018 Give my nod to that Dolphins team. 3 straight Super Bowl appearances with 2 wins and 1 of the wins being off an undefeated season? Amazing. The Dolphins in general don't get a lot of respect as a franchise that they deserve. Between 1970 and 2003 they only had 2 seasons where they were bottomed out at 6 wins in a season. Imagine your team going 33 years with only seeing 2 losing seasons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom cody Posted February 2, 2018 Share Posted February 2, 2018 That run by the Dolphins in the 70's was pretty good. Only undefeated season in NFL history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ET80 Posted February 2, 2018 Share Posted February 2, 2018 On 2/1/2018 at 11:39 AM, MWil23 said: I'd throw the 90's Bills in there, even if they did lose 4 in a row. What an unbelievable feat that will never again be replicated. I wish that they would have won JUST ONE so that their players and coaching staff would have gotten the recognition they deserve, not to mention their awesome fans. Bingo. Goodness knows what the narrative is if Scott Norwood doesn't miss. The butterfly effect on that one kick is enormous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john305 Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 Im going with the 71-73 Dolphins because I'm a dolphin fan and its also the correct answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bootsy Posted February 4, 2018 Share Posted February 4, 2018 On 2/1/2018 at 11:12 PM, nextsuperstar1 said: I think four year runs might be a better measure. Four years seems to be the measure of a dominant team. For example: the 1993 to 1996 Cowboys; the four Buffalo Super Bowl teams; the 2001 to 2004 Patriots. You mean 92-95 Cowboys. I agree, they were thisclose from a 4 peat. So that is the correct answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAF-N72EX Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 It's sad that those late 60's-mid 70's Raiders teams led by John Madden is almost always forgotten about when these types of subjects come up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calvert28 Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 Yea in 94 the SB did not actually occur in Miami. It was actually held on January 15th in San Fransisco. It would have most certainly been a 3 peat had the 49ers lost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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