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"Adjusting inflation", as I'd say. It seems to me that it's down to those two as for who the 'Best-EVER' Bears team is! Yes, you got 1963. Superior defense! But, perhaps, can be seen as a 2000 Ravens pre-cursor considering their extreme defense-heavy-ness. '34 & '43 can be seen as 'twi...

Down-the-stretch, no, maybe still not as good as the surrounding years, but playoff-caliber by then just the same. But the 1-4 start did them in. Losing at the Vet, MNF? Sort of a bit understandable in that the Eagles started well that year, and they were due to have their way with them if just for ...

Starting the very year of Lombardi's first World Champion squad, and ending with that infamous 'dead-ball' year - which ended with the first Super Bowl under a Dome - and all the seasons in-between, who are YOUR Top 10 teams? And your WORST 10 teams? Teams that didn't win a title can be included on ...

Contrary to what SO MANY people who know me who know that I'm a Steelers-fan, I am NOT a Penguins-fan; nor Pirates-fan either. I'm still traumatized over 1960 despite the event being more than a decade before my birth! And does 'A Bronx Tale' EVER so remind me!! I am a Steelers and Yankees fan. Some...

What's ur take on Bananas', 74_75_78_79? Lost his desire? Not the same after injuries, or simply one of the first 90s players to check out after a big payday? Many free agents would follow the same example ... All I know is, end of day, he was a one-year-and-change-wonder. Just the same, not just a...

Good discussion on 1992. I felt Sharpe in GB carried his team as much as Foster in Pitts. Smith and Young had great seasons as well but when a QB leads a team to 14 wins, he will usually get more attention ... Foster had that great season but after two more injury plagued seasons, was out of footba...

This is a bit of a controversial choice, but..... 1992 Steve Young 1994 no question he earned it, but 1992..... I'd have given it to Barry Foster. Foster did more with less carrying Cowher's first PIT team given how much of an offensive burden he carried. Steve Young had a great supporting cast, fa...

Two 'almost'-one-year-wonder mid-'80s teams one year apart who each started strong, gathering up quality-wins within those starts, but would falter whilst still, at least, looking respectable late in each season. We'll start, chronologically, with the '85 Lions. Daryll Rodgers now onboard, taking ov...

Cowher hops onboard and immediately turns things around! No, not a 9-7 miracle playoff-berth, but their first top-seed finish since 1978! But it was done by backing into that very 11-5 finish in a not-so-dominant conference. I remember, going into those playoffs, many around me saying, "Steele...

All responses are good points! Not perfect rankings the more I look at it. In addition to being more-knowledgeable than I, you are all are even better in the pre-SB era. I made a nice enough effort. Simply looked at one NFL Champ at a time starting with those '33 Bears, then '34 Giants, ’35 Lions, a...