BlueTalon":3qo7el81 said:
We're going to get to six before the 49ers do.
The Steelers, Cowboys, and 49ers each have 6, 5, 5 Lombardis...
Super Bowl Records:
Steelers: 6-2
49ers: 5-1
Cowboys: 5-3
Have played in an average of *15* conference title games each....give or take a game.
Just some unbiased real world statistics.
The Packers and Giants have accumulated 4 Lombardis at far quicker rate than those 3 above, but still searching for just the 5th...let alone 6th.
The Giants are 5-0 in NFC Championship games, and 4-1 in Super Bowls.
The possibility exists for Seattle to maybe repeat that given they are 3-0 in NFC Championship games.
At the same time, those 3 teams listed at the top were dynasties accumulating those Lombardis mostly in the non salary cap/non free agency era. The amount of hall of famers they each possessed were off the charts. Pittsburgh won 4 in 6 seasons, 49ers won 4 in 9 seasons, Cowboys won 2 in 7 seasons, then won 3 out of 4 in the '90s.
The Giants 5-0 in conference title games is such an anomaly when you factor they were only really a dominant team record wise for two of those visits (1986 and 1990). They've largely been above average at best the remainder of these seasons the last 30 years or so. They've personified the "hot team" more than any other I can think of, but when they're not hot, they're almost completely off the radar. The Coughlin era won 6 playoff games in order to win 2 super bowls but only won one other playoff game in his 11 year tenure outside of those runs. Parcells era is pretty similar.
Huge road ahead for any team less than 4, to get to 6.
Still a big road for the 49ers and Cowboys. A single Lombardi whether it's your first or 6th is/was/will always be a big deal. 49ers still the only team to go 5-0 in Super Bowls....so the loss to Baltimore could be considered "expected" based on the numbers.
Look at New England with the Belichick/Brady combo....still not yet at 5. If they hit that, they'll be lucky. 6 is almost a sure thing not to happen for them.
Once that combo goes, New England will be a JAG team like many in this league.
How many more years you have of PC/JS/RW? (I actually said RW and not the defense, hehe).
BTW, defense wins championships.....but dynasties all had monster offenses with very good (good enough) defenses. All of the ultra defenses were short lived wonders ....'85 Bears, '00 Ravens....