Okay fine then, you all just give them the trophy now and not wait for the playoffs. Jesus when did everyone make the Saints their go to team after Miami?
This is not a completely dominante team. They have a great offense, and an okay defense. They have gotten more than a few breaks and lucky bounces this year to beat teams they should have destroyed, and because of this I do not think they make it through the playoffs. Maybe they will but they are more than a little suspect.
As stated before they bear a remarkable resemblance to the 84 Dolphins team.
That's a great comparison. Even though that 84 team was something like 14-2, to me, they were the weakest Dolphin team to ever go to the Super Bowl. Marinos' right arm masked a lot of deficiencies with that team. Miami got out ahead of people that year and didn't have to play from behind a lot. The defense and the offensive line (sans Dwight Stephenson) really got exposed when they played the Niners in Super Bowl 19. Miami was going through a transition on defense that year and it was remarkable that they had that kind of record.
The NFL is just lackluster this year. When the Raiders can pull off a couple of upsets then you know things are sorry.
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