1991 Redskins best team ever (finally recognized)

[Longtimefan]

Originally Posted by SFREDSKIN

Don't forget Bobby Mitchell. The ESPN computer game was based on teams from the 70's, 80's and 90's. No argument that probably Cleveland and GB were the teams in the 40's, 50's and 60's.

I didn't forget about Bobby. I did edit Jim Brown because I typed in the wrong year. 1965 as opposed to 1956. A lot of years for me to have to keep up with anymore.

[Defensewins]

I agree with Giantone, there is no such thing as best team ever. There a ton of opinions and that is all.
I will say one thing, there are less dynasty type super teams in the 2000's (2000-today) then there were in the 70's, 80's and 90's. In the 70's-90's you had 8 to 10 excellent teams that played well at all phases and were not one dimensional like alot of todays top teams
In the 70's 80's and 90's you had the Steelers, Redskins, Dallas, 49ers, Chicago, Giants, Raiders, Eagles were capable of winning the super bowl in any year and the games between them were physical wars.
Today's flag football pass happy football with rules to protect Qb's and give free release to receivers is a joke. The top teams of today are so one-dimensional pass happy like the Peyton Manning's Colts or Brady's Patriots they would have been beat by the better Steel Curtain defense,, 85 Bears defense, Cowboys Doomsday type top defenses of yesterday.
This is one area where free agency hurt the top level play of the NFL.
Today there are a lot of mediocre teams that have to re-build all the time. The Patriots and Colts are the few teams that have been somewhat able to keep strong teams and they really are not that great most of the time.

[SouperMeister]

Originally Posted by skinsfaninok

The 18-1 Patriots were the best team I've ever seen

No, the Giants were better because they thoroughly pounded Brady and won that Super Bowl by being the more physical team.

[skinster]

Originally Posted by SouperMeister

No, the Giants were better because they thoroughly pounded Brady and won that Super Bowl by being the more physical team.

If they played 10 times I'm convinced the pats would have won at least the majority. The giants were a greatly underrated team that year, but he pats were still better...they just lost at the wrong time. I really don't believe in the "you are what your record says you are" line in this situation.

[SouperMeister]

Originally Posted by skinster

If they played 10 times I'm convinced the pats would have won at least the majority. The giants were a greatly underrated team that year, but he pats were still better...they just lost at the wrong time. I really don't believe in the "you are what your record says you are" line in this situation.

Perhaps the Pats win the majority, but that's hypothetical. When it really mattered, the Giants physically dominated the line of scrimmage, and knocked Brady down more times in one game than he had been hit that entire season. The Giants D-line was superior to the Pats O-line, no matter how many times they played.

[Monkeydad]

Originally Posted by skinsfaninok

The 18-1 Patriots were the best team I've ever seen

You obviously weren't watching in '91.

They were mindblowing.

[tc2deuce]

91 skins were a piece of art

[SmootSmack]

In my opinion, 83 team was just as good, if not better

[DM72]

The 91 team was great, but I think the 83 team was better. They just didn't show up against the Raiders.

[jdlea]

But...but...I thought ESPN hated the Skins and had a bias against them? [/sarcasm]

[firstdown]

Honestly that was 19 yrs ago and who really cares what people think. I'm ready for a winning team in 2011 to talk about. I've done enough of going back into the past.

[celts32]

1983 is my choice, but it's real close.

[BringBackJoeT]

Originally Posted by Defensewins

I agree with Giantone, there is no such thing as best team ever. There a ton of opinions and that is all.
I will say one thing, there are less dynasty type super teams in the 2000's (2000-today) then there were in the 70's, 80's and 90's. In the 70's-90's you had 8 to 10 excellent teams that played well at all phases and were not one dimensional like alot of todays top teams
In the 70's 80's and 90's you had the Steelers, Redskins, Dallas, 49ers, Chicago, Giants, Raiders, Eagles were capable of winning the super bowl in any year and the games between them were physical wars.
Today's flag football pass happy football with rules to protect Qb's and give free release to receivers is a joke. The top teams of today are so one-dimensional pass happy like the Peyton Manning's Colts or Brady's Patriots they would have been beat by the better Steel Curtain defense,, 85 Bears defense, Cowboys Doomsday type top defenses of yesterday.
This is one area where free agency hurt the top level play of the NFL.
Today there are a lot of mediocre teams that have to re-build all the time. The Patriots and Colts are the few teams that have been somewhat able to keep strong teams and they really are not that great most of the time.

During the decade of 2000-2009, the Patriots made it to 4 super bowls and won three, their one loss coming on a 16-0 season. The Steelers, meanwhile, won two super bowls and reached the AFC Championship game four times.