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Old 02-03-2013   #1
perrykemp
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Default There are many ways to skin a cat

There is no specific blueprint for winning a Super Bowl. Look at the Ravens for the moment:
  • QB passed for less than 4000 yards
  • QB ended up with less than a 90 QB rating for the season (87.7)
  • Good not great running game -- Rice ended up with 1143 yards
  • No 1000 yard receivers or TEs
  • No 10 sack pass rushers
  • Only 13 interceptions as a team!
  • Slightly above average pass rush -- 37 sacks. Nothing special
I can't help but thinking that great coaching and special teams were the biggest difference for the Ravens.

Either way, its easy to be lulled into think a team needs 4000 yard passers, 40 TD+ passers, 1000+ WRs, TEs..... 10-20 sack guys.. and bushels of interceptions to win a Superbowl. The fact of that matter is those aren't mandatory.
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