Doomsday Defense II

It is sad that like the original doomsday they only got one ring. SO very close to more.
 
If you count 1975, that group had 6 NFC Championship games in 8 years, winning 3. They were fun to watch. How Harvey isnt in the HOF is beyond me.
 
..while you guys were watching this defense, I was in grade school getting ambushed by the teacher for eating kids school lunches. ...;)...
 
gimmesix said:
Aw, man. I miss that kind of defense.
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I have noticed some things: Great Defenses like that do not win many rings. Both Doomsdays only got one; The Ravens best D got one; the Bucs best D got one. Minnesota's Purple People Eaters never got any. The Fearsome Foursome of the Rams did not even get close.
You have got to have a top offense if you want more.
 
gtb1943 said:
I have noticed some things: Great Defenses like that do not win many rings. Both Doomsdays only got one; The Ravens best D got one; the Bucs best D got one. Minnesota's Purple People Eaters never got any. The Fearsome Foursome of the Rams did not even get close.
You have got to have a top offense if you want more.
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I think most of the time it takes balance. The Patriots' Super Bowl run is credited a lot to Brady, but New England also had one of the best defenses in the league the years that they won. Our dynasty had the triplets, but also the No. 1 defense for at least a couple of those years.

There have been a few exceptions where an offense or defense is so good that it carries the other side of the ball, but that's all they are, exceptions. The Ravens with Dilfer and the Bucs with Brad Johnson are two of those. And if I remember right, the Greatest Show on Turf Rams with Warner pretty much carried that team to a title. Usually, one unit can be stronger than the other, but if the other unit is not very good, you are not going to go far. I think that's why a team like the Giants when they had Eli could win. The defense was top of the league and the offense was good enough, especially once it found its running game. Eli on any other team would be seen as just a middle-of-the-road QB.
 
gimmesix said:
I think most of the time it takes balance. The Patriots' Super Bowl run is credited a lot to Brady, but New England also had one of the best defenses in the league the years that they won. Our dynasty had the triplets, but also the No. 1 defense for at least a couple of those years.

There have been a few exceptions where an offense or defense is so good that it carries the other side of the ball, but that's all they are, exceptions. The Ravens with Dilfer and the Bucs with Brad Johnson are two of those. And if I remember right, the Greatest Show on Turf Rams with Warner pretty much carried that team to a title. Usually, one unit can be stronger than the other, but if the other unit is not very good, you are not going to go far. I think that's why a team like the Giants when they had Eli could win. The defense was top of the league and the offense was good enough, especially once it found its running game. Eli on any other team would be seen as just a middle-of-the-road QB.
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