GREAT TEAMS that never won it all

[terra]

Minnesota Vikings and the Purple People Eaters and Bud Grant and Fran Tarkenton

HOF coach, HOF QB, a great D. Lost the SB again and again.

Buffalo Bills and Jim Kelly and Marv Levy; same thing with HOF Coach and HOF QB and a great D; had it all and came within a missed chip shot FG but never closed the deal.

Are there any others like that?

 

[kskboys]

Chargers w/ Fouts, and Chargers w/ Rivers. One season, the Chargers w/ Rivers had both the #1 D and the #1 O, and were 8-8. I don't even think they made the playoffs. Now that is some bad mgmt.

I don't think any team trumps the early 90's Bills. They lost on a missed 38 yard FG and ran into 3 meat grinders.

 

[Flamma]

Minnesota Vikings and the Purple People Eaters and Bud Grant and Fran Tarkenton

HOF coach, HOF QB, a great D. Lost the SB again and again.

Buffalo Bills and Jim Kelly and Marv Levy; same thing with HOF Coach and HOF QB and a great D; had it all and came within a missed chip shot FG but never closed the deal.

Are there any others like that?

I don't think we can ignore the 2007 Patriots. Unless you're just talking about teams that never won a SB in general.

I know the Dolphins won in '72 and '73. But the Dolphins of the 80s I thought were really good and didn't win one.

 

[Flamma]

Chargers w/ Fouts, and Chargers w/ Rivers. One season, the Chargers w/ Rivers had both the #1 D and the #1 O, and were 8-8. I don't even think they made the playoffs. Now that is some bad mgmt.

I don't think any team trumps the early 90's Bills. They lost on a missed 38 yard FG and ran into 3 meat grinders.

I forgot about the 80s Chargers. You nailed that one. Trading Fred Dean was stupid. BTW, the missed FG in Super Bowl 25 was a 47 yard FG, not 38.

 

[terra]

Chargers w/ Fouts, and Chargers w/ Rivers. One season, the Chargers w/ Rivers had both the #1 D and the #1 O, and were 8-8. I don't even think they made the playoffs. Now that is some bad mgmt.

I don't think any team trumps the early 90's Bills. They lost on a missed 38 yard FG and ran into 3 meat grinders.

That FG was not a gimme but should have been made. As regards the Chargers, when they had Rivers and all the rest they did not have as good a coaching as they needed.
Don Coryell was a great coach but he never could put together a top D when he had Fouts.

But yeah the Bills were in each game pretty much; unlike the Vikings that got owned every time they went to the SB.

 

[joseephuss]

The Bills of that early 90s era were very good, but still only about the 5th best team in the league in any of those years. Obviously, the 3 teams that beat them in those Superbowls were better. i think the 49ers were a better team over that 4 year span and would have easily dismantled the Bills had they met in any of those Superbowls. Heck, the Eagles of that era may have been better, but I wouldn't not say that in court.

 

[terra]

The Bills of that early 90s era were very good, but still only about the 5th best team in the league in any of those years. Obviously, the 3 teams that beat them in those Superbowls were better. i think the 49ers were a better team over that 4 year span and would have easily dismantled the Bills had they met in any of those Superbowls. Heck, the Eagles of that era may have been better, but I wouldn't not say that in court.

I think you are low rating the Bills somewhat. They beat a lot of find teams in that stretch. and the giants SB could very easily gone their way. So no I do not think they were the 5th best team; We were better and so were the 49rs and that was pretty much it.

 

[tyke1doe]

The 15-1 Minnesota Vikings of 1998 (I think).
I wanted to see the Vikings play the Broncos in the Super Bowl.
I thought it would be an epic match up.
But Minnesota choked by losing to the Falcons at home.
I was so disappointed. The Super Bowl was over when the Falcons won.

 

[Hardline]

The 15-1 Minnesota Vikings of 1998 (I think).
I wanted to see the Vikings play the Broncos in the Super Bowl.
I thought it would be an epic match up.
But Minnesota choked by losing to the Falcons at home.
I was so disappointed. The Super Bowl was over when the Falcons won.

I was so happy to see the Falcons win that game. I was still very upset over passing up Randy Moss in the draft.