those teams were pretty damn decent.

Until the salary cap and free agency era, teams could hold onto players for as long as they wanted them.

The dynasties of the 60s, 70s and 80s were teams that had to contend with other great teams.

And because the talent wasn't stretched so far, even the bad teams weren't as pathetic as the bad teams today.

And the best Quarterback ever.

Bill Belichick is the greatest QB ever?

Not even a question.

Too bad he had to cheat. Makes it difficult to know how legitimately great he is.

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Regardless he won three superbowls and started Tom Brady.

Yep. And the tuck rule, though out of his control, mars one of the rings in the eyes of some.

I often wonder how legitimately great Jimmy Johnson would have been if he had stayed on in Dallas a few more years instead of getting canned after 2 straight rings. The team he built won another won without him. And although the 9ers were damn good the year in between, Jimmy may have been able to make the difference in that championship and could have easily won 4 straight. We'll never know thanks to Jerry Jones.

I guess he did have that awful stint in Miami though.

:rolleyes:

Bill Walsh

Roll your eyes all you want. I'd probably marginalize something like that, too. If the Chiefs finally dragged themselves out of the shitter and won a few SBs, I wouldn't want to hear that shit.

I'm not going to start a debate about how impactiful it was. That's immaterial. To some level, however, he cheated. That tarnishes his legacy at least enough to say he isn't the best ever. I'm not saying he isn't great.

JJ timed his exit perfect. They tanked.

LMAO he sure was smart wasn't he!

When guys like Bill Cowher (who we repeatedly beat in the playoffs), Jimmy Johnson and such say "you gotta be kidding me, this is no big deal, then yeah, it's no big deal. It's something for Patriots haters to glom onto.