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Originally Posted by tk13
This stat really shrinks down once you take into account more recent times. If the Pats or Steelers win the AFC again, it'll make 29 of the last 33 years that the Patriots, Broncos, Colts, Steelers, Ravens or Bills won the conference. I'm sure they've dominated the championship game appearances too. Of course it's sad we're even talking about appearances. I doubt anyone cares about that stat as much as the team that actually goes to the Super Bowl.
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Well, the Steelers have been consistently great since the 1970s... in my lifetime (47 years) they have had 3 head coaches. That's a mind boggling stat - since 1969, 3 coaches.
Since 1990, the Steelers have had double digit wins 17 times... in 27 years. Model of consistency with the way that franchise is managed.
Broncos, Patriots, Colts ... Elway, Brady, Manning - arguably 3 of the best to ever play the game. Bills had a string in the 90s, but have been irrelevant for decades and the Ravens, they've been solid the last two decades, but more because of defense - not elite QB play. They're the anomaly of the bunch.
What happens when those elite QBs go away? Well, look at Denver, Indy and Baltimore now.