Ever since the NFL Network began airing (what’s that been a whole 3 years I believe) I’ve always enjoyed their series “America’s Game“. On this show they chronicle some of the greatest Super Bowl teams, breaking the season down through interviews with three of the key players and or coaches from that season.
Now, being a 49ers fan I am biased toward my team, but I have to admit that if I were to choose THE greatest Super Bowl team of all time it would have to be one of those Pittsburgh Steelers teams of the 1970’s. That team was not only one the greatest Super Bowl teams, but in mind the greatest TEAM of all time.
9 of the 22 starting players from that team have been inducted into the Football Hall of Fame (Terry Bradshaw, Franco Harris, Mike Webster, Lynn Swann, Joe Green, Jack Ham, Jack Lambert, Mel Blount, and John Stallworth). And these players all played together through all four Super Bowls they won.
I remember watching those Steelers teams of that era. No other team struck fear in their opponents like the Steelers. Not only was their defense always one of the tops in the league, but once they got Swanny and Stallworth they could kill you on the ground (with Franco and Rocky Blier) and in the air.
Chuck Noll began assembling the team in 1969 when he drafted the bedrock of the 70’s Steelers, Mean Joe Greene. The truly amazing part of that team, which probably will never be replicated due to free agency and the salary cap is that of those 9 Hall of Fame players mentioned above 8 of them played their entire career with the Steelers. Franco being the only one that played for another team. That continuity was no doubt one of the reasons, other than superb talent, why the Steelers were so good for so long.
The Packers of the 60’s, Niners of the 80’s, Cowboys of the 90’s, and the Patriots of the new millenium are the closest matches to the Steelers of the 70’s. But in my book the Steelers are the kings of kings in NFL folklore.
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It’s blog like these that really makes the Pats loss in last year’s Super Bowl sting the most. Woulda coulda shoulda but there would have been no doubt about who the greatest team of all time was. It wouldnt even be debatable and yes Im still bitter.