Are Dynasties no longer rare?

[Buffalo716]

1 minute ago, 90sBills said:

I did say since I was a little kid. I wasn’t around in the 70s haha. But yeah they’d be there. So would the 60s Lombardi Packers. 

Gotcha 

[90sBills]

12 minutes ago, Mikie2times said:

Again, I sort of butchered the post and it turned into more of the Bills dethroning the Chiefs. But the main point I was going for is I think in time we will come to find out the Patriots Dynasty is more common of in the current NFL. 
 

The league always has one QB who is a notch better. Perhaps it’s only in the biggest games and brightest moments. Brady and Mahomes have been those guys (as was Montana). Peyton was not. Allen has been great, but I wouldn’t say he is one of those guy yet (please for the love of god don’t make this thread about that statement). Point is, we know Brady and Mahomes have been. The performance they have deep in the playoffs stands by itself. 
 

Then you realize this league is beyond QB dependent. Way more so than even the 80’s or 90’s when RB’s still mattered. 
 

Then people said free agency will

kill the dynasty, but it actually made it worse. Before everybody would get old and retire or lose talent and those teams would fade away. Now these teams are just reloading with it and as long as that QB still plays at a high level (which is way more likely now vs then because of the rules) the dynasty can keep going.

 

Obviously all of this gets exacerbated by having a great GM and Coach, but the continuity of what I’m describing allows that to happen way more so than it normally would as most other teams are swapping out those roles every few years. It sort of creates this snowball effect. 
 

We have a lot of these elements going for us. Very similar. It what’s led to the best overall record this decade. But we haven’t been able to overcome this Dynasty and while we might break thru one year as Manning did and others, this Chiefs team has another 5+ years the way this has been going. So then you wonder, is this really a coincidence? The two longest running most successful dynasty’s in our sport will have occurred back to back, literally concurrent. Which then makes you think, is this really that uncommon anymore or is this a byproduct of the modern game?
 

We will see….

Read the post I just put up 

I see where you’re getting at with this. But the historical facts are since the Super Bowl era there has been 1 dynasty for every decade. I can’t see that changing to 2 dynasties per decade right? By definition of dynasty alone would prohibit such a thing with only 10yrs per decade. So if it continues to be 1 dynastic team per decade than nothing has changed since the Superbowl era started. Interesting topic. 

[Kelly to Allen]

12 minutes ago, 90sBills said:

I see where you’re getting at with this. But the historical facts are since the Super Bowl era there has been 1 dynasty for every decade. I can’t see that changing to 2 dynasties per decade right? By definition of dynasty alone would prohibit such a thing with only 10yrs per decade. So if it continues to be 1 dynastic team per decade than nothing has changed since the Superbowl era started. Interesting topic. 

The 70s dolphins 

70s cowboys 

70s Steelers were all legitimate dynasties 

 

The Vikings were extremely close in the 70s

 

The la rams had really really good teams. 

 

The 80s Washington team had 4 super bowl appearances in 9 years but with different QBs

 

The 80s 49ers obviously. 

 

One could argue with the 85 bears if McMahon doesn't get hurt all the time or buddy Ryan stays longer.

 

The 90s 49ers were extremely close with Dallas and so was buffalo. 

 

Green Bay was very close too

 

There is usually room pre and post free agency changes in 1994 for 2 dynasty level teams per decade and 2-3 other teams that would be close

[90sBills]

12 minutes ago, Kelly to Allen said:

The 70s dolphins 

70s cowboys 

70s Steelers were all legitimate dynasties 

 

The Vikings were extremely close in the 70s

 

The la rams had really really good teams. 

 

The 80s Washington team had 4 super bowl appearances in 9 years but with different QBs

 

The 80s 49ers obviously. 

 

One could argue with the 85 bears if McMahon doesn't get hurt all the time or buddy Ryan stays longer.

 

The 90s 49ers were extremely close with Dallas and so was buffalo. 

 

Green Bay was very close too

 

There is usually room pre and post free agency changes in 1994 for 2 dynasty level teams per decade and 2-3 other teams that would be close

For most, me included, a dynasty has to include 3 Super Bowl wins within 4-7yr span. Dolphins and Cowboys were great teams in the 70s but the true dynasty was the Steelers. Just like the ‘00 Steelers were not a dynasty even though they won 2 amidst the Patriots dynasty. 
 

The only one that was borderline on your list would be Washington. But their championships were too spread out while being book ended by 2 legitimate dynasties in the 49ers and Cowboys. 
 

70s Vikings? 90s Bills? C’mon. Making it to the big game 4 times is a major accomplishment. Not winning at least 1 is a major failure. Great teams but not even close to being a dynasty. 

[Mikie2times]

27 minutes ago, Kelly to Allen said:

The 70s dolphins 

70s cowboys 

70s Steelers were all legitimate dynasties 

 

The Vikings were extremely close in the 70s

 

The la rams had really really good teams. 

 

The 80s Washington team had 4 super bowl appearances in 9 years but with different QBs

 

The 80s 49ers obviously. 

 

One could argue with the 85 bears if McMahon doesn't get hurt all the time or buddy Ryan stays longer.

 

The 90s 49ers were extremely close with Dallas and so was buffalo. 

 

Green Bay was very close too

 

There is usually room pre and post free agency changes in 1994 for 2 dynasty level teams per decade and 2-3 other teams that would be close

An yet it took all those teams a decade to accomplish what the Chiefs will in half the time 

[Dr.Sack]

What’s rare is one player (not to named) being your nemesis for 19 seasons. This is officially year 5 of our “rivalary” and one can reasonably assume we will be in for another 5 more barring injury / FO organizational upheaval.