The 1972 Miami Dolphins are considered the greatest team in NFL history. Still, they were underdogs in many sportsbooks for Super Bowl VII. That means the 1972 Dolphins weren’t even considered by many oddsmakers to be the best team that season, before a 14-7 win over Washington to cap off an undefeated season. They played – and beat – a soft schedule. Over time, the enduring feat of going 17-0 has built that team’s legacy into mythic proportions.
As this NFL season progresses, we’re getting closer to the Chiefs’ chances of going 16-1 or 15-2 in the regular season and winning a third straight Super Bowl. They have a two-game lead for the No. 1 seed in the AFC, and with just two home games between them and the Super Bowl, they’ll be hard to stop. And we’ll rank a Chiefs team as the greatest team of all time. But remember what you think about the Chiefs now.
Kansas City has won an incredible 15 straight one-score games. A defensive pass interference on fourth-and-16, a missed pass interference call in the end zone, Buccaneers coach Todd Bowles not going for the 2nd and win, a blocked field goal, a 3-10 Panthers team A last-minute drive after falling behind, a stupid snap 2-11 the Raiders when they were in field-goal range for the win and then a doin-in Sunday night. field goal According to Brett Coleman of “The Film Room”, the Chiefs’ +56 point differential isn’t the worst of any team in 12-1 or NFL history, it’s the worst by 33 points. They rank eighth in DVOA, behind the 6-7 49ers.
We probably won’t remember any of that decade or two if the 2024 Chiefs win the Super Bowl. We’ll just tell stories about how influential they were.
Here are the NFL Power Rankings after Week 14 of the NFL season:
