Originally posted by PatsFanTX
If that undefeated team was so good, why didn't they string together a few more championship seasons like the Packers and Steelers? They were just a fluke team who had a cream puff schedule.
After reaching the SB in '69, Shula got to Miami in '70 inheriting a 3-10 team. That first year Miami goes 10-4.
In '71 we went to the Super Bowl. '72 we went undefeated and won the SB. '73 we won the SB. In '74 we lost a super close playoff game at Oakland and were largely without Warfield and Mercury Morris during the season.
After that'74 season, Czonka, Warfield, and Kiick went to the World League. That's two Hall of Famers we lost right there. For a team that rarely throws the ball, that's murder. You're HOF battering ram RB and the WR (who carries 2 defenders with him at all times and averaged 21.4 ypc in Miami and 20.1 career) are gone just like that. Not to mention the only other physcial runner on the team (Kiick).
In short, that contributed to our "not becoming a dynasty".....if you call 3 straight Super Bowls "not a dynasty".