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Hi, I'm writing a paper for college debating the best NFL team of all time. I am comparing the '72 Dolphins, '74 Steelers, '85 Bears, '89 Steelers, '93 Cowboys and '04 Patriots.
I am currently writing an "essay before the essay" called a state of the deabte essay, which discusses what is being said and by whom. Obviously, the "who" are mainly fans of all the teams.

So, why do you, Dolphins fans, think the '72 team is the best NFL team of all time
 
ChrisJNelson said:
Hi, I'm writing a paper for college debating the best NFL team of all time. I am comparing the '72 Dolphins, '74 Steelers, '85 Bears, '89 Steelers, '93 Cowboys and '04 Patriots.
I am currently writing an "essay before the essay" called a state of the deabte essay, which discusses what is being said and by whom. Obviously, the "who" are mainly fans of all the teams.

So, why do you, Dolphins fans, think the '72 team is the best NFL team of all time
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Simply the fact that they never lost. The greateast team should never lose a game. Its really plain simple.
 
Yes, but why else. I mean I agree with you, but I need more than just that because luck and circumstances can contribute to going undefeated, so there must be other reasons that make the team the best ever. Groups of coaches, players and their performances.
 
How about being undefeated and winning a playoff game ON THE ROAD against the STEEL CURTAIN!!!!
 
ChrisJNelson said:
Yes, but why else. I mean I agree with you, but I need more than just that because luck and circumstances can contribute to going undefeated, so there must be other reasons that make the team the best ever. Groups of coaches, players and their performances.
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They won most of those games without there starting quarterback. That says something about the team in itself.
 
ChrisJNelson said:
Hi, I'm writing a paper for college debating the best NFL team of all time. I am comparing the '72 Dolphins, '74 Steelers, '85 Bears, '89 Steelers, '93 Cowboys and '04 Patriots.
I am currently writing an "essay before the essay" called a state of the deabte essay, which discusses what is being said and by whom. Obviously, the "who" are mainly fans of all the teams.

So, why do you, Dolphins fans, think the '72 team is the best NFL team of all time
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Well, from your list, the best team sure isn't the 04 Pats so you can cross them off the list.

And what's so special about the '89 Steelers? They won nothing. I assume you meant the '89 49ers, but even there, I liked their 94 team at least as much. There was really no competition for them in 1989.

A case for the '72 team is that they won all of their games.

But if you want to make a case against the '72 Dolphins, it would probably come from LB Nick Buonicontti (sp?) who said that our '73 team was really a better team, though they had two defeats. And if you go by playoff results, he's kind of correct. Miami beat three teams by about a TD or less in '72. The '73 team won by about 17 vs every playoff team.

Just something to consider.
 
The 71 Dolphins lost SB VI to the Cowboys and only scored 3 points, a superbowl low to this day. I think that loss had an effect on them.

I believe the 72 fins won a SB faster than any other expansion team.

Those are just some facts to maybe help you out.

I might also take a look at who each of these teams defeated in the Superbowl. Did they beat the #1 seed from the opposite conference or did they beat a wildcard team? Such as the 85 Bears beating the wildcard Patriots. That is something that could help your argument as well.
 
had to win the conference championship on the road in pittsburgh... were the number 1 offense and defense in terms of yardage AND scoring i think... i could be wrong but i think that was the case which is insane...
 
#1 in offense and #1 in defense
 
I think the answer is simple, they didn't lose. All the other teams you mentioned had at least one team better than them that season. 72 Dolphins didn't. Regardless of the era, if there has been a better team, why couldn't they beat everyone they played?
 
arsenal said:
had to win the conference championship on the road in pittsburgh... were the number 1 offense and defense in terms of yardage AND scoring i think... i could be wrong but i think that was the case which is insane...
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Something I never figured out, why were we on the road for that game?
 
ChrisJNelson said:
Good points in the last two posts? Anything else you can think of?
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1972 Miami Dolphins Season Statistics

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Rushing
Att. Yards Avg. Long TDs
Csonka 213 1117 5.2 45 6
Morris 190 1000 5.3 33 12
Kiick 137 521 3.8 26 5
Ginn 27 142 5.3 22 1
Leigh 21 79 3.8 10 0
Morrall 17 67 4.0 31 1
Warfield 4 23 5.8 21 0
Griese 3 11 3.7 5 1
Del Gaizo 1 0 0 0 0
Team 613 2960 4.8 45 26
Passing
Att. Comp. Pct. Yards TDs Long Int. Rating
Morrall 150 83 55.3 1360 11 49 7 90.97
Griese 97 53 54.6 638 4 39 4 71.59
Del Gaizo 9 5 55.6 165 2 51 1 100.46
Briscoe 3 3 100.0 72 0 26 0 118.75
Team 259 144 55.6 2235 17 51 12 86.94
Receiving
No. Yards Avg. Long TDs
Warfield 29 606 20.9 47 3
Kiick 21 147 7.0 15 1
Twilley 20 364 18.2 44 3
Briscoe 16 279 17.4 51 4
Morris 15 168 11.2 34 0
Stowe 13 276 21.2 49 2
Fleming 13 156 12.0 31 1
Mandich 11 168 15.3 39 3
Csonka 5 48 9.6 14 0
Den Herder 1 24 24.0 24 0
Ginn 1 23 23.0 23 0
Team 145 2259 15.6 51 17
Interceptions
No. Yards Long TDs
Scott 5 73 31 0
Mumphord 4 50 28 1
Anderson 3 34 22 0
Foley 3 25 15 0
Johnson 3 20 13 0
Swift 3 5 4 0
Buoniconti 2 17 10 0
Babb 1 24 24 0
Team 24 248 31 1
Scoring
TDs TD R TD P TD RB XP XPA FG FGA S Points
Yepremian 0 0 0 0 43 45 24 37 0 115
Morris 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 72
Csonka 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 36
Kiick 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 36
Briscoe 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 24
Mandich 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 18
Twilley 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 18
Warfield 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 18
Stowe 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 12
Anderson 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6
Fleming 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
Ginn 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
Griese 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
Morrall 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
Mumphord 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6
Team 45 26 17 2 43 45 24 37 0 385
 
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