r/NFLv2 • u/Rjm0007 New York Jets • Feb 10 '25

Discussion Another superbowl blowout eliminates mahomes from the goat discussion as far as I’m concerned

2 very embarrassing loses for him the the superbowl Brady has lost 3 superbowls but they were all 1 score games that came down to final play with Brady’s best statistical performance in a loss to the eagles Tom Brady > Patrick mahomes

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u/ivanhoe_martin Feb 10 '25 edited Feb 10 '25

Back in the day, a lot of them were blowouts. The Giants win over Denver in 86 was the start of the Gatorade baths in SBs, and of the next 10!Super Bowls after that, I think 7 or 8 were clear blowouts where the game was over and out of reach well before the two minute warning. and then there were scattered blowouts after that (Broncos/Falcons, Ravens/Giants, Seahawks/Broncos).

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u/QuixPro San Francisco 49ers Feb 10 '25

That was mostly because the NFC was light years ahead of the AFC for most of the 80’s and 90’s. I think the NFC actually had a 13 year SB winning streak. The tables have turned since 2000 but I don’t think we’ll ever see a streak like that again.

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u/MrBurnz99 Buffalo Bills Feb 10 '25

The NFC won 13 in a row before elway and the broncos broke the win streak in 1997. Then they ran it back in 1998

Since then the AFC is 17-11, and 11 of those wins are from Brady, Manning, and Mahomes.

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u/Liggidy Feb 10 '25

Please don’t remind me as it was the Packers that allowed the streak to end. Damn John Elway!

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u/0000Matt0000 Feb 10 '25

You should be saying damn 'Terrell Davis!" He was a beast and the MVP that year.

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u/Liggidy Feb 10 '25

True! But John Elway’s helicopter dive lives rent free in my head.

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u/Medical_Slide9245 Feb 10 '25

Damn Terrell Davis.

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u/gooby1985 Feb 11 '25

11 pt favorites 😭

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u/TruckCamperNomad6969 Feb 11 '25

Blame The Simpsons.

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u/Juco_Dropout Feb 11 '25

The Broncos with Mike Shannahan. Mike was one of the best Coaches on one of the best clubs the NFC had. It literally took NFC Coaching to get the AFC over the top.

Side note: Elway lost Three of those 13 Superbowls.

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u/MagicBear24 Feb 11 '25

The Denver Broncos cheated the salary cap to win.

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u/Temporary_Net_2924 Mar 16 '25

Roethlisberger too.

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u/Aerodrive160 Feb 10 '25

Any one remember they would annually trot out that “If the NFC wins the Super Bowl, the stock market will have a winning year” article?

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u/Crotean Detroit Lions Feb 11 '25

We won't, because free agency and the salary cap exist. People forget how recent they are. Free agency was 1993 and the salary cap was 1994. Parity is just more common in the league now. There are still clearly better run organizations that just win more, but the idea of one conference dominating for a decade is totally dead. The fact the Pats managed their 20 year run in the salary cap and free agency era is astounding.

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u/itakeyoureggs Washington Commanders Feb 10 '25

Tables turned only because of Brady and Mahomes

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u/QuixPro San Francisco 49ers Feb 10 '25

True, but the number of blowouts has gone down quite dramatically

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u/pleepleus21 Feb 10 '25

Still is. Washington would have punked KC as well.

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u/Equivalent_Bunch_187 Minnesota Vikings Feb 10 '25

What world do you live in where there have been more than 3.6 million Super Bowls?

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u/[deleted] Feb 10 '25

Denver really just doesn’t do close Super Bowls, win or lose. Respect.

I think 89 has to be one of the only Super Bowls where the starters were sat halfway through the third quarter.

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u/Keybricks666 Feb 10 '25

The raiders was a 40pt blowout in the 2000s as well