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Win 2 Super Bowls, or Make it to 4 Super Bowls?

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If this discussion has already been started, feel free to merge/move/destroy/whatever.

But they were discussing on ESPN a couple of days ago whether it was a bigger deal to win back-to-back Super Bowls, or to make it to 4 straight Super Bowls. Your thoughts?

I think that it's a bigger deal to go to four straight Super Bowls. I know that the fans don't get the kick-ass feeling they get from seeing their team win the Super Bowl, and Buffalo fans might want to trade three of those losses for a win in the fourth, but no other team has won its conference four consecutive years. I don't think another team has ever won its conference three consecutive years (I might be wrong about that). Back-to-back wins have happened several times. I think the Steelers did it a couple of times in the 70's. Maybe the Packers did in the 60's. The 49ers did in the 80's. Cowboys in the 90's. The Patriots did it since 2000.
 
If you're losing those four straight Super Bowls, then I'd take a single win over four straight losses.

If you are talking about winning half of the four straight, but not back-to-back, I'd still take the back-to-back. Why? Because making it to the Super Bowl doesn't mean much if you lose. The more you progress, the harder it is when you lose. I'd rather not be in the playoffs than be in the Super Bowl and lose.
 
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Nobody remembers who finished 2nd, they only remember the winner. Winning two (or one for that matter) is much better than losing four. Just ask anyone associated with the 1991-1994 Buffalo Bills. :biggrin:
 
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Don't want to knock that Bills team... but.... the fact that they won 4 conference championships is kind of cold comfort in that the AFC pretty much sucked during that time.... I mean... what the NFC won 10 or 12 years in a row and that Giants/Bills game is the only one I remember being close... I know the Bills got absolutely embarrassed twice by the Cowboys... so... I'll take a win...
 
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Zurp;896876; said:
If this discussion has already been started, feel free to merge/move/destroy/whatever.

But they were discussing on ESPN a couple of days ago whether it was a bigger deal to win back-to-back Super Bowls, or to make it to 4 straight Super Bowls. Your thoughts?

I think that it's a bigger deal to go to four straight Super Bowls. I know that the fans don't get the kick-ass feeling they get from seeing their team win the Super Bowl, and Buffalo fans might want to trade three of those losses for a win in the fourth, but no other team has won its conference four consecutive years. I don't think another team has ever won its conference three consecutive years (I might be wrong about that). Back-to-back wins have happened several times. I think the Steelers did it a couple of times in the 70's. Maybe the Packers did in the 60's. The 49ers did in the 80's. Cowboys in the 90's. The Patriots did it since 2000.
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I think some are missing the point here....

If I'm reading this right, you are asking which is HARDER to do, rather than what you would RATHER do....

The harder thing to do obviously is getting to the 4 Super Bowls. I don't think that will ever come close. Maybe if it were only 2 in a row it wouldn't be such a big thing, but 4 years in a row is pretty remarkable.

I don't think anyone will debate that they would rather WIN 2 Super Bowls. That goes without saying.
 
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AKAKBUCK;897705; said:
Don't want to knock that Bills team... but.... the fact that they won 4 conference championships is kind of cold comfort in that the AFC pretty much sucked during that time.... I mean... what the NFC won 10 or 12 years in a row and that Giants/Bills game is the only one I remember being close... I know the Bills got absolutely embarrassed twice by the Cowboys... so... I'll take a win...
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Yep, imagine the mockery of the cavs if Lebron lost 4 straight finals series, emerging from a weak Eastern conf.
 
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I'd say it is almost impossible in the current NFL to get to and lose 4 straight SB's. I could maybe see a super dominant team getting to 4 straight, but they would have to win at least one. Weren't the Eagles just a win per season away from getting to 3 or 4 straight SB's?
 
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jwinslow;898823; said:
Yep, imagine the mockery of the cavs if Lebron lost 4 straight finals series, emerging from a weak Eastern conf.
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I put this on my calendar for you to ask me this again in 3 years.
 
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