Top Ten NFL Teams of All Time

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1) 1985 Chicago Bears

“The game scores in the ’85 playoffs tell the story; 21-0 over the Giants, 24-0 over the Rams and the 46-10 destroying of the Patriots in the Super Bowl. And that was after outscoring their opponents an unbelievable 456 to 198 in the regular season.”

“DA BEARS!! CERTAIN COACH DITKA.”

t-painisdabest

“I have to vote for my hometown boys. But they were pretty dominant. Its a tough call.”

funkmasta98

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2) 2007 New England Patriots

“are you serious should be #1, 18-0 but that choke in the super bowl makes them the second best nfl team, and tom brady and randy moss both set touchdown records that year, the giants don’t deserve to be the 2008 champs at all, why didn’t they go 18-1”

matt52597

“now come on they went 16-0

but wheres the dolphins”

joro808

“The most shocking loss I’ve ever seen in that Superbowl loss to the Giants. They went 16-0 in the regular season. It was absolutley fascinating to see.”

apachereporter

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3) 1979 Pittsburgh Steelers

“4 Superbowl wins in one Decade...Sending 14 NFL Players to the NFL Pro Bowl, and a defensive unit comparable only to the 85’ bears. Quite certainly one the best teams of all time.”

“I just want to know why the bears are ahead of the steelers because the 70’s steelers were the best ever! GO STEELERS! oh bengals arnt even on here im starting to like this list more”

randy

“Steel Curtain BABY!”

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4) 1972 Miami Dolphins

“Still the only team to finish the perfect season.”

“ok come on now thiswas the only team to win it undefeated go dolphins!”

billy556

“The dolphins can be a beastly team when they want to

I LOVE THE MIAMI DOLPHINS”

ginn19

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5) 1992 Dallas Cowboys

“this should be in number 1”

andres101

“Aikman and Sanders were the driving force dat season”

Milan

“greatest team of all time enough said
”

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6) 1989 San Francisco 49ers

“Joe Montana....Jerry Rice...enough said.”

“WE were awesome that whole decade
at least after 82”

nigelthewizard

“Best offense ever and the D was stacked. Montana would beat anybody PERIOD.”

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7) 1998 Denver Broncos

“back in the prime for this team with Elway and Davis and Sharpe great team loved watching them”

987654

“Elway/TD/Zimmerman. O was unstopable”

144mango

“A great team”

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8) 1991 Washington Redskins

“"HAIL TO THE REDSKINS". One of the last years of the incredible hogs. One of the best lines of all time. Plus the last superbowl for gibbs with yet another QB. Only coach to bring 3 to a victory. So underated and yet what a beautiful franchise tradition those skins have. BOO cowboys! GO SKINS!”

Pag1

“always been my fav.”

“The 91 Redskins were a machine and they were overlooked by most. This team definitely belongs in the top 10.”

9) 1999 St. Louis Rams

“Averaged almost 33 per game, surrendered only 15 points per game. The greatest show on turf put up video game numbers all season as evidenced by Kurt Warner’s 41 touchdown passes and a 109.2 QB rating.”

10) 1971 Dallas Cowboys

“The Cowboys won the Super Bowl in 71 Staubach to Drew Pearson. Good combination”

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11) 1962 Green Bay Packers

“actually they had 12 hall of famers and oh yah there’s a reason the super bowl trophy is named after there coach”

olhrocks

“The Perfect team. Clutch Quarterback, amazing running backs, great offensive line, and a great defense. #1 team.”

totally

“Easily a top five team of all time. Finished 13-1, 1st in total offense, 1st in total defense, and 1st in point differential. And, oh yeah, ELEVEN Hall of Famers. ELEVEN!”

12) 1998 Minnesota Vikings

“they were 15 and 1 and were awesome”

“Best Offence”

13) 2007 Oakland Raiders

14) 2000 Baltimore Ravens

“Oh come on... these guys showed the NFL that you just need to have a good defense to win the Super Bowl. They worked so hard for it and they did not need anything but a defense!”

Baltimore1993

“This has to be the best defense ever I believe that the offense didnt score a touchdown in 3 games
”

15) 1994 San Francisco 49ers

“Wow, the 2007 Oakland Raiders are ahead of the 1994 San Francisco 49ers. Why are the 2007 New England Patriots number two? They didn’t win the Super Bowl so they can’t be one of the greatest teams ever. The greatest teams finish the deal and they couldn’t. Why are the 1984 San Francisco 49ers so low as well? I have three 49er teams in my top ten, yet I only see the 1989 squad.”

SgtPeppersz196715

“best talent ever put together since the 74 steelers draft.deon sanders,ricky jackson,richard dent,ken norton.this team was no.1 defense and offense”

16) 2001 New England Patriots

“A terrific start the dynasty.”

Ev662

“Tom Brady was absolutely amazing he will surpass many records for the years to come.”

17) 1996 Green Bay Packers

“The best offense and the best defense in the NFL during the 1996 season. Had an average margin of victory of over 17 points through the playoffs and the Super Bowl”

“They had Favre in his prime. Farve man.”

18) 2007 New York Giants

“They crushed the big dreams of the Patriots.”

“They were the underdogs. 18 and 1 Giant loss!”

19) 2002 Tampa Bay Buccaneers

“5 INTâ€™s in the Super Bowl against the leagueâ€™s best offense? End of story.”

20) 1986 New York Giants

“Lawrence Taylor and Phil Simms with the highest Superbowl QB rating ever. Plus Harry Carson, Leonard Martin, Joe Morris, Mark Bavaro. Oh yeah, and two future hof coaches named Bill.”

21) 1994 Philadelphia Eagles

22) 1976 Oakland Raiders

“A very underrated team when you consider they went 13-1 in a league with many great teams.”

corebare32

“This team was unstoppable going 13-1 and winning the Super Bowl. Ken Stabler at QB, Fred Biletnikoff and Cliff Branch at WR, great secondary and defense overall, and last but not least coached by THE John Madden.”

23) 2005 Pittsburgh Steelers

“After barely getting into the playoffs, this team simply was on a mission to shut up the naysayers.With a young Ben Roethlisberger, and an aging Jerome Bettis leading the way, this team won three playoff games as a #6 seed, all on the road. After destroying Seattle in the Super Bowl,which we all saw coming, this was a team of destiny and although their record was "only"
11-5, they had just the right pieces for just the right puzzle at just the right time”

24) 2004 Indianapolis Colts

“HA who cares about the 2007 patriots... yea.. beasts through season but... wait... oh yeah they can’t even finish against the Giants!
2004 colts had a fantastic season”

thenorris03

“Manning threw 49 TD passes in the Colts first 15 games, but it took Brady 16 games to beat his record. That season was beast.”

footballanytime

25) 2007 New Orleans Saints

“This is a team with no big names but big hearts. They should be up there with all the past greats even if they lost.”

26) 1963 San Diego Chargers

“Yeah”

FreddyGodzilla

“They had everything, offense, defense, special teams and were the first glamor team of pro football.”

27) 1984 San Francisco 49ers

“how are they behind the 07 Cowboys, the 07 Saints, the 03 Patriots, the 99 Jaguars, the 94 Eagles, the 05 Steelers, the 07 Giants, the 07 Raiders, the 01 Patriots, and even the 07 Patriots who didn’t win the Super Bowl.”

peru12345

“The team was a missed field goal (Steelers) from a perfect record. It was ranked number 1 on defense and number 2 in offense. The team did not have Jerry Rice. It rolled through the playoffs including a 23-0 beating of the Chicago Bears (the same team that would win the next year Super Bowl) and crush the Dolphins in the Super Bowl.”

28) 2003 New England Patriots

29) 2007 Dallas Cowboys

30) 1999 Jacksonville Jaguars

“Wow, Great season. Just lost to the Titans 3 times..”

31) 1965 Cleveland Browns

32) 1958 Baltimore Colts

“One of the best teams ever and run by the best QB ever in Unitas and whats more, they came back and did it again the next year even better.”

MackyJay

33) 1949 Philadelphia Eagles

34) 1995 Dallas Cowboys

35) 1977 Dallas Cowboys

“tony dorsett,roger staubach,robert newhouse,hollywood henderson need i go on.and im not a cowboy fan.
”

36) 2004 New England Patriots

“Dynasty in the salary cap era enough said best TEAM ever key word-----TEAM”

37) 1984 Miami Dolphins

“One of the greatest teams not to win the Super Bowl”

TrinityTrojan

“Arguably the greatest offense of all time.”

38) 2007 San Diego Chargers

“They were good”

39) 2006 Chicago Bears

“They made it to the super bowl.”

40) 1966 Green Bay Packers

41) 2007 New England Patriots

42) 1975 Pittsburgh Steelers

43) 1934 Chicago Bears

44) 1940 Chicago Bears

45) 1935 Chicago Bears

“Dude they lost one game the championship game.”

46) 1961 Green Bay Packers

47) 2007 New England Patriots

48) 1984 Oakland Raiders

49) 1950 Cleveland Browns