Published 7/4/2009
by Marky Billson
at Bleacher Report - NFL
In my previous article for Bleacher Report, I came across an interesting streak concerning teams that have won the Super Bowl.
Almost every team that won the Super Bowl since the American-National Football League merger had made the playoffs the season before.
The exceptions to this rule could be broken into two categories-
A- Teams that employed a new starting quarterback from the previous season for the majority of the campaign (the 1980 Oakland Raiders, the 1999 St. Louis Rams, the 2000 Baltimore Ravens, and the 2001 New England Patriots).
B- Teams that finished strong in the prior season (the 2003 Patriots, the 1982 Washington Redskins, the 1981 San Francisco 49ers, and the 1969 Baltimore Colts).
Therefore, while handicapping the American Football Conference, it was easy to toss out Buffalo and Jacksonville as true contenders for the 2009 season.
But who will the suitors be for the National Football ...
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