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Originally Posted by gibbsisgod
I just wonder if any other team had won it all during one of those strike seasons would they still have considered it a "stolen Superbowl"? I'll bet not!
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But that WAS the knock on Gibbs prior to 1991. "He's never gone through the entire season and won the big one." The 1987 team received 3-0 from their strike players (See "The Replacements" for accurate historical details...) including a win over Dallas. The 82 team was dependant on a big old running back (Rig-something) who might not have lasted a full season.
So when they destroyed the league in 1991, grabbed the #1 seed, and rode it to a Superbowl win...well, it was quite unexpected. Nearly the entire season, the showdown between the Bills and the Redskins -- BY FAR the dominant teams in the league -- was anticipated. I bet there have been very very few times the two #1 seeds met in the Superbowl. This was a very rare occasion that a #1 seed beat a #1 seed for the title.