My argument is that stats are flawed. Case in point during the 90's the Cowboys played a tougher schedule and everyone knew that the 49ers Cowboys in the championship was the real superbowl. Who did the Ravens ever play that could present a challenge like the 49ers (1990's) provided? Granted it was only 1 maybe 2 games a season but it could really influence the stats. I definetly dont have time but I would like to see strength of schedule for stats for all the superbowl teams you listed. I know you like to go by stats iirc you even had a statistic argument for the Redskins offense being one of the best in the NFL this year..
I think we can all agree that the top 3 teams are just in another tier, so I'll laeve them out of this.All of this is going on memory....
#4-the 2004 Pats beat the 15-1 Steelers on the road in the NFC Championship
#5-the 94 49ers defeated those same Cowboys
#6-the 96 Packers defeated the 49ers, and the Cowboys were still dominant this year(but they lost early in the playoffs-not the Packers fault they couldn't make it)
#7-the 1998 Broncos defeated a very good Jets team that was 11-1 with Testaverde and a 14-2 Falcons team
#8-the 1986 Giants beat a 14-2 Redskins team by a score of 17-0 in the playoffs
#9-the 2000 Ravens went on the road and their D/ST by themselves outscored the 13-3 Titans, then they went on the road again and held one of the best offenses of the past few years to 3 points
So every team had to play some team 13-3 or better with the exception of the 1994 49ers, but can you really say that the 92 Cowboys are better than the 94 49ers just because the 94 Cowboys didn't have a 13-3 record when they lost to them?
Lets not forget that in the Super Bowl, the Cowboys got to play an 11-5 Bills team that had only outscored its opponents by 59 points in the regular season and was only in the Super Bowl due to a record setting comeback/collapse.
Yes, I understand that the Cowboys had to deal with a tough 49ers team....but that one(or two some years) game does not skew all of the stats and make them meaningless. In fact, the Cowboys didn't even lose to the 49ers that year! They lost to the Eagles, Rams, and Redskins. The only team on the list above them that had more losses was the Ravens, but they were 11-1 once Dilfer took over, so I think its very reasonable to say that they wouldn't have had 4 losses if Dilfer played the whole way.