Best Dynasty in NFL History?

Since 2000 many would argue the New England Patriots could very well be the best dynasty in NFL history. 


New England Patriots of the 21st Century

Vince Lombardi’s Packers won 5 championships and the first two Superbowls, leading to the Superbowl trophy bearing the Hall of Fame coach’s name. The ‘70s Steelers have 10 members in the Hall of Fame and four Super Bowl wins. The 49ers had the best offensive tandem in the history of the game with Joe Montana and Jerry Rice and have also won four Super Bowls. The Cowboys were the first team ever to win 3 Super Bowls  in 4 years, and have their own players in the  Hall of Fame featuring Michael Irvin, Troy Aikman, Emmitt Smith and Larry Allen. 

In the year of 2000  a legacy and dynasty was born. Roberty Craft who bought the team in 1994 hired Bill Belichick as head coach. Weeks later, the new coach and his staff selected the little known Tom Brady, a quarterback from Michigan and the 199th overall pick of the 2000 NFL Draft. Since then the Patriots have been nothing short of dominant. 

The Patriots began a journey that year that has so far culminated in 6 Superbowl appearances, four Superbowl championships and 12 divisional championships in the last 15 years. They were and still are the most  dominant team in the NFL. 

Tom Brady has one ring shy of a whole hand and six appearances which is most ever by a starting Quarterback. 

 I want to address “spy-gate”. In 2007, The Patriots were found to be violating NFL rules by videotaping the New York Jets’ defensive signal calls. The Patriots were fined by the NFL for $500,000 and lost a first rounder draft choice.

The Patriots went 70-26 before spy-gate appearing in four Super Bowls winning three of them. Since spy-gate and being fined the Patriots have gone 94-28 appearing in two Super Bowls and winning one of them this past year against the Seattle Seahawks. 

12 Division Titles, 6 Super Bowl appearances 4 Super Bowl wins, 9 AFC Championship game appearances including 4 straight since 2011, 28 playoff games 20 Playoff victories and over 150 regular season wins in the past 15 seasons has been nothing short of dominant and no other teams has been close.