GlassJaw said:
Indeed; I think that there's several factors there:
1) Most of today's analysts weren't alive (or, at least, not following football) before the Super Bowl era
2) There's precious little film available for pre-1960 football (NFL Films began by filming the 1962 championship game, and started filming every single NFL game in 1963)
3) Before the late 50s or early 60s, pro football was not nearly as popular as college football (much less baseball) -- most consider the turning point to be the sudden-death 1958 championship game between the Colts and Giants. Thus, the great teams of the earlier eras just didn't get as much attention from sports fans.
In the interest of completeness, that discussion should probably include:
- The Browns of the late 40s and 50s -- they won all four AAFC championships, then joined the NFL, and won the NFL title 3 times in 7 years (and lost the championship game another 3 times)
- The Bears of the WWII era -- they won 3 NFL championships in 4 years (and lost the championship game in the other year)
- The Packers of the late 30s - two championships, and a championship game loss, in 4 years
- You might also consider including the Chargers and Oilers from the early years of the AFL.
Those are just the "dynasties" from the pre-Super Bowl period; there were undoubtedly great one-season teams that I'm not remembering off the top of my head.
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