simulator decides: 99 Rams were best superbowl team of all

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  • February 1, 2016 at 2:30 am #38448
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    Are the 1999 Rams the greatest champ ever? One simulator says so

    http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-s…mp-ever–one-simulator-says-so-200454724.html

    Chicago Bears the greatest team ever? The 1972 undefeated Miami Dolphins? Or one of those Dallas Cowboys teams from the 1990s? This very conversation is currently going on around water coolers and barber shops throughout the country.

    Wonder no more football fan, because the people at PredictionMachine.com have done all the legwork for you to determine the greatest Super Bowl winner in history. The site simulated matchups between the 49 teams that have lifted the Lombardi Trophy – only winners of the Super Bowl need apply – to see who is the best Super Bowl champion of all-time. The site’s analytics used “strength of schedule adjusted statistics” to rank the teams, then simulated the games.

    The results are a surprise and site’s winner isn’t one of the teams usually mentioned in the greatest ever argument.

    According to Prediction Machine, the 1999 St. Louis Rams are the best Super Bowl champion of all-time. The Rams were a surprise champion that year, an offensive juggernaut spearheaded by quarterback Kurt Warner and running back Marshall Faulk. It is a surprise to see the Rams atop the list, especially since those aforementioned Bears and Dolphins squads usually take the top spots in most polls.

    [Check out Yahoo Sports’ Top 50 Super Bowl moments, with Rams linebacker Mike Jones’ tackle of Tennessee Titans receiver Kevin Dyson to secure the 1999 Rams’ title coming in at No.6]

    The site uses a technology it calls the Predictalator, which they say is the “most advanced sports forecasting software available today because it has the ability to account for all of the relevant statistical interactions of the players, coaches, officials, home-field advantage and weather in each game.”

    The rest of the results provide plenty of conversation fodder as well.

    The ’85 Bears did place second on the Prediction Machine list, followed by the 1989 San Francisco 49ers. The 1996 Green Bay Packers and the 1979 Pittsburgh Steelers round out the top five greatest teams according to their simulations.

    The ’72 Dolphins, the only perfect team in NFL history, came in No. 9 on the list.

    February 1, 2016 at 5:42 am #38451
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    The 2001 team was better – too bad they didn’t include “participants” and not just “winners”. Fuck the patriots again.

    February 1, 2016 at 6:21 am #38453
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    lyser wrote:

    The 2001 team was better

    Without question. But when the officials want you to lose, you lose. That theft created a dynasty of cheaters.

    The upside to being a Rams fan is heartbreak.

    Sprinkles are for winners.

    February 1, 2016 at 9:32 am #38457
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    I dunno. I think what made 99 better was that Vermeil was running it not Martz. That will be controversial, but it’s what I think.

    February 1, 2016 at 9:52 am #38459
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    zn wrote:

    I dunno. I think what made 99 better was that Vermeil was running it not Martz. That will be controversial, but it’s what I think.

    Yeah, I think the 1999 team coached by Vermeil would beat the 2001 team coached by Martz.

    However, the 2001 team coached by Vermeil would beat the 1999 team coached by Vermeil.

    In addition, the 5th Panzer division coached by Vermeil would’ve beaten the 3rd Army coached by Patton at Bastogne.

    February 1, 2016 at 10:19 am #38462
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    nittany ram wrote:

    In addition, the 5th Panzer division coached by Vermeil would’ve beaten the 3rd Army coached by Patton at Bastogne.

    However, if Vermeil coached the japanese fleet at Midway, they still would have lost.

    So don’t overdo it.

    February 1, 2016 at 10:43 am #38464
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    zn wrote:

    However, if Vermeil coached the japanese fleet at Midway, they still would have lost.

    So don’t overdo it.

    Not if he had Aquaman on his side which, as most military historians agree, he would have.

    February 1, 2016 at 10:52 am #38465
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    nittany ram wrote:

    Not if he had Aquaman on his side which, as most military historians agree, he would have.

    Okay so you win this round, Nittany Ram.

    But the game is far from over.

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    February 1, 2016 at 11:03 am #38466
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    1999 Rams…the best of all time…… unsung defense…. great offense….

    Jeff Fisher beat them in the regular season (Bobby Ross did it one week later in Detroit)…. Jeff Fisher almost did it again 2 month later in the Super Bowl

    February 1, 2016 at 9:05 pm #38486
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    I think this is a No Brainer.

    Of course the Rams fielded the Greatest Team of All-Time.

    In what universe is that debatable?

    February 1, 2016 at 10:06 pm #38491
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    SI NFL Special: The final minutes of Super Bowl XXXIV

    February 1, 2016 at 11:18 pm #38493
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    SI NFL Special: The final minutes of Super Bowl XXXIV

    That was a very cool listen…..

    NFL Films needs to make a segment to compliment this audio.

    February 3, 2016 at 9:16 am #38539
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    zn wrote:

    SI NFL Special: The final minutes of Super Bowl XXXIV

    That is an awesome find. Thanks for posting it.

    The upside to being a Rams fan is heartbreak.

    Sprinkles are for winners.

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