The Packers Lose!
Originally from Chicago, the pro football season was defined by the Bears and Packers. If the Bears beat the Packers the season could be considered at least a partial success. There were no playoffs, but there were rivalries. It was a much simpler time before fantasy football teams, there was the AFL but it was a while before the Super Bowl.
In Miami, the yearly ritual is the 1972 Dolphins drinking a toast to their perfect season and breathing a sigh of relief that the record will last another year. The guys on that team are getting a little bit long in the tooth and the record of the Patriots and this year's Packers overshadows whatever the "old Dolphins" did.
I'm of the opinion that the game has changed enough that this yearly comparison is as irrelevant as how I used to look at Green Bay versus Chicago.
Dolphins! What have you done for me lately?
In Miami, the yearly ritual is the 1972 Dolphins drinking a toast to their perfect season and breathing a sigh of relief that the record will last another year. The guys on that team are getting a little bit long in the tooth and the record of the Patriots and this year's Packers overshadows whatever the "old Dolphins" did.
I'm of the opinion that the game has changed enough that this yearly comparison is as irrelevant as how I used to look at Green Bay versus Chicago.
Dolphins! What have you done for me lately?
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