Which was the greatest Super Bowl performance by a defensive unit?

[saturdaysarebetter]

I'm guessing you didn't actually watch that game to the end. It was effectively a shutout... when the Broncos scored it was 36-0 with 00:03 seconds left in the 3rd; they may has well have been calling a mercy rule on the game.

"effectively" is a nice way of saying "it wasn't"

 

[saturdaysarebetter]

So what do you think of your steel curtain SB defenses?

The '76 defense that had five shutouts in nine games and gave up only 28 points (two touchdowns) over a nine-game stretch will never happen again, but the '76 team didn't make the Super Bowl. HOFers: Greene (NFL 100th anniversary team), Ham (NFL 100th anniversary team), Lambert (NFL 100th anniversary team), Blount (NFL 100th anniversary team), Donnie Shell (HOF), along with Greenwood (6 Pro Bowls), Russell (7 Pro Bowls) both should be in the HOF. The Steelers defense had eight players play in the same Pro Bowl and every player in the secondary earned a Pro Bowl spot in the '70s. The only player to not make the Pro Bowl was Ernie Holmes and he was, at times, the most feared defensive lineman of the group.

 

[Schmoopy1000]

1st off.
Seattles Defense definitely deserves a tip of the cap, since they absolutely annihilated the #1 offense in the league. If points were the only prerequisite this couldnt be a conversation. We know all the scores & the winners would be Cowboys & Patriots. So there is obviously more to it than that. With all this said.
I still would vote for the Superbowl IX defense, but people saying Seattle's Defense doesnt hurt my feelings. I just think there was zero chance for the Vikes to do anything against that Steel Curtain. & since it is talking performance. Yards does play apart of it.
Seattle with a Huge lead. Defense can pin their ears back & go for it. One dimensional offense at that time for the broncos.
Vikings had no dimensions vs the Steelers defense
Vikings defense dominated as well in that game. So the steelers defense didnt have the luxury of a huge lead.
& those 6 points the Vikes scored. on a blocked punt recovery in the endzone.
So the Steel Curtain didnt actually give up any points that game.

Also I am a cowboys fan, so you have to know there is no homerism in my voting.

 

[kcden]

"effectively" is a nice way of saying "it wasn't"

There are a lot of obtuse posters on this site, but you may be the new #1

 

[jerseyhawksfan79]

The '76 defense that had five shutouts in nine games and gave up only 28 points (two touchdowns) over a nine-game stretch will never happen again, but the '76 team didn't make the Super Bowl. HOFers: Greene (NFL 100th anniversary team), Ham (NFL 100th anniversary team), Lambert (NFL 100th anniversary team), Blount (NFL 100th anniversary team), Donnie Shell (HOF), along with Greenwood (6 Pro Bowls), Russell (7 Pro Bowls) both should be in the HOF. The Steelers defense had eight players play in the same Pro Bowl and every player in the secondary earned a Pro Bowl spot in the '70s. The only player to not make the Pro Bowl was Ernie Holmes and he was, at times, the most feared defensive lineman of the group.

That's awesome knowledge and completely irrelevant to my question. Try again.

 

[jerseyhawksfan79]

1st off.
Seattles Defense definitely deserves a tip of the cap, since they absolutely annihilated the #1 offense in the league. If points were the only prerequisite this couldnt be a conversation. We know all the scores & the winners would be Cowboys & Patriots. So there is obviously more to it than that. With all this said.
I still would vote for the Superbowl IX defense, but people saying Seattle's Defense doesnt hurt my feelings. I just think there was zero chance for the Vikes to do anything against that Steel Curtain. & since it is talking performance. Yards does play apart of it.
Seattle with a Huge lead. Defense can pin their ears back & go for it. One dimensional offense at that time for the broncos.
Vikings had no dimensions vs the Steelers defense
Vikings defense dominated as well in that game. So the steelers defense didnt have the luxury of a huge lead.
& those 6 points the Vikes scored. on a blocked punt recovery in the endzone.
So the Steel Curtain didnt actually give up any points that game.

Also I am a cowboys fan, so you have to know there is no homerism in my voting.

I wouldn't put Seattle's defense with that Steelers team that beat the hell out of the Vikings. I wasn't around for that game but I read plenty of it and was impressed and has my respect. All I'm saying is holding one of the most prolific offenses in history as Manning and company scored at will throughout the season was shutout for almost 45mins till the end of the 3rd quarter and nothing in the 4th quarter adding 4 turnovers with a pick 6 in there. I think it's worth of top 5 or just outside.

 

[jerseyhawksfan79]

There are a lot of obtuse posters on this site, but you may be the new #1

A Razon clone?

 

[Think McFly Think]

A Razon clone?

Dude, where is your common sense, come on man, don't act goofy , ok my man?

 

[Schmoopy1000]

A Razon clone?

psst...
ask him if he carries cans of chili?

 

[Schmoopy1000]

I wouldn't put Seattle's defense with that Steelers team that beat the hell out of the Vikings. I wasn't around for that game but I read plenty of it and was impressed and has my respect. All I'm saying is holding one of the most prolific offenses in history as Manning and company scored at will throughout the season was shutout for almost 45mins till the end of the 3rd quarter and nothing in the 4th quarter adding 4 turnovers with a pick 6 in there. I think it's worth of top 5 or just outside.

 

[jerseyhawksfan79]

psst...
ask him if he carries cans of chili?

Also need those track and field stats.

 

[Schmoopy1000]

Also need those track and field stats.

that would be a dead give away.

 

[Think McFly Think]

Also need those track and field stats.

I forgot about him honestly, the sheer mention of his name made me visualize hurdle and 400m relay events

 

[PDay8810]

A Razon clone?

whats his 40 time?

 

[jerseyhawksfan79]

that would be a dead give away.

Yes and would be entertaining. Miss those out of nowhere track stats from 1974.

 

[jerseyhawksfan79]

I forgot about him honestly, the sheer mention of his name made me visualize hurdle and 400m relay events

It was always his go too when his football arguments went to crap

 

[Schmoopy1000]

Yes and would be entertaining. Miss those out of nowhere track stats from 1974.

also if you are worried a poster is RaZon.
Just ask the poster if he thinks the safest place in America is a Cul-de-sac

 

[Think McFly Think]

It was always his go too when his football arguments went to crap

In purely an argumentative style, he reminded me of fredsdeadfriend, the Minn Gopher dude who used to post stuff like this when people made fun of the Gophers.

Yes, WW2. If not for Minnesota and all of it's many contributions to the war effort, only half of the noteworthy ones I've mentioned so far, you'd be talking Japanese over there on the Left Coast.

 

[jerseyhawksfan79]

also if you are worried a poster is RaZon.
Just ask the poster if he thinks the safest place in America is a Cul-de-sac

I missed that conversation

 

[Think McFly Think]

I missed that conversation

Then there is...


Are cul de sacs more dangerous?

1. Safety. Because of its reduced presence to thru-traffic in a neighborhood, living in a cul de sac is safer on several levels. From the perspective of burglary, theft, or vandalism, criminals will prefer residential targets with an easier escape route—something a cul de sac does not allow for quite as easily.Feb 21, 2020

Come on man., it would dumb to mess with a place with only...ONE...escape route..

Do you not get what a Cul De Sac is? 8 houses all facing each other anyone of them could have prying eyes. Thugs are going to chance that, no their not.

Ya need to give this one up, really.