Reply #9: You have to go for it

[Awsi Dooger]

Again, I'll throw out the staggering number: the '72 Dolphins are the only NFL/AFL team since 1920 to go unbeaten and untied among 1712 chances in that regard. If the Colts finish 19-0, it will be 2 of 1744.

Several teams have finished with 1 loss. That is admirable but doomed to obscurity. Unbeaten guarantees immortality, plus the Colts will be deemed superior to the '72 Dolphins virtually by acclimation, doing it in a salary cap era plus with two additional games. As a Dolphin fan I understand that inevitability, although the Colts would be hard pressed to do it with a backup QB starting 11 games, and the Dolphins managed to repeat in '73 for a two-year run of 32-2, far superior to any back-to-back champs. The posters who diminish that team don't know much about football. It's that simple.