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(02-04-2022, 04:55 PM)Shake n Blake Wrote: That's always been the dirty little secret with the NFL. You hear that parity word used more in reference to the NFL than any other league, yet you have 12 teams (hopefully 11 in a couple weeks) without a championship.

An even more amazing stat is that a whopping 30 of the 55 Super Bowls have been won by 6 teams.

Patriots - 6 in 11 appearances
Steelers - 6 of 8
Cowboys - 5 of 8
49ers - 5 of 7
Packers - 4 of 5
Giants - 4 of 5

Then you also have

Broncos - 3 of 8
Raiders - 3 of 5
Redskins/Football Team - 3 of 5

So these 9 teams have accounted for 39 of the 55 championships (71%) and 62 of the 110 appearances (56%).

You have 9 teams with at least 3 rings, and 12 teams with 0.

I think the single greatest thing the NFL has EVER done to actually enhance parity was the rookie wage scale.  

Teams that were not the top tier teams whiff on a high first round pick, they were done.  Cash strapped, and the kicker was that no free agent would want to go to a team in such a situation.  The worst teams picked at the top and had a 50/50 chance of being buried for 5 years.  I always thought Belichek was brilliant the way he would almost always trade back and accumulate picks.  He was also mitigating risk.

I think the NFL will look a lot different over the next 20 years.