I'm a Miami fan myself, and I'm proud of our one win(cus nobody wants to be the team with a winless season).  But I only considered the Pats to be 12-0 at the end of the regular season(I mean you can't count 2 wins against a 1-15 team, nor should you count 2 wins against a 3-13 team which had two of its wins against said 1-15 team).  Joking aside, a perfect season is rather amazing, but it still pales to winning the Super Bowl.

 Oh and even as a Miami fan I agree with rocketpig and consider the'85 Bears to be the best team ever.

As a Steelers fan, I'll take the '78 Steelers. Four Super Bowl victories in six years, moreover, is a real record. But the '85 Bears did go on an amazing run, the '72 Dolphins were fantastic, and there's an argument to be made for the late 80s/early 90s 49ers. All of those teams were better than this year's Patriots.

I should clarify. My opinion is the '85 Bears were the best team of a single year. The '74-'79 Steelers which were largely the same team is the best multi-year team.

Even if the Pats had won, I would put them behind all of the teams Desroko listed. And while the franchise is doing amazing these last few years, many of the players have changed, so I can't consider it as a multi-year team. That's both a pro and a con for free agency.

If you count that against the Patriots, I highly suggest that you never ever look up the strength of schedule of the 72 Dolphins. 

I don't know if I would pick the late 70s Steelers or the late 80s Niners for best dynasty ever (in Superbowl history, if we go back further, Lombardi's Pack takes it), but it's a close call. Both teams were amazing but since I have no hatred of the Steelers, I would probably pick them. 

 or God was reminding everyone that only he is perfect?!....u hate Bill, i get it

Yep. I spent a couple weeks up there every year growing up. My uncle just moved back up there in the last couple of years.

Good point.

As to where the game ranks in recent playoff history... Each of the last three years have had a classic playoff game... The Steelers over the Colts in the divisional round 2 years ago... The Colts over the Pats in the championship last year... And the Superbowl this year of course. Of those three, I take this Superbowl, just because it was the Superbowl.

But there's actually been a lot of really great Superbowls recently. 4 of the last 7 Superbowls were decided by 3 points (all involving the Pats). 2 years before that, there was the Rams-Titans game and the tackle. I don't recall the details of all of those to say which was the best, but I can say I enjoyed this year's more than any one since the Packers won.

best post ever. period