You are about to meet a handful of champions and lots of football history's most memorable failures.
Something about fielding an all-time great offense doomed many of the teams on this countdown to an epic playoff defeat. Maybe defense really does win championships. More likely, balance wins championships, and the gaudy stats rung up by these high-octane offenses were overcompensation for some fatal flaw.
Whatever the case, teams made this list of all-time great offenses based on:
- Basic stats, such as points scored, yards gained and passing efficiency, adjusted for era of course.
- Advanced stats, like Football Outsiders' all-time DVOA ratings, which take into account myriad factors that can be overlooked by traditional stats.