Cinderella Story, rags-to-riches, poorhouse-to-penthouse, and as the late great Dusty Rhodes put it, wined and dined with kings and queens – slept in alleys and dined on pork ‘n’ beans. All these sayings have something in common, describing a situation the National Football League has seen plenty of over the past 50-plus years. Over the past six decades, many teams have gone from pauper to prince (there’s another one) in a league that sports the most parity on the planet. So let’s jump in with the disco decade.
The ’79 Buccaneers’ Tampa Two-Step
No, worst-to-first wasn’t invented along with the VCR, Pong, and floppy disks in 1970, but Monday Night Football and the modern NFL era were.