Greatest Team Tournie: Round 1, Day 3

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Another day, another round of polls. Your matchups for today are:

 

61. 1998 Minnesota Vikings

vs.

68. 1984 Miami Dolphins

 

36. 2011 New York Giants

vs.

93. 2015 Carolina Panthers

 

52. 2016 New England Patriots

vs.

77. 2001 St. Louis Rams

 

45. 2015 Denver Broncos

vs.

84. 2013 Denver Broncos

Edited March 31, 2020 by RazorStar

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Normally I do a quick briefing, but I just got Persona 5 Royal today so....

here are my picks:

1984 Dolphins, both teams had absurdly high powered offenses for their days, but the Dolphins defense back then wasn't an active liability like the Vikings were. Give me them in a close one.

The 2011 Giants were actually a decent well rounded team, and peak Eli was more than enough to handle business. The 2015 Panthers were good, but I'd give the edge to the team that took out a lopsided 15-1 team in the playoffs before.

The Rams and Pats were neck and neck for me, I almost had to flip a coin, but I think they were a lot better as a team, and both squads were dangerously close to having alternative outcomes in their super bowl games.

I preferred the 2015 iteration to the 2013 iteration of the Broncos, because amazing defense gets the upper hand on amazing offense. Handholding Peyton was the best thing the Broncos ever did.

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Toughest bracket yet for me. Had to give serious thought to each matchup.

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I think most people seem to agree, all of these are really close right now.

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I'd close the polls but... seriously? We have two ties! Someone get us a tiebreaker vote!