In his feeble attempt to distinguish between the dominant NFL teams in history and the merely outstanding (”It`s not how Redskins win-it`s by how much,” Jan. 9), Richard Rothschild makes the silly argument that the best indicator of dominance is if a team outscores its opponents by a total of more than 200 points during the regular season.
Since 1933, there have been 28 teams that have made the record books for squashing their opponents this mercilessly in the regular season, as Rothschild points out. However, I think it would be safe to say that 20 of these 28 teams would gladly trade this dubious honor for what they hadn`t earned when the season had ended: an NFL championship.
The number of points that are scored, or given up for that matter, is not the best indicator of dominance. The single criterion that sets apart the dominant NFL teams is the ability to win championships.
