Don't worry Bills fans, I have well wishes for your franchise too!
Simply put: Norwood makes the kick, Bills win the Super Bowl, Thurman Thomas, Jim Kelly, Marv Levy and Andre Reed win the rings that LT, Phil Simms, and Bill Parcells already had.
This loss really set the precedent for the rest of the Bills Super Bowls after this. The three straight losses after were all horrible beatdowns at the hands of the new Cowboys jerseys and the Redskins.
Regardless, I think Jim Kelly would be a lot more memorable as a Super Bowl winning QB than Jeff "The Stache" Hoestetler ever would be.
Speaking of Montana, the potential to not only become the first QB to lead two separate teams to a Super Bowl title, but cement his spot as the greatest QB of all time, was squashed by the Buffalo Bills in the 1993 AFC Championship game.
The Bills beat the Chiefs, 30-13, and Montana left the game in the 3rd quarter with a concussion.
How did the Bills fare two weeks later? They lost their record 4th Super Bowl in a row, falling by the same score of 30-13 to the Cowboys.
Did we really need to see another Bills Super Bowl beatdown? The Chiefs hadn't been to a Super Bowl in over 25 years (and still haven't), and I think a 38 year old Joe Montana led Chiefs would have put up a bigger fight against Troy Aikman and company.
Dan Marino's only Super Bowl appearance in his historic 1984 season was less than memorable. The new 49ers jerseys hammered the Dolphins, 38-16.
Had the Dolphins won the game, it would have capped the greatest season ever had by an NFL quarterback. Of course, it would have also given Dan Marino a Super Bowl ring, the only achievement that avoided him in his illustrious career.
Plus, would it really have killed Joe Montana's legacy to finish his career with three rings instead of four?
No one at the time believed Marino, who was only in his second season, would finish his career without a ring, despite the losing effort to the Niners. But after 1992, Marino would never even make it back to an AFC Championship game.
I'll be the first to admit that this is a homer pick, and I've covered the 98 Vikings numerous times in my other articles.
However, that doesn't change the fact that the 1998 Vikings football jerseys, who lost in heartbreaking fashion to the Atlanta Falcons, 30-27 in OT, were packed with talent that deserved a Super Bowl ring, and were an amazingly talented team caught on a day when they weren't completely on.
This game was the best shot for players like Cris Carter, John Randle, Randall McDaniel, Gary Anderson (whose missed field goal kick to seal the game for the Vikings will go down in history), and Randall Cunningham.
With all due respect to the Falcons, I just don't think Jamal Anderson, Chris Chandler, and Eugene Robinson were really as memorable as those other guys. Not to mention, the Falcons win stole what could have potentially been the most action packed Super Bowl ever, with John Elways' seemingly unstoppable Broncos facing the then greatest offense of all time.
This was also the closest Randy Moss came at the time. He would appear in a new Super Bowl jerseys nearly 10 years later, in one of the biggest upsets of all time.
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