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Seattle dynasty?

Can Seahawks become first team to repeat in 10 years?

Seattle wins the Super Bowl easily, and it's time to ponder whether this can be the first team in 10 years to lift back-to-back Lombardi trophies.

Seahawks win the Super Bowl. They have a young team. And talk is whipping around that this is the start of a dynasty – like they might win a couple more.

Much easier said than done in today’s NFL, where rosters change dramatically from year to year and there’s very little difference between being a Super Bowl champion and not even making the playoffs.

In the Super Bowl era, 20 other teams have won the championship game by 15 or more points. Only three of those teams made it back to the Super Bowl the next season, and only two of those teams won it (the Packers after Super Bowl I, and the Cowboys with their back-to-back wins over the Buffalo Bills in the early ‘90s).

Seven of those teams, on the other hand (over a third) didn’t even make the playoffs the next year.

Maybe Seattle can become the first team since the Patriots (following the 2003-2004 seasons) to make it to back Super Bowls, but we’ll see. There was essentially no difference between Seattle and San Francisco in the NFC title game two weeks ago.

BLOWOUT WINNERS IN SUPER BOWL -- THE NEXT YEAR
YearTeamSuper BowlNext Season
1990San Francisco55-10 vs. Denver14-2, lost in NFC title game
1986Chicago46-10 vs. New England14-2, lost in playoffs
1993Dallas52-17 vs. Buffalo12-4, won Super Bowl XXVIII
2014Seattle43-8 vs. Denver
1988Washington42-10 vs. Denver7-9, not in playoffs
1984Raiders38-9 vs. Washington11-5, lost wild card game
2001Baltimore34-7 vs. NY Giants10-6, lost in playoffs
2003Tampa Bay48-21 vs. Oakland7-9, not in playoffs
1967Green Bay35-10 vs. Kansas City9-4-1, won Super Bowl II
1995San Francisco49-26 vs. San Diego11-5, lost in playoffs
1985San Francisco38-16 vs. Miami10-6 lost wild card game
1972Dallas24-3 vs. Miami10-4, lost in NFC title game
1968Green Bay33-14 vs. Oakland6-7-1, not in playoffs
1987NY Giants39-20 vs. Denver6-9, not in playoffs
1977Oakland32-14 vs. Minnesota11-3, lost in AFC title game
1978Dallas27-10 vs. Denver12-4, lost in Super Bowl
1994Dallas30-13 vs. Buffalo12-4, lost in NFC title game
1974Miami24-7 vs. Minnesota11-3, lost in playoffs
1981Oakland27-10 vs. Philadelphia7-9, not in playoffs
1970Kansas City23-7 vs. Minnesota7-5-2, not in playoffs
1999Denver34-19 vs. Atlanta6-10, not in playoffs

--Ian Allan

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