Quote:I didn't have a lot of interest in SB IV until just recently.

 

NFL Network ran a special that ranked the top ten defenses all time.

 

It surprised me to find the KC Chiefs Super Bowl era teams ranked 3rd on that list.

 

I only know of that team what I've read and seen in old NFL Films footage, since they won SB IV the year I was born.

 

I would love to see that defense in a full game-actually over the course of a full season...but a game would have to do.

 

Emmitt Thomas, Willie Lanier, Buck Buchanon, Curley Culp...Hank Stram being the first coach to utilize a NT...that would be something to see.  That SB IV winning team gave up 20 points the entire postseason that year.

 

 Super Bowl IV was the first Super Bowl that I watched live.   Though I was only 7 years old at the time,   it was apparent even at that age that the Chiefs pulled off a huge upset against the Vikings.   That game played a major role in my interest growing in the NFL.  

 

 The Chiefs had very good teams back in that era.   The Dolphins double OT win in Kansas City in 1971 was one of the best NFL games I've ever seen.  It's a day HOF K Jan Stenerud probably wishes he could change. 

 

 Hank Stram was one of the most innovative NFL Head Coach's of all-time.   On both sides of the ball.

 

  I gave thought to putting Len Dawson in the top 10 QBs of all-time.  His longevity by itself was very impressive. 

 

 Regarding Emmitt Thomas,  it was very disappointing that he never reached an NFL Head Coach opportunity.    I was hoping the Lions would hire him in 1997,  after seeing the excellent work Thomas did as Ray Rhodes'  Defensive Coordinator in Philadelphia.   Thomas had an extensive coaching background on both sides of the ball on the NFL level.   This in addition to his HOF playing career.

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