BLOOMINGTON, Minn. -- Many would say the Patriots are the best dynasty in football, but former Colts coach and current NBC Sports analyst Tony Dungy didn't want to quite go there.
"Well, you'd have to look at the longevity," Dungy said to reporters Tuesday. "... In the 50s it was Otto Graham and the Browns and they did it for a decade, and then Packers did it for a decade, and then Dallas, and the 49ers were close in terms of doing it with two different groups -- coach [Bill] Walsh passed it along to George Seifert. But to stay from 2001 to 2017, to maintain the excellence for 17 years, it's pretty amazing.
"Would you say it's better than the Browns in the 50s? Probably not, but to do it for that long period of time, it's pretty incredible."
This will be Bill Belichick's eighth Super Bowl in 18 years with the Patriots, while the Browns won seven championships from 1946-55.