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NFL: The Top 30 teams of the modern era

Jan 31, 2015; Phoenix, AZ, USA; General view of the golden NFL shield logo at the entrance to the 4th annual NFL Honors at Symphony Hall. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports
Jan 31, 2015; Phoenix, AZ, USA; General view of the golden NFL shield logo at the entrance to the 4th annual NFL Honors at Symphony Hall. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports
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  1. 1992 Dallas Cowboys

Jimmy Johnson built a juggernaut with the Cowboys in the early 1990s, and his 1992 and ’93 teams won back-to-back Super Bowls over the Buffalo Bills.

The 1992 team was clearly the best of those two teams, because Johnson and owner Jerry Jones became quite tense with one another in the ’93 season and Emmitt Smith held out early in that season and that sent the Cowboys into the scramble mode.

The prior season, the Cowboys flexed their muscles behind Smith, quarterback Troy Aikman and wide receiver Michael Irvin, and those triplets were basically unstoppable. The Dallas defense was fast, mean and aggressive, and the team’s performance in the Super Bowl was sensational. The Cowboys defense recorded nine takeaways in a 52-17 victory, and the Cowboys proved to be a juggernaut.

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