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Super Bowl power rankings: Which winner is the greatest?

By Cody Williams

St. Louis Rams quarterback Kurt Warner looks to make pass in a 23-16 win over the Tennessee Titans in Super Bowl XXXIV on January 30, 2000 at Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Allen Kee/Getty Images)
St. Louis Rams quarterback Kurt Warner looks to make pass in a 23-16 win over the Tennessee Titans in Super Bowl XXXIV on January 30, 2000 at Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Allen Kee/Getty Images) /
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28 Jan 2001: Tony Siragusa #98 of the Baltimore Ravens celebrates on the field after the Super Bowl XXXV Game against the New York Giants at the Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. The Ravens defeated the Giants 34-7.Mandatory Credit: Andy Lyons /Allsport
28 Jan 2001: Tony Siragusa #98 of the Baltimore Ravens celebrates on the field after the Super Bowl XXXV Game against the New York Giants at the Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. The Ravens defeated the Giants 34-7.Mandatory Credit: Andy Lyons /Allsport /

26. 2000 Baltimore Ravens (SB XXXV)

If we’re being candid about all of this, the 2000 Baltimore Ravens were one of the most difficult team to rank among the other 48 Super Bowl winners in the history of the league. For one, history has a tendency to already look back on them as the reason why defense is so important in the NFL and what an elite defense can do for a team. However, their performance overall on the season when making these rankings ultimately has to come into play.

As for the defense, the 2000 Ravens had a monster of a unit as Ray Lewis, Rod Woodson, Peter Boulware, Jamie Sharper, and Chris McCallister (among many others) were all there for Baltimore on the season and, shocking no one, finished as the best defense in the NFL on the regular season. However, the Ravens really dropped off on offense with Trent Dilfer, Jamal Lewis, and Shannon Sharpe as they were only the No. 14 offense in the league during the regular season.

Going 12-4 in the regular season, the Ravens entered the postseason as a Wild Card and, to their credit, dominated the playoffs. They allowed only 23 combined points of their four games, including a beatdown of the Giants in the Super Bowl to the tune of 34-7. Though they aren’t an all-time great team, they deserve a spot around the middle of these rankings.

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