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Where do Packers and Steelers losses rank among NFL Playoff blowouts?

By Josh Hill

JACKSONVILLE, : Miami Dolphins' quarterback Dan Marino (L) and receiver O.J. McDuffie (R) sit on the bench during the final moments of their AFC Divisional playoff against the Jacksonville Jaguars 15 January 200 at Alltell Stadium in Jacksonville, FL. The Dolphins lost 62-7 to the Jaguars. The 62 points are an AFC record for a playoff game. (ELECTRONIC IMAGE) AFP PHOTO/Roberto SCHMIDT (Photo credit should read ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP/Getty Images)
JACKSONVILLE, : Miami Dolphins' quarterback Dan Marino (L) and receiver O.J. McDuffie (R) sit on the bench during the final moments of their AFC Divisional playoff against the Jacksonville Jaguars 15 January 200 at Alltell Stadium in Jacksonville, FL. The Dolphins lost 62-7 to the Jaguars. The 62 points are an AFC record for a playoff game. (ELECTRONIC IMAGE) AFP PHOTO/Roberto SCHMIDT (Photo credit should read ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP/Getty Images) /
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CIRCA 1990’s: Head Coach Marv Levy of the Buffalo Bills watching the action from the sideline during a circa 1990’s NFL football game. Levy was the head coach of the Buffalo Bills from 1986-97. (Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images)
CIRCA 1990’s: Head Coach Marv Levy of the Buffalo Bills watching the action from the sideline during a circa 1990’s NFL football game. Levy was the head coach of the Buffalo Bills from 1986-97. (Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images) /

4. Bills 51, Raiders 3 — 1990 AFC Championship Game

Everyone remembers the Buffalo Bills almost-dyansty from the 90s for the Scott Norwood kick in Super Bowl XXV. But that’s a massive disservice to just how great those Bills teams were, and overlooks one of the greatest games in franchise history. In order to get to Super Bowl XXV, the Bills needed to get through the Oakland Raiders — something the did and then-some.

Buffalo destroyed the Raiders in a 51-3 blowout that saw Buffalo up 41-3 at the half. That was the birth of the Bills dynasty of the 90s, as it was a culmination of all the work that Marv Levy and company had been putting in over the years of suffering and growth. Those pains were purged that day, and the start of something truly special began.

Hate the Bills all you want for blowing four straight Super Bowls, but also acknowledge the fact that getting to four straight Super Bowls is unprecedented. It’s not as though the Bills simply teleported into the Super Bowls they lost — they earned the right to be there by rolling past the rest of the AFC.

That was never more apparent then this 1990 AFC Championship Game blowout over the Raiders.

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