ESPN.com · Feb 11, 2016
Latest trend of defense winning championships started with Ravens
The old adage "defense wins championships" was defined in the NFL by the legendary Steel Curtain in Pittsburgh, No-Name Defense in Miami and the Monsters of the Midway in Chicago.
But the most recent trend began with a record-breaking defense that didn't inspire a nickname. The 2000 Baltimore Ravens ended an era dominated by high-powered offenses and ushered in the return of suffocating defenses.
