Tucked in 1960s American history between the Beatles on Ed Sullivan and Neil Armstrong on the moon there came something in sports called the “Super Bowl.” The NFL championship game was rebranded as such 53 years ago.
Now, for the first time since, the four finalists to raise the trophy have something in common that, hard to believe, has never happened before. It might just be some mathematical anomaly. Might be pure coincidence. But instead it feels more like a confirmation, like proof, of an undeniable trend in football.
And it is something the Miami Dolphins had better have in mind as they continue their near 20-year franchise mission to get from national irrelevance back to winning (and mattering) again.