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offense of all time the 1994 San Francisco 49ers behind us what you prepare I didn't like you and I use it with the 49ers now you can't play with personal opinion okay, okay, bring your opinion personal, yes you can and we feel that The team that scored more points and more touchdowns than any team in 1994 belongs at number ten. I think when you look at other teams and other eras, there were certain points where you felt like this team can rally to win, this team can do whatever it takes to win every time Steve Young and the 49ers offense got under. center in that '94 season, you felt like they scored every time they touched the ball and when they did, it was actually a big surprise if the offense exploded that season.

Steve Young lit the fuse. The best season of his career Young was named NFL Most Valuable Player for the second time. For starters, Steve Young was a guy who could literally throw for 300 yards and could probably al

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run for a hundred. Steve was a tremendously accurate passer. and I think that was one of the best seasons the quarterback ever had, if not the best young man: with 35 touchdowns, completed 70% of his passes and set the NFL record for

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est passer rating In a single season, Steve was not only able to throw the ball effectively, they ran the ball effectively and he was part of that running game that made them so difficult to defend, but really, how can you talk about the 1994 49ers without focusing on the goat Jerry Rice played in his 10th season?

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1,500 yards that season he had a catch rate of 74% he was just catching anything and Steve Young threw to him the Niners won the NFC West in 94 they made the playoffs where they won every game by an average of almost 21 points, that offense really shut everyone up because they went 13 and 3, they were the biggest favorites in Super Bowl

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. The Super Bowl was a big disappointment because we were in Miami playing the Chargers and the first quarter the game was all about Jerry. Rice already scored a couple of touchdowns, that's it, they've turned the monkey around on Steve Young's back, it's like he has something on his back, it's not scoliosis, it's a bigger angle.

Tong, how do you throw passes if you have a big primate on your shoulders? we will never know 50 300 passing yards in a season that is incredible and that is the number on this list nine silja Drew Brees did not get the credit he deserves once again Drew Brees can be overlooked, but his 2011 season was not led by him and head coach Sean Payton the Saints to a mark of 13 and 3 tied for the best record in franchise

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. I think this is the perfect combination of Drew Brees teaming up with Sean Payton and really getting his groove on.

Payton has been together a long time, not many quarterbacks and head coaches. having the opportunity to build over a decade of continuity and that's what Drew Brees and Sean Payton have had. Drew Brees, who unfortunately for some reason maybe because the offensive scheme he plays in is never mentioned as one of the top three quarterbacks of all time and I understand that Drew's 2011 numbers are amazing. 7 Street, 300-yard passing games, a record 5,347 passing yards with an impressive 71 percent completion rate, not only is it so difficult to achieve, but he's completing this by doing it along the way. field, so completing 71% of your passes when you throw the ball that way is truly one of the greatest achievements of all time.

It was so cool. Drew Brees isn't that tall. I'm taller than Brees and yet his throw was so fast and magical. I love that about him. Here's the secret weapon in that offense, he was the smallest weapon at five-foot-six. Darren Sproles set a season record with almost 2,700 all-purpose yards because he's so small that he's more aerodynamic than the other guys on the field and that's how he gets all those stats. The 2011 Saints didn't have the greatest players, but they now stand as the number nine offense of all time. Coryell Kellen Winslow as a tight. finish running back Chuck Monte and of course the great Dan Fouts recite the list all you want this offense was full of statistics and innovation I think statistically the 81 Chargers I see why you have them where you have them but what is the legacy you know that no I don't know if any of the

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The 81 Chargers have a legacy. His legacy was simply air. Correale coach Don Coryell's spray offense was a breakthrough and by 1981 he was picking apart defenses. Fouts scored 33 touchdowns for more than 48 hundred yards, unheard of numbers for that era. I covered the Oakland Raiders back then and the Raiders with all these cool, scary guys, John Matuszak, Lester Hayes and Ted Hendricks, they were scared to death of Air Koryo for good reason. It was precision passing at its finest in terms of getting off the back foot, getting rid of the ball and hitting the receiver before it broke, it was a rush of poetry, it was an incredible offense, but all you heard was the air that Coryell and the Chargers had Chuck Muncie. 19 rushing touchdowns that year and he did it while he was wearing your grandfather's reading glasses.

Chuck Muncie was the one who made it all work, he's running like crazy for a thousand yards, which was a big deal back then that allowed those wide receivers and Kellen Winslow to do it. all the magic they did Kellen Winslow fooled their opponents all season long the wide receiver in tight end gear caught 88 passes for nearly 1,100 yards. The big body type looks like a wide receiver, moves like a wide receiver but has his body lined up like an x. -factor for that team in the old days, the tight end was just a blocker when they came in with Kellen Winslow.

I think they changed the whole dynamic of the NFL where now you have these tight ends that are just as good as the wide receivers. as cam paved the way for future guys like Shannon Sharpe and players like that, so this Chargers team was ahead of the game, charges own the most potent offense and history in the league and said dozens of records, but like the heroes of classical drama, they were not exempt. flaws the Chargers finished 10 and 6 in 1981 they won their third consecutive division crown but never reached the Super Bowl the only thing that stopped the Chargers was the so-called Riverfront Stadium Cincinnati the AFC Championship they played in the game was minus 59 degrees, that It was the only thing that stopped them, plus they played a six-hour game the week before against Miami, probably one of the most grueling games.

Kellen Winslow was carted off the field with his teammates, so playoff sagas other than the 81 were a lot to ask for. The Chargers not only left their mark on our list, but they also left their mark on

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for years to come. . Did you know that the Cowboys team that won Super Bowls 27, 28 and 31 had essentially the same offense as the Chargers teams of the early 1980s, the same numbering system? They changed a lot of what teams did, it's an offense that was obviously way ahead of its time, I mean 40 years before its time, if you think about it, don't let the black and white pictures fool you, the Rams 1950s Los Angeles wasn't your best. -Grandpa's regular Ovaltine cup and that's what makes them the number seven high-

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offense of all time and they're doing it by throwing the ball which to a lot of people was heresy in the 1950s, a lot of teams just They ran football but the LA Rams were a little different.

The Rams in 1950 had two quarterbacks. I had Norma Van Brocklin and they had Bob Waterville. The Rams led by Bob, full of water, made their appearance, each of them started six games and they rotated in and out and had a very prolific passing offense naquadah failed again doing the damage they really took the passing game into the 50's without the 1950's Rams it's a case that you can argue that the passing game doesn't take off as much as it could. something exciting, it wasn't like boring old football here Steve Van Buren running four yard bob full of water norm Van Brocklin is throwing that rock Rams Hall of Fame 1950 Bob full of water they had a young Hall of Famer Norm Van Brocklin at quarterback We had a great possession receiver and Tom Fears, who had the record for most time, caught 18 balls in the game, ladies, Tom Peters, and then they had burner Elroy Crazy Legs Hurst, so teams just didn't know how to deal with them. they didn't know how to prepare for them, they didn't know how to match them and, frankly, they could.

The Rams' abundance of talent led them to set an NFL record for highest scoring offense per game, a record that has remained unbreakable for six decades. They scored four hundred and sixty-six points that season, which was 100 points. more than the next closest team, which was the New York Yankees. They averaged more than 38 points per game thirty-eight point eight thirty-eight point eight without safety rules for the players. no illegal contact right scoring 39 points per game in 1950 is like someone scoring 69 points per game today, and remains the only team to score 60 or more points twice in a season.

Our high-powered number seven offense was a harbinger of things to come if we really went by which team was the most dominant in its era. There's a good argument that the 1950 Rams should take first place. It was one of the first true modern offenses in the NFL. Bob full of water. A star Rams passer scores an area touchdown. They were coming off the strike year of '82 and theoretically won the Super Bowl that year, but a lot of people weren't taking it too seriously because of the shortened season for them to come back in '83 and go crazy like they did offensively.

It was pretty impressive, no one person should be in the top five or top four, but it was still confident, we agree, but unlike other offenses that take the lead, the 83 masks had fewer rays, but the entire Thunder, What I remember most was just a huge pig. the Washington Redskins offensive line this is a team that ran that fast break layup and you saw them against the Giants John Madden was making the play it was always the fast break layup the fast break layup Riggins has been named an honorary groundhog but number 44 is more like a bull, they were just a tough team.

John Riggins had the ability to not only wear down defenses, but also find that second gear in the fourth quarter. John Riggins rushed for 1,300 yards and is already 34 years old at that time. Riggins stole the headlines, but this offense had layers, he didn't set an NFL record with 541 points three yards at a time. Joe Theismann was really good, we don't give him enough credit for the fact that he won an MVP, yes the running game was Great, but the running game wasn't breaking out in huge numbers, that wasn't John Riggins' game. They made their big plays outside of the wide receiver core.

It was just amazing. They had Art Monk again. A constant presence. They had Charlie Brown. He was an elusive player. a guy like you think of Wes Welker now or someone like that or Julian Edelman, the smallest type of receiver that can go in there, so they had fun and had a cool celebration in the end zone that upset the Cowboys, which makes It's fun for everyone else. I'm furious with fun. I would have punished them all or made them do sit-ups or something magical. Everyone is in unison. They are like everyone. My hand feels a little cold.

I need to warm it up. Warm it with your hand too and six men said yes. Washington lost just two games in the regular season and may have saved its entire arsenal for the first game of the playoffs. They go to the playoffs and beat the RAM. saved as one of the worst explosions I've ever seen in my life, I think it was fifty-one two seven something like that, it was ridiculous, but they scored nine points in the Super Bowl when you look at this list when you get to the Super Bowl, that's something that really stands out to me, like you can score a lot of points in the Super Bowl, it's when you play against the best of the best, so I might judge them a little bit harsher, there was no stopping them.

I mean, when they got the ball they were going to do what they wanted to do in 1984. Dan Marino became the first quarterback to throw for more than 5,000 yards and set an NFL record with 48 touchdown passes, making the Fins in the fifth high-powered offensive in history. You always know we didn't call them video game numbers because back then we didn't have video games that could put up numbers like the 1984 Dolphins did with Marino, who was just a completely different cat, we hadn't really seen a guy throw a ball like Dan Marino before and they had the Marx brothers, Clayton and Duper, both with over 1300 receiving yards, this was one of the first teams that didn't care if they threw on first downs, sometimes they threw with the lead, they threwto Furtick Lee. in the second, short, third and I'm sure the 1984 Dolphins fit the profile of the most powerful offenses perfectly.

There are aerial offensives that led them to run. Who were the running backs on that Dolphins team? They had Tony Nathan as their best running back. a back but he was a back receiver he caught over 60 balls mercury Morris Larry Csonka like I don't know a single name about Woody Bennett I'm sure a lot of people remember Woody Bennett well 667, who could forget Woody Bennett except everyone who is over there? There was a time when an NFL quarterback, if he reached 25,000 yards in his career, was considered the baseline, like yeah, that guy's a hall of famer, so when Dan Marino came out and It was 5,000, it really showed that the game was taking a step forward. but it also took so long for anyone to match that, you know, that showed how unusual the 1984 Dolphins were at 14 and 2 and they're the only Dolphins team to score over 500 points in a season and even though they didn't they did it.

Perfect, they are the number 5 offense of all time. I mean, we've never seen anything like this. The way they threw the ball in Miami was the best thing they ever did. Burrito gets another free touchdown game. I know the 72 team gets all the glory, but there was never an offense like when Dan Marino came into the league and got good with that team, are you kidding me? We weren't bad then, although that was a scary team, so that year it was Cunningham with Carter and Moss together. Okay, those three got together. You don't have to imagine it.

Just go to the tapes. This offense was loaded. Chris Carter. Laughter. Randy Moss. Jake. Reed Robert Smith, you know, Randall Cunningham came out, they were dominating, here he's laughing, they call me the weird man 'cause I'm a freak of nature, you'll see it today, just keep your eyes glued to the TV, our No. 4 high offense power was loaded with talent, but he was a phenom who scored an NFL rookie record 17 touchdowns that made the 98 Vikings so special that he was electrifying as a rookie, the reason he is a Hall of Famer in first vote because the moment he stepped on the football field as a rookie for the Minnesota Vikings he was unstoppable, I mean it was backyard football, throw it through the quarterback, just throw it up, just throw it up , the guy can't jump, let me tell you guys, we have the three teams I've been on 15. and one in the history of the National Football League, all right, give yourselves a round of applause, the Vikings scored five hundred and fifty and six points in 1998, the most points scored by any team in the 1990s, yet the number of high-powered offenses is soft and remembered for something else.

I was very surprised that they didn't make it to the Super Bowl and then I think Gary Anderson was their kicker. He had like a chip shot to win the game and he missed it. It's like getting punched in the gut for all Viking fans. In the United States, every Vikings fan is still haunted by that moment. He missed one field goal all season and Nana went to the Super Bowl. They lost to the Broncos. They had the ability to fight back. They had the race. On offense they had everything except the kicker who could make a field goal in the NFC championship game and unfortunately that is ruining his legacy, it just overwhelms opposing defenses.

It was scary when the Patriots scored on their first drive of the season and never stopped the season. It's fun. to watch a pro team just tell the NFL to fuck off, tell the rest of the league to fuck off, we will embarrass you every week and that's what the greats did, we can say it's a great offense but let's say what. It's Brady and Moss when you have the combination of Brady and Randy Moss, football doesn't get any more fun than the 98 Vikings and the Oh 7 Patriots who have in common, oh right, Randy Moss. Randy Moss seemed finished for the Raiders. and then the Patriots, as they are known, got him a good deal in the trade.

In fact, he was hanging out with Moss when he got the phone call from the Patriots telling them they had traded him, and so much euphoria ensued. over his face, it's a classic Patriots move where you get a guy who is amazing at his career, but maybe he had some questions and he's older and he says come with us for a year to watch the O 7 Patriots It was like you expected touchdowns like any time. You'd kick a field goal, you'd forget field goals exist, oh we kick in this fake action game. Tom Brady shoots him in the middle.

They were really running up the score on the teams. I remember that game against the Washington Redskins where it seemed unfair Look, start running with it, they were just running up the score in that no sport read like I really felt bad for them, oh my gosh, this is a little weird, like I said Belichick after his fall to stop us, what are we? was supposed to do the other thing with those Patriots o7, their average margin of victory was 25 points and effectively 16 and no single-season touchdown record for most touchdowns in a season for Brady, record for team scoring in a single season in the NFL.

I'll tell you what an unstoppable duo they were until they faced the Giants in the Super Bowl and I know it's a little hard to say, well it's unfair to judge them in this game, but it's like we're judging. the best of all time we have to bring all the information, so I think it's a fair classification. I think if they had won that game, if they had scored 21 points and won that game, I think this would definitely be the best one. offense of all time, but the number two high-powered offense of all time, the 2013 Denver Broncos.

I think Peyton Manning made the 2013 Broncos the best offense in ethyl ester. We can agree to disagree and we'll leave the 2013 Broncos as second best. Although their numbers are hard to beat, they scored 50 in a game three times and set records for the most points and touchdowns in a single season. Peyton Manning was throwing touchdowns like other teams gained like a yard with a quarterback. He sneaked 55 touchdowns that year and that wasn't just Manning, there was an incredible collection of talent around guys like Julius Thomas Wes Welker Demaryius Thomas Eric Decker those guys right there it's got to be a pleasure to play with Peyton Manning, you know you're throwing the ball . help a lot more than you're going to execute the offense was really designed to play to the strengths Manning had perfected the art of passing this was possibly the greatest season for a quarterback and I don't just mean statistically I mean intellectually he figured out how to play as a quarterback in a way that no one has done before, especially coming back from these neck surgeries and this guy seems to be born again in the end zone, he was a born again quarterback and he practically came back from the dead and put together an incredible season, some teams need time to find their rhythm, but our number two team made it clear from the first game that this was not just any season.

Seven touchdown passes, opening game against the Baltimore Ravens. I was there, I saw it, I couldn't believe it. man to gun throws, he's got Thomas again, he's open, that taught us how to get to the end zone, he had four touchdowns, seven touchdown passes, it wasn't a bad performance, Peyton Manning was just picking points and he made it look like effortlessly, that was probably the singular game in my opinion that Peyton Manning was incredible I came out of that game, man, these guys are going to be very difficult to stop. A paid man, he can stay healthy, he's an Oakland Raider.

I didn't necessarily like seeing so much success from the Denver Broncos, but I was happy to see them lose in the Superbowl and therein lies the controversy because the number two team on our list not only lost the Super Bowl, but was also completely destroyed, this This has to be a joke, they didn't even look like an NFL team. like it's okay to not even have them on the list, I'd put the 92 Cowboys on it. I wouldn't have them at number two. The first play of the game was a hit over Peyton Manning's head, which you wouldn't expect from a Peyton Manning team or an offense that had been so efficient all year, but you can't discount what they were as an offense and that Peyton Manning at that point in his career put up those numbers with those weapons.

I know if you ask me. Any defensive coach in the history of the game or defensive player, I bet they would list Peyton Manning in that offense as the one they would least want to face, the number one high-powered offense of all time, the 1999 Seaboots. The gateway The West is now the gateway to the best. They are running the ball every time as if they are going to score every time they touch the ball. The Greatest Show on Lawn said everything you needed to know. It was amazing what Bruce could do. Holt Orlando pace marshall faulk kurt warner coming out of nowhere to become MVP coach born I was a pitching machine he's not from Oban he's just sitting there livid ass just a crazy football going 100 miles an hour and really caught the NFL by surprise in 1999 st.

Louis Rams of the number one high-powered offense of all time and presented the NFL's greatest fairy tale. They entered the season thinking they were going to sign Trent Green as a free agent. It seemed like a good combination. It seemed like this team was going to take a step forward. and be able to do some things so that then he comes out with an injury now that it's raining, we have a rainy trip in the middle of the field Kurt Warner signs in we will gather around Kurt Warner and play good football Kurt War, who is he, I mean the running back The Seattle Seahawks, that's what everyone thought.

Kurt Warner was the best cook in the draft. No. Kurt Warner, the guy who used to work at the High V grocery store down on University Avenue. Kurt Warner, who is very kind. Hey, would you like some paper or plastic or maybe some beans? You know Kurt Warner, the guy who played American football and NFL Europe for the Amsterdam Admirals, who thinks this former High V supermarket employee is going to become one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time. only special player of the 99 Rams after a pre-season trade with the Colts running back Marshall Faulk became one of the main attractions for the greatest show on the grass Marshall Faulk left the Falkland Islands and has come and is running very well, is incredible.

Marshall Faulk was the key to that offense because the ability to be a hundred-yard rusher and a hundred-yard receiver in the same game was a threat every time Daniel Marshall Faulk Faulk finished the season 99th with 1,048 receiving yards, second running back with the most four in NFL history, Shaw's gray turf attacks you in many ways with the genius Mike Martz and all his crazy plays, some of the offenses he designed would make your hair stand on end. Stand up, I mean, it was exciting football, you know, they had multiple levels of the field in play, they had deep receivers, they had guys underneath and they had things that you just didn't see other teams do, you really felt like you were watching the offense. . executed to the highest possible standard although a defensive stop gave the st.

Louis their first Super Bowl title the legacy of the 99 rams remains the team with the number one highest powered offense of all time it was the first season of three straight seasons that scored more than 500 points the 99 Rams are the offense biggest in NFL history, we are still comparing other teams to the 99 Rams, our countdown is complete, but the debate continues, there are some who didn't like our list and their opinions were as powerful as his own equipment. Know that the 1999 st. The Louis Rams version is the number one team on this list, they averaged fewer points per game.

You have the 2013 Broncos ahead of the old seven Patriots, that's a bit of a stretch. I think I would say the Vikings, but first of all both. The best thing is the Chargers and the Rams because it's there in the name, they're charging and they're charging, they say the Packers, we don't even know what 50 is or how long they've been playing, we still don't know what. That's the Browns' good luck.