Next we have the Joe Gibbs Redskins, which stretches the category a bit.
Categories
Rings
The Redskins won three championships over 9 years. (11/20)
Non-Championship Years
The Redskins also got to the Super Bowl after the 1983 season, where they were blown out by the Raiders.
Throughout this time, the Redskins were generally competitive, making the playoffs most years, but not usually having deep runs. (7/10)
Peak Performance
The 1982 team went 8-1 and won the Super Bowl, and the 1991 team went 14-2 and also won the Super Bowl. (8/10)
Star Power
The Redskins 3 championships came with 3 different starting quarterbacks — Joe Theismann, Doug Williams, and Mark Rypien. They also had 3 different featured running backs — John Riggins, Timmy Smith, then Ernest Byner. Theismann was a start until suffering his career ending injury, as was Riggins. Other notables were Darrell Green, Art Monk, Gary Clark, and Ricky Sanders. But the real star was probably the offensive line and the scheme.
Oddly, their kicker Mark Mosely wont he MVP in 1982.(6/10)
Coaching / Innovation
Winning 3 Super Bowls with 3 quarterbacks requires solid coaching. Joe Gibbs was considered to be at the head of the coaching class. Their innovations were the single back formations and the counter trey. (5/5)
Legacy
It’s hard to believe now that this was once one of the most successful franchises in the NFL. Dan Snyder bought the team, they moved to FedEx field in Landover, and it’s been pretty ugly on and off the field since. (2/5)
The Competition
The NFC of the 1980s was brutal with the 49ers, Giants, Bears, as well as the Cowboys at the beginning and end of the championship run. The AFC teams did not offer much resistance in the Super Bowls. (4/5)
Achilles Heel
These teams didn’t have a particular weakness. Maybe the defense could get pushed around a bit, evidenced by Marcus Allen’s record braking Super Bowl effort. (4/5)
Bias Check
I am an Eagles fan, but the Redskins were always below the Cowboys and Giants in hatred.
I do feel like it should count against them that two of their Super Bowl years came in strike-shortened years, including one where replacement players were used, and the Redskins were one of the only teams to take those games seriously. (-2)
Summary
45 points. Lowest so far. Again, this never felt like a dynasty at the time, but a generally solid team that occasionally put things together for a Super Bowl run.
* As I said before, I am glad the Washington franchise changed its name from the racist one it had before. But it seems dishonest not to use the name they were using at the time