All-time Super Bowl teams tough to pick

By Joe McAdory

Published: February 1, 2008

With the Super Bowl around the corner, I thought it would be neat to try to form an all-time AFC and all-time NFC Super Bowl team. This team would be comprised of not only great players, but those who had great Super Bowls. I tried to keep multiple losers off the list. Hence, we have no Vikings or Bills. Making team team was difficult because there were many tough calls. Great players were left off. Even choosing the coaches were tough. It was hard to take Chuck Noll over Bill Belichick, but I did. It was also hard to take Joe Gibbs over Bill Walsh or Vince Lombardi. But I did that too. Gibbs won with three different QBS. Walsh had Montana.

Without further adieu, here are my teams (I considered the AFL as AFC and NFL as NFC, not that it matters).

AFC
Quarterback: Tom Brady, Patriots
Running backs: Franco Harris, Steelers; Larry Csonka, Dolphins
Wide receivers: Lynn Swann, Steelers; Fred Biletnikoff, Raiders
Tight end: Dan Ross, Bengals
Offensive line: Larry Little, Dolphins; Art Shell, Raiders; Anthony Munoz, Bengals; Mike Webster, Steelers; Mark Schlereth, Broncos
Defensive line: Joe Greene, Steelers; Manny Fernandez, Dolphins; Richard Seymour, Patriots; L.C. Greenwood, Steelers
Linebackers: Willie Lanier, Chiefs; Rod Martin, Raiders; Ray Lewis, Ravens; Jack Lambert, Steelers
Defensive backs: Lester Hayes, Raiders; Jake Scott, Dolphins; Mel Blount, Steelers; Mike Haynes, Raiders
Kick returner: Fulton Walker, Dolphins
Kicker: Adam Vinatieri, Patriots-Colts
Coach: Chuck Noll, Steelers

NFC
Quarterback: Joe Montana, 49ers
Running backs: Emmitt Smith, Cowboys; John Riggins, Redskins
Wide receivers: Jerry Rice, 49ers; Antonio Freeman, Packers
Tight end: Jay Novacek, Cowboys
Offensive line: Joe Jacoby, Redskins; Russ Grimm, Redskins; Forrest Gregg, Packers; Nate Newton, Cowboys; Randy Cross, 49ers
Defensive line: Willie Davis, Packers; Richard Dent, Bears; Harvey Martin, Cowboys; Charles Haley, 49ers-Cowboys
Linebackers: Lawrence Taylor, Giants; Ken Norton, Cowboys-49ers; Chuck Howley, Cowboys; Mike Singletary, Bears
Defensive backs: Charlie Waters, Cowboys; Ronnie Lott, 49ers; Herb Adderly, Packers-Cowboys; Darrell Green, Redskins
Kick returner: Desmond Howard, Packers
Kicker: Ray Wersching, 49ers
Coach: Joe Gibbs, Redskins

Venue: Orange Bowl, Miami
TV announcers: Charlie Jones, Dick Enberg and Pat Summerall
Halftime entertainment: Rotten veggies thrown at Up With People

If I had to rank the five-best Super Bowls, in no order I’d probably list these:
Super Bowl X (Steelers-Cowboys), Super Bowl XXV (Bills-Giants), Super Bowl XXIII (Bengals-49ers), Super Bowl XXXIX (Patriots-Panthers), Super Bowl XIV (Steelers-Rams)