Bruschi mentioned those teams' "consistency in terms of the way they approach the game. I can't speak of the Steelers of the 1970s. That was before my time. But in terms of seeing things, I did watch a lot of the Cowboys games and I grew up in San Francisco, Calif. So, seeing their core group of players keeping their attitude consistent in terms of just trying to win football games, even through a coaching change here or there, they were able to still keep their core group of guys together and maintain that level of excellence."
Which is exactly what people are now seeing from the Patriots.
"I am a member of the Patriots and I am talking about those teams. That is because it is in the past," he said. "I won't talk about that when it comes to my team. I'll let maybe some team in the next decade talk about us, but I won't talk about that."
And how would the Patriots stack up against those great teams?
"That is a question that only that video game can solve, when you can get the Patriots of one year against the Steelers of another year," said Bruschi. "I think we are a good team, yes, and we have to play the Eagles. We have to play the Eagles and that is what we have got to worry about. To worry how we would play against those other teams is just something that we don't really want to concern ourselves with. We'll save that for the video game."
Most would agree with Bruschi that a team about to play in the Super Bowl, even if it has won two in the last three years, shouldn't be talking about itself as a dynasty.
Bruschi, who grew up a 49ers fan, was also asked about the common comparison of San Francisco great Joe Montana and Patriots quarterback Tom Brady.
"The guy [Brady] already has two Super Bowl MVPs behind him and he has another big stage to play [Feb. 6], and he is a guy who has portrayed the very best of football quarterbacking the past couple of years," said Bruschi. "So, Joe Montana was the best in his day and I think we have the best quarterback today."
