It may be getting late in the current decade, but one NFL team has finally taken control of it.
For a second straight 10-year period, it appears the New England Patriots -- the first team to win multiple Super Bowl titles this decade -- will rule the roost.
But with six different Vince Lombardi Trophy winners during the decade's first six years, it was looking as if this would not be the case.
More than three decades ago, then-NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle envisioned a league governed by unpredictability and competitive parity.