Should Dublin go on to land a seventh All-Ireland football title in nine years, it would rank pretty high given their starting point, according to Enda McGinley.
Dessie Farrell goes in search of a second Sam Maguire as manager since taking over from Jim Gavin's all-conquering side, and after swatting aside Mayo, are putting themselves in a strong position to compete for the ultimate honours in football.
They take on Monaghan for a place in the decider, and with champions Kerry in supreme form against Tyrone at the weekend, could meet in a traditional final next month.
Speaking on this week’s RTE GAA podcast, former Tyrone player McGinley says the fact that the men from the capital have had a couple of fallow years by their lofty standards with two successive semi-final losses, they are primed for another tilt at Sam despite operating this year in Division 2.
He argues that winning in 2023 would be more satisfying than a number of other All-Ireland victories given they were in such a dominant position at the time.
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"They were cruising along at the top of their game, winning All-Ireland’s for fun," he said. "In a strange sense, they have listened to all that critique, about them individually and as a team, when they have not been going so well and down in Division 2.
"They are now coming hungry and with a sense to really prove themselves. In many ways, an All-Ireland this year will be more valuable than numbers two, three, four.
"This one will feel more personal, and better to them as players than the ones they were getting when they were just cruising along."
McGinley added that the return of Stephen Cluxton, arguably the player of his generation, was a statement in itself.
"He’s going back simply because he knows there is an All-Ireland in that group and it would be a very, very special All-Ireland," he said.
Speaking on the podcast, Eamonn Fitzmaurice says the performance of evergreen James McCarthy around the middle third is critical to the team’s success, churning out yet another starring performance on the big occasion.
"The fact that James McCarthy is captain, has to be huge within the group," he said of the Ballymun man. "What a player. We’re saying it for 10 years.
"I was in an opposition changing room for six years where we were looking at him, admiring him. The appreciation you have to have for him.
"We’re always talking about him being a warrior, but he’s an intelligent warrior. He knows what the games needs, he knows when to intervene.
"In that group, he’s that captain, and there has to be massive, massive motivation for all of his team-mates to send him up the steps of the Hogan Stand to lift Sam Maguire."
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