Professional Football Researchers Association Forum

When you get right down to it, a dynasty or an era is wholly subjective. I'm sure Rupert's formula will work for some and not for others. When it comes to dynasties and Hall of Famers, I figure it's like pornography---you know it when you see it.

From the AP game account (Detroit Free Press, 9/16/40): "But by the third quarter, both teams were so water-logged the contest devolved into a punting duel between [Whizzer] White and the Cardinals' Beryl Clark, ex-Oklhoma ace. The final period saw eight successive exchanges of punts between th...

I found it interesting that both teams matched first downs and turnovers: Detroit had 5 FD and 5 TO, and Cards had 2 of each. The game was played in Buffalo, a neutral site. I can't imagine there were too many die-hard Detroit or Cardinals fans in Buffalo. I wonder how many sat through to the end? I...

Congratulations! Well-deserved.

I think for the book you're describing, creative nonfiction might be the way to go. Gives you plenty of latitude to build your characters. As long as a writer is up-front about his approach, readers don't care. They just want an informed, flowing narrative that's fun to read and leaves them with fee...

When it comes to dynasties, it seems to help a lot if there's a superstar HC/QB combo. You think of the 1946-55 Browns and you automatically think of Paul Brown/Otto Graham. Same with GB (Lombardi/Starr), NE (Belichick/Brady), Pitts (Noll/Bradshaw), some others. Can't use the same kind of shorthand ...

Here's a question: would you consider the 1982-1991 Redskins to be a dynasty? In each of their three championships during that span they had a different QB and a different leading rusher. Do you feel the personnel core needs to remain intact and win together to establish a dynasty? Not necessarily,...

[/quote] The 1967-75 Raiders might have something to say about that, unless their subsequent title takes them out of the running. ~.780 win percentage; seven league/conference championship appearances -- and in all seven cases, the team that eliminated them won the Super Bowl.[/quote] You beat me to...

I don’t consider the 90s Cowboys a dynasty. Their window of dominance wasn’t long enough to fit my definition. I don't know about that. Four straight NFC title game appearances and 3 Super Bowls in 4 years sounds pretty good to me. Of course I'm in Detroit :D Here in Motown we consider the Lions' 4...

I remember when I first heard about that incident as a kid, I thought Babe Parilli has been killed. I was a big AFL fan.