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Going back to the days when scouting was in its infancy, it's not hard to find numerous drafts that were complete disasters for the teams that conducted them. We've all heard stories about how teams would pick a guy because they liked how his photo looked in the Street & Smith college football f...

That list underscores how phenomenal it is that the Cowboys and Raiders never faced each other in the Super Bowl.

I remember Don Majkowski wore #5 (Paul Hornung's number) in that game. He was usually #7, but he wore 5 that day. Was kind of neat to see. I don't know if he or the team was honoring Hornung that day, but he wore #5. That's the number he was issued. It was changed after one season. Hornung's number...

For me, Brett Favre breaking the career touchdown-pass record.

Runner-up: Jerry Rice's first NFL game, not that I had any idea who he was at the time.

Interesting artifact from the Aug. 12, 1968 edition of Broadcasting magazine. It includes a team-by-team rundown of flagship stations, announcers, and sponsors, as well as information about what networks paid to broadcast pro and college football. The article starts on page 23. https://www.worldradi...

Tobin was fired by Bart Starr as the Packers' director of pro scouting, so after he was hired by the Bears, for revenge he decoded the Packers' sideline signals prior to their game against Green Bay at Soldier Field. Result, 61-7 Chicago.

Larry Beightol, offensive line coach for the Falcons, Buccaneers, Chargers, Jets, Oilers, Dolphins, Packers, and Lions, died April 4 at age 81. His masterpiece might have been his early-2000s line in Green Bay that included Mark Tauscher and Chad Clifton and led the way for Ahman Green's best years....

Thanks for the tip. Somebody put out a book years back that contained contemporaneous scouting reports of current and prospective Packers from that era. Nitschke was such a handful that they were just dying for an excuse to get rid of him. It's fun to read how little scouts sugar-coated their report...

I'd name Mark Bavaro as the best blocking tight end I've seen. Of a more recent vintage, Marcedes Lewis would be up there, along with possibly George Kittle.

Like many in the media at the time, Gowdy was infatuated with the Raiders. It's not surprising that he'd say something so hyperbolic.