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All responses are good points! Not perfect rankings the more I look at it. In addition to being more-knowledgeable than I, you are all are even better in the pre-SB era. I made a nice enough effort. Simply looked at one NFL Champ at a time starting with those '33 Bears, then '34 Giants, ’35 Lions, a...

Fine summary of that campaign, CSK, almost making a response unnecessary. But I'll passionately and nostalgically take the bait... I forgot exactly what my expectations were going into '93, but a "sophomore jinx'" letdown was understandable to be expected by many. Despite '89 and and anoth...

What's your historic take on this very squad? They start off gang-busters with that 5-0 start! But then they lose at home to the G-men. And then, the next week, they get clobbered by the Lions (yet again) who now were no longer good (and wouldn't be good the following year either). The loss was also...

The only playoff year for Belichick in Cleveland, an 11-5 wild card. The 'jewel' of that regular season, of course, was that win late in the season at Big D! Nick Saban was Hoodie's right-hand-man, thus, this being the closest we ever got to a Saban/Switzer head-to-head showdown. And then in the 1st...

Here's another... Two of the HCs who I played for in my career are in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The very first HC whom I played for would go on to muster a career total W-L %age at just above-300. The first 2 TDs that I'd throw in my second-last season would be in a game against the team that'd...

Name the game.... - The head coach of the losing team in this game once was the head coach of the winning team earlier in his career. - A hall of Fame running back ran for 3 TDs. - A future teammate of James Lofton threw a TD pass. - The winning QB was in his final NFL season. MNF, Wk#3, 1985: Rams...

R.W. and Justin Fields. How do Steelers fans feel about that? (personally, I think the Steelers made a killing with those signings. On that basis, alone, I expect the 'Stillers' to be much improved in 2024) All FOR it! I know Pickett was injured a bit in his brief time in the 'Burgh; and not under ...

Name the game... When both these teams met, they went into the game with a combined 15 losses. This would be the second victory of the season for the winning team, and their HC for this win was not their HC at season's beginning; and this very season would be the only season that he would ever at a...

So at the start of the 1973 AFC Championship Game, Curt Gowdy said that many called the OAK/MIA AFC-CG the real Super Bowl and that they were the 2 best teams in pro football. Which is high praise considering that specific Raider team hardly jumped off the page. Oakland barely won a weak AFCW over ...

A nice, "nothing to do this morning" off-season exercise. I strictly went by NFL League Championship Game winners and nothing else. I didn't include the '32 playoff game nor any AAFC/AFL champs. Here are mine...(forgive errors)... 33) '34 Giants, 8-5-0 32) '35 Lions, 7-3-2 31) '44 Packers,...