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- Sun May 12, 2024 5:10 pm
- Forum: Football Talk
- Topic: 1973 Raiders
- Replies: 11
- Views: 10383
Re: 1973 Raiders
Because of how late in life he began playing in the NFL, it's easy to forget that Staubach was 37 during the 1979 season. That was a much bigger deal then than it is now. The spirit was willing, but etc.
- Sun May 12, 2024 5:52 am
- Forum: Football Talk
- Topic: Worst draft classes for a team
- Replies: 11
- Views: 356
Re: Worst draft classes for a team
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...
- Thu May 09, 2024 5:57 am
- Forum: Football Talk
- Topic: Hypothetical post merger Playoff Bowls
- Replies: 13
- Views: 494
Re: Hypothetical post merger Playoff Bowls
That list underscores how phenomenal it is that the Cowboys and Raiders never faced each other in the Super Bowl.
- Tue May 07, 2024 6:06 am
- Forum: Football Talk
- Topic: What's the biggest football moment you witnessed in person?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 509
Re: What's the biggest football moment you witnessed in person?
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...
- Fri May 03, 2024 3:41 pm
- Forum: Football Talk
- Topic: What's the biggest football moment you witnessed in person?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 509
What's the biggest football moment you witnessed in person?
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.
Runner-up: Jerry Rice's first NFL game, not that I had any idea who he was at the time.
- Fri May 03, 2024 10:12 am
- Forum: Football Talk
- Topic: 1968 NFL/AFL radio summary
- Replies: 3
- Views: 172
1968 NFL/AFL radio summary
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...
- Tue Apr 23, 2024 8:40 am
- Forum: Football Obituaries
- Topic: 2024 Obituaries
- Replies: 66
- Views: 80073
Re: 2024 Obituaries
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.
- Fri Apr 12, 2024 6:07 am
- Forum: Football Obituaries
- Topic: 2024 Obituaries
- Replies: 66
- Views: 80073
Re: 2024 Obituaries
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....
- Wed Apr 10, 2024 6:20 am
- Forum: Football Talk
- Topic: 1959 Packers
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1228
Re: 1959 Packers
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...
- Sat Mar 30, 2024 8:51 am
- Forum: Football Talk
- Topic: Aspects of the game that don't show up on a stat sheet
- Replies: 2
- Views: 374
Re: Aspects of the game that don't show up on a stat sheet
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.