Professional Football Researchers Association Forum

1978 If the Saints win both of those ATL games which were decided in the waning seconds (Big Ben and a pass interference in the endzone), they would have gotten a winning record/playoff spot a decade before Mora/Dome Patrol and played the Eagles How much might that have changed the trajectory for A...

1979 can be mentioned between these two. Coming off their first playoff season, Atlanta looked to return. First, they win their opener against... the Saints in OT at the Superdome, 40-34. Then they prevent wild card revenge against the Eagles at the Vet to make it 2-0, and then they lose their home ...

After five weeks there are just four teams with four wins or more (Detroit 3-1).

On the flip-side, there are no more winless teams but six 1-4s (Titans 1-3).

This current, surprising Saleh firing inspires this. Ron Meyer being fired after Pats' 5-3 start in '84 ( 5-2 before that loss to 8-0 Miami) is what first comes to mind. I'm sure there may be better ones, or ones close to it, that some of you may bring up or one to come to my mind independently. Bac...

That was the first time that Cleveland lost to Dallas and they did not lose to them again until 1966. I think that PB suspected that he was going to be fired even though he did have a long term contract with Cleveland. His wife said that he knew it was coming. Paul Brown would coach against Landry ...

Chiefs & Vikings the last two unbeatens! Both are 5-0. Never expected such a thing with Minny!

Anyways, the Super Bowl this February is in New Orleans. And so was the case with SBIV!

'67 Browns their "worst" installment of the '60s despite making the playoffs? May very well be right. Out of, now, sixteen teams they finished 10th in offense and 12th in defense; and gave up more total yardage than they gained (by almost 600). However, Y/P-wise, they still finished ahead,...

For 1967, I think it would have been either the Rams or Colts in the west, but Green Bay could have beaten Pittsburgh in their final regular season game if they needed the win. Also, they would have played both the Rams and Colts another time and the games would have been in Green Bay. The Packers ...

No CCCC, 4-4-4-4. What-ifs are unpopular here for the most part though more-than-enough are happy to take the bait (I'm ONE of them, adding that jelly to the otherwise plain PBS). Some what-ifs are quite palatable. Even to those who normally detest them. I think this one is a good example (we'll see...

A three-team race it was between the Dolphins who were back to winning ways, last year's wildcard the Patriots, and the defending-division-champs of the last two years...the Colts. With Oakland finishing as an 11-3 wildcard to Denver, only one team from the AFC East could get in. Going into the fina...