Professional Football Researchers Association Forum

Bryan wrote:
If we are talking about strictly the decade of the 1960's, would it make sense to have Don Maynard over Charley Taylor?

Because Don Maynard played in the AFL in the 60s and this is (fairly or not) an NFL team?

I think the NFL/AFL team Mr. Turney posted is the better team.

My personal preference would be "No", Warner is not a "First Ballot" Hall of Famer. However, I wonder if, with the perspective of time, others might see it differently. I wonder if, perhaps 25 or 35 years from now Football Historians will see Kurt Warner as the first of a "n...

King Kong wrote: I think a quick jerk and squirt in the locker room onto the football (to release tension) might even be okay.

I'm not sure exactly what this means but I LOLed when I read it.

Just whose tension are we relieving here, anyway???

I couldn't agree more. In fact, this is the book that opened my eyes to Football History. I couldn't recommend a book more highly. My copy was worn to pieces (literally) but I was overjoyed to find a (virtually un-) used copy in Nashville when visiting my mom last month. Cost: $2.99!! Best buy ever ...

Or, as my friend Joel says when the Ravens play the team from Indianapolis: "There's a Baltimore/Colts game on today!"

Likewise "Cleveland/Rams" (Browns vs. Rams) and St Louis/Cardinals (Rams vs. Cardinals).
Come to think of is, my friend Joel is kind of annoying...

Joe Zagorski wrote:Good! The Rams should have never left Los Angeles. Moreover, the Cardinals should have never left St. Louis. And most of all, the Colts should have never left Baltimore.

While I wholeheartedly agree with you I wonder how a 15 year old Rams fan in St Louis might feel...

I'm sorry to see Jethro pass away at such a young age.

He was a favorite of mine growing up and yet another NFL great I would've liked to have met before his (or my) time was up.

RIP Jethro Pugh.

"I don't throw darts at balloons. I throw balloons at darts." -- Joe Montana Compared to several of the "Big Arms" playing when he did Joe had, at best, an average arm (although I like the differentiation made by rhickock, above). But "arm strength," Montana vs Elway or...

I was going to guess it was a Senior Bowl offense so I was close.

Humorous to see Jake Scott was balding in College...

rhickok1109 wrote:Hmmmm ... I haven't seen any stories about the 1976-77 Tampa Bay Buccaneers drinking champagne ...

I'm pretty sure that when you're 0-16 you drink Kool-Aid.