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When I hear something like that from a fan ("Will Woodson go in as a Raider or Packer) I immediately dismiss them as not a true football nerd. What really makes me cringe is when I meet people who look at me like I'm an idiot when I say the Ravens were the real Browns. Or when some guy who thi...

IMHO, He was the Joe Namath of defensive players- only made the HOF because he played in NY, had one gaudy outlier of a season (Namath's 4000 yard season, Strahan's sack record) and had an all time SB upset. If they lose to DAL/GB or even that SB and he retires without a ring.... are we sure he's i...

I think that's kind of ridiculous, but I think you did mention a really overrated team: the 1985 Bears. They went 15-1 (winning a weak division in a walk) and routed an 11-5 AFC team quarterbacked by Tony Eason and coached by Raymond Berry; the 49ers went 15-1 and trounced a 14-2 team with Dan Mari...

Like a former Raider coach once said "when is a fumble not a fumble?" ... Get over it Ralph, the officials were wrong! I have nothing to get over. It's you people who don't understand the rule who need to get over something. Still bitching mistakenly about a correct call that was made mor...

The Tuck Rule game ... damn the ruling and interpretation of the "incomplete pass" ... Brady clearly brought the ball down from a passing motion making him a RUNNER who fumbled the ball into the Raiders hands. No way that was an intended pass. It was a correct interpretation of a dumb rul...

What if Johnny Unitas had played until he was 75 without losing any of his skills?

I am a Steelers and Yankees fan. So was my mom. I heard a story about how she abused the TV after Maz's HR in 1960. She was a big Steeler fan when I was growing up, but she wasn't as much into baseball (although I remember watching some of the Pirates' and Pens early-90's playoffs with her). It see...

Neft-Cohen's Pro Football: The Early Years lists all NFL players and their years of military service (pp. 160-161). Here are the totals by year: 1941--44 (we tend to forget that the draft started in late 1940) 1942--202 1943--376 1944--418 1945--358 How many of those were stateside and still played...

Neft-Cohen's Pro Football: The Early Years lists all NFL players and their years of military service (pp. 160-161).

Here are the totals by year:
1941--44 (we tend to forget that the draft started in late 1940)
1942--202
1943--376
1944--418
1945--358

Here's a 1946 postcard of City Stadium. If you look closely, you can see the offset.
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/109704940901796831/