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- Fri Apr 19, 2024 2:36 pm
- Forum: Football Talk
- Topic: NFL MVP's who didn't deserve to win
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2889
Re: NFL MVP's who didn't deserve to win
I might get some flak for saying this but everybody who has won the MVP award has had a season in which they deserved to win. Now, can you make a case that maybe a player or two had a better season? Sure, but that's really almost every year. Guys who don't win, they have a lot of credentials also. Y...
- Fri Apr 19, 2024 2:15 pm
- Forum: Football Talk
- Topic: 1974 Dallas Cowboys
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1335
Re: 1974 Dallas Cowboys
They had 9 games decided by a touchdown or less in the 14-game regular season. They lost 5 of those games. They lost 6 total all year. The other loss was an 8-point loss to the Giants. So, close games were a factor. They started 1-4, so that was also a factor. 3 of those first four losses were by a ...
- Wed Apr 10, 2024 10:06 am
- Forum: Football Talk
- Topic: 1959 Packers
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1201
Re: 1959 Packers
Yes, this sounds like an interesting series. And that scouting report book is excellent. I think it's called something like, "What they didn't tell us." It's not easy to find. I highly recommend John Eisenberg's "That First Season" which covers the 1959 Packers. Interesting team ...
- Tue Apr 09, 2024 10:22 am
- Forum: Football Talk
- Topic: Goal Posts
- Replies: 17
- Views: 14161
Re: Goal Posts
"For some odd reason the St. Louis Cardinals continued using the offset H-shaped posts in 1967. They waited until 1968 to switch to the sling-shot style. Does anyone know why?" Maybe - and this is just another guess - I think the Cardinals first used Busch Stadium rather than the old Sport...
- Wed Mar 27, 2024 3:47 pm
- Forum: Football Talk
- Topic: Goal Posts
- Replies: 17
- Views: 14161
Re: Goal Posts
Might not have been a league wide rule because stadiums were multi-use, the NFL might not have had the resources to put it in league wide. Just a guess. The extension of the goal posts in 1966 was because of the 1965 Western Division Playoff between Green Bay and Baltimore. Jim Tunney was the offici...
- Fri Mar 22, 2024 11:33 am
- Forum: Football Books
- Topic: Wards of the League (new book about the 1952 Dallas Texans)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 16606
Re: Wards of the League (new book about the 1952 Dallas Texans)
I spoke with Mike a few times while he was shopping for a publisher. He shared with me a lot about the story and his research. This book is an important one for anybody serious about the history of the league, as this is really the only material that I'm aware of that draws information about the 195...
- Fri Mar 15, 2024 12:42 pm
- Forum: Football Talk
- Topic: punting career of Bill Bradley
- Replies: 4
- Views: 9183
Re: punting career of Bill Bradley
I've gotten to chat with him some - and he told me that he made the Eagles as a punter. If you're aware of the Big 33 high school all-star game, he said he made the Texas team as a punter first, backup QB second - so, his punting goes all the way back to high school. He said he started playing DB in...
- Fri Mar 15, 2024 12:28 pm
- Forum: Football Talk
- Topic: Aaron Donald Retires
- Replies: 9
- Views: 8631
Re: Aaron Donald Retires
First ballot HOF. Alan Page and Joe Greene are the only two DT that I've seen that compare. I'm not quite old enough to remember Bob Lilly. But Donald is one of those guys who is one of the greats at his position. The Packers beat the Rams in the playoffs the year before the Rams won the Super Bowl....
- Sat Mar 09, 2024 7:00 pm
- Forum: Football Talk
- Topic: Obscure trivia
- Replies: 153
- Views: 89029
Re: Obscure trivia
I dpn't remember Walter Payton having any sort of Pro Bowl blockers until late in his career.
- Sat Mar 02, 2024 6:22 pm
- Forum: Football Talk
- Topic: Another 'NFL Throwback' from YouTube - EVERY SUPER BOWL RANKED
- Replies: 16
- Views: 11175
Re: Another 'NFL Throwback' from YouTube - EVERY SUPER BOWL RANKED
I'm not knocking them down as to what players/coaches did before or after. I just focus on the season a team made the SB and won or lost it. If a team catches lightening in a bottle, and rides that to a dominant season for just that year, it's weird to me to penalize. I guess if I am judging Super ...