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Excellent thread. To name a few : Phil Rivers Ben Roethlisberger Hines Ward Marukice Pouncey David DeCastro Eli Manning How about Matt Ryan? I’d say he could be Hall of Very Good but not quite Hall of Fame. And among offensive linemen, I think Tom Nalen could show up here in eight years. Not that I...

Here is the previous thread https://profootballresearchers.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4415 As I recall, I really liked John Turney's team, and was not particularly enthusiastic about Team Fouts.. Wasn’t aware of that thread, thank you for pointing it out to me. Turney’s team is Team 5, and Fouts’ te...

Out of curiosity, Are there any players or coaches who are currently active or recently retired (say in the last five years or so) that you think are likely to run through their eligibility without making the Hall of Fame and that years into the future could be seen as Hall of Very Good? In other wo...

One factor that finally tipped the balance in 1977 is likely that many teams couldn't even run the ball particularly well any more. The rushing average was 4.1 in 1976, in 1977 it was 3.8, despite more carries. Defenses knew year over year they didn't need to respect the pass, teams tried to run, d...

Just like in baseball in the 1960s, 1977 was a culmination of strategic and rule changes. As much as some people here love the 1970s, the 1950s and 1960s were recognizable two platoon football as well, with higher scoring, more successful passing than you had in 1977. If the NFL was trying to get b...

I found an archived article in the Wayback Machine that used to be on Sports Illustrated’s website where 12 people drafted NFL teams. It went 26 rounds and 312 picks counting head coaches. The whole article can be found here: https://web.archive.org/web/20210620020250/https://www.si.com/specials/mmq...

Though Griese led the league in TD passes, he had six of those in one game. Chuck Noll complained about the rules changes, saying it made mediocre receivers suddenly become good. I wonder which receivers he thought as "mediocre"? Very true, Griese had six touchdowns in one game, and a num...

The 1977 NFL season was the final season before the implementation of the Mel Blount rule which impacted both coverage and blocking, and on paper it looks like it was quite a year for defense in the NFL. In that season, every single team listed below had a defense that allowed under 17 points per ga...

How about the 2003 Vikings? They went 9-7 and lost to four teams that finished 4-12 (Cardinals, Raiders, Chargers, Giants), also narrowly lost to a 7-9 Bears team. Their wins included victories against the playoff bound Chiefs, Seahawks, Broncos and Packers (whom they split that season). That sounds...

Feel free to correct me if I’m wrong, but from the 1977 season onward is when we start to see the majority of NFL games have a full broadcast available in some archive? And for playoff games in the rounds before the Super Bowl, would that be more like the mid 70’s? Of the games I’ve only read about...