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Would those 8-8, 7-9 outputs in '95, '96 respectively been playoff berths under the two-time SB-champ hence prolonging his stay in the Pacific Northwest? I wouldn't say that. Would be disrespectful to the very good football coach that Dennis Erickson is. Plus he's a fellow member of the WA HS QB cl...

In the AFL...1963 Both division races had drama, resulting in the first AFL division championship tie-breaker game, for the East, between both the Pats and Bills at Buffalo. Not to mention that Houston was actually ahead at 6-4 with only four weeks remaining only to lose-out the rest of the way. Eve...

Joe Zagorski wrote:Speaking of Len Dawson...I really wish that both he and Bart Starr could toss the coin at Super Bowl 50, in commemoration of the two starting quarterbacks in Super Bowl I.

Joe Zagorski

AWESOME idea!

The fact that Seattle was actually able to immediately improve to mediocrity upon Dennis Erickson taking over, does it make you think what could have been had Flores been patiently allowed onboard a couple more years instead (like Cowboys were with Landry early-'60s)? Would those 8-8, 7-9 outputs in...

1976 stands out to me for two reasons: 1. For one year, we saw this new reality in San Francisco. They looked like they had something going with Monte Clark. Then, Joe Thomas came and wrecked it. However, that led to the Bill Walsh era, and we all know what happened there. 2. The two games late in ...

We had a "favorite season" thread back in 2011 that was not limited to the 1970s, but since my favorite season happened to be in that era, I'll re-post my comments here: For me, it was 1976, and here are some of the storylines that made it memorable for me: The Build-Up • The spirited, fe...

Though their offense may be amongst the all-times lows, their D actually was ranked 3RD in the league! Their pass-D seemed to attribute more to this. Was it simply a case of teams feeling they could run against them therefore making the pass-D look better than it was (thus, perhaps, statistically ca...

If they actually won a whole lot of these games, which I'm sure is the case, then it certainly would be a big deal. Of course I haven't researched this, but I wouldn't be surprised if this same thing applies to the '00 Colts being their defenses were built to not shut-down opposing offenses but (com...

What '50s Cleveland squad under Brown do you think was best, what Lombardi Packer squad do you think was best, and who wins between both and why?

We had a "favorite season" thread back in 2011 that was not limited to the 1970s, but since my favorite season happened to be in that era, I'll re-post my comments here: For me, it was 1976, and here are some of the storylines that made it memorable for me: The Build-Up • The spirited, fe...