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Citizen wrote:I imagine most here are aware of this, but the 2008 Lions winning all their pre-season games and losing all their regular-season games is simply extraordinary.

And it shows how absolutely pointless preseason games are.

Hard to choose between the 2001 AFC Championship Game and Super Bowl 45 for the Steelers. Like I've posted here before, I really thought 2001 was the Steelers year. Especially after they beat the defending champion Ravens in Baltimore on a Sunday night. Then they slapped them around again in the div...

CSKreager wrote:Washington and Gibbs- beginning in 1981, they pretty much wore white at home from for nearly three decades until recent years.

I believe Schottenheimer in 2000 went back to burgundy jerseys at home. Maybe 99, I'm not sure.

In each of the 6 Steelers successful Super Bowl seasons besides divisional opponents they also played the Colts.

07 Patriots #1 obviously. I'd put the 06 Bears at #16. Looking back the NFC was pretty weak in the mid 2000s.

JohnH19 wrote:Lombardi was the driving force behind the iconic G being added to the Packers' helmets in 1961.

Didn't he also change the Redskins to uniforms that were similar to the Packers?

MatthewToy wrote:Chad Brown, Willie Williams and Antwann Randle-El are drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers. All 3 leave as free agents. All 3 comeback years later.

Forgot Larry Foote, James Harrison and Plaxico Burress.

Chad Brown, Willie Williams and Antwann Randle-El are drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers. All 3 leave as free agents. All 3 comeback years later.

The aforementioned Jeff Feagles in 2003 wears #10 with the Giants. Next season they draft Eli Manning who wants #10 so he gives Feagles a trip to Hawaii. Feagles in 2004 wears #17. In 2005 the Giants bring in Plaxico Burress as a free agent. He wants to wear #17. So he also gives Feagles a trip to H...

In both of the NFL's major work stoppages, 1982 and 1987, the Washington Redskins won the Super Bowl.