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In 1970, the AFL and NFL merged and became the NFL with the AFC and NFC having Inter-Conference games and the scheduling was much different than usual. Unlike the previous 3 years, the teams in the same division would play different teams outside of their division. For instance, in the NFC Eastern ...

You know who my most wanted contributor after Robert Kraft is Clint Murchison As the founder and original owner of the Dallas Cowboys the builder of Texas Stadium the man who hired Tom Landry Tex Schramm and Gil Brandt a risk taker game changer 20 consecutive winning seasons 15 seasons with 10 or m...

In 1970, the AFL and NFL merged and became the NFL with the AFC and NFC having Inter-Conference games and the scheduling was much different than usual. Unlike the previous 3 years, the teams in the same division would play different teams outside of their division. For instance, in the NFC Eastern D...

Could be that Berry would sometimes take the sack rather than risk an interception by throwing into coverage. Also, the Coastal Division was a tough division to play in for interceptions playing the Rams (Deacon Jones, Merlin Olson) twice a year and Baltimore as well. They also had to play the Viki...

Andy Robustelli owned a sporting goods store and supplied the 1956 Giants team with fresh sneakers for the championship game. This may have helped them. Also, the Giants had the home field.

About the 1956 Bears: I believe that the Bears suffered a big letdown in the championship game against the Giants. The Bears were up very high for their season ending game against the Detroit Lions. The Lions President even said, "The Bears were up higher than we were." The sneakers also m...

The February edition of Sports Illustrated arrived today, and one of the articles was a list of the 50 most influential NFL teams (single season). I thought the group might be interested in hearing their top 10: 10) 1961 Green Bay Packers 9) 2001 New England Patriots 8) 1946 Los Angeles Rams 7) 197...

1964 Browns over Giants - 42 to 20, 52 to 20 = 94 to 40

1966 Browns over Giants - 77 to 47

Could be that Berry would sometimes take the sack rather than risk an interception by throwing into coverage. Also, the Coastal Division was a tough division to play in for interceptions playing the Rams (Deacon Jones, Merlin Olson) twice a year and Baltimore as well. They also had to play the Vikin...