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I was watching Bo Jackson highlights; the guy was spectacular. Long runs, 5.4 YPC, 70+ rushing yards per game. The Raiders usually had Marcus Allen carrying the ball near the goal line, so Bo only had 16 rushing TDs...but the average distance was 29 yards, which I assume is some type of record. Any...

rhickok1109 wrote:Jim Marshall was never a first-team All-Pro and went to the Pro Bowl only once.

Being good--even very good--for 20 years doesn't equate to greatness.

Yeah....but what did Mark Schlereth have to say about him?

What was that about? Was there perhaps a thaw in the Ditka/Ryan war at this point? fwiw the Cardinals were being talked up a bit. Buddyball etc. Probably just trying to sell tickets as they'd really struggled playing in that awful frying pan of a stadium. But that team had so many question marks. U...

Good article.

https://www.si.com/nfl/2017/06/21/histo ... goal-posts

Also, may not be true but I believe the "post pattern" was named because it started off as a goal line route where you would try and run the defender into the post.

The Bears preview has be dying with laughter. Important offseason departures gives "QB Peter Tom Willis (released)" a mention. LOL Ditka's analysis hilarious. On Conway: "He's got to be a big play guy. He's got to be a tough guy. He's got to be a guy who doesn't bitch and just goes ou...

The 2001 Bears need to be mentioned as well. 13-3 team that was a total "horseshoe up their ass" season. 5-11 the year before. 4-12 the year after. OT win vs SF. Improbable OT win vs the Browns. (back to back weeks) Lot both games to the second place and 12-4 GB Packers. Only beat 3 teams ...

Of that same era, I liked the 1989 Packers. They had been bad for so long and they finally started to win. Sharpe was pretty good as a rookie in 1988, but he really broke out in 1989. Don Majikowski and Tim Harris came out of nowhere and had monster seasons. They played so many exciting games and b...

Whether luck was involved or not, the Bills of 1992 and 93 were unbeatable in Orchard Park during the postseason, with the Oilers and Dolphins(at home) choking away their chances at victory and the Bills having great postseason games against the Steelers(Reich), Raiders and Chiefs. It had to have b...

From 1992-94, the AFC sending the luckiest team to the Super Bowl, not the best. The 92 and 93 Bills teams got very lucky to get anywhere near the Super Bowl (especially the 93 team that should have been 7-9), and the 94 Chargers were the same. By 1995, it looked like the Chiefs would continue that...

Of all the hypotheticals you have presented over the years, I think this one has to be the least interesting (with all due respect, in deference to Code of Conduct). Sanchez/Cutler would have me rooting against both teams. Martz prepping Hanie, who he hated, for the Super Bowl would have been amazing