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by DukeSlater
Wed Feb 17, 2016 11:01 pm
Forum: Football Talk
Topic: HOF Safety Talk
Replies: 21
Views: 30672

Re: HOF Safety Talk

I forgot Deron Cherry.
by DukeSlater
Wed Feb 17, 2016 10:15 pm
Forum: Football Talk
Topic: If Eli retires now (Canton?)
Replies: 55
Views: 79391

Re: If Eli retires now (Canton?)

Hell no!
by DukeSlater
Wed Feb 17, 2016 10:12 pm
Forum: Football Talk
Topic: HOF Safety Talk
Replies: 21
Views: 30672

Re: HOF Safety Talk

I can think of at least ten safeties I think were better and more deserving than Darren Woodson. Johnny Robinson Lynch Atwater Joey Browner Kenny Easley Eddie Meador Bobby Dillon Patton Jack Tatum Donnie Shell Dennis Smith Tim McDonald I think Cliff Harris was at least as deserving as Woodson. Jake ...
by DukeSlater
Wed Dec 30, 2015 1:19 pm
Forum: Football Talk
Topic: Chip Kelly Fired...
Replies: 3
Views: 7766

Re: Chip Kelly Fired...

I think it was his bad decisions and his inability to manage people well at the professional level that was more of his lack of success.
by DukeSlater
Wed Dec 30, 2015 1:16 pm
Forum: Football Talk
Topic: Skip Thomas......
Replies: 12
Views: 21080

Re: Skip Thomas......

OK. I just did not follow you.

Getting rid of Paul Hackett as a head coach is the beginning of a dynasty in itself.
by DukeSlater
Tue Dec 29, 2015 11:27 pm
Forum: Football Talk
Topic: Best Decade of the NFL
Replies: 40
Views: 63978

Re: Best Decade of the NFL

The 1970s, 1980s and 1990s for me....

Of course, I loved the AFL in the 1960s, even though that was before my time as a fan.
by DukeSlater
Tue Dec 29, 2015 11:14 pm
Forum: Football Talk
Topic: Skip Thomas......
Replies: 12
Views: 21080

Re: Skip Thomas......

That 2004 Oregon State team played USC really tough in Corvallis. (That place has been like the Devil's Triangle down through the years for USC.) 2000 was the start of destroying USC's season, which led to a dynasty. Reser Stadium is great. I've thrown and ran for TD's on that field (camp, 4 years ...
by DukeSlater
Tue Dec 29, 2015 7:49 pm
Forum: Football Talk
Topic: Skip Thomas......
Replies: 12
Views: 21080

Re: Skip Thomas......

That 2004 Oregon State team played USC really tough in Corvallis. (That place has been like the Devil's Triangle down through the years for USC.)
by DukeSlater
Tue Dec 29, 2015 3:12 pm
Forum: Football Talk
Topic: Skip Thomas......
Replies: 12
Views: 21080

Re: Skip Thomas......

I have a few game tapes of Thomas, and he, as we know, was very physical in coverage. Obviously, he could not be a damn good corner in today's NFL.
by DukeSlater
Tue Dec 29, 2015 11:31 am
Forum: Football Talk
Topic: Skip Thomas......
Replies: 12
Views: 21080

Re: Skip Thomas......

Do you think he benefitted from the years prior to the Mel Blount Rule? I kind of think he did. He was gone the year they implemented the aforementioned rule, if I am not mistaken. Coincidental? Brandon Browner was just like that at Oregon State; he would make great plays, but he was a human penalty...