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[quote1. Is there anything in particular about the Redskins in that stretch that didn’t match up well against the Giants?][/quote] I think I read somewhere the Giants picked up on Redskins WR Ricky Sanders would put his mouthpiece in on a running play. The Giants also had a lot of tough customers on...

Former NY Jet and USFL running back Kevin Long passed away at 69 years old on Tuesday. He was a member of a committee of hard running Jet running backs in the late 1970s / early 1980’s - Clark Gaines, Scott Dierking, Long, Bruce Harper.

That is "out of this world" thinking

well done.

Looks like the final ten are: 10. Andy Robustelli 9. Sam Huff 8. Eli Manning 7. Harry Carson 6. Emlen Tunnell 5. Michael Strahan 4. Frank Gifford 3. Mel Hein 2. Roosevelt Brown 1. Lawrence Taylor Just my opinion, Eli Manning seems a little too high, should maybe be 11-12. Emlen Tunnell seems a tick ...

I was listening to a quality podcast Michael MacCambridge was on where he noted Saints owner John Mecom, Jr. hired an astronaut with zero football experience to run the Saints football operation from 1972 to 1976. I looked it up and yep, Richard Gordon was the astronaut. I think John Mecom, Jr. is 8...

I am curious - where do folks think John Cannady should be ranked? I never saw him play and do not know much about him.

Thank you.
Nick

Your lists are terrific, well done.

Side note: living twenty miles from Met Life Stadium, I think rookie wide receiver Malik Nabers is like 7 or 8. The summer hype is plainly ridiculous, probably because it's looking like a 6-11 season for the Giants in 2024.

Baltimore Ravens Offensive Line Coach Joseph D'Alessandris at 70 after an illness.

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/409 ... ies-age-70

I interpret this as the voters saying "yeah, you were always a great player....sorry for continually overlooking you....here is your All Pro vote now". JMO

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I think you're correct.

Thank you all for your insights.

Nick

Joe Morrison was very underrated as a coach. He went right from the Giants to the head coaching job at Tennessee-Chattanooga. Went 10-1 as the Head Coach at New Mexico in 1982.