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by Retro Rider
Wed Feb 25, 2015 12:41 pm
Forum: Football Talk
Topic: A Signature Play in History for each team
Replies: 74
Views: 116314

Re: A Signature Play in History for each team

For the post-Namath and Gastineau's Jets, I would chose Jumbo Elliott's diving TD catch in the Monday Night against Miami in 2000. When you talk about great comebacks, that's the play they usually show. As a fan of the Namath era Jets, I would pick Namath's 52 yard pass completion to Don Maynard ag...
by Retro Rider
Sun Feb 22, 2015 9:32 am
Forum: Football Talk
Topic: Best Year of the 1960s
Replies: 31
Views: 53082

Re: Best Year of the 1960s

For me it's 1969, though I didn't start watching the NFL until 1970. With the era of afros & astroturf right around the corner, the '69 season bridged us into the "Super '70's" and provided some memorable events, games and personalities: - 50th Anniversary year for the NFl/10th and fin...
by Retro Rider
Sat Feb 21, 2015 11:01 am
Forum: Football Talk
Topic: Most courageous performance by a QB?
Replies: 22
Views: 39723

Re: Most courageous performance by a QB?

My vote (for games that I've seen) would be Craig Morton's performance in the 1977 AFC Championship game. Morton spent several days in the hospital the week prior to the AFC Championship game against Oakland suffering from an injured hip (torn muscle) which had to be drained of blood and other fluid...
by Retro Rider
Mon Feb 09, 2015 2:51 pm
Forum: Football Talk
Topic: Warren Sapp arrested
Replies: 9
Views: 18097

Re: Warren Sapp arrested

If you haven't seen it, I suggest you seek out the ESPN 30 for 30 documentary Broke, which features interviews with athletes who made millions upon millions of dollars and wound up broke. Perhaps the worst case was that of Vince Young, who burned thru a 30 million dollars after taxes from his Titan...
by Retro Rider
Mon Feb 09, 2015 2:40 pm
Forum: Football Talk
Topic: Fred Cox
Replies: 9
Views: 17918

Re: Fred Cox

As the Vikings became the very last team to adopt a soccer-style kicker (I think it was Benny Ricardo being their first), I seem to recall a reporter pressing Grant on his loyalty to straight-on kickers, I think his response had to do with the one-step, straight-on motion was less likely to slip in...
by Retro Rider
Wed Feb 04, 2015 12:07 pm
Forum: Football Talk
Topic: Warren Sapp arrested
Replies: 9
Views: 18097

Re: Warren Sapp arrested

ORLANDO—Warren Sapp made $82,185,056 in his NFL career. He ended up with $826.04 in his bank account.
(interesting piece by The Sporting News from November 2012):

http://www.sportingnews.com/nfl/story/2 ... letes-list
by Retro Rider
Fri Nov 07, 2014 1:22 pm
Forum: Football Talk
Topic: Kicking is just too easy
Replies: 26
Views: 59861

Re: Kicking is just too easy

[quote="luckyshow"]Somewhere above someone posited the idea of a 1-0 game where the defense runs a point after (XP) back and the original TD was nullified by the league for some violation. No, not really. 1) There is no such animal in the NFL, run the PAT back the other way and all you get...
by Retro Rider
Wed Nov 05, 2014 3:49 pm
Forum: Football Talk
Topic: Post your favorite historic NFL photos
Replies: 6
Views: 17380

Re: Post your favorite historic NFL photos

Two from the 1971 Dolphins vs. Chiefs suddendeath playoff and one from the "Sea of Hands" game in 1974:
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by Retro Rider
Wed Nov 05, 2014 3:24 pm
Forum: Football Talk
Topic: Post your favorite historic NFL photos
Replies: 6
Views: 17380

Re: Post your favorite historic NFL photos

Not an NFL photo, but a rare 1952 Crown Brand Western Canadian league photo featuring form Los Angeles Ram Dick Huffman. Huffman is only one of three people to have been named NFL Player of the Year/MVP and earn induction into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame (Joe Kapp and Warren Moon are the othe...
by Retro Rider
Wed Nov 05, 2014 1:57 pm
Forum: Football Talk
Topic: Just had to...
Replies: 3
Views: 11957

Re: Just had to...

Frank Tripucka!