Professional Football Researchers Association Forum

The demise of both the Eagles and Falcons was surprising to me in 1981. Philadelphia started 6-0, but lost four of their last five and was bounced by the Giants in the WC round. They were a veteran team, so age may have been a factor. Atlanta didn't even make the postseason that year.

Watched NFL Network’s Top 10 ‘Most Forgotten Plays’ last night - plays that are forever overshadowed by either a Classic play or at least a play made in vain in a losing effort. Here’s what their list was... 10 - Bettis endzone fumble in ’05 divisional at Indy 9 - Benny Malone’s TD before the ‘Sea ...

What were the expectations for the Colts going into '67? No team that had been a contender in the preceding handful of years fell off more precipitiously than the '78 Baltimore Colts. Bert Jones getting hurt, and missing most of the season killed the Colts. Like many other players, Jones tried to c...

Wasn't the Chargers defense still somewhat decent in '79 and '80. Was it not until '81 when the defense really fell off a cliff? If they thought the Chargers were going to have a decent defense I could have seen them being a strong Super Bowl pick for the '81 season. The weakness of that San Diego ...

First off, I hope it would never happen. Though I don’t really follow the CFL (if only due to the lack of teams, with most making playoffs), I got enough respect for it and it’s history to never want to see it take a blow. In the event of a possible NFL expanding to Toronto, do you think it would c...

Esiason. Always respected his game. A true-blue QB I thought he was. And not just his first stint (especially '88) in Cincy. He had his moments in the '90s with the Jets and as a Card (not sure what year it was, either '96 or '97) he had that sick 4-game stretch. Of course another Bengal QB, Ken An...

Multiple CFL All-Star in the ’80s. Big part in ’84 Blue Bombers Grey Cup campaign. Had a bit of action with both Dolphins & Redskins in ’89. Any more that be said about his career as well as further NFL potential? Of course we all know what his son, Ryan , has been currently up to! I remember R...

Many expectations going into regular season. Many saw their hosting SD the first (MNF) game of year as a ‘war’. Chargers, in their blue road-unis, utterly destroyed them! And Browns were bad rest of campaign. Did, FWIW, make ‘tournament’ the following, shortened season and then finish 9-7 in ’83 on...

What about 1995? They were eighth in points scored with 392, and Erik Kramer had a great year (3,838 yards passing, 29 TD's, 10 INT's, 93.5 rating). In addition, they had two 1,000 yard WR's in Jeff Graham (82 catches, 4 TD's) and Curtis Conway (62 catches, 12 TD's), and a 1,000 yard rusher in rook...

So three different ones; - Unfortunately football's popularity declines, slow and steadily but by 2028 feels like a 2018 NASCAR style plummet is on the verge of happening. The fortunate part is that as it becomes somewhere between major and niche the level of discussion about the sport improves dram...