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Might not have been a league wide rule because stadiums were multi-use, the NFL might not have had the resources to put it in league wide. Just a guess. The extension of the goal posts in 1966 was because of the 1965 Western Division Playoff between Green Bay and Baltimore. Jim Tunney was the offic...

I was curious as to why the offset wasn't used league wide. 1964 NFL Championship Colts v Browns they are not offset. (hardly any padding on them too!) [/quote] I don't know---I do know the 1967 rule came about with the invention of the single-leg Y-shaped post. They were new ... 1966 -- I think us...

"Not much changed for the next 33 years until 1966 when a resolution was adopted by the NFL owners that required the goal posts to be offset from the goal line and should extend 20 feet in the air." 1939 Championship game. The goal posts are offset. I wonder why it didn't kick in to keep ...

Interestingly Joe Zagorski has a new book coming out about Bradley. Maybe some of this will be mentioned ...

MD Perry got a little disgruntled but he still made big plays. Watching old games of them, just what you'd expect, grinders on offense. Gamemanager Qbs Testaverde wasn't that good that year. He really didn't turn it around until he joined forces with Marchibroda in Baltimore. As for Perry, him and ...

T The following off-season, the Browns were picked by some to make SBXXX. But obviously not to be... Thoughts? Good team, with good special teams -- good disciplined defense, When Belichick got there he fit the personnel --- used a 4-3, but still had some two-gap principles ... brought in vets who ...

There is going to come a point where all these rules they are putting in place to keep players from getting injured are going to blow up in their face and fans as a whole will begin to demand that more hitting gets put back into the game again. I really do think one of the main reasons why the tv r...

sluggermatt15 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 16, 2024 12:36 pm First ballot or not I could care less. Kelce will be in Canton.

Aaron Donald retiring could hurt his first-ballot chances -- but also, with Donald's 8 AP and Kelce close, you can look at it that way -- -the comparison could help ...

will be interesting to see for the Class of 2029

Looking forward to seeing who those 1920s MVPs are. It makes for fun reading. Also the many chapters has evaluations plus a mini-bio. There ate lots of great authors on that era, Mickey Herskowitz, Richard Whittingham, John Maxymuk, Jim Campbell, Bob Gill, Ken Crippen, T.J. Troup, Dan Daley and man...

what Chris Willis has posted Speaking of Chirs Willis his new book is released tomorrow ... an can be ordered now -- "The NFL's 60-Minute Men: All-Time Greats of the Two-Way Player Era, 1920-1945," I like it a lot ... covera the top players of that era and he gives his rankings and opinio...