1982 NFL season - expectations as well as retrospect
Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2018 3:05 am
As much as I consider the ’78-thru-’81 seasons as the ‘Mt Rushmore’ of the 16-game era, I feel that had the very following season been a full one, it just may have ended up being tops with me. I biasedly feel this way partly due to AFC Central matching up with NFC East that very year; and Steelers Dynasty still quite fresh enough in spite of 9-7 followed by 8-8. I always loved AFC Central vs NFC East. Worth the, at the time, three-year wait.
Of course you had your first MNF game, and I just saw in Pro Football Reference that Dallas was actually favorite by 5.5. I’m pretty sure I remember seeing in the paper leading up to the game that Steelers were favorite. I was surprised at first but then figured - with the help of my Dad - that it was due to recent, still-fresh-enough history between the two. Perhaps it’s the opening line that’s listed; or maybe Steelers were favored at first and then it ended that way. Perhaps some of you remember it better.
I’m going to guess that Dallas was favored to win-it-all with SF likely being predicted as having a let-down. I watched at least most of that Redskins/Eagles opener at the time and think I remember one of its two announcers predicting a Wash/Den SB. It may have been another game or a seperate pregame show altogether.
I know it was generally expected going into the season that the strike would take place shortly after the season began. I don’t remember what I thought at the time, either optimistic it wouldn’t happen at all or if it actually would happen.
Mark Moseley being MVP? Here’s an article I came across about it...
http://grantland.com/the-triangle/mark- ... -in-weird/
Was it a product of a shortened season? Or should it have still been either Marcus, Fouts, Wes, etc?
Of course you had your first MNF game, and I just saw in Pro Football Reference that Dallas was actually favorite by 5.5. I’m pretty sure I remember seeing in the paper leading up to the game that Steelers were favorite. I was surprised at first but then figured - with the help of my Dad - that it was due to recent, still-fresh-enough history between the two. Perhaps it’s the opening line that’s listed; or maybe Steelers were favored at first and then it ended that way. Perhaps some of you remember it better.
I’m going to guess that Dallas was favored to win-it-all with SF likely being predicted as having a let-down. I watched at least most of that Redskins/Eagles opener at the time and think I remember one of its two announcers predicting a Wash/Den SB. It may have been another game or a seperate pregame show altogether.
I know it was generally expected going into the season that the strike would take place shortly after the season began. I don’t remember what I thought at the time, either optimistic it wouldn’t happen at all or if it actually would happen.
Mark Moseley being MVP? Here’s an article I came across about it...
http://grantland.com/the-triangle/mark- ... -in-weird/
Was it a product of a shortened season? Or should it have still been either Marcus, Fouts, Wes, etc?