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The Vikings defense does deserve credit but there is a reason it was called the black and blue division. Not much offense from any team. All of the defenses deserve credit for executing the performances they put up. Though playing weaker offenses on their schedules definitely helped. That said, you...

Citizen wrote: ↑Mon Jul 21, 2025 8:15 am If you omit the four touchdowns the 1969 Vikings gave up via turnovers or special teams returns, their points surrendered per game falls to 7.5.

If you remove non offensive touchdowns, then the 1970 Vikings, 1968 Colts and 1971 Colts are all in single digits.

IMO 97 felt like a Rubicon for football in a good way with the AFC finally winning it all. I never bought into the idea that the NFL had a golden era because the NFC never lost on Super Sunday. Quite frankly, the NFL needed a break from NFC monotony. It did. And, to tell you the truth, the NFC team...

Anything is possible. It’s not the most undoable future accomplishment. But pretty likely, I think, we’ll see stronger defenses than the ’08 Steelers if there haven’t been some already (without looking at or going by stats, I simply place ’13 Hawks & ’24 Eagles defenses above theirs for starter...

What this chart clearly shows is that the Purple People Eaters were the greatest defense in history over an extended period. I don’t know if I’d necessarily go that far (as stated in my second post here, the rules that accelerated offense weren’t implemented yet). That said, credit the Purple Peopl...

A few things I notice: In the 1930’s and 1940’s, more defenses allowed fewer points per game on average (I count 49 teams allowing 14 points per game or less in that 14 season span; 21 of which allowed 11 points per game or less). Of course in those years players played both ways as in-game substitu...

Earlier I made a post on the most recent NFL defense that allowed 14 points per game: the 2008 Steelers. Well here’s the full list of defenses that allowed 14 points per game or less since teams started to play schedules of same length more consistently in 1936 (that was the start of that, correct m...

Just did a look at Pro Football Reference and noted which teams allowed 14 points per game or less in a season. The most recent one was the 2008 Steelers, a team that had three pro bowlers, a fourth player who had double digit sacks and ultimately a team that allowed ten points or less in eight game...

How about a what-if, involving the Redskins, in the three seasons leading up to 1981? George Allen staying in DC thru the '80 campaign. Do they collapse In '78? Do they get the top-seed in '79? Do they still suffer a losing season the following year? The biggest consideration I can think of is what...

Would have been a damn good game ... CS. Had Brodie played and won that SB, might be in the HOF. I think like Dallas though, the Colts pass rush would have gotten to him. Brodie known for getting happy feet in the pocket. His intenional grounding throws made the officials tighten up on that penalty...