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Out of curiosity, any picks that surprised you?

Sonny9 wrote: ↑Sat Apr 25, 2026 12:07 pm 2000 Sea Bass was also drafted ahead of a QB. By 1 pick

That’s true. Granted Pennington was a first round pick, whereas the top 1988 quarterback was in the third round.

As somebody that didn't live through that 1990 season for being too young it has always been mind blowing to me to hear about them winning Super Bowl XXV being this huge upset. That doesn't make any sense to me considering who all was on that team, the fact that they had just won a Super Bowl 4 yea...

There was one other year, 1974, when no QBs were picked in the first two rounds. Danny White was the first, to the Cowboys in Round 3. Results wise 1988 wasn't the worst performing year, with Chandler and Stan Humphries having careers. 1976 was bad (1st rounder Richard Todd and table scraps). I thi...

It’s time for the draft. One draft class I have found myself thinking about a bit lately is 1988. That one isn’t mentioned as one of the best, nor the worst. But there is a record about it that will assuredly never be broken: How many picks until the first quarterback was taken off the board. A few ...

The 1979 Rams were better than their 1973-78 predecessors. They had a more quality offensive line, they were deeper at WR, and Ferragamo provided some stable QB play for them in 1979 and 1980 before leaving for the CFL in 1981. This team gets crapped on because of their 9-7 record, but they did hav...

I have two questions about the 1979 Rams: 1. What do you think their record could have been had they had no major injuries? I wouldn’t be surprised if they won at least two more games with the players they had, but that’s just me. 2. What do you think of the NFC in 1979? I’ve seen a lot of posts whe...

If we are talking about conferences, I would say either the 1979 NFC, 2004 NFC or 1989 AFC is the worst.

Every now and then someone does a post or video attempting to rank players taken first overall in the NFL draft. A year or two back I did a post where I ranked the players taken second overall in the draft out of curiosity. Now to do so for those taken third overall in the draft. We are a couple spo...

The 79 Rams were only 9-7. The talent didn't match the results. In 1984 Miami went 14-2 in the regular season. So only 2 teams figured it out. Clayton and Duper didn't matter? In 1984 Bennet, Nathan , and Carter averaged between 4.2 and 5.0 per carry. Pete Johnson 9 TDs on 68 carries. The run game ...