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Brian wolf wrote: ↑Sat Sep 28, 2024 4:46 pm I feel complacency hurt the Cowboys more than anything in 1996. The offensive line didnt play as well and Switzer even thought Emmitt Smith had lost a step. Williams at receiver wasnt as productive as 1995 and losing Jay Novachek was huge.

Wasn’t 96 the year Irvin was suspended for a bit?

The one "good" year in Titletown nestled between, otherwise, championship-caliber campaigns. Not just the '77 Steelers and '96 Cowboys having a certain thing in common, but these guys can join the two. This thing, of course, being that they were just a plain "good" team yet stil...

By 1981 the Sack Pack ceases to exist, and the Colts field the worst defense in NFL history. Out of curiosity: 1. How was the defense outside of its defensive line? 2. How does this defense compare to the 1966 Giants and 1954 Redskins for you? Just curious because they both allowed more points per ...

Hi everyone,

Just had a question that popped into my head that I thought would be interesting to ask here.

Are there any coordinators (offensive or defensive) that have never been a head coach before that you think could make a good head coach and why?

NE Edelman 2011 playoffs vs the Ravens. Played WRer and DB what is the definition of a 2-way player? Someone who did it on a fairly often bases? Or just did it in a single game? Patrick Ricard is the most recent of the ones for whom it was a "thing" Mike Williams played 1 defensive snap a...

How many remain after the first cutoff and when is that announced?

This has been a bit discussed before. Tuna said that he assumed in the '87 off-season that his team would have motivated themselves to repeat. Obviously not the case; and '87 was messed up for the obvious reasons anyway. Safe enough, had he been fully motivated to repeat in '91, and had all his sta...

There’s a passing performance that I’ve been thinking about lately that I think is overlooked. You tell me if it is. In week 6 of the 1970 season, Fran Tarkenton (at this point playing for the Giants) had a game vs the Cardinals where he threw for a perfect passer rating of 158.3. He completed 15 of...

How about Dan Marino’s week six performance in 1987 vs Buffalo?

He had a passer rating of 129.7, threw four touchdowns and no picks, as well as 303 yards.

The passer rating was his sixth highest in any game, with the top five all being in wins.

CSKreager wrote: ↑Mon Sep 16, 2024 12:59 pm Kansas City is the least impressive 2-0 team

Granted last year we saw them have an underwhelming regular season only to turn it on in the playoffs. I don’t remember if they felt this underwhelming at the start of the season though.