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Thanks Mark. I never saw that interview. Nothing to back this up other than watching games, but I always felt like Shula had a "loyalty" thing. When to pull the QB is more of a judgment call, but for lineup decisions, it felt like he went with the player with seniority at times. I always w...

Great discussion! @Throwin_Samoan, thanks for the video. I know Rev. Moran and the other guest is the one who does the uniform database, but I had never seen it. Very informative - I enjoyed the part on the A formation, etc. I nominated Danowski for HOVG yesterday, but someone beat me to it! I wound...

The 1981-85 Dolphins were one of the biggest overachievers in NFL history. By 1986, reality caught up to them. Between QB and RB, Miami had IMHO the worst offensive backfield to ever make a SB. I've gone back and watched a lot of the games. The '80s had a different feel to it: lot of mediocre QB pl...

Here is link to the page that generated my ss: https://www.pro-football-reference.com/leaders/pass_rating_index_single_season.htm It's annoying because when you hover over "Rate+" with your cursor, it mentions "See glossary for details", but when you go to the glossary, there isn...

Short career, but not atypical for the era: https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/D/DanoEd20.htm 3 seasons with post-season honors, but these were really good seasons. Also, 2-1 as starting TB/QB in NFL Championship games. What brought him to my attention, aside from being one of the 45 pla...

I get attacked on Facebook football groups for this opinion but I'm not a fan of the double standard and bias towards Cleveland Browns players who's career's overlapped in the AAFC and only had 3-5 good years in the NFL getting in the Hall Of Fame compared to all the AFL legends who get snubbed bec...

I think you're (@74_75_78_79_) selling Miami a little short here. They benefited from discipline (Shula teams always did), but that roster had more going for it than just “lack of penalties.” Arnsparger’s defensive mind, the Killer B’s, and on the other side when Woodley struggled, they had Strock t...

Sounds like this thread is focused on players who didn't play enough seasons in the given decade, but there are some baffling choices for other reasons. Bob Carroll pointed out in a CC article, that the 1920s team was back filled with HOFers. They were short at a couple positions and actually made a...

It was you. That book was on my want list years for years. Thanks for sending me a copy. What's interesting is Carl M. Becker cites you but I don't recall him mentioning the 1,000 yard season. That came as a big surprise to me. Becker's book is still available on Amazon. Let's see if anyone wants to...

Next year for Parratt.

Really glad you all post the vote totals now. Was this class a little larger than usual? It's not always 10 in and 10 out is it?