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I will always believe that had Bert Jones never had his injury problems in 78-79, the Colts would have stayed in Baltimore. That jibes with everything except...you know...understanding exactly why they moved. It wasn't because they were terrible, or couldn't sign John Elway, or did sign Art Schlich...

Jay Z wrote: ↑Tue Aug 26, 2025 4:23 pm Once the 40 man rosters came about, most teams had at least one specialist.

And yet...there were still people who did double-duty.

Gary Najman wrote: ↑Mon Aug 25, 2025 4:02 pm
What about Danny White from 1980 through 1984?

Yeah, you're right.

Sonny9 wrote: ↑Tue Aug 12, 2025 11:43 am Dan Pastorini starting QB and punted through 1976

In the days of much shorter rosters, starting QBs punted A LOT, but Pastorini was perhaps the last one. Working on a PFRA piece about this very subject right now.

The only reason for the Playoff Bowl was to raise money for the players' pension fund. I wonder how widely known that was among the players at the time. (I have no idea, just curious). I find it impossible to believe that a game the NFLPA wanted, which - along with the Pro Bowl - literally benefitt...

mikecobern wrote: ↑Wed Feb 14, 2024 10:37 am By the way guys, thanks so much for this post.

Mike

I have tried sending you a PM twice on this, Mike, but it's not happening, apparently. Can you get in touch trying from your end? Thank you!

Your rights go to that team immediately until and unless you are released, so that's another way to look at it.

You're not anything else once you're drafted. You're that team's property - from an NFL personnel/rights perspective - whether you sign or not.

Because I could not find them easily using Stathead, I have compiled what I believe is the full list of NFL players who have recorded a defensive two-point conversion since the rule was enacted in 2015. Please check to see if I am missing any. 12/6/2015 - New Orleans' Stephone Anthony vs. Carolina o...

One interesting fact I did learn researching this post. Did you know that on a points-per-game basis, the 1948 season is the highest scoring all-time year in the NFL? It's not. There were 60 NFL games in 1948 and teams scored 2,789 points. That's 46.48 points per game. In 2020, in 256 games, NFL te...

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. A quick check of papers on the morning of the game consistently show Dallas as...