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NWebster wrote: ↑Wed Oct 15, 2025 9:23 pm Lewis had 9 in the regular season. 1 PAT and 3 FG in 1982 and 2 PAT and 3 FG in 1983.

Good stuff.

Can't trust what you read.

TodMaher wrote: ↑Wed Oct 15, 2025 1:21 pm
Deflected kicks do NOT count as blocked kicks. If the ball goes beyond the line of scrimmage it does not count as a blocked kick.

Don't tell me, tell the Packers.

Lewis apparently blocked 12 kicks (9 FGs, 3 PATs) in the first 12 games the Packers used him on the special teams, including three field goals and a PAT in the playoffs against the Cardinals and at least two PATs (against Buffalo and Chicago) that he blocked over the crossbar for successful scores. ...

If you have expertise on that era of the Philadelphia Eagles (say from the mid-50s to mid-60s), send me a PM.

Welp, that's it for that.

sheajets wrote: ↑Thu May 22, 2025 2:05 pm Gibbs is one of the most underrated figures in NFL history,

He's literally in the Hall of Fame.

Save the rouge!! The rouge is not going anywhere (nor, though some in other online places have intimated it is, the missed field goal return). It's only being modified so you can't get a point by drilling a close field goal or punt out of the back or sides of the end zone. Toronto won a game last s...

These changes will make it more like watching the UFL, which is watched more as obligation because it's football and it's on TV, rather than enjoyment and something I look forward to. The clearest and most succinct summation of the UFL I've ever seen, thank you. IMHO, here's what makes the CFL inte...

74_75_78_79_ wrote: ↑Mon Sep 22, 2025 6:08 pm I hope it gets immediately vetoed!

It was literally unanimously passed by the governors of the teams.

Fans don't get a vote and there is no one to veto it.

No, still three downs and 12 players, but the CFL announced major phased changes today: The goal posts will move to the back of the end zone in 2027. The end zones will now be a standard 15 yards instead of 20*. No more twin 50 yard lines and a 55, as the field will be shortened to 100 yards. The ro...