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Another factor that adds to the retrospective glow of MNF is that in 1990, the NFL mandated that each team must appear on at least one prime-time game per year. Especially during the TNT years, that meant some real dud matchups got thrown into the Thursday night and Sunday night slots.

Matt Suhey, who played running back for the Bears, died Sept. 6 at age 68.

https://wgntv.com/sports/matt-suhey-dies-at-68/

Bob Lee, who played quarterback for the Vikings, Falcons, and Rams, died Aug. 16 at age 81.

https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/forme ... ccounter=1

Related to the first post, I recall a year (1975, I think) when the Giants played their first few games with blank helmets because they hadn't put their new logo on them yet. How do you not have that figured out by the time the season starts?

The Vikings' failure to win a Super Bowl almost defies human understanding. They've made the post-season 32 times since 1968. In that time span, only two teams (Dallas and Pittsburgh) have made the playoffs more times, and they’ve got 11 Lombardis between them. The two teams just below Minnesota (Sa...

Ten Minute Ticker wrote: ↑Tue Aug 04, 2026 11:51 am Some of the logic in this thread is illogical.

Our resident edgelords don't let a little thing like logic get in the way of their oh-so-provocative pronouncements.

LaFleur is absolutely living on borrowed time. He’s gone from losing in the conference round twice in a row to losing in the division round twice in a row to losing in the wildcard round twice in a row. An in-season firing would be extraordinary, but anything short of a deep playoff run this year sh...

Dick Himes, former offensive tackle for the Packers, died July 5 at age 80.

https://www.packers.com/news/dick-himes ... at-80-2026

Jim Lindsey, former running back for the Vikings, died on July 19 at the age of 81.

Newton didn't throw the game, he got the hell beat out of him. And his demeanor after the game reflected a player who...had just gotten the hell beat out of him.