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Some here have put them in high-esteem. Thinking about it a bit recently, I'm not so sure. You still have to 'count' those four-consecutive defeats that dropped them to 5-6 (final three of those losses each being lopsided). Yes, they beat the Giants early on. Indeed its a quality-win, but against a ...

The 79 Rams were only 9-7. The talent didn't match the results. In 1984 Miami went 14-2 in the regular season. So only 2 teams figured it out. Clayton and Duper didn't matter? In 1984 Bennet, Nathan , and Carter averaged between 4.2 and 5.0 per carry. Pete Johnson 9 TDs on 68 carries. The run game ...

Most, I’ll assume, will take the former over the otherwise not quite as big persona who headed one of the more underrated if not most underrated defenses in history (among the very best, period). ’85 Bears will always get the ‘sexy’ Historic acclaim over those nickname-less SB-winning defenses who, ...

Joe Montana is still the greatest quarterback of all-time. In order for somebody to consider the greatest of all-time, you need to win on a consistent basis in the playoffs and not choke in the Super Bowl. Tom Brady has three Super Bowl losses on his docket and he underperformed in two of them. Pat...

It wouldn’t have been named the Don Shula Trophy back then … unless he died. The Lombardi Trophy was named posthumously. I didn't know exactly when it became named after him. Thanks for the heads-up! I now see it was right after his death, beginning of the '70 season thus well on-time for SBV. Give...

If Unitas stays healthy all year the Colts win the division Unless the Bears start Bukich the entire season. The Bears may have been the best team that year The most infamous FG in NFL history Not famous like Wide Right But infamous because it was ruled good DESPITE NOT BEING GOOD I'm not bad. Not ...

The 1963 Chargers would have given the Bears a run for their money in a hypothetical Super Bowl. Maybe or maybe not the leagues as a whole were on par talent wise by that season, but I feel the too teams were about even. This book is a great read... https://www.amazon.com/Uncrowned-Champs-Diego-Cha...

I'm sorry if this was already a topic (I'll delete this thread if so). First thing to come to most minds is Layne getting knocked out in the finale at Chicago. This of course invites two 'what-if's: do Lions win had Layne not got knocked out? And if Lions do win, do they also beat the Giants? And, o...

As far as the rotation of interdivisional games went, it was complicated by a rule that Baltimore and Washington played every year. So in 1960 and 1966, when Dallas and Atlanta had the round robin schedules, Baltimore's only interdivisional game was with Washington. So from 1961-65, there were only...

The Western Conference was better year over year than the Eastern Conference. This year, the West won 13 of the 14 interconference games by a combined score of 437 to 205. Wow! Remarkable! Dallas the only team to beat a Western team - they over San Fran at home midseason. Even Cleveland lost both t...