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Interesting proposal. They must be very optimistic about their offense this year.

For anyone who is interested here is the link to the Penn Libraries list of historical newspapers online. They changed the format, it's not as well organized as before but everything appears to be there. http://viewshare.org/views/refhelp/historical-newspapers-online-usa-2/ The old forum had a Resea...

I think this goes back to your point that a running game can still be effective even if the average gain is substandard for the league. I think there is some truth to that, but when you then say "consistently moving the first down chains on the ground," you are exaggerating how effective ...

Finally, the Pack's three-peat was on the arm and brains of Starr (offensively). He was the most accurate passer in the league and the smartest playcaller. I consider him very underrated. Agreed. But ask quarterbacks the ideal situation in which to be successful most would mention playing with a le...

I often say Luckman and Starr are the most underappreciated of the top quarterbacks. People who evaluate Starr’s place in history generally fall into two camps: those who think he’s underappreciated, slighted by historians and media, and those who view him as a game manager or caretaker of Lombardi...

Goode was one of the pioneers of NFL statistical analysis, along with other guys like Jim Barnes. Don't know that he was ever employed by SI, but he was all over the newspapers in the late 1970s. I think some teams might have employed him as a consultant. He looked at a number of stats, but was know...

Postponed games in the early days were not that uncommon. Don't have the detail in front of me, but I think a Lions-Dodgers game in 1934 was postponed a day due to weather. I think two games on the same day in 1935 involving Eagles-Redskins and Dodgers-Cardinals were postponed due to heavy rain. I t...

Looking forward to reading this although, as an autobiography, critiquing one's own performance can be tricky waters to navigate. My favorite book about Parcells (there are several out there) is the one by Bill Gutman. The chapter on Parcells in Brad Adler's "Coaching Matters" is also very...

I could not be more impressed with the new website. Looks fantastic. A big step up.

Nice job, fellas.