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There's some interesting stuff regarding punting in this thread from not too long ago: https://www.profootballresearchers.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7756 This little bit (from yours truly) helps to emphasize how much the strategy of punting has changed over the last 100+ years: From Chris Willis' boo...

Sonny9 wrote: ↑Sat Oct 18, 2025 8:49 pm Agree with the sentiment but their skin color wasn't red. Red referred to their war paint

Not to be argumentative but how do you know that?
Is there evidence contemporary to the naming that would show that to be the case?

The whole Redskins name change deal. Yeah it was a pretty bad word at one time under a certain context. Things change over time. The word gay does not mean the same thing that it did back then either, you don't see people running around talking about man I feel so gay right now like they did in the...

It'd be interesting to know how many times each individual was in the top 5 and who was in it the most. Aaron Donald came to mind... he was Defensive Rookie of the Year in 2014, DPOY 3 times and in the top five for DPOY 4 other times. In his last season he was 9th in DPOY (All per PFR). So he was in...

sluggermatt15 wrote: ↑Wed Oct 08, 2025 6:41 pm No worries, Jay. I am ready for the influx of votes.

Well, that makes one of us...

Well Matt... it looks like we're going to get 100+ votes in the last week before the deadline. Followed shortly by requests to know who is being "enshrined." ;) Please consider having mercy on Matt and those of us on you HoVG Committee who help with the tabulation. If you know who you're g...

....I know it sounds crazy, with all the talent the 1957 Lions had, but they were lucky to win their championship. It could have easily been the Colts year, but they lost winnable games against Detroit and SF and the Niners had one of their worst halves of football in the playoff game against the L...

Valid point.
Still hurt though... still hurts, too.

....that NFCCG-win at San Fran has to be their most impressive of the lot! Such a strong, balanced Forty Niners squad in Jim Harbaugh's first year with them, just as much a "should of" won the SB team as the following year ('11 vs '12 Forty Niners a good idea for a thread)! It's not often...

Just because a player's career doesn't have many if any highlights that are replayed doesn't mean they didn't carve out an excellent career for themself. Gore isn't a shoe-in for me, but he had a great career, and even if not the most efficiently, he rushed for more total yardage than most players ...