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Like Jay Z said ... the Patriots would have been running, and like the Snake, Grogan wouldnt have thrown much. I think the Pats with Francis, Gray and Hannah clearing the way, would have had over 200 yrds rushing themselves. The Vikes would have needed redzone turnovers to keep it closer. Haynes on...

The 1976 Patriots were more one dimensional than I'd like. Grogan would have been a below average QB for a SB winner, too many INTs for how much he was asked to throw and to who. He helped the running game. So if he has to throw at all the Vikings might get a pick or two. Based on every other SB the...

The 2001 Vikings media guide is on archive.org. (I have a paper copy, it may be in others of that era. This info is no longer in the Vikings media guide at present.) Year by year recaps were done that listed statistics. The tackles and sack leaders were listed. It was usually about 5 players per yea...

Also psychologically I think the team was due for a letdown. Generally teams can get "up" for defending a championship. They know how to win and want to stay on top so the effort continues. When they do have that loss, when the Steelers lost the AFC Championship game, then unity tends to c...

Hester was a narrative choice and I'm aware that is a big driver at this point. See Floyd Little. Hester was probably the best returner of all time. I don't think he would have been the best returner of all time if more talented players had made returning their primary focus. Those other players, Le...

There was one other year, 1974, when no QBs were picked in the first two rounds. Danny White was the first, to the Cowboys in Round 3. Results wise 1988 wasn't the worst performing year, with Chandler and Stan Humphries having careers. 1976 was bad (1st rounder Richard Todd and table scraps). I thin...

1970 AFC was a weak group. Bengals start off 1-6 and somehow make it in. Dolphins also have big winning streak to get in, 10-4, but not a complete team yet and I don't think Shula could overcome weaknesses in the playoffs. The Colts were 11-2-1 but with a weak schedule and some obvious holes. Raider...

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.

1. 1996 49ers had a legit running game? :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: . 2. When they played the Broncos, Denver wasn't trying to win. I don't think that TD played the second half (Elway didn't play at all). 3. When they played @Kansas City (with an older Marcus Allen and no other feature back), they gave...