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In the actual Super Bowl between the two teams, XI, the Vikings made an effort to feature Chuck Foreman, both in the running and passing game, and try to take advantage of Sammy White vs. Skip Thomas. Foreman didn't run the ball well, did better in receiving passes. White didn't get much going again...

As far as AP goes, Elway was never AP. Ditto Rothlisberger, Rivers, Staubach. Brady, Rodgers, Brees, Rothlisberger are all basically locks. I wouldn't call Wilson a lock, but he's at the 80% level or so which means he's going in. He's a better candidate than Rivers, Ryan, Eli, Stafford. The only rea...

10.61, Jets vs Colts, 9/24/1972. Namath threw 6 TDs. A lot of people remember this game.

Next highest is 2017 Chiefs in a 38-31 loss to the Jets.

8.81 by the Lions is in 72nd place.

A forgotten one would be the Vikings getting revenge on the Chiefs in 1970. Forgotten because the Chiefs wound up not making the playoffs at all, while the Vikings lost in the first round.

Once the 40 man rosters came about, most teams had at least one specialist. The last team I can think of without any specialists was the 1968 Packers, who started the year with Jerry Kramer doing the kicking and Donny Anderson doing the punting. Though they had added a kicker by the end of the year...

Not often you would put a rookie here, but Tony Dorsett in 1977 qualifies. A team that was a contender already pulls in a HOF talent in the draft. Stupid trade by the Seahawks. Odell Beckham for the Rams. In today's NFL you're not going to be the 1970s Steelers where you have way more depth than any...

In the days of much shorter rosters, starting QBs punted A LOT, but Pastorini was perhaps the last one. Working on a PFRA piece about this very subject right now. Once the 40 man rosters came about, most teams had at least one specialist. The last team I can think of without any specialists was the...

Dan Pastorini starting QB and punted through 1976 In the days of much shorter rosters, starting QBs punted A LOT, but Pastorini was perhaps the last one. Working on a PFRA piece about this very subject right now. Once the 40 man rosters came about, most teams had at least one specialist. The last t...

Ken Riley made the HOF without a single Pro Bowl. And is STILL apparently considered underrated somehow. As of 2025 I do not think Ken Riley is underrated. Perhaps even overrated when you consider Lemar Parrish. But campaigns work, and Riley got a campaign behind him and got into the HOF as a result...

There were apparently factions in the Saints front office that clashed with each other and with Fears. I learned some of this when I was researching Dave Rowe for the upcoming Raiders book. Rowe was on the first four Saints teams, 1967-70. I think for that first draft, 1967, Fears and whomever was a...