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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...

The compensation for Parks was the #1 1969 draft choice AND Kevin Hardy, who had been the Saints' #1 DC in 1968. I think this was one of the Rozelle Rule compensations where Rozelle actually determined the compensation if the teams couldn't agree. Hardy was an injured bust so it wound up not matteri...

Lem Barney comes to mind. He was the Lions' regular punter in 1969 while also making 1st Team All-Pro at CB. Also returned a punt for a TD that year. Somewhere on this site (too lazy to find it) somebody started a similar thread. I brought up Jim O'Brien of the Cols and Lions of the early '70s, and...

Possibly something involving the Texans or Jaguars? Not to pick on those two, but they are the youngest teams. https://profootballresearchers.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7435 As I pointed out in the linked thread, for two teams that played in a historic Super Bowl, and later wound up in the same divi...