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I went to the Shriners' East West Game following the 2002 season and was surprised to see all of the defenses lined up with every player inside the hash marks... except for against one QB: Ken Dorsey (he was the only quarterback who could throw all the way to the sidelines). After his play in that ...

Ryan Leaf Heath Shuler Greg Cook JaMarcus Russell Matt Leinert Tim Couch Johnny Manziel OUCH! ... Though Cook had a terrible injury I never understood what was so bad about Tim Couch that he didn't at least stick around for a long time as a backup. Was this really an era where a reliable 75 PR was ...

I’m going to rule out last-place finishes… which means only one from the Packers since I started following football in 1995. I’m also going to rule out losing seasons in general … those are also few, and the easiest ones to pick. I’d then say the 2000 Packers. While they finished with a winning rec...

The 1997-1999 Chicago Bears. I have an encyclopedic knowledge of Bears teams before that and after that...those three seasons swirl around in my head like a primordial soup of "suck." I can remember things FROM those seasons but very little about what year they actually occurred in or seq...

I wanted, at the time, to see Wannstedt's Bears do well. I liked their '94 playoff run with '95 being better, statistically at least, but no dice. Sort-of like the 1990 non -playoff 9-7 Steelers compared to the '89 playoff 9-7 Steelers. My only late-'90s Bears memory was the second game of the '98 ...

I wanted, at the time, to see Wannstedt's Bears do well. I liked their '94 playoff run with '95 being better, statistically at least, but no dice. Sort-of like the 1990 non -playoff 9-7 Steelers compared to the '89 playoff 9-7 Steelers. My only late-'90s Bears memory was the second game of the '98 ...

Good points ... but lets say half of his forced fumbles were recovered by the defense, thats still 60 forced turnovers. Riley and Lebeau werent near 9 TDs on defense as well. His tackle numbers were better than I thought, and unlike Riley and LeBeau, who played when defenses had more leverage, Till...

Tillman is extremely underrated, thats for sure. He tackled --unlike some HOF corners--forced turnovers and scored 9 defensive TDs. He played on very strong, opportunistic defenses that might have won a championship with the right QB. His accolades were low though, similar to another underrated pla...

I've bolded some guys who I think are either worthy or will probably make it (E. Manning), but as I got more into the list the harder it got. The OL and DB categories are really difficult. I think the watering down of the HOF makes each subsequent year that much harder, as you can't really distingu...

The 1997-1999 Chicago Bears. I have an encyclopedic knowledge of Bears teams before that and after that...those three seasons swirl around in my head like a primordial soup of "suck." I can remember things FROM those seasons but very little about what year they actually occurred in or sequ...