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True, and you gave great examples, though none of those teams became champions. Contenders yes, and like I said early in the thread, that guy was jealous about the Dolphins turning it around so quickly. Even at that time, hardly any teams did it. The Rams you mentioned, had a winning season in Alle...

Yes and no. There certainly were dynasties back then and rosters were smaller. That said, he was talking contenders in two years. A good QB and new coaching can and did make the difference. Only a few years later, the Colts went from 2-12 to winner of the AFC East. The following year, the Pats went ...

On You Tube, I found a recording of what was called The Sports Huddle out of WEEI in Boston from 12/26/1971 (the day after the Mia-KC playoff classic). Eddie Andelman said that the NFL at that time was so weak and deluded that the Pats could be SB contenders in two years (listen starting at the 27:...

I would have thought there might be someone here from the Green Bay area. It was worth a shot.

I am moving and have some items that may be of interest if anyone is in the Green Bay area Official NFL Record Book 1970 edition NFL 1971 Official Record Manual 1972 The Sporting News NFL Guide Illustrated Digest of Pro Football 1972 edition 1974 Official NFL Guide 1978 NFL Record Manual 1980 Pocket...

1973 was a good call but I still believe if Calvin Hill wouldnt have gotten hurt in the playoff game against the Rams, Dallas would have beaten the Vikings and faced Miami again in a grudge match. Weirdly, I think I would have rather seen the Vikings lose a tough game to Dallas, than get blown out ...

I am moving and have a few old Street & Smith annual FB guides. Has anyone digitized them and posted them online? Don't have much room to move some of these items. I also have a few old media guides and books I was hoping to unload.

I also brought up Gowdy's "real SB" take beginning of the AFCCG. Miami and Minnesota should have been seen by most as the top-two teams in the league going into that very game. Vikes 12-2, just beat Cowboys in Big D, 27-10, they did beat Oakland in the opener... PS - Yeah, perhaps on that ...

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Pretty exciting development on pro-football-reference.com, they now have posted individual sack totals dating back to 1960. Bob Lilly, Deacon Jones, Joe Greene, and so on, sacks are now included in their stats. Awesome. I am so glad to see that those old players will finally get the credit for thei...