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Ernest William Accorsi, Jr. a football man through and through, a football historian who worked for Pete Rozelle at league headquarters and ran three franchises - Baltimore Colts, Cleveland Browns, New York Giants and a contributor to the PFRA podcast, at 84. Rest In Peace [urlhttps://www.nytimes.co...

I will go with the 1968 and 1969 squads that beat Dallas 2x in the playoffs. I think the Browns’ first losing season was 1973.

Hello: I see the 1967 Oakland Raiders recorded 67 sacks for 655 yards. It still may be a record number of sacks in a fourteen-game season.

Does anyone know where the 655 yards in sack yardage stands entering 2026? Is it close to being the record?

Thank you.
Nick

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Sherman Lewis, a top coordinator on several teams.

I think I owe an apology. Bob Tucker is on Joe Cronin's 1980 list, I just did not include him - my mistake.

Nick

I came across this list published in July 1980 by a Sacramento-based researcher named Joe Cronin and thought it was interesting. I added the numbers in parentheses (number of games played in the NFL). OT - Roger Finnie (Bridgeport Jets) (121) OT – Wade Key (Pottstown Firebirds) (121) OG – Woody Peop...

I am trying to think of players who successfully moved to the three interior offensive line positions (center or guard) from a position other than the defensive or offensive lines (maybe since World War II). The only two I can come up with are (linebacker to center) E. J. Holub on the Kansas City Ch...

Josh Mauro, a defensive end from Stanford University who played with several teams, at 35.

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I think I made a mistake not nominating Raymond Chester to the Hall of Very Good earlier this month but it raised a question - who is the best pro player from Maryland (grew up in the state)? These are a few that came to mind - Raymond Chester Kevin Glover Calvin Hill Sean Landeta Irv Pankey Tom Sco...

I read something yesterday that implied with Harry Wismer being out of money in 1962 the Titan's coaches were not getting paid and did not actively coach in the September 22nd 17-6 Titan victory in Buffalo. It implied players Larry Grantham handled the defense and Bob Mischak handled the offense. Ha...