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Brant's drafts definitely went south after the draft was moved to April in 1976. Here are the second rounders: 1976: RB Jim Jensen (solid player) and OG Jim Eidson 1977: Quarterback Glenn Carano 1978: FB Todd Christensen - Hall of the Very Good 1979: DB Aaron Mitchell 1980: No pick - trade for John ...

I kind of feel re the 1980's Denver Broncos that Dan Reeves went 85-50-1 during the 1980's in his first head coaching job and should be in the Hall of Fame, but as Bill Parcells said in his book with Jerry Izenberg "The Broncos (of that era) just cannot handle power". But as you say 13-3 i...

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I don't think this is just what you seek, but this link has Infante's 1989 playbook.

Yep, I was thinking underrated as an all-time team. Thank you everyone for the great insights.

I noticed Seahawks Fever nominated Dave Brown to the Hall of the Very Good and thought are the 1975 Steelers underrated? When you're placing players like Preston Pearson on waivers in September of 1975 and making a player like Dave Brown available in the 1976 expansion draft it seems they were so ta...

2024 nominees:

Matt Hazeltine

Ernie McMillian

Jethro Pugh

Buford "Baby" Ray

Wayne Walker

Crazy about Lem Barney handling the punting. Thanks for this information.
Nick

I nominated former Detroit Lions linebacker to the Hall of Very Good this year. He also handled placekicking duties for the Lions, but only made around 40% of his career field goal attempts (53/131). I know roster spots are valuable, but why did the Lions continue to have WW kick field goals? Why no...

I think former University of Georgia coach Vince Dooley mentioned Jake Scott was the best athlete he ever coached, and Dooley coached a lot of top players at Georgia.

David Pivec, 80 of Baltimore, Maryland on 11 May 2024. Attended Notre Dame and a good player with a few professional teams in the 1960's.

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