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RRMarshall wrote:
Any chance this game breaks the all-time MNF record for points set by the 1983 Wash-GB game??
Looks like you nailed this one. The 105 points by both teams is now the third most of any game of all time behind the 113 between Giants and Redskins 1966 and the 106 between Browns and Bengals 2004. The 51 points scored by the Chiefs assures a record of the most points scored by a losing team ever, breaking the record of 49 by two teams, both in 52-49 games.
"Every time you lose, you die a little bit. You die inside. Not all your organs, maybe just your liver." - George Allen
As they say even a broken clock is right twice per day! I could not help but think after this one was over was despite all the offense and 3 defensive TDs this game still did not threaten the highest scoring game off all-time, the 1966 Giants at Redskins 72-41. Here we had a game currently involving the two highest scoring offensives in the NFL and the other game involving 2 middle-of-the road if not poor NFL squads combining for 113 points now over 50 years ago. If you want to treat yourself get the NFL GOW DVD of this game. Maybe this record will eventually fall with the emphasis on offense the way it is. Would make for a fascinating statistical study on the likelihood of its being broken if the scoring trends continue upwards like this?
The Giants were brutal that year, finishing 1-12-1 and giving up 501 points. The week after that Redskins game, they had a 40-28 lead in Cleveland over the heavily-favored Browns. They ended up losing 49-40.
Thanks. I'll check out the article. Yeah, RBs who catch a lot of passes are very valuable. James White might be more valuable than Julian Edelman. There are always exceptions.
And star running backs are and would have taken a different path for the money.
"Five seconds to go... A field goal could win it. Up in the air! Going deep! Tipped! Caught! Touchdown! The Vikings! They win it! Time has run out!" - Vikings 28, Browns 23, December 14, 1980, Metropolitan Stadium
Jay Z wrote:There were some lower scoring games. Two I watched were Steelers-Jaguars and Cowboys-Falcons. Those were FG fests.
Other than last night, only 4 other teams scored over 30. Buccaneers and Giants both did in their game. Colts scored 38 against Titans, Saints 48 against Eagles. Eagles were the only one under 10.
I think it's gotten a lot harder to hold any team to single digits. Usually that was only the poorer teams anyway, of course, but even in these more defensive oriented games the kickers either make all of the FG or there is some late flurry of TDs, and the score winds up 22-21 anyway. Some of that is due to better field conditions, better kickers, better performance at "skill positions."
And of course, a cavalcade of ticky tack penalties to keep drives alive where they would have otherwise ended in punts. It's not uncommon to see teams gifted with 30 free yards on drives
