1971 FB preview

[Apbaball]

http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1971 ... r-team-but

Hope this link works. This was a special section to the Tribune in 1971

[7DnBrnc53]

Pretty interesting. Only one person picked Washington to even make the playoffs, and there was a guy that picked Houston to go to the Super Bowl.

[Apbaball]

A couple of writers picked the Jets to win their division even though Namath was lost for a couple of months. Yes, the defense was good in 1970 but they had lost Biggs on defense and Sauer and Snell on offense.