GameBeforeTheMoney wrote:Blanda was also close. 56 Bears, 60, 61 Oilers. SB 2 Raiders and up until 1975.
I remember feeling bad for Blanda after getting released by the Raiders in 1976. It's hard to imagine him kicking as poorly as Fred Steinfort and Errol Mann who were a combined 8/19 on field goals and 42/46 on extra points that season. I suspect Blanda's fate was sealed after missing two extra points and a 27 yard field goal attempt in a 27-26 loss to the Oilers late in 1975.
https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=W ... %2C4616083
George gave some comments about his release in this brief 1976 interview (at the 13:54 mark):
https://youtu.be/9Ig3SwXDUk0