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- Fri May 31, 2024 11:21 am
- Forum: Football Talk
- Topic: Super Bowl champions by the percent of the time they passed the football
- Replies: 5
- Views: 192
Re: Super Bowl champions by the percent of the time they passed the football
*The 70 Colts were the highest % of the old school teams. Not sure if that was by design or if the run game was just so anemic. Bulaich did fairly well in the postseason running the ball. A very weird team in that Earl Morrall was like a relief pitcher as a QB. The Colts receiving corps was just OK...
- Mon May 27, 2024 10:16 am
- Forum: Football Talk
- Topic: Weakest above-500 team to NOT make the playoffs?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 585
Re: Weakest above-500 team to NOT make the playoffs?
I'm surprised the '78 Packers haven't been mentioned yet. #24 offense, #19 defense, minus-20 PD and giving up more than 850 total yards than they gained (however, with much more plays on the defense side of the ball, both offense and defense averaged the same amount of Y/P, each at 4.4). Seattle, w...
- Sun May 12, 2024 2:01 pm
- Forum: Football Talk
- Topic: Worst draft classes for a team
- Replies: 11
- Views: 959
Re: Worst draft classes for a team
1967 Falcons, coming off an expansion year, had NO ONE from their draft make the team. Shortly before the draft the Falcons traded their #1 pick (number 3 overall) to the 49ers for three players. The best of these players was WR Bernie Casey. I am guessing that Casey made it clear he wouldn't report...
- Fri May 10, 2024 11:52 am
- Forum: Football Talk
- Topic: Hypothetical post merger Playoff Bowls
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1372
Re: Hypothetical post merger Playoff Bowls
After losing tough championship games, the players wouldn't have cared about another game. I think that's what killed the Playoff Bowl, in fact. For the first several years, the teams involved were just the ones that finished second, and the postseason appearance served as a lower-class award for a...
- Thu May 09, 2024 11:58 am
- Forum: Football Talk
- Topic: Hypothetical post merger Playoff Bowls
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1372
Re: Hypothetical post merger Playoff Bowls
Remember in the early history of the league teams still played non-league games. At the time the point was to just make money for that day on the live gate. Who knew if your players would stick around, the team would stick around, the league would stick around. By the 1960s the Playoff Bowl, Pro Bow...
- Fri Apr 19, 2024 3:08 pm
- Forum: Football Talk
- Topic: 1974 Dallas Cowboys
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1992
Re: 1974 Dallas Cowboys
It was mostly little things. They had a big edge in yardage gained. #1 offense in yardage. But. They changed out both their kicking and punting specialists during the year. Not great. Staubach got sacked a lot, too many INT and not enough TD passes. Despite Pearson having a great year, as others poi...
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 5:15 pm
- Forum: Football Talk
- Topic: Top, and Worst, Ten teams of the 14-game era, '61-thru-'77?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 6317
Re: Top, and Worst, Ten teams of the 14-game era, '61-thru-'77?
1973 Rams were not that good IMO for being 12-2. Only played 2 playoff teams. Lost to Vikings and beat Cowboys. Split with the 9-5 Falcons. Avoided all of the good AFC teams. Except for McCutcheon, every starter started all 14 games. So no adversity there. Didn't pass all that much. Apparently Hadl ...
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 5:08 pm
- Forum: Football Talk
- Topic: 1974 Dallas Cowboys
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1992
Re: 1974 Dallas Cowboys
The only year in the 70s DAL missed the playoffs and the only time from 1966-1983 Their two most well known games in 74: one they won (Clint Longley on Thanksgiving), one they lost (First time ever they played Oakland, only time we saw Landry vs Madden) Made SB 10 a year later But in 1974…… what we...
- Thu Apr 11, 2024 10:55 am
- Forum: Football Obituaries
- Topic: 2024 Obituaries
- Replies: 74
- Views: 89092
- Sat Mar 30, 2024 2:08 am
- Forum: HOF and HOVG Talk
- Topic: Larry Brooks
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1383
Re: Larry Brooks
No, he came seven votes short.