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This is a bit of a controversial choice, but..... 1992 Steve Young 1994 no question he earned it, but 1992..... I'd have given it to Barry Foster. Foster did more with less carrying Cowher's first PIT team given how much of an offensive burden he carried. Steve Young had a great supporting cast, fa...

The 85 Lions did what they did with shaky QB play, no Billy Sims, and minimal contributions from Doug English (who only played in ten games in his last season) and Mike Cofer (who only played in seven games). The next year, they draft QB Chuck Long (who was a bust. They should have drafted WR Mike S...

1989 Dallas Cowboys Yes, they were 1-15 but........ they had a very ROUGH schedule. PHI/NYG/WSH 2x, Saints/Rams/49ers, GB 2x, MIA/KC (and that's without having to play the Broncos or Raiders). 13 of their 16 games were against teams .500 or better Other than the 3-13 Falcons/5-11 Cardinals 2x (heck...

what if the Colts in 1983 draft Eric Dickerson and we don't have the wild Elway sweepstakes? Wouldn't have been a bad idea, but they would have had to trade RB Curtis Dickey for a QB or something. Another "what if" has to do with Accorsi not wasting time with Elway, trading down, and taki...

NFL fans still have to wonder why nobody offered enough to pry Young from SF but maybe plenty tried and either he said no, or SF management said no ... Montana himself wondered why Young didn't go and start somewhere else but I believe Steve was determined to succeed him just to justify/show up Bil...

Great scenario 7D ... With the Chiefs, they were just trying to get fans into Arrowhead in 1988 and Deberg was trying to keep his job so there were no meaningless comebacks. Yes, they lost out on Aikman but could have tried to get Young from SF or Favre later on, in the draft. They drafted a QB in ...

In the crazy replacement games strike year of 1987, the Jets and Chiefs ended up finishing last in the two five-team AFC divisions. So, as a result, they had to play against each other twice the next season. In Week 5 of the 1988 season (at Giants Stadium), the Jets were up 17-3 in the fourth quarte...

There were some interesting rumors just after the 78 season ended: *Red Miller would leave Denver to take the NE job (where he was previously a Pats assistant) *Gil Brandt would become the Giants GM and bring Reeves with him. Instead, George Young got the job and hired Reeves. If Miller goes to NE,...

Maybe Cowher made a mistake in not letting Brister get more starts as the QB in 92' and wanting him to compete for the job in 93', instead of him backing up Randall Cunningham in Philly. Could Brister had done better from 92 - 95 as starter under Cowher? I was watching an NFL Films Presents feature...

Cowher hops onboard and immediately turns things around! No, not a 9-7 miracle playoff-berth, but their first top-seed finish since 1978! But it was done by backing into that very 11-5 finish in a not-so-dominant conference. I remember, going into those playoffs, many around me saying, "Steele...