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by Citizen
Fri Mar 13, 2015 10:49 am
Forum: Football Talk
Topic: QB for QB trades
Replies: 22
Views: 37979

Re: QB for QB trades

There were other players and picks involved, but John Hadl was part of the trade that sent Lynn Dickey from Houston to Green Bay.
by Citizen
Fri Mar 13, 2015 10:48 am
Forum: Football Talk
Topic: Cousins
Replies: 7
Views: 12867

Re: Cousins

Former Packers Ben Wilson and Bert Askson are cousins. So are Willie Davis and Robin Cole.

Crossing sports, James Lofton is cousins with major leaguer Kevin Bass, and Jon Staggers was cousins with Arthur Ashe.
by Citizen
Wed Feb 25, 2015 10:58 am
Forum: Football Talk
Topic: A Signature Play in History for each team
Replies: 74
Views: 113022

Re: A Signature Play in History for each team

Starr's sneak is the obvious #1 for the Packers. 2-10? - Brett Favre hitting Kittrick Taylor to complete a comeback win over Cincinnati in 1992, jump-starting the Wolf-Holmgren era - Max McGee's one-handed TD grab to score the first-ever Super Bowl touchdown - Desmond Howard's kickoff return in SB31...
by Citizen
Fri Feb 20, 2015 10:36 am
Forum: Football Talk
Topic: Most courageous performance by a QB?
Replies: 22
Views: 38563

Re: Most courageous performance by a QB?

It might not compare with the physical beating Favre often took (let's not forget him vomiting blood at midfield before leading the Packers over the Super Bowl-bound Steelers), but in terms of a QB literally getting up off the turf again and again, it's hard to discount Dave Krieg drilling Paul Skan...
by Citizen
Wed Feb 04, 2015 11:04 am
Forum: Football Talk
Topic: Do some running backs have a nose for the endzone?
Replies: 3
Views: 8489

Re: Do some running backs have a nose for the endzone?

It's a hard quality to define, but I think some guys definitely do/did. Lombardi used to marvel at the extra gear Paul Hornung would find when he was near the goal line.
by Citizen
Wed Feb 04, 2015 9:58 am
Forum: Football Talk
Topic: Worst...call...ever
Replies: 65
Views: 104432

Re: Worst...call...ever

Yeah, an obscure, hard-working, well-coached young man makes an incredible play in the game of his life. What a travesty.

(And no, I'm not a Patriots fan.)
by Citizen
Fri Jan 23, 2015 3:19 pm
Forum: Football Talk
Topic: Balls scuffed before Super Bowl XXXVII
Replies: 20
Views: 40429

Re: Balls scuffed before Super Bowl XXXVII

I'm amazed that the officials, with all their combined experience, didn't noticed that the balls were lighter, or worse, that no one (ex. the 3 alternate officials wo are at every playoff game) resguarded and/or checked the footballs. Even so, it's far more tightly regulated than it used to be. In ...
by Citizen
Thu Jan 22, 2015 3:46 pm
Forum: Football Obituaries
Topic: 2015 Obituaries
Replies: 135
Views: 597947

Re: 2015 Obituaries

No obit up yet, but a longtime Twin Cities sportswriter just Tweeted that former Viking, Ram and Redskin Tommy Mason has died. He heard via a phone call from Paul Flatley.
by Citizen
Thu Jan 22, 2015 11:40 am
Forum: Football Talk
Topic: Can the Packers actually win on Sunday?
Replies: 30
Views: 57681

Re: Can the Packers actually win on Sunday?

A lot of folks are calling this the worst post-season loss in Packers history (which I can't argue) or possibly ever by any team (which is open to debate). But I was thinking -- If Sunday's parade of screw-ups and missed opportunities has a distant antecedent in Green Bay history, it might be the 19...
by Citizen
Tue Jan 20, 2015 12:21 pm
Forum: Football Talk
Topic: Can the Packers actually win on Sunday?
Replies: 30
Views: 57681

Re: Can the Packers actually win on Sunday?

There were a few interesting non-calls. Sweezy's personal foul could have been 15 more tacked on if the official had decided that it happened after the play was over. Lynch could have gotten 15 for grabbing his crotch after scoring (again). And replays showed that Seattle was offside on the play tha...