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Jimmy Johnson said years later he was planning to leave and had written the resignation date on a list or calendar. However, Jerry Jones rushed those plans at a hotel bar during league meetings. Johnson was drinking with Norv Turner and some people Jones had fired. Jerry raised a toast and was chill...

TBH, I'm a bit surprised that a streak continues if a player misses a game. It makes me wonder .... did DiMaggio miss any games during his famous 56-game hitting streak? If he had missed a game, would the streak have continued or would it have ended? I always wondered about that as well. Rice misse...

If teams don't want to offend their opponents or risk injury then why don't the rules allow the game to be ended by the referees upon mutual consent of the teams - similar to a technical knockout in boxing ending the contest. That's an interesting idea. Supposing, for a moment, that-- using the exc...

Interesting. The question now is, why should Alworth's streak be considered any more legitimate than Hutson's? Apparently, it shouldn't be. I had never heard of that. Pro Football Chronicle has game by game stats for 40 offensive players; they listed Alworth as DNP for that game. Pro Football Refer...

I'll have to check up on this, but I think it was on the last play of the game during the 1979 Seahawks-Raiders game that Jim Zorn threw a touchdown pass to Sherman Smith despite already being up by 20-10. In 1987, the Eagles led Dallas 30-20 and were running out the clock when Randall Cunningham s...

I don't know offhand how far the NFL goes with this kind of statistic. I know years ago there was a record I believe first attributed to Don Hutson that Lance Alworth supposedly* broke for catching passes in consecutive games. Jerry Rice ran this record to a very high number. Problem is, in todays ...

Interesting topic. I echo the comment about Aaron Smith...he was extremely important to the overall success of the defense, and he played probably the least glamorous position (strongside 3-4 DE). The Steelers had a lot of guys who weren't really household names but were consistently good for sever...

King Kong wrote:The Broncos vs Raiders series featured three straight overtime games in 1984 and 1985.

Bills-Patriots had three straight games decided in OT in 1999-2000. '99: Bills 13-10. 2000: Bills 16-13, Patriots 13-10. The streak ended in 2001, but the second matchup also went to OT.

Ward I think will get in within 3-5 years. I completely forgot about him for some reason. He becomes the greatest WR in history if the forward pass never got legalized. (for his downfield blocking) Alan Faneca should definitely be considered. I checked PFR and was surprised to find he was an AP 1st...

I believe Coach Troup told a story on tte previous forum. Dr. Z told him he managed to view some NFL files on Layne and gambling. Apologies if I have misremembered. I do find it hard to believe that Layne would ever throw a game. The man seemed to cherish winning above all else. The stories abound L...