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Surprised no mention of Drew Brees here. I think Brees had above average arm strength, which was particularly impressive considering the arm injury he suffered in his last game with San Diego. Tom Brady had success early in his career despite below average arm strength. But he bulked up and improve...

I would have to say Steve Walsh, who took the Bears and Saints to the playoffs. He lost his job to Erik Kramer in 1995, who proceeded to have a fantastic season, and the time off seemed to hurt his arm rather than help it. He never threw another TD pass in three games as a Rams starter and three yea...

I hate to say " I read somewhere " but I read somewhere that the 1951 and 1952 Lions were the last champions without a black player. In the '50s, I never paid much attention to the "other division" - especially at the end if the Giants were not involved. After all, in the first ...

One of my favorite Art Donovan stories was when the teams were coming out for the 2nd half, Donovan ran into Layne. I'll paraphrase the story.
I said "Bobby, how ya doin?" He breathed on me, I said "Jesus! Is that from last night?" He said, "Nah, I had a few at halftime."

There were also a number of rules changes in 1994. Sometimes it takes a year for teams to really take advantage of the new rules. Some of the 1994 rules aided offenses, but not necessarily passing offenses. The two point conversion was adopted, kickoffs were moved back to the 30, and placement of th...

Isaac Bruce, Cris Carter, and Herman Moore were all very good to great. The number of #2 WR's getting 1000 yards also increased; Jake Reed and Brett Perriman had 1000 yard seasons. Eric Metcalf switched from RB to WR, and he promptly had 100 catches. Bert Emanuel and Terence Mathis had 1,000 yard se...

Excellent list. But shouldn't it include all the games that were scheduled for September 16 and 17, 2001? They were all tacked on at the end of the regular season.

I wonder why Toronto wasn't an option. Having that many people (players, coaches, staff, etc) go out of country on relatively short notice probably would caused some issues. Buffalo media have said Toronto was out due to having to get passports and work visas for the teams on short notice. Another ...

Saban wrote:
Football can be a funny game.

Just ask the 1934 Bears, 1942 Bears, or 2007 Patriots.

The 1952 Browns were the weakest of Graham's teams, but the 1953 Browns were arguably the best. I didn't realize before that they were less than 30 minutes from having an undefeated season. They scored first in the 3rd quarter of week 14 to get a 20-14 lead. Philly scored 28 straight points. (Can yo...