Professional Football Researchers Association Forum

First problem with the comparision is they did not play in their primes at the same time. I think you could make a case that Curtis may have been a bit more versitile since he did start at all three LB positions in his career but that wouldn't make him a better MLB. All things considered I think La...

I don't think it's a stretch to say the Lions owned the Browns during the Graham years, and beyond, despite the blowout loss. I also have no problem saying the 90's Cowboys owned the Packers, despite a 45-17 loss in 1997. In both cases, the win was an aberration in the larger picture. Not that Cleve...

The Raiders of that era are notorious for their hatred of the Steelers, so it shouldn't come as a surprise that Tatum would make a comment like that. In the book, Tatum ripped Franco Harris (to say nothing of Lynn Swann) more than he did Jack Lambert. He said Franco would "slip or fall, cake o...

The Raiders of that era are notorious for their hatred of the Steelers, so it shouldn't come as a surprise that Tatum would make a comment like that. In the 1979 book, Tatum said the perfect QB would be Kenny Stabler's mind in Terry Bradshaw's body...not because Terry was dumb, but because "St...

The Bears became the first team to give up 50 points in consecutive games since...the Rochester Jeffersons in 1923.

Sports Illustrated ran an article in the summer of 1995. It polled 33 out of 34 HOF voters and asked this very question; who would they vote for the HOF right now? Only 7 players and one coach got enough votes to be enshrined; Jerry Rice and Marino were the only ones to get every vote. Don Shula, El...

I recall a Jeff Davis (??) biography of George Halas; a passage about Johnny Lujack. Lujack had enjoyed early success in professional football, but an arm or shoulder injury left him hampered throwing the ball in 1950. He threw 4 TD's and 21 INT's (yet, according to PFR, he made his first Pro Bowl??...

MVPs that should have been... and these are games that I remember thinking immediately after the game that these guys should have won it. XXXVII: Simeon Rice (I think he got screwed because I believe they had the voting BEFORE his 2nd interception) I agree that Rice would have been a worthy MVP cho...

In Super Bowl XVI, Montana won the MVP award despite throwing for just 157 yards, one TD pass and one TD run. He basically just had three long drives in the first half, leading to a 17-0 lead, and a 22 yard pass in the 4th quarter while up 20-14. That was about it. I can't think of another worthy ca...

Huh, for years, I always "knew" that the Holy Roller play occurred on 4th down. I don't know where I got that from. I most likely read it in a less than reputable source, and accepted it as gospel. I just look through various sources and couldn't find anything about what down it was, so I'...