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Any excuse to get fams to shell out $$ for more NFL gear. Remember not to take it out of the box. If you do it's not collectible any more. On a side note: who will manufacture all this gear?
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What is your favorite serendipitous draft story?
Old Coot replied to FireChans's topic in The Stadium Wall
We are old that was a quarter-century ago. -
What is your favorite serendipitous draft story?
Old Coot replied to FireChans's topic in The Stadium Wall
1999 Draft. Saints have the no. 12 pick. Their coach trades ALL of the Saints '99 picks and two of their first three picks in the 2000 draft for Texas running back Ricky Williams. Ditka is fired after the Saints struggle. Ricky plays three years for the Saints and then is traded. Read about it here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricky_Williams_trade -
Which past receiver would you pick whose skill set this team needs most.
Old Coot replied to JP51's topic in The Stadium Wall
Also, master of the jersey tug. -
Interesting take on the new FA signings by Greg Cosell
Old Coot replied to Billsfed1's topic in The Stadium Wall
And still they gazed, and still the wonder grew, That one small head could carry all he knew. -
Hoecht and Ogunjobi 6 game suspension for PEDs
Old Coot replied to Process's topic in The Stadium Wall
This is why we can't have nice things. -
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I'll bet Ed Oliver likes this deal. It will make ED better. A true 1 T will allow Ed to be a pure 3T
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Pats probably agreed to pay him enough so he could afford shoes.
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I hope they still have enough money to pay Mack Hollins. He can't even afford to buy shoes.
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I fully agree with you. But unfortunately, a moral victory is just another name for a loss.
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You are right. It was helmet to helmet.
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I hope Coleman doesn't become a head case like Sammy Watkins. I remember Sammy saying his first year that guys in the pros hit pretty hard and thinking even if its true you don't admit it. Poyer's hit on Coleman was wicked (but clean). It sounds like Coleman may still be mentally bothered by that hit.
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Here is Warner's breakdown at about 15 minute mark:
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The football trifecta and where do the Bills stand?
Old Coot replied to Sweats's topic in The Stadium Wall
Soem more classic trifectas: Baltimore Colts: Unitas, Berry, Mackey Browns: Graham, Motley, Lavelli -
A bit uncertain what you mean here. I agree that Kosar & Bledsoe had more raw talent than Brady but it takes more than raw talent to succeed in the NFL as a QB. It requires a rare combination of talent, vision, spatial recognition, quick information processing and the drive to study for hours the cutups supplied to the QB. I cannot say for sure that Belichick made Brady better but given that most agree that Belichick is an excellent coach and that Brady was not an outstanding collegiate QB, it seems likely that Belichick's coaching made Brady a better QB. Not many QBs become better in the pros than they were in college (Brady & Josh Allen and maybe one or two others excepted.)
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My point, which I could have made clearer, is that Brady might have become better for having had a coach like Belichick. The Belichick-enhanced Brady then goes to Tampa Bay and wins another SB; meanwhile, Belichick cannot instaneously produce another Brady. It may be that QBs matter more than coaches but it may also be that a good coach can make a QB more successful. That's all I'm saying. It is notoriously difficult to predict which college QBs will be successful in the pros. Look at how many 1st round QBs turn out to be busts.
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This is a tough question to answer. So many players are worthy of consideration.
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The 1932 NFL Championship game was played in Chicago at an indoors hockey rink because of a blizzard and sub-zero temps. One rule change: because the filed extended right up to the stands the ball was placed at the hashmmark when a play went out of bounds instead on the out of bounds line. Previously teams needed to waste a down running a play to the center of the field because that was the only way to go. Read more about the elephant manure littering the field and other rules changes sparked by the game at: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/articles/NFL_Championship_Game,_1932
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Matthew Smiley out as Special Teams coach
Old Coot replied to Buffalo_Stampede's topic in The Stadium Wall
Rejoicing at another's misfortune. I'll bet the Germans even have a word for that.