RJ (not THAT RJ)

Why in the name of all that is Holy is Philly showing Carolina and Tampa Bay?

Grossman "led" the Bears to the Super Bowl that year!

What is fascinating about passer rating is how strongly TD passes and INTs influence the numbers. You throw three pics and no TDs and your rating will be awful. While Kelly threw 3 picks and 5tDs on Monday night against Cincy in 1991 and had a great rating.

Yes but not in Buffalo. I remember reading in 1996 about precisely this question. A combination of the Bills not being good enough and there being only a couple of chances a year for Madden as NFC analyst to broadcast a game limited the possibilities. Thus he never had a chance to worship Jim Kelly the way he did Brett Favre. Madden also lost the only time he ever coached in Orchard Park, on MNF in 1974. The Bills scored a TD early and then were in Alamo mode all game.

That's my understanding too. Summerall had done a game with Tom Brookshier in Buffalo once -- Terry Miller's big day against the Giants in 1978. Those highlights are on YouTube too.

Just after the anniversary of the Ice Bowl, in which he threw a TD pass. RIP, Coach,

Pat Toomay. Whom the Bills then let get away in the expansion draft. Sigh.

Ball was right to him. This was not a situation where he was leaping into a group to tip the ball.

They should never have a winning team until Dan Snyder is no longer the owner.

I haven't been following them closely, so please educate me: how does this ramshackle Cards team have 10 wins?

I'll buy that... though they did have runners ripping off larger gains than the 10-yard and under throws Baker was attempting. Mix it up, at least.

Three straight passes after getting a first down near midfield with three time outs in hand. Terrible coaching.

Lambeau Field!

They keep winning, which is nice, but they got shaky in the fourth against the Ravens and today... Dubs ultimately are all that matter.

Baker comes through in the clutch.... Not.

Packers are the weakest looking 11-3 team I've seen in a while.

I came on here just to say that too. Merry Christmas!

I'm sure the NFL will do the Bills a solid and postpone their game by a few.... Ah, who am I kidding?

Open or closed at both ends... and no more bowl below grade. Though as noted below, who knows whether these are accurate?

I'm not blown away by those designs, but note that the slight rotation of the field reflects a different approach to wind patterns.

The "I stand to show I'm a better fan than you!" brigade is easily triggered.

Alas, not for us in Greater Philly, dagnabit!

It's important to remember that Rich Stadium was designed both at a time when owners still thought of individual ticket sales rather than suites were the biggest moneymaker, and at a time when teams were still playing in toilets like Shea Stadium or Cleveland Municipal, where no one had heard of proper drainage, or in parking lots with thin green carpets in PIT, PHI, and CIN. Also in a manly running league where winds were not a concern. Designs have gotten so much better since then and whatever they build to replace Highmark will reflect that.

The Jerruh Dome in Dallas is an outlier... 60k is about where a lot of new stadiums are.

I also think several people are correct that they will avoid the swirling wind situation by having a more enclosed design, and not having half the stadium below ground level. What seemed like genius in 1973 is rather less so now. I look at Lincoln Financial Field and think that is more what the future portends.