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I would find it interesting to know, of the stated players and coaches, who went in what direction. Who played Semi-Pro or Minor League ball before making it to the Super Bowl and who did so later. I would imagine older ex-NFL players "going down" to the Minors might be more common than a...

TodMaher wrote: ↑Sat Feb 10, 2024 2:34 pm Ugh! The Virginia Sailors, Jersey City Jets, Norfolk Neptunes, Pottstown Firebirds, Waterbury Orbits, Chicago Owls, Westchester Bulls, Spokane Shockers, Wheeling Ironman and Michigan (not Detroit!) Arrows were MINOR league teams not SEMI-PRO teams.

Yes! I should've said that myself.

Brad Johnson played in the World League of American Football -- or maybe it was called NFL Europe by then. Whichever.

Brian wolf wrote: ↑Tue Feb 06, 2024 3:01 pm Swift could be leaving along with Kelce. Would Moore try to bring in Elliot from NE as another red zone option?

Odd pairing, all things considered. For a minute I thought you had shifted gears and were talking about the Chiefs for some reason.

So Friedman's prowess with the forward pass, wasnt attracting attention, or was then --but not documented properly, or remembered? He he even wrote a book ... Yeah, it's too bad for his legacy that they didn't keep stats in those days. If they had, he would've been chosen for the Hall of Fame in th...

Wouldnt the 1929 NY Giants be highly influential with Benny Friedman throwing for 20 TDs, or was it done before, without any official records being printed? No stats in those days. I don't think anybody knew how many touchdown passes Friedman threw until the late 1970s when David Neft compiled what...

Sonny9 wrote: ↑Sun Jan 28, 2024 3:00 am Dunno about the '85 Bears. It was one season. They didn't really have a legacy.

I agree completely. Also agree about the 1940 Bears; maybe they ought to be at the very top of the list.

Sorry, Bob, missed this last month. Yes, it was from the Tribune if I recall correctly. They seemed to show stats for the Bears every now and then, but unfortunately I never saw a further update after their final game of the season Neft didn't find one either. His stats show one "incomplete&qu...

There used to be a B/W video of the play on YouTube but it's apparently taken down. Here's a link to a 17-minute video of the game which might have it - I haven't watched it yet. Yes, the pass that hits the post is there, and it's shown twice -- actually three times, but the third is a black-and-wh...

You dog. I am SO gullible... No wonder I'd never heard that before... *Hangs head in shame* Now I'm trashing your trivia book because I don't know if I can trust the answers. Well, there might be a wrong answer in there somewhere, but if so, it's not intentional. I guess I needed to use one of thos...