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That part about the QB's and the last 45 years may be interesting. Also, another thing along those lines to look at would be times where there are a dearth of quality QB's in the draft (like from 1974-78, for example).

7DnBrnc53 » Sat Dec 13, 2014 6:07 pm Shipley wrote: I've heard there are allegations about Bobby Layne gambling, and some speculate he retired after the 1962 season because he would have gotten suspended along with Paul Hornung and Alex Karras. Any truth to it? The topic does not come up in his bio...

I've heard there are allegations about Bobby Layne gambling, and some speculate he retired after the 1962 season because he would have gotten suspended along with Paul Hornung and Alex Karras. Any truth to it? The topic does not come up in his biography "Heart of a Lion." You should look ...

I'm not even sure how to reply to this. The 90s Cowboys were incredibly deep in talented players. To call Ken Norton and Emmitt Smith "overrated" is insane. It's true not every player was "the best" at their position (what team can claim that?) but Dallas had legitimate All-Pros...

A Dolphins "Home" game against the Patriots in 1969 in Tampa.
http://www.pro-football-reference.com/b ... 300mia.htm

Weren't the Dolphins considering a move to Tampa at some point?

Pretty interesting. Only one person picked Washington to even make the playoffs, and there was a guy that picked Houston to go to the Super Bowl.

And of course there's King Corcoran, made famous in the NFL Films documentary on the Firebirds, who briefly played for the Boston Patriots in 1968.

How good was King Corcoran?

This is from a blog called Super Fraud: Part 1: http://superfraud.blogspot.com/2012/05/brian-tuohy-got-some-attention-vis-vis.html Part 2: http://superfraud.blogspot.com/2012/05/fix-is-in-and-professional-football.html Here is a highlight from the second link. RHickok said this: "Yes, I basical...

Did any teams try to call the Colts inquring about a trade for Earl Morrall after the success he had in 68?

They had Nitschke rated ahead of Jack Ham. I don't know about that. He was good, but not top-50 all-time material.

Also, they better not have Brady rated in the top-20. I wouldn't even have him on this list.