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What Steelers from 2004 - present do you think will make the Hall? And of those, who will be first-ballot? Who will have to settle for....HO VG ? I personally think the one who will always be overlooked, will be #91 Aaron Smith. He may not ever even make HOVG! Eating up blockers, no real glamorous s...

What about Wannstedt home against Green Bay? After beating the Pack at home in his first season at the Bears' helm in '93, he never won at home vs them again until he was HC at Miami in 2000. Not only did Wanny lose those last 5 meetings at home to GB from '94 through '98, but that very streak exten...

ChrisBabcock wrote:Whoah... That's almost as creepy as the Lincoln/Kennedy connections.

No, seriously, that is interesting.

LOL!

Both finished 12-4, 2nd-seed. Both lost to the top-seed team during regular season but didn't play against either in the playoffs because each top-seed got eliminated in the divisional round. Both beat their division-rival in the AFCC. Both lost to Philly, both times on the road. Both beat Dallas (b...

Last Sunday's Steelers 27 Falcons 20 final was the first matchup between the two that did not go into OT since the Steelers beat them 13-9 on MNF in '99. The next three games between them ('02, '06 & '10) all went beyond regulation with the first of those three being that classic Maddox-vs-Vick ...

Just read this article. Quite an interesting read. Many coaches buying into his analytics. Anyone here remember this guy? Was he a regular with SI? http://www.si.com/vault/1978/09/04/264313/big-d-by-three-bud-goode-prognosticator-extraordinary-feeds-his-univac-1106-computer-a-mawful-of-statistics-an...

This then leads to yet another what-if....how would also-respectable/gritty/scrappy 9-7 Patera's Seahawks have done vs Bears had they still been in the NFC Central in '79? The Seahawks were never in the NFC Central. They were in the NFC West in '76. Not that their division really mattered, scheduli...

As I'm sure many of you know (and it may have been discussed on here already), Chiefs players voiced disrespect toward Tampa Bay upon their rain-drenched monsoon 0-3 season-finale road loss. They basically felt that had TB been in the AFC, and Chiefs been in NFC, a different story for both teams tha...

The clear end point to expectations came on opening day 1970 when the Lions whipped the Packers 40-0 at home, and the Lambeau faithful booed the fallen heroes. Yeah, and for it happen after Lombardi's passing. Sort of like the Steelers in '88. The Chief passes on before the season begins and then t...

In 1978 Walt Michaels squared off against Noll, Shula, and Landry and went 2-2. Beating Shula twice but losing to Noll and Landry Nice work! Not sure if this response is better suited for this thread or the 'best chance Jets winning Bowl in '80s' thread but what an irony in that Jets had a 7-0-1 re...