January 9, 1977 was a day that the Minnesota Vikings again fell short of the Super Bowl win they so desperately wanted. The 32-14 loss to the Oakland Raiders was the last hurrah for a team that dominated the NFC for much of the 1970s. They almost went to 4 Super Bowls in a row. … Continue reading
Al Davis said he wanted a ring so nice that he wanted a Raider to be able to meet the Queen of England and not feel he had to take it off. Mission accomplished!! One of the unique features to every Raider championship ring is that Al Davis uses the AFL logo “A” and not … Continue reading
Heading into Super Bowl VI, Cowboy coach Tom Landry referred to the Miami Dolphins defense as “a bunch of no named guys.” The Dolphins and the sporting press spun Landry’s comment into the nickname “The No Name Defense”, that they would forever be known for. Yet little did he know he would return with an … Continue reading
Once upon a time there was a championship team in Detroit. However that was back in the mid 1950s. For the next 25 years the Lions were one of the NFL’s bottom feeders. They made the playoffs only 1 time between 1957 and 1979. Enter Billy Sims. The Lions struck gold in drafting the former … Continue reading
The NFL finally did something great with making all these divisional match-ups make up the bulk of the final slate of games. All season long we’ve looked at the impending battle lines that make up today’s Eagles vs Cowboys tilt in Jerry World. A pair of 8-3 combatants fighting for NFC East supremacy. What could … Continue reading
At what point do you begin to erase an earlier label that was given to you as a player? Can you totally overcome a negative stigma associated with that label? At what point does a team peak with its full talent on display?? Just think that only a year and a half earlier, the Steelers … Continue reading
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