Kolek planning to go pro
Funny thing is, if the Steelers were 'ranking' their remaining opponents before last night, the 'Football Team' would have been one of the least likely to upset them. Buffalo, Cleveland and Indy looked like far bigger risks.Shows that when you have that target on your back, you need to show up every game....
Yup. The Dolphins had a lot of unimpressive wins that season, but they kept grinding 'em out. In the playoffs, they barely got by an OK Cleveland team. Then, even though they were 15-0, they had to go to Pittsburgh for the AFC title game because for a couple years there they rotated the playoff hosts (the way baseball used to). They were struggling in the first half against a young, not-yet-great Steelers team when Shula benched Earl Morrall -- who was the NFL MVP that season after replacing an injured Griese -- and put in Griese. The Dolphins pulled that one out and then, at 16-0, were 3-point underdogs against Washington in the SB.The '73 Dolphins actually were a much more dominant team, even though they went 15-2 (including playoffs).
So Dez has a positive test so they pulled him off the field pregame. The NFL says that they did contact tracing and no one else is impacted. The Fox guys were dumbfounded. Curt asked Jimmy how that could be, and the response was “I don’t know. Who am I? Dr. Fauci?”
15 minutes of sustained contact under 6 feet is harder to achieve then you think. Personally, I think that pretty lenient description of contact has helped the virus spread. I understand that the likelihood you get the virus is significantly less beyond this criteria, but it is still certainly not zero.
Yup. The Dolphins had a lot of unimpressive wins that season, but they kept grinding 'em out. In the playoffs, they barely got by an OK Cleveland team. Then, even though they were 15-0, they had to go to Pittsburgh for the AFC title game because for a couple years there they rotated the playoff hosts (the way baseball used to). They were struggling in the first half against a young, not-yet-great Steelers team when Shula benched Earl Morrall -- who was the NFL MVP that season after replacing an injured Griese -- and put in Griese. The Dolphins pulled that one out and then, at 16-0, were 3-point underdogs against Washington in the SB.
22yr old naginiF played in the Earl Morrall charity golf tournament. After a couple of pops at the bar and right before the banquet I go to the bathroom. While standing at the urinal a gentleman asks me how the round was, was I enjoying myself, etc. I turn around and BAM Ed Morrall naked and dripping from the shower just standing there with his hands on his hips........back to the bar I went.
They were struggling in the first half against a young, not-yet-great Steelers team when Shula benched Earl Morrall -- who was the NFL MVP that season after replacing an injured Griese --
That’s the other amazing thing. They put in a backup quarterback after the starter gets injured, and the backup goes on to win the MVP. Has that happened in any other time, in any sport?
Doug Williams
I thought Earl Morral won his NFL MVP when he replaced an injured Johnny U for the Baltimore Colts in 1967.
He was the Super Bowl MVP. Not the NFL MVP.
Kurt Warner?
Umm...Tom Brady?
Morrall started the 1972 season on the bench, where he remained until Griese got injured in game 6. Warner started all 16 games in 1999, the first year he won the MVP.
Morrall started the 1972 season on the bench, where he remained until Griese got injured in game 6. Warner started all 16 games in 1999, the first year he won the MVP.Brady started all 16 games in 2007, the first year he won the MVP.Edit: I stand corrected, in that Morrall didn't win MVP the year he came off the bench either. Oops.It does then beg an interesting question: Has any player begun the season as a backup, and ended up winning the NFL MVP award?
I’m a big Cam Newton fan but he looks toast. His arm looks really bad and as a result his decision making is poor and he’s seeing ghosts. Being vegan likely isn’t helping either.I hope he can bounce back but he’s on the wrong side of 30 with all the other issues I just mentioned
A few years ago Damian Lillard went vegan to get leaner and found he lost too much weight and felt sluggish. Though with Cam I think the beatings he was allowed to take, and COVID, have broken him.