December 22, 2019
Week 16 of the NFL season and I still can’t get enough. (Just ask my poor, frustrated wife/football widow). Here are some great photos from today’s New York Times, accompanied by my “humble opinion” comments from 50-some odd years of viewing games, highlights, and documentaries. Happy NFL Sunday … and Merry Christmas!
In the “your guess is as good as mine” category: Jerry Kramer, Green Bay Packers.
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Ray Nitschke, middle linebacker of the Green Bay Packers. Second only to Jack Lambert of the Pittsburgh Steelers, imho.
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Jim Brown – Cleveland Browns. Still oft-referred to as “the greatest NFL running back ever.” While I didn’t witness him playing “live,” I’ve yet to see that moniker proven wrong, judging from highlight reels.
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The play that cemented my long-time fandom of the Pittsburgh Steelers in my youth. Go ahead, call me a bandwagon jumper!
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Ah. those ’70s Miami Dolphins. 40 years later and still kings of the streak … till they get knocked off.
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From the tearjerker “Brian’s Song” to the bad-a** Nick Nolte in “North Dallas Forty” to Al Pacino in “Any Given Sunday,” pretty damn good cinema!
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“Winning isn’t everything. It’s the only thing.”
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For my money, still the most knowledgable and entertaining crew to occupy the booth on Monday night.
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Credits;
Surowiecki, James. “Beautiful. Violent. American. The N.F.L. at 100.” The New York Times, December 22, 2019.
