Ok, folks please share which game stood out to you and why? For the upcoming week, which game will have you get out the smokehouse almonds & Dr. Pepper? Oh, not all of you have those treats on your coffee table? Watching the Bills win at Houston in a game that saw many lead changes kept my attention till the final gun. As usual will go back in history to hopefully enlighten/entertain all of you with teams or games in the past that take us to the league this year.
The 1954 Champion Cleveland Browns allowed just 34 points over the course of 25 quarters late in the season. This past Sunday in Jacksonville, the Browns defense allowed 34 points in the first half in a loss that begs the question: how bad is this team going to be?
Making a prediction, this Browns team will not play for the silver trophy in February! When time permits, hopefully you will read Eric Goska's outstanding article on the Packers loss in Minnesota, and my segue to Green Bay's opening day loss to Detroit in 1970. 
The Packers getting beat in a dominating shut-out victory by division rival Detroit was embarrassing enough, but in the Lions highlight film for the '70 season, Van Patrick stated that the Lions "ran to daylight"! Seem to recall a Packer coach that used that phrase in a book he wrote with W.C. Heinz in '63?
The merger will allow the best second-place team from each conference to earn a playoff berth, known as the "wild card". The Lions, who closed with a rush (6-1-1) to end the '69 season open in Green Bay and for the first time in thirty-six years, shut out the Packers 40-0!
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Detroit gains its fifth-most rushing yards in a game (at this point in team history) with 266. Mel Farr and Altie Taylor combine to gain 144 yards on 33 carries. Larcenous left corner Lem Barney, who has intercepted 18 passes in his last 29 games, returns an interception 40 yards for a touchdown in the 3rd quarter to seal the game. Detroit limits the Packers to just 114 total yards for the game (their best mark of the season). After a 5-4 start, the Lions again close like gangbusters to finish 10-4 and earn the NFC wild-card berth.
and THEN what happened?.....turns out, the Lions lost the lowest scoring playoff game in history to Dallas 5-0......a record at least as secure as the 1940 Bears (opposite end) offensive output in the title game against the Redskins, hmmmm?
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ReplyDeleteThe Bills deserve credit for keeping those bookend Texans pass rushers in check. I never thought they would score that many points on offense but if Lassiter intercepts that Allen pass ... the game is over. We will see if Buffalo can play even better in their home opener at the Big Nickel ... haha
I feel the Texans will do better this week against the Bengals, covering a 2.5 point spread
Could the Cardinals upset the Hawks?
Jax and Denver will be another huge game as the Broncos try to recover from their MNF dud, where their vaunted pass rush couldnt make headway against a rookie left tackle for KC.