tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4958997061437462003.post8092654463404764925..comments2024-03-28T17:35:48.164-06:00Comments on Pro Football Journal: 1952 PITTSBURGH STEELERS: "Don't Confront Me With My Failures"John Turneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06612706488776938253noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4958997061437462003.post-16252482594330936452022-07-09T12:26:26.525-06:002022-07-09T12:26:26.525-06:00Excellent piece, Coach TJ. I love how you give us ...Excellent piece, Coach TJ. I love how you give us an opportunity to get to know good teams of the past and insights into their strengths. Gained a nice appreciation for this '52 Steeler team and many of its players.The Game Before the Moneyhttps://www.thegamebeforethemoney.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4958997061437462003.post-27507202644208507132022-06-21T13:58:42.158-06:002022-06-21T13:58:42.158-06:00Coach, where do you rank Elbie Nickel relative to ...Coach, where do you rank Elbie Nickel relative to the HOF/HOVG “Golden Age” receivers? I think he’s in the mix and I’ve nominated him for HOVG a few times, but it seems the majority opinion is that he is a notch below. I sometimes think the era is over represented, but at end, you have two pretty good ones in Howton and Wilson not in the HOF.TanksAndSpartansnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4958997061437462003.post-26597376964167382572022-06-19T10:56:08.788-06:002022-06-19T10:56:08.788-06:00oh....Bill Walsh at center....won't say he fou...oh....Bill Walsh at center....won't say he fought Mr. Bill WIllis of the Brownies to a standstill, but held the guy off about as well as humanly possible since the Browns Tazmanian Devil is basically unstoppableJHoltgymhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13751235587015111105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4958997061437462003.post-54130495108673389332022-06-19T10:54:48.306-06:002022-06-19T10:54:48.306-06:00Coach TJ, as always great summary.....from the 52 ...Coach TJ, as always great summary.....from the 52 highlight film and a couple of those Browns games featured on YouTube, a couple things jump out at me personally....Ray Mathews and Lynn Chandnois are relative revelations....knew the names, but those guys are really good athletes....Elbie Nickel has great hands.....if the "touchdown" on blocked kick you mention is the one from the Rams game, Dale Dodrill did not score....it was a very long (70+ yards?) return, but he was tackled by Deacon Dan Towler by the facemask....damn near had his head swiveled/torn off and to compound the indignity, a couple Rams dive on top of him a couple seconds after what in modern NFL would have been the whistle...as we've spoken often, the 50s were a much wilder and woolier time....you mention Stautner's "relentlessness"....he just goes 100% at his defender ever play.....perhaps a student of Napoleonic naval history, $70...Nelson was once memorably quoted; "never mind the maneuvers, just go straight at them!".....Kerkorian's stubby kick style reminds me of Lou Michaels.....fun (highlight film) to see footage of Tom Landry in the late-season slaughter of the Giants, and Harry "Bud" Grant catching a couple passes (including a td) for the Eagles in the opener....thanks Coach....now, about those 52 Texans and their game footage......JHoltgymhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13751235587015111105noreply@blogger.com