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# PRO FOOTBALL DALY

The whole 100 yards -- and sometimes the end zones, too.

## Posts

- [The New Yorker’s careless fumble](https://profootballdaly.com/the-new-yorkers-careless-fumble/) - Contrary to what The New Yorker might say, Michigan State's Duffy Daugherty was perfectly OK with starting a black quarterback in the late '60s.
- [The bootlegger who bought an NFL team](https://profootballdaly.com/the-bootlegger-who-bought-an-nfl-team/) - In the 1930s anybody could buy an NFL team, even a bootlegger who'd spent 13 months in federal prison.
- [If Pete Rozelle, one-time cub reporter, covered the NFL today](https://profootballdaly.com/pete-rozelle-cub-reporter/) - Pete Rozelle's early flirtation with sportswriting -- and what the former NFL commissioner might have written about the Roger Goodell Mess.
- [Don't let the facts get in the way of . . .](https://profootballdaly.com/dont-let-the-facts-get-in-the-way-of/) - Gil Brandt's tale about the time a backup Cowboys QB cold-cocked Roger Staubach has a few holes in it. Welcome to journalism in the 2000s.
- [How good was The Giffer?](https://profootballdaly.com/how-good-was-the-giffer/) - Frank Gifford, the Giants' Hall of Fame back, is gone at 84. A close look at his career reveals he might have been an even better player than you thought.
- [Bonesetter Reese: The first sports doctor?](https://profootballdaly.com/bonesetter-reese-the-first-sports-doctor/) - The whole field of sports medicine might have begun in the early 1900s with the amazing Bonesetter Reese, who didn't even have a medical degree.
- [Papa Bear's sip of coffee in MLB](https://profootballdaly.com/papa-bears-sip-of-coffee-in-mlb/) - George Halas didn't make a lot of noise in his brief major-league baseball career, but his 12 games were amazingly eventful for other reasons.
- [George Halas’ premature “death”](https://profootballdaly.com/george-halas-premature-death/) - On July 24, 1915 -- a century ago -- Bears icon George Halas was supposed to be on the SS Eastland, which capsized and cost 844 their lives.
- [A lost record?](https://profootballdaly.com/a-lost-record/) - Did Milton Romney, a relative of presidential candidate Mitt Romney, once intercept six passes in a 1923 NFL game? That's two more than the current record.
- [Players behaving badly](https://profootballdaly.com/players-behaving-badly/) - The current crop of pro footballers aren't the first to run afoul of the law.
- [The NFL’s artistic gift to the NHL](https://profootballdaly.com/the-nfls-artistic-gift-to-the-nhl/) - Meet "the Norman Rockwell of hockey artists" -- former Giants Pro Bowler Tex Coulter.
- [Johnny Siegal, 97](https://profootballdaly.com/johnny-siegal-97/) - The oldest living former Chicago Bear died this week. Here's something people may not have known about him, a small part he played in NFL history.
- [Memorial Day](https://profootballdaly.com/memorial-day/) - Like a lot of veterans, Jack Sanders didn't return whole from World War II. But that didn't prevent him from resuming his NFL career.
- [Where Goodell goofed](https://profootballdaly.com/where-goodell-goofed/) - The Patriots might be willing to take their medicine, but Tom Brady plans to press on with his Deflategate appeal. The commissioner has only himself to blame.
- [Remembering Garo Yepremian](https://profootballdaly.com/remembering-garo-yepremian/) - How many NFL stories are as amazing as Garo Yepremian's journey from Cyprus to the Super Bowl?
- [The NFL’s not-so-benevolent despots](https://profootballdaly.com/the-nfls-not-so-benevolent-despots/) - Roger Goodell is hardly the first NFL commissioner to make like a dictator. It's in the job description.
- [“The greatest O-line in NFL history”?](https://profootballdaly.com/the-greatest-o-line-in-nfl-history/) - Do the Dallas Cowboys, with the addition of highly touted guard La'el Collins, have the makings of the best offensive line ever?
- [The Deflategate disaster](https://profootballdaly.com/the-deflategate-disaster/) - For the NFL, the Deflategame "scandal" was as overinflated as the Patriots' balls were underinflated.
- [Lester Hayes’ incomparable 1980](https://profootballdaly.com/lester-hayes-incomparable-1980/) - The coming season is the 35th anniversary of one of the greatest years an NFL player ever had: Lester Hayes' 18 interceptions in 20 games for the Raiders.
- [Super Bowl IV lives!](https://profootballdaly.com/super-bowl-iv-lives/) - A look back at the Chiefs-Vikings Super Bowl -- the last one before the AFL-NFL merger. With video.
- [Before anonymous sources](https://profootballdaly.com/when-the-nfl-was-more-transparent/) - The league's decision makers -- owners, general managers, coaches -- weren't always so secretive. A look back on those times.
- [Are teams drafting better? (Part 2)](https://profootballdaly.com/more-on-are-teams-drafting-better/) - More on the subject of whether the process of talent evaluation has gotten more reliable.
- [The Steelers’ early draft follies](https://profootballdaly.com/the-steelers-early-draft-follies/) - In recent decades the Steelers have aced the NFL draft, but in the beginning they failed miserably.
- [Round 1 vs. Round 2 vs. Round 3](https://profootballdaly.com/round-1-vs-round-2-vs-round-3/) - The data here would suggest no. Which raises the question: Is all the player evaluation nowadays really time well spent?
- [Woulda, coulda, shoulda (NFL Draft edition)](https://profootballdaly.com/woulda-coulda-shoulda-nfl-draft-edition/) - Some teams that, regrettably, passed on a future Hall of Famer to draft Another Guy at the same position.
- [Before combines, computers and Kipers](https://profootballdaly.com/before-combines-computers-and-kipers/) - A look at the NFL draft -- and the scouting process -- in the days before it was such an extravaganza.
- [How astrophysics applies to field goals](https://profootballdaly.com/how-astrophysics-applies-to-field-goals/) - A factor in the success -- or failure -- of a field goal try you probably never considered.
- [Drafting the QB of your dreams](https://profootballdaly.com/drafting-a-franchise-quarterback/) - Only four Hall of Fame quarterbacks were the first QB taken in their draft. What does that tell you about the inexactness of NFL player evaluation?
- [The draft and the Canton Factor](https://profootballdaly.com/the-draft-and-the-canton-factor/) - Which picks, 1 through whatever, have yielded the most Hall of Famers? There are some surprises.
- [The Native American chief who played for the early Redskins](https://profootballdaly.com/the-native-american-chief-who-played-for-the-early-redskins/) - The last NFL player from one of the two big Native American schools -- Carlisle and Haskell -- played for, of all teams, the Redskins.
- [The infamous Duane Thomas interview](https://profootballdaly.com/the-infamous-duane-thomas-interview/) - Found on YouTube: Duane Thomas' classic interview with CBS's Tom Brookshier after Super Bowl VI.
- [L.A.’s first NFL team . . . in 1926](https://profootballdaly.com/l-a-s-first-nfl-team/) - In 1926, 20 years before the Rams moved to city, Los Angeles was represented in the NFL: by Brick Muller's Buccaneers, a road team.
- [The role of women in NFL history](https://profootballdaly.com/the-role-of-women-in-nfl-history/) - Sarah Thomas might be the NFL's first full-time female official, but women have played an underrated role in the league's history.
- [Gordie Howe in a leather helmet](https://profootballdaly.com/gordie-howe-in-a-leather-helmet/) - How the NHL dealt with the Concussion Issue in 1950: Red Wings great Gordie Howe -- totally against his principles -- put on a leather helmet.
- [The NFL's 82-year-old PAT "problem"](https://profootballdaly.com/the-nfl-and-the-pat/) - The NFL is thinking of radically redefining the extra point. A brief look at the PAT's history -- and a suggestion for how it might be changed.
- [1959: a draft like no other](https://profootballdaly.com/1959-a-draft-like-no-other/) - One year, the Rams drafted 12 players before the Steelers drafted any. The story behind it.
- [Chris Borland and the future of the NFL](https://profootballdaly.com/chris-borland-and-the-future-of-pro-football/) - Worried about concussions, 49ers linebacker Chris Borland retired after one promising season. What does it mean?
- [Aaron Baddeley, meet John Brodie](https://profootballdaly.com/aaron-baddeley-meet-john-brodie/) - Aaron Baddeley's amazing birdie in the Valero Texas Open is reminiscent of a shot John Brodie, the former 49ers QB, once hit in the Crosby tournament.
- [Rejected rule changes](https://profootballdaly.com/rejected-rule-changes/) - A look at some of the proposals down through the decades that never got off the drawing board.
- [The NFL and the NCAA Tourney, Part 2](https://profootballdaly.com/the-nfl-and-the-ncaa-tourney-part-2/) - Less than two months after he coached Holy Cross to the 1947 NCAA basketball title, Doggie Julian became an assistant with the NFL's Boston Yanks.
- [Chuck Bednarik in his own words](https://profootballdaly.com/chuck-bednarik-in-his-own-words/) - A miscellany of thoughts from Chuck Bednarik, the Eagles' legendary linebacker, who died today (March 21).
- [NFLers in the NCAA Tournament](https://profootballdaly.com/nflers-in-the-ncaa-tournament/) - Future NFLers who took part -- and made a mark -- in March Madness.
- [1944 technology](https://profootballdaly.com/1944-technology/) - A screen shot of Bears assistant Luke Johnsos, sitting up in the stands, phoning down information to the bench in 1944.
- [Anybody want a 500-catch receiver?](https://profootballdaly.com/anybody-want-a-500-catch-receiver/) - The 2015 offseason has seen some well-known, well-paid wide receivers get the ax.
- [The perils of Wrigley Field](https://profootballdaly.com/the-dangers-of-wrigley-field/) - When the Chicago Bears played at Wrigley Field (1921-70), there were all kinds of hazards behind the end zones.
- [Ndamukong Suh’s next 5 years](https://profootballdaly.com/ndamukong-suhs-next-5-years/) - Will the Dolphins' big free-agent signing be as productive, sack-wise, in the next 5 years as he was in his first 5? The odds are against him.
- [Trading one QB for another](https://profootballdaly.com/trading-one-qb-for-another/) - Continuing to swim against the current, Eagles coach Chip Kelly has dealt a QB (Nick Foles) for a QB (Sam Bradford). What a novel idea.
- [Second acts by 10,000-yard backs](https://profootballdaly.com/second-acts-by-10000-yard-backs/) - The 49ers' Frank Gore is the 10th NFL back to rush for 10,000 yards with a team and then switch jerseys. How have they done with their second clubs?
- [Sid Luckman’s family skeletons](https://profootballdaly.com/sid-luckmans-hard-to-believe-backstory/) - One of the NFL's all-time greatest quarterbacks was the son of a gangster.
- [Marshawn Lynch gets an extension](https://profootballdaly.com/marshawn-lynch-gets-an-extension/) - NFL running backs aren't as valued as they used to be, but Marshawn Lynch, who just signed a contract extension with the Seahawks is an unusual case.
- [One-for-one trades](https://profootballdaly.com/one-for-one-trades/) - The swap of Eagles running back LeSean McCoy for Bills linebacker Kiko Alonso is as unusual as it is surprising.
- [The lily-white years (1934-45)](https://profootballdaly.com/the-lily-white-years-1934-45/) - Why the NFL excluded black players in the 1930s -- and what two well-known black players had to say about it.
- [Helmetless players on parade #2](https://profootballdaly.com/helmetless-players-on-parade-2/) - A Washington Redskins player running around without a helmet in 1939.
- [A closer look at Reggie Bush, the receiver](https://profootballdaly.com/a-closer-look-at-reggie-bush/) - Exactly how good a receiver out of the backfield IS Reggie Bush?
- [“Bullet” Bill Dudley returns](https://profootballdaly.com/bullet-bill-dudley-returns/) - The Cowboys' DeMarco Murray, a possible free agent, could be the first NFL rushing champ to switch teams after the season since Bill Dudley 1947.
- [Dez Bryant, historically speaking](https://profootballdaly.com/dez-bryant-historically-speaking/) - The Cowboys' Dez Bryant is on a 3-year roll that's rare for an NFL wide receiver.
- [DeMarco Murray’s odometer](https://profootballdaly.com/demarco-murrays-odometer/) - Just because he carried 392 times last season doesn't mean the Cowboys' DeMarco Murray is going to fall off a cliff.
- [The passing record Lou Groza once held](https://profootballdaly.com/the-passing-record-lou-groza-once-held/) - Browns Hall of Famer Lou Groza, once the NFL's all-time leading kicker, actually held a passing record -- of all things -- for a time.
- [The eternal life of a quarterback](https://profootballdaly.com/the-eternal-life-of-a-quarterback/) - NFL quarterbacks continue to perform at a high level well into their 30s. It's never been a better time, in fact, to be an NFL QB.
- [Early "analytics"](https://profootballdaly.com/early-analytics/) - A couple of early attempts to expand the game's statistical boundaries.
- [The Super Bowl-winning offense](https://profootballdaly.com/the-super-bowl-winning-offense/) - The Patriots won the Super Bowl without a running back or receiver who ranked in the NFL's Top 10. That's not so unusual these days.
- [Statistical curiosities of 2014 (Part 2)](https://profootballdaly.com/statistical-curiosities-of-2014-part-2/) - For the first time in NFL history, there were three 1,000 -yard rookie receivers in 2014.
- [Fran Tarkenton's secret weapon ](https://profootballdaly.com/fran-tarkentons-secret-weapon/) - When the Vikings Hall of Famer was scrambling, there was no telling who he might lateral the ball to.
- [Punters throwing postseason TD passes](https://profootballdaly.com/punters-throwing-postseason-td-passes/) - Don't be misled. The Seahawks' Jon Ryan wasn't the first NFL punter to throw a touchdown pass in the playoffs.
- [How good was Gronk’s postseason?](https://profootballdaly.com/how-good-was-gronks-postseason/) - En route to the NFL title, the Patriots' Rob Gronkowski caught in touchdown pass in all three playoff games. Pretty rare.
- [Intra-division coaching moves](https://profootballdaly.com/intra-division-coaching-moves/) - Rex Ryan, the Jets' coach in 2013, will be the Bills' coach in 2014. How often has the NFL seen a coach do that, from one year to the next, in his own division?
- [2014 receivers: plus/minus](https://profootballdaly.com/2014-receivers-plusminus/) - Which wideouts and tight ends had the biggest increases and decreases in receiving yards in 2014?
- [2014 running backs: plus/minus](https://profootballdaly.com/2014-running-backs-plusminus/) - Which NFL running backs had the biggest increases and decreases in rushing yards in 2014?
- [Stock market up, concussions down](https://profootballdaly.com/stock-market-up-concussions-down/) - Concussions decreased 25 percent this season, according to the NFL.. The days when players use their helmet as a weapon, like Jim Taylor did, may be ending.
- [A decade between championships](https://profootballdaly.com/a-decade-between-championships/) - Tom Brady's fourth title with the Patriots came 10 years after his third. Only one quarterback in NFL history has gone longer between championships.
- [Statistical curiosities of 2014 (Part 1)](https://profootballdaly.com/statistical-curiosities-of-2014-part-1/) - in 2014 Broncos tight end Julius Thomas became the first player in NFL history to do something. Bet you can't guess what it is.
- [Brady vs. Montana vs. Bradshaw vs. . . .](https://profootballdaly.com/brady-vs-montana-vs-bradshaw-vs/) - How Tom Brady's performance in NFL title games stacks up against those of other legendary quarterbacks.
- [Payback for all those 1-yard TD passes](https://profootballdaly.com/payback-for-all-those-1-yard-td-passes/) - NFL quarterbacks threw 66 1-yard touchdown passes this season -- without a single interception. Then, at the end of the Super Bowl, one got picked off.
- [The myth of Super Bowl distractions?](https://profootballdaly.com/the-myth-of-super-bowl-distractions/) - The Patriots' Tom Brady, caught up in Deflategate, responded with an MVP performance in the Super Bowl. It's not the first time that kind of thing has happened.
- [SI's cover the week of Super Bowl III](https://profootballdaly.com/sis-cover-the-week-of-super-bowl-iii/) - Nowadays the walk-up to the Super Bowl is all about football. In January 1969, not so much.
- [Six title games in 14 seasons](https://profootballdaly.com/six-title-games-in-14-seasons/) - Sunday's Super Bowl will be the Patriots' sixth in 14 season. The NFL hasn't seen a run like that since the '70s. The company the Pats keep.
- [The youngest QBs to win two rings](https://profootballdaly.com/the-youngest-quarterbacks-to-win-two-rings/) - With a victory in Sunday's Super Bowl, the Seahawks' Russell Wilson would become the second-youngest quarterback in NFL history to win two titles. The list.
- [When SI’s Super Bowl prediction was only off by 52 points](https://profootballdaly.com/the-time-sis-super-bowl-prediction-missed-by-52-points/) - When Sports Illustrated's Tex Schramm was asked to predict the score of Super Bowl III, he was off by 52 points.
- [The Hall of Fame case for Terrell Davis](https://profootballdaly.com/the-hall-of-fame-case-for-terrell-davis/) - Denver Broncos great Terrell Davis is a finalist this year for the Pro Football Hall of Fame. One man's argument for him.
- [A hit to remember at the '65 Pro Bowl](https://profootballdaly.com/the-headline-making-1965-pro-bowl/) - Pro Bowls tend to be forgettable affairs. The 1965 game was anything but -- because of a hit Colts Hall of Famer Gino Marchetti laid on the Browns' Frank Ryan.
- [Cheating: an NFL tradition for 95 years](https://profootballdaly.com/the-nfls-long-glorious-tradition-of-cheating/) - NFL fans are getting awfully worked up about the air pressure in footballs. In his league, after all, if you're not cheating you're not trying.
- [On the brink of going back-to-back](https://profootballdaly.com/on-the-brink-of-going-back-to-back/) - The Seahawks can make it two titles in a row against the Patriots on Sunday. How have defending champions fared in the Super Bowl?
- [In the days before diplomacy](https://profootballdaly.com/in-the-days-before-diplomacy/) - Players didn't watch their words quite so carefully in the '60s. Witness this scene before Super Bowl III.
- [Return of the tackle-eligible play](https://profootballdaly.com/the-tackle-eligible-play/) - In 1951 the NFL outlawed the tackle-eligible play. Now -- as the Patriots showed in the AFC title game -- it's back with a vengeance.
- [The Patriots' first quarterback](https://profootballdaly.com/the-patriots-first-quarterback/) - Unlike the affluent Tom Brady, the Patriots' first quarterback coached high school football on the side.
- [Duke Slater: Canton's biggest oversight](https://profootballdaly.com/duke-slater-cantons-biggest-oversight/) - Duke Slater, one of the NFL's first black players, was a huge star in the '20s. How is he not in the Hall of Fame?
- [Sammy Baugh threw deflated footballs](https://profootballdaly.com/sammy-baugh-threw-deflated-footballs/) - Hall of Fame quarterback Sammy Baugh once told me he had the Redskins deflate footballs to 11 pounds for home games because he liked their feel better.
- [When the Super Bowl was affordable](https://profootballdaly.com/when-the-super-bowl-was-affordable/) - Nowadays, Super Bowl tickets can costs thousands of dollars. The cost of going to Super Bowl II between the Packers and Raiders was a little different.
- [Tom Brady's staying power](https://profootballdaly.com/tom-bradys-staying-power/) - Tom Brady's trips to the Super Bowl with the New England Patriots now span 14 seasons. That's a record for an NFL quarterback.
- [12-4 . . . and out the door](https://profootballdaly.com/12-4-and-out-the-door/) - Forty wins the past three seasons didn't give the Broncos' John Fox any job security. Here are some other successful coaches who suffered a similar fate.
- [The Packers’ daunting odds](https://profootballdaly.com/the-packers-long-odds/) - The defending NFL champs are hosting the NFC title game. Do they always win in these situations?
- [A 6:40 kickoff in balmy Foxborough](https://profootballdaly.com/that-640-kickoff-in-foxborough/) - One of these days, you figure, the NFL’s -- and television’s -- casual indifference to winter weather will catch up with them. By not giving themselves the flexibility to flip-flip the conference championship games -- so that Sunday's tilt in New England doesn't kick off at 6:40 p.m. -- they’ll get hit with the blizzard or
- [Eyewitnesses to the Ice Bowl](https://profootballdaly.com/eyewitnesses-to-the-ice-bowl/) - The Ice Bowl -- the 1967 NFL title game -- as seen through the eyes of the writers who covered it.
- [Final Four quarterbacks](https://profootballdaly.com/final-four-quarterbacks/) - The Patriots' Tom Brady will play in his ninth conference title game Sunday vs. the Colts -- two more than any other quarterback.
- [The NFL’s all-time worst rules ](https://profootballdaly.com/the-nfls-all-time-worst-rules/) - The Process Rule? That's nothing. Let me tell you about some REALLY bad rules in pro football history.
- [Belichick-Harbaugh and other coaching rivalries](https://profootballdaly.com/belichick-harbaugh-and-other-coaching-rivalries/) - Saturday’s summit conference between Bill Belichick and John Harbaugh might have been the best of their eight. The top-seeded Patriots twice trailed by two touchdowns and didn't lead until Tom Brady threw the 23-yard game-winner to Brandon LaFell with 5:13 left. There was even some intrigue. Harbaugh howled about the Three-card Monte game the Patriots
- [Birth of The Frozen Tundra](https://profootballdaly.com/birth-of-the-frozen-tundra/) - Lambeau wasn't the first field referred to as "the frozen tundra." So were the Wrigley, Yankee Stadium and possibly others.
- [One way to keep your players warm](https://profootballdaly.com/one-way-to-keep-your-players-warm/) - With frigid forecasts for New England and Green Bay, let's revisit the time Packers coach Curly Lambeau kept his reserves in the locker room to keep them warm.
- [Player safety in the 1960s ](https://profootballdaly.com/player-safety-in-the-1960s/) - A long lost photo of the Chiefs' Fred "The Hammer" Williamson with his right arm in a cast. Also, a celebration of the 1957 passing of the Face Mask Rule.
- [Marvin Lewis and the perils of January](https://profootballdaly.com/marvin-lewis-and-the-perils-of-january/) - The Bengals' Marvin Lewis has plenty of company in his playoffs struggles. He's one of 12 100-win coaches in NFL history with a losing postseason record.
- [The Godfather I and II of pro football](https://profootballdaly.com/the-godfather-i-and-ii-of-pro-football/) - The Cowboys face the Packers on Sunday, their first playoff game at Lambeau Field since the famed Ice Bowl in 1967. A look at that game -- and the one in '66.
- [The Ice Bowl: Bart Starr's sneak](https://profootballdaly.com/the-ice-bowl-bart-starrs-sneak/) - An in-depth look at the play that won the 1967 Ice Bowl between the Packers and Cowboys -- who meet at Lambeau Field on Sunday.
- [Road warriors](https://profootballdaly.com/road-warriors/) - The Ravens have been a fabulous playoff team on the road under John Harbaugh, but they'll probably never top Hank Stram's 1960s Chiefs.
- [One Easy Pick](https://profootballdaly.com/one-easy-pick/) - A classic Terrell Suggs interception in the Ravens-Steelers playoff game might have been inspired by Jack Nicholson.
- [Unanimous AP all-pro](https://profootballdaly.com/unanimous-ap-all-pro/) - Only 15 NFL players have achieved that distinction in the 2000s. It's quite an illustrious group.
- [A world without Gatorade](https://profootballdaly.com/a-world-without-gatorade/) - Before Gatorade -- long before -- there was a sports drink called Postum that was all the rage.
- [Friday Night Fights XII: Woody Strode vs. Gorgeous George](https://profootballdaly.com/friday-night-fights-xii-woody-strode-vs-gorgeous-george/) - Another in the series of fights featuring pro football players. This one: Woody Strode, the erstwhile Los Angeles Rams end, vs. Gorgeous George.
- [Beantown embraces pro football](https://profootballdaly.com/beantown-embraces-pro-football/) - The Patriots are one of the NFL's flagships. Fifty years ago, though, they were still finding their way in a baseball town.
- [Buried in the year-end stats](https://profootballdaly.com/buried-in-the-year-end-stats/) - The Seahawks' Russell Wilson tied for 16th in the NFL in rushing. That's the highest a quarterback has ranked in more than 20 years.
- [Jim Harbaugh, meet Potsy Clark](https://profootballdaly.com/jim-harbaugh-meet-potsy-clark/) - At least Jim Harbaugh landed the plum Michigan job. In 1940, Potsy Clark, who coached the Lions to the title, left to go to the University of Grand Rapids.
- [Rodgers, Romo and the shadow of Montana](https://profootballdaly.com/rodgers-romo-and-the-shadow-of-montana/) - As good as today's quarterbacks are, will anybody ever play the position better than the 49ers' Joe Montana did 25 years ago?
- [Quality starts for quarterbacks, 2014](https://profootballdaly.com/quality-starts-for-quarterbacks-2014/) - Which NFL passer posted an above-average rating in the most games in 2014?
- [The Fifth Down in the 1961 title game](https://profootballdaly.com/the-fifth-down-in-the-1961-title-game/) - On this day in 1961, the officials goofed in the NFL title game and gave the Packers an extra down. Here's the story (with video).
- [More Redskins fisticuffs](https://profootballdaly.com/more-redskins-fisticuffs/) - Before Bashaud Breeland and Andre Roberts swapped punches, Jim Ricca and Paul Lipscomb got into it in the Washington locker room after a 1952 game.
- [Barnstorming on Dec. 25](https://profootballdaly.com/barnstorming-on-christmas/) - On Christmas Day 1932, the Chicago Bears and Portsmouth Spartans played to a 6-6 tie before a sparse crowd of 2,000 in Cincinnati. I mention this because, well, they'd also met the Sunday before in the NFL title game -- won by the Bears, 9-0. You sometimes saw these championship rematches in the early days,
- [Oh-Oh-Odell Beckham](https://profootballdaly.com/oh-oh-odell-beckham/) - Giants wideout Odell Beckham is having one of the greatest receiving seasons ever by a rookie. But just how great is it?
- [Merry Christmas 1931](https://profootballdaly.com/merry-christmas-1931/) - On Christmas Eve 1931, Portsmouth Spartans back Roy "Pop" Lumpkin send a Christmas card to fans in the local newspaper. It was different then.
- [Football in Cuba](https://profootballdaly.com/football-in-cuba/) - Will the normalizing of relations between the U.S. and Cuba bring about a football revival on that island? The University of Havana used to field a team.
- [Richard Sherman: Pick of the litter](https://profootballdaly.com/richard-sherman-pick-of-the-litter/) - In terms of interceptions, the Seahawks' Richard Sherman has had the best first four seasons by a defensive back since the 1970 merger.
- [At least Russell Wilson was sober](https://profootballdaly.com/at-least-russell-wilson-was-sober/) - The Cardinals gave up more yards Sunday night vs. the Seahawks (596) than they have since 1958, when a hung-over Bobby Layne rolled up 683 on them.
- [Quarterbacks: To run or not to run?](https://profootballdaly.com/quarterbacks-to-run-or-not-to-run/) - The instant success of passer-runners like the 49ers' Colin Kaepernick and the Redskins' Robert Griffin III has waned. What does this mean for the QB position?
- ["Stump the Football Stars"](https://profootballdaly.com/stump-the-football-stars/) - A year after their famed overtime playoff game, the Kansas City Chiefs and Miami Dolphins square off in the TV show, "Sports Challenge."
- [100-0](https://profootballdaly.com/100-0/) - An NFL team once won by a bigger score than 73-0, believe it or not.
- [Slingin’ Antonio Brown](https://profootballdaly.com/slingin-antonio-brown/) - The Steelers wideout, currently leading in the NFL in receiving yards, can also throw the ball a little.
- ["The Thing with Two Heads"](https://profootballdaly.com/the-thing-with-two-heads/) - Is this the worst movie in history that featured a former pro football player? Could be.
- [What to do about the Snyderskins](https://profootballdaly.com/what-to-do-about-the-snyderskins/) - After losing 10 or more games for the fifth time in six seasons, drastic measures are required.
- [RG3 and The Noise](https://profootballdaly.com/rg3-and-the-noise/) - Analytically, by the numbers, the Redskins' Robert Griffin III looks pretty good next to other under-25 quarterbacks.
- [Last-minute gift ideas](https://profootballdaly.com/last-minute-gift-ideas/) - Groping for a present? Here are some suggestions you might want to consider for the pro football fan in your life.
- [Title games in December](https://profootballdaly.com/title-games-in-december/) - The NFL used to play its championship game right around this time of year. Here's some classic video from some of those games.
- [Johnny Football’s brutal baptism](https://profootballdaly.com/johnny-footballs-brutal-baptism/) - Johnny Manziel looked overmatched in the his first start for the Browns on Sunday against the Bengals. But some famous quarterbacks have had similar struggles.
- [Zigging when he should have zagged](https://profootballdaly.com/zigging-when-he-should-have-zagged/) - NFL owners used to be a lot more interesting. Take Alexis Thompson, for instance, the Eagles' boss in the '40s -- when he wasn't driving a bobsled.
- [Le'Veon Bell breaks out](https://profootballdaly.com/leveon-bell-breaks-out/) - Steelers running back Le'Veon Bell has had 200 yards from scrimmage in three straight games. Now that's unusual.
- [Ram-bunctious defense](https://profootballdaly.com/ram-bunctious-defense/) - That's three games in a row the Rams haven't given up a touchdown. You don't see that often in these offensive times.
- [Sound Bites V](https://profootballdaly.com/sound-bites-v/) - The "extra" motivation Vince Lombardi gave the Packers before the 1966 NFL title game.
- [Football fights](https://profootballdaly.com/football-fights/) - That little scrap between two Redskins during practice the other day was just that -- little. Let me tell you about a couple of bigger football battles.
- [The last helmetless player -- in 1965?](https://profootballdaly.com/the-last-helmetless-player-in-1965/) - Maybe Dick Plasman, the Bears end of yore, isn't the last NFLer to play bareheaded. Maybe it's Joe Don Looney, the Lions' wacky running back.
- [Versatility revisited](https://profootballdaly.com/versatility-revisited/) - Further discussion of the NFL's increasing specialization -- and how the best players aren't asked to do as much as they used to.
- [Just how sizzling is Julio Jones?](https://profootballdaly.com/julio-jones-and-hot-receivers/) - With 448 receiving yards in two games, the Falcons' Julio Jones is on fire. Where exactly does he rank on the Fahrenheit scale?
- [Edelmania](https://profootballdaly.com/edelmania/) - The Patriots' Julian Edelman can become the 14th NFL player since 1960 with 1,000 receiving yards and a punt-return TD in the same season. That's versatility.
- [Curly Lambeau, the cartoon](https://profootballdaly.com/curly-lambeau-the-cartoon/) - A cartoonist's rendering of Curly Lambeau, the Packers' Hall of Fame coach, during a game against the Bears in 1944.
- [51 . . . and done](https://profootballdaly.com/51-and-done/) - Peyton Manning's streak of 51 consecutive games throwing a touchdown pass ended Sunday -- and with it a chance to break Drew Brees' NFL record.
- [A block that still rocks](https://profootballdaly.com/a-block-that-still-rocks/) - Taking a closer look at one of the greatest blocks in NFL history, one that started the Chicago Bears on their way to a 73-0 win in the 1940 title game.
- [Back-to-back blankings](https://profootballdaly.com/back-to-back-blankings/) - The Rams' 24-0 win over the Redskins on Sunday was their second shutout in a row. Not many defenses have done that in these offense-friendly times.
- [Putting the "foot" in football](https://profootballdaly.com/putting-the-foot-in-football/) - A 1952 photo showing the Redskins' Jim Ricca kicking Hugh McElhenny, the 49ers Hall of Famer, while he was lying on the ground.
- [Dec. 7, 1941](https://profootballdaly.com/dec-7-1941/) - The day Japan bombed Pearl Harbor was the last day of the 1941 NFL regular season. Three games were played.
- [Bill Simmons’ alternate universe](https://profootballdaly.com/bill-simmons-alternate-universe/) - Simmons' rant about Raymond Berry's quarterback change during the Patriots' 1985 Super Bowl season is laughably off the mark.
- [A showgirl, a suicide and the '34 Bears](https://profootballdaly.com/a-showgirl-a-suicide-and-the-34-bears/) - A strange thing happened three weeks before the 1934 NFL title game. A girlfriend of one of the Bears threw herself out of an eighth-floor window.
- [Goodell, Rozelle and justice](https://profootballdaly.com/goodell-rozelle-and-justice/) - Roger Goodell isn't the first NFL commissioner to have a disciplinary ruling overruled.
- [Bud Grant without a facemask!](https://profootballdaly.com/bud-grant-without-a-facemask/) - A photo of the the Minnesota Vikings' Hall of Fame coach, sans facemask, when he played for the CFL's Winnipeg Blue Bombers.
- [Bears 73, Redskins 0: an annotated play-by-play](https://profootballdaly.com/bears-73-redskins-0-an-annotated-play-by-play/) - Dec. 8 is the anniversary of the biggest blowout in NFL history, the Bears' 73-0 evisceration of the Redskins in the 1940 title game. A detailed play-by-play.
- [A quarterback crushes a 91-yard punt](https://profootballdaly.com/a-quarterback-crushes-a-91-yard-punt/) - Twenty-five years ago today, Eagles quarterback Randall Cunningham got off a 91-yard punt vs. the Giants. It's the fourth-longest in NFL history.
- [PEDs in the 1930s](https://profootballdaly.com/peds-in-the-1930s/) - A look back disclosures made by Johnny Blood, the Packers' Hall of Fame back, in 1973.
- [Dec. 2, 1956: Frank Gifford on "What's My Line?"](https://profootballdaly.com/dec-2-1956-frank-gifford-on-whats-my-line/) - On this day in 1956, Giants Hall of Famer Frank Gifford went on the game show "What's My Line?" and tried to stump the panel.
- [Trading draft picks for coaches](https://profootballdaly.com/trading-draft-picks-for-coaches/) - The 49ers' Jim Harbaugh might be up for bids after the season. A look at other trades involving NFL head coaches.
- [J.J. Watt, scoring machine](https://profootballdaly.com/j-j-watt-scoring-machine/) - Texans defensive end J.J. Watt has scored 5 touchdowns this season. Let's try to put that in perspective, so you'll be suitably impressed.
- [Bill Belichick at Chez Lambeau](https://profootballdaly.com/belichick-at-chez-lambeau/) - The Patriots' next stop is Lambeau Field, where Bill Belichick (227 career victories) will try to get one win closer to Green Bay legend Curly Lambeau (229).
- [Nov. 29, 1954: The NFL makes the grade](https://profootballdaly.com/nov-29-1954-the-nfl-makes-the-grade/) - Sixty years ago today, a pro football player -- Lions Hall of Famer Bobby Layne -- appeared on the cover of Time magazine. Pro football had arrived.
- [Friday Night Fights XI: Tarzan White vs. Chest Bernard, 1952](https://profootballdaly.com/friday-night-fights-xi-tarzan-white-vs-chest-bernard-1952/) - The next in our continuing series of bouts featuring NFL players. In this one: Tarzan White, the erstwhile New York Giant, wrestles in Chicago.
- [The NFL's All-Time Drinking Team](https://profootballdaly.com/the-nfls-all-time-drinking-team/) - Don't worry, it's not the guys with the most DWIs. I put another spin on it.
- [Thanksgiving 1930](https://profootballdaly.com/thanksgiving-1930/) - A day in the life of the NFL: Nov. 27, 1930. Nine of the league's 11 teams played on Turkey Day. Want to read the game stories?
- [The streaking Patriots](https://profootballdaly.com/the-streaking-patriots/) - Bill Belichick's New England juggernaut is on another seven-game roll -- almost an annual occurrence, it seems.
- [Sideline extracurriculars](https://profootballdaly.com/sideline-extracurriculars/) - A 49ers player and a Redskins coach had words during the NIners' 17-13 win Sunday. That's nothing. In 1961 a coach was accused of punching an opposing player.
- [Joe Morgan: Bang for the touch](https://profootballdaly.com/joe-morgan-bang-for-the-touch/) - Saints wide receiver Joe Morgan touched the ball twice Monday night. He gained more than 60 yards both times. Now that's unusual.
- [36 points, 37 penalties](https://profootballdaly.com/36-points-37-penalties/) - Revisiting the game between the Browns and Bears on Nov. 25, 1951 that produced not one but two records.
- [36 points and 37 penalties](https://profootballdaly.com/six-touchdowns-and-374-yards-in-penalties/) - Rarely do two things of historical significance happen in the same game. But It's great when they do -- such as in the Browns' 42-21 win over the Bears on Nov. 25, 1951. For starters, Cleveland back Dub Jones scored six touchdowns, tying the record he now shares with Ernie Nevers (1929) and Gale Sayers
- [The dead guy J.J. Watt just tied](https://profootballdaly.com/the-dead-guy-j-j-watt-just-tied/) - Texans defensive end J.J. Watt just matched a feat that hasn't been accomplished since 1938. A few words about the '38 guy, Jay Arnold of the Eagles.
- [Snow in Buffalo](https://profootballdaly.com/snow-in-buffalo/) - Because of a storm in Buffalo, the Bills and Jets will play Monday night in Detroit. A look at other postponements in cancellations in NFL history.
- [The Jonas Gray Chart of the Day](https://profootballdaly.com/the-jonas-gray-chart-of-the-day/) - The Patriots' Jonas Gray had a rare night against the Colts in Week 11. His first 100-yard game in the NFL was a 200-yard game.
- [Happy Chuck Bednarik Day](https://profootballdaly.com/happy-chuck-bednarik-day/) - On this day in 1960, Eagles linebacker Chuck Bednarik delivered a hit heard 'round the pro football world. On the receiving end was the Giants' Frank Gifford.
- [A touchdown a quarter](https://profootballdaly.com/a-touchdown-a-quarter/) - Patriots rookie Jonas Gray scored a touchdown in every quarter vs. the Colts. Now that's something that hasn't happened often.
- [The offensive fireworks on Nov. 19, 1950](https://profootballdaly.com/the-offensive-fireworks-on-nov-19-1950/) - Most NFL records from the old days have been obliterated. But this one from 1950 just lasts and lasts.
- [Bye week](https://profootballdaly.com/bye-week/) - Enjoy the archives.
- [A forgotten QB's finest hour](https://profootballdaly.com/a-forgotten-qbs-finest-hour/) - Ever hear about the quarterback who got sacked 11 times, then led his team down the field in the last few minutes to win the game -- and scored the TD himself?
- [Running back consistency](https://profootballdaly.com/running-back-consistency/) - The Cowboys' DeMarco Murray might be in the midst of the most consistent season an NFL running back has ever had.
- [Friday Night Fights X: Joe Savoldi vs. Man Mountain Dean, 1934](https://profootballdaly.com/friday-night-fights-x-joe-savoldi-vs-man-mountain-dean-1934/) - The latest in the series. Savoldi, a former Chicago Bears running back, had a lengthy wrestling career.
- [The name’s the same](https://profootballdaly.com/the-names-the-same/) - Who are the best set of Triplets -- QB, RB, receiver -- who share the same last name?
- [The Bears exhume the Rochester Jeffersons](https://profootballdaly.com/the-bears-exhume-the-rochester-jeffersons/) - On a sorry Sunday night, the Bears became the first NFL team in 91 years to give up 50 points in back-to-back games.
- [Helmetless players on parade #1](https://profootballdaly.com/helmetless-players-on-parade-1/) - The first in a series of photos of NFL players from the early days who didn't wear helmets.
- [Backup QBs to the rescue](https://profootballdaly.com/backup-qbs-to-the-rescue/) - With Carson Palmer sidelined for the season, it's up to Drew Stanton to lead the Cardinals to the title. He wouldn't be the first backup to do it.
- [Here’s the kicker](https://profootballdaly.com/heres-the-kicker/) - The Patriots' Stephen Gostkowski has become just the ninth NFL/AFL player to reach 100 points in the first nine games. And how about the Saints' Shayne Graham?
- [Fullback, first class](https://profootballdaly.com/fullback-first-class/) - A newspaper ad for war bonds in 1943 featuring Chicago Bears fullback Norm Standlee.
- [Too much, too fast?](https://profootballdaly.com/too-much-too-fast/) - The Packers' Aaron Rodgers and Broncos Peyton Manning threw touchdown passes with lightning speed Sunday? Is this good for the game?
- [Veterans Day: The NFL's Audie Murphy](https://profootballdaly.com/veterans-day-the-nfls-audie-murphy/) - Maurice Britt of the Detroit Lions was one of the most decorated American soldiers in World War II.
- [The Seahawks’ 1-in-a-1,000 game](https://profootballdaly.com/the-seahawks-1-in-a-1000-game/) - Some things happened in the Seahawks' 38-17 win over the Giants that you just don't see every Sunday.
- [Runnin’ Russell Wilson](https://profootballdaly.com/runnin-russell-wilson/) - The Seahawks' Russell Wilson had his third 100-yard rushing game Sunday vs. the Giants, tying the record for a quarterback in one season.
- [By the way . . .](https://profootballdaly.com/by-the-way/) - Major discovery! Proof that Hall of Fame quarterback Y.A. Tittle once had hair.
- [Whew, that was close!](https://profootballdaly.com/whew-that-was-close/) - Peyton Manning has righted himself after throwing two early picks vs. the Raiders. Good thing, too.
- [Seven weeks before the Sudden Death Game](https://profootballdaly.com/seven-weeks-before-the-sudden-death-game/) - How different were things in the NFL on this day in 1958? You'd be amazed.
- [Ryan Fitzpatrick is no “Little General”](https://profootballdaly.com/ryan-fitzpatrick-is-no-little-general/) - Comparing the Texans' Ryan Fitzpatrick to Eddie LeBaron, the diminutive passer for the Redskins and Cowboys? Give me a break.
- [When Bill Veeck “bought” the Raiders](https://profootballdaly.com/when-bill-veeck-bought-the-raiders/) - The Raiders' conversations with San Antonio reminds me of their first "attempted" move in 1961, after their first season.
- [More from Tom Flores, the first MMQB](https://profootballdaly.com/more-from-tom-flores-the-first-mmqb/) - More highlights from Tom Flores' stint as a part-time sports columnist for the Oakland Tribune in 1962.
- [Friday Night Fights IX: Tom Zbikowski vs. Blake Warner, 2011](https://profootballdaly.com/friday-night-fights-ix-tom-zbikowski-vs-blake-warner-2011/) - The last of former NFLer (Ravens, Colts) Tom Zbikowski's four professional bouts.
- [Fraternal twins](https://profootballdaly.com/fraternal-twins/) - Why the Broncos' two Thomases, Demaryius and Julius, remind me of the movies.
- [The NFL's last scoreless tie?](https://profootballdaly.com/the-nfls-last-scoreless-tie-2/) - The NFL's last scoreless tie was played 71 years ago today -- unless it wasn't.
- [Big Ben bumps Tom Flores out of the record book](https://profootballdaly.com/big-ben-bumps-tom-flores-out-of-the-record-book/) - Two straight six-touchdown-pass games? Somebody drug test Ben Roethlisberger.
- [From one Hall of Famer to another](https://profootballdaly.com/from-one-hall-of-famer-to-another/) - Not one of Dan Marino's 420 career touchdown passes went to a fellow Hall of Famer. Quarterbacks who had the most Canton-to-Canton TD connections.
- [Tashaun Gipson’s six picks](https://profootballdaly.com/tashaun-gipsons-six-picks/) - Third-year free safety Tashaun Gipson has six interceptions at the halfway point for the Browns. Nobody's had more than 10 in a season since 1981.
- [Former NFL quarterbacks as head coaches](https://profootballdaly.com/former-nfl-quarterbacks-as-head-coaches/) - Jim Harbaugh might be the best the NFL has seen -- in the modern era, at least. Hall of Fame QBs haven't done well at all in the league as head coaches.
- [Peyton Manning: chasing more history](https://profootballdaly.com/peyton-manning-chasing-more-history/) - Peyton Manning can add another record to his resumé if he throws a TD pass in each of the Broncos' remaining 13 games. The Seahawks nearly ended his streak.
- [Streak-struck](https://profootballdaly.com/streak-struck/) - The Broncos' Peyton Manning has thrown at least two touchdown passes in a record 14 straight regular-season games. But what about these other quarterbacks?
- [The Clemson receiver factory](https://profootballdaly.com/the-clemson-receiver-factory/) - Has a school ever turned out two instant-impact wide receivers like Clemson's Sammy Watkins (Bills) and Martavis Bryant (Steelers)?
- [Letting prostrate passers lie](https://profootballdaly.com/letting-prostrate-passers-lie/) - It's been pointed out that Robert Griffin III's Redskins teammates don't always help him up after he's knocked down. Big deal.
- [Your league-leading Arizona Cardinals](https://profootballdaly.com/your-league-leading-arizona-cardinals/) - The Cardinals' 7-1 record is the best in the NFL at the halfway point. A look back at their angst-filled history.
- [O as in Oakland](https://profootballdaly.com/o-as-in-oakland/) - The Raiders are 0-8 for the second time in franchise history. But things aren't nearly as bad now as they were then, 1962.
- [College vs. pro](https://profootballdaly.com/college-vs-pro/) - Oklahoma's Trevor Knight threw for three TDs and ran for three in Saturday's win over Iowa State. It's been 60 years since an NFL quarterback did that.
- [The shelf life of a QB](https://profootballdaly.com/the-shelf-life-of-a-qb/) - The Patriots' Tom Brady and Broncos' Peyton Manning look like they can play forever. Why don't we discuss that?
- [The latest Clash of the Titans](https://profootballdaly.com/the-latest-clash-of-the-titans/) - Tom Brady and Peyton Manning will meet for the 16th time Sunday. A look at their rivalry -- and others featuring two Hall of Fame quarterbacks.
- [Buried in the Champ Bailey file](https://profootballdaly.com/buried-in-the-champ-bailey-file/) - Broncos cornerback Champ Bailey, who just retired, was part of an amazing -- and forgotten -- series of deals that yielded the Redskins three high No. 1s.
- [Famous quarterbacks they have known](https://profootballdaly.com/famous-quarterbacks-they-have-known/) - Ever wonder which player in NFL history caught touchdown passes from the most Hall of Fame quarterbacks? Well, I did.
- [Inventing “records”](https://profootballdaly.com/inventing-records/) - According to ESPN Stats & Info, Colt McCoy set a Redskins record Monday night by completing 83.3 percent of his passes. But did he really?
- [Downtown DeSean Jackson](https://profootballdaly.com/downtown-desean-jackson/) - The Redskins' DeSean Jackson is averaging 20 yards a catch halfway through the season. If he keeps it up, he could join a very select group.
- [“In Defense of the Competitive Urge”](https://profootballdaly.com/in-defense-of-the-competitive-urge/) - Forty years ago, Vice President Jerry Ford reflected on his football career and the state of athletics in a Sports Illustrated piece that still resonates today.
- [500 passing yards](https://profootballdaly.com/500-passing-yards/) - The Steelers' Ben Roethlisberger topped 500 passing yards Sunday against the Colts, a feat that isn't nearly as rare as it used to be.
- [Spreading the ball around a little too much](https://profootballdaly.com/spreading-the-ball-around-a-little-too-much/) - The Jets' Geno Smith had more interceptions (3) than completions (2) Sunday when coach Rex Ryan yanked him. The company he keeps.
- [The Patriots and 50-point games](https://profootballdaly.com/the-patriots-and-50-point-games/) - The Patriots dropped 51 points on the Bears on Sunday, the third straight year they've put up 50 in a game. It doesn't happen often.
- [Paul Hornung’s forgotten streak](https://profootballdaly.com/paul-hornungs-forgotten-streak/) - Celebrating the anniversary of Packers great Paul Hornung's most amazing game -- and the streak that went with it.
- [Coaching hires in the 2000s: the sequel](https://profootballdaly.com/coaching-hires-in-the-2000s-the-sequel/) - Fewer former players serving as NFL head coaches means fewer former players coaching teams to the Super Bowl. It used to be much different.
- [Memorable midseason trades](https://profootballdaly.com/memorable-midseason-trades/) - The Seahawks trade of Percy Harvin to the Jets was just a blip on the radar screen. In years past, there were Really Big trades during the NFL season.
- [Friday Night Fights VIII: Charley Powell vs. Charlie Norkus, 1954](https://profootballdaly.com/friday-night-fights-viii-charley-powell-vs-charlie-norkus-1954/) - 49ers defensive end Charley Powell had quite the boxing career, tangling with Muhammad Ali and Floyd Patterson, among others.
- [Friday Night Fights VII: Dick the Bruiser vs. Ivan Rasputin, 1955](https://profootballdaly.com/friday-night-fights-vii-dick-the-bruiser-vs-ivan-rasputin-1955/) - Continuing with our series of Friday Night Fights. This one involves Dick Afflis, a lineman for the Green Bay Packers in the 1950s.
- [Quarterback merry-go-rounds](https://profootballdaly.com/quarterback-merry-go-rounds/) - Looks like the Redskins will start their third different quarterback Monday night at Dallas. Here are six teams that started four (or more) and won.
- [Matt Stafford erases a bit more of Bobby Layne](https://profootballdaly.com/matt-stafford-erases-a-bit-more-of-bobby-layne/) - With his next TD pass -- his 119th -- Matt Stafford will break a Lions mark that has stood since 1958. Surprised? The Bears' mark has stood since '50.
- [Colts-Bengals . . . and other tail-kickings](https://profootballdaly.com/colts-bengals-and-other-tail-kickings/) - The Colts' outgained the Bengals by 371 yards in Week 7. It's not even close to the record.
- [The Percy Harvin puzzle](https://profootballdaly.com/the-percy-harvin-puzzle/) - Percy Harvin, the new New York Jet, looks like he should be able to gain a bunch of yards. So why doesn't he?
- [Running roughshod over Roethlisberger](https://profootballdaly.com/running-roughshod-over-roethlisberger/) - The Steelers' Ben Roethlisberger is now the 10th most sacked quarterback since the NFL began tracking the statistic. He may eventually be No. 1.
- [Yet another Dynamic Debut by a Redskins QB](https://profootballdaly.com/yet-another-dynamic-debut-by-a-redskins-qb/) - The Redskins haven't had great quarterbacking in recent decades, but they sure have had a lot of QBs play great at first.
- [What once was Sammy's is now Peyton's](https://profootballdaly.com/what-once-was-sammys-is-now-peytons/) - Tracing the history of an NFL record can be more fun than a barrel of Statue of Liberty plays. That was certainly the case when I researched the mark Peyton Manning broke Sunday night for career touchdown passes. The Broncos legend -- who’s at 510 and counting -- is the eighth quarterback to hold the
- [Russell Wilson, making some history](https://profootballdaly.com/russell-wilson-making-some-history/) - The Seahawks' Russell Wilson is the first NFL QB to to pass for 300 yards and rush for 100 in the same game. Here are some others who came close.
- [NFL punters: To infinity and beyond](https://profootballdaly.com/nfl-punters-to-infinity-and-beyond/) - As Tress Way, the Redskins undrafted rookie, is showing, NFL punting has never been better.
- [Adding fatality to injury](https://profootballdaly.com/adding-fatality-to-injury/) - On this day in 1953, an ambulance carrying three injured Baltimore Colts to the hospital got in an accident. It wasn't good.
- [Friday Night Fights V: Ernie Ladd vs. Wahoo McDaniel](https://profootballdaly.com/friday-night-fights-v-ernie-ladd-vs-wahoo-mcdaniel/) - Highlights from a tag team bout in the '70s featuring former Chargers star Ernie Ladd and erstwhile Jets folk hero Wahoo McDaniel.
- [For Rex Ryan's eyes only](https://profootballdaly.com/for-rex-ryans-eyes-only/) - A blocked field goal at the buzzer doomed the Jets Thursday night. Imagine having four kickers on your team who could boom a long one -- like the '36 Packers.
- [Why today’s NFL players aren’t necessarily All That](https://profootballdaly.com/why-todays-nfl-players-arent-necessarily-all-that/) - If you took the best 16-game stretches of some NFL greats of yesteryear, their numbers would be as good or better as those of today's players.
- [Boston Patriots 43, Oakland Raiders 43](https://profootballdaly.com/boston-patriots-43-oakland-raiders-43/) - Fifty years ago today, the Patriots and Raiders played the highest scoring tie game in NFL/AFL history. The final at Fenway Park: 43-43.
- [An old(er) back learns some new tricks](https://profootballdaly.com/an-older-back-learns-some-new-tricks/) - Ahmad Bradshaw has five touchdown passes in the Colts' first six games this season. That puts him on a record pace for a running back.
- [Instant-impact receivers](https://profootballdaly.com/instant-impact-receivers/) - Four wideouts who switched teams in the offseason are in the NFL's Top 10 for receiving yards.
- [The eternal John Riggins](https://profootballdaly.com/the-eternal-john-riggins/) - Thirty years ago today, John Riggins rushed for 165 yards against the Cowboys, It's still the record for a 35-and-over back -- and might never be broken.
- [The other thing about Kirk Cousins](https://profootballdaly.com/the-other-thing-about-kirk-cousins/) - Has anyone else noticed how much Alfred Morris' rushing production has dropped with Kirk Cousins at quarterback instead of Robert Griffin III?
- [80 years ago: Marty Glickman vs. Sid Luckman](https://profootballdaly.com/80-years-ago-marty-glickman-vs-sid-luckman/) - The Oct. 13, 1934 Brooklyn Eagle ran a story about Marty Glickman, the future sportscaster, having a pick-six vs. Sid Luckman, the future Hall of Fame QB.
- [DeMarco Murray and the Triple Crown](https://profootballdaly.com/demarco-murray-and-the-triple-crown/) - Could the Cowboys' DeMarco Murray be the first running back in 15 years to lead NFL rushers in yards, average and TDs?
- [3 other guys who threw for 7 TDs in a game](https://profootballdaly.com/3-other-guys-who-threw-for-7-tds-in-a-game/) - Is it possible to throw 7 TD passes in an NFL game and have no one remember? Yes. Three times yes.
- ["Statistics are for losers": an exercise in etymology](https://profootballdaly.com/statistics-are-for-losers-an-exercise-in-etymology/) - Which football coach originated the phrase "statistics are for losers"? These things can be hard to pin down.
- [Great moments in NFL fandom](https://profootballdaly.com/great-moments-in-nfl-fandom/) - A Detroit Lions fan has been fined for shining a laser pointer in the eyes of Buffalo Bills players. Fans have been known to do wacky stuff like that.
- [Friday Night Fights VI: Steve Hamas vs. Max Schmeling, 1935](https://profootballdaly.com/friday-night-fights-vi-steve-hamas-vs-max-schmeling-1935/) - Steve Hamas, a former fullback for the Orange Tornadoes in the early NFL, fought ex-heavyweight champ Max Schmeling twice -- and didn't do too badly.
- [Work of Art](https://profootballdaly.com/work-of-art/) - On this date in 1972, Art Thoms of the Oakland Raiders had one of the greatest games ever by a defensive tackle.
- [The best and worst of kicking](https://profootballdaly.com/the-best-and-worst-of-kicking/) - The Bills' Dan Carpenter got mobbed and the Lions' Alex Henery got pink-slipped after Buffalo's 17-14 win in Week 5. So it goes for kickers.
- [Passing for a pile of yards -- and winning!](https://profootballdaly.com/passing-for-a-pile-of-yards-and-winning/) - Until last season, an NFL quarterback who threw for 400 yards in a game was more likely to lose than win. What's changed the last two years (18-11 record)?
- [A brief glimpse of the NFL in 1960](https://profootballdaly.com/a-brief-glimpse-of-the-nfl-in-1960/) - Some observations about a YouTube video of a 1960 game between the Baltimore Colts and San Francisco 49ers.
- [The latest Running Back from Nowhere](https://profootballdaly.com/the-latest-running-back-from-nowhere/) - Chargers rookie Branden Oliver had a big day in Sunday's win over the Jets. He's just one of many useful backs who have been passed over in the draft lately.
- [Gronk vs. the greats](https://profootballdaly.com/gronk-vs-the-greats/) - Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski, who missed chunks of the past two seasons, is back scoring touchdowns at an amazing rate.
- [The joy of stats, Week 4](https://profootballdaly.com/the-joy-of-stats-week-4/) - The Vikings' Teddy Bridgewater, the Falcons' Devin Hester and the 49ers' Frank Gore produced some of the more interesting stats of the week in the NFL.
- [More than you ever wanted to know about coaching hires](https://profootballdaly.com/more-than-you-ever-wanted-to-know-about-coaching-hires/) - Crunching the numbers on the 103 NFL coaches hired in the 2000s yields some fascinating results.
- [The hazards of being a 100-catch receiver](https://profootballdaly.com/the-hazards-of-being-a-100-catch-receiver/) - The Lions' Calvin Johnson is hurt. The Texans' Andre Johnson is hurt. The Broncos' Wes Welker has concussion issues. Are 100-catch receivers too vulnerable?
- [A Sunday of safeties](https://profootballdaly.com/a-sunday-of-safeties/) - Safeties -- yes, safeties -- loomed large in victories by the Browns and Saints in Week 4.
- [Ernie Ladd revisited](https://profootballdaly.com/ernie-ladd-revisited/) - On the occasion of his death, a look back at Ernie Ladd, the San Diego Chargers' larger-than-life defensive tackle.
- [Friday Night Fights IV: Fridge Perry vs. Manute Bol, 2002](https://profootballdaly.com/friday-night-fights-iv-fridge-perry-vs-manute-bol-2002/) - Looking back at a celebrity bout between Chicago Bears celebrity William Perry and NBA giant Manute Bol.
- [Michael Phelps and Bobby Layne](https://profootballdaly.com/michael-phelps-and-bobby-layne/) - Swimming great Michael Phelps might be facing a tough legal battle after his second DUI arrest. It was far easier for Hall of Fame QB Bobby Layne 50 years ago.
- [Sound Bites IV](https://profootballdaly.com/sound-bites-iv/) - An interesting quote from Paul Brown, the Brown's Hall of Fame coach, after one of his players suffered a concussion in 1953.
- [Preview of coming attractions](https://profootballdaly.com/preview-of-coming-attractions/) - A couple of amusing photos related to Chicago Bears legend Bronko Nagurski's wrestling career. Pro Football Daly will have a story on the subject Wednesday.
- [Murray in a hurry](https://profootballdaly.com/murray-in-a-hurry/) - The Cowboys' DeMarco Murray has rushed for 100 or more yards in each of his first four games, a rare feat. The Cowboys need to watch his carries, though.
- [Steve Smith makes the Panthers miss him](https://profootballdaly.com/steve-smith-makes-the-panthers-miss-him/) - For the second straight NFL Sunday, a well-known wide receiver came up big in his first game against his former team.
- [A fearsome foursome of NFL golfers](https://profootballdaly.com/a-fearsome-foursome-of-nfl-golfers/) - The Cowboys' Tony Romo is probably the best NFL golfer today, but some others before him were pretty talented with the sticks.
- [Talk about your Short Work Weeks](https://profootballdaly.com/talk-about-your-short-work-weeks/) - The Redskins and Giants are the NFL's latest Thursday night Lambs to the Slaughter. But in the early years, teams routinely played on even shorter rest.
- [Friday Night Fights III: Vai Sikahema vs. Jose Canseco, 2008](https://profootballdaly.com/friday-night-fights-iii-sikahema-canseco/) - Reliving the day in 2008 that Vai Sikahema, the former Pro Bowl return man, met erstwhile baseball slugger Jose Canseco in the boxing ring.
- [Why the Falcons eased up on the Bucs](https://profootballdaly.com/why-the-falcons-eased-up-on-the-bucs/) - A surprising number of NFL teams have been beaten by 50 or more points and avenged their loss the next time they played that opponent.
- [A small bone to pick with FiveThirtyEight](https://profootballdaly.com/a-small-bone-to-pick-with-fivethirtyeight/) - A story on the 1999 Rams offense gets it mostly right and is worth the read. But there's this bit of fudging that needs to be addressed.
- [A flash in the pan . . . or the real deal?](https://profootballdaly.com/a-flash-in-the-pan-or-the-real-deal/) - The Redskins' Kirk Cousins had a 400-yard passing game in Week 3 in just his fifth NFL start. Amazingly, six quarterbacks have done it even quicker.
- [Sound Bites III](https://profootballdaly.com/sound-bites-iii/) - The Browns are going very slowly with Johnny Manziel -- and he's hardly the first rookie quarterback to go through that experience.
- [The Princes of Ties](https://profootballdaly.com/the-princes-of-ties/) - In the wake of the Seahawks-Broncos classic, this might be a good time to mention that the NFL's first regular-season overtime game was 40 years ago this week.
- [Gadget plays galore](https://profootballdaly.com/gadget-plays-galore/) - NFL teams channeled their Inner David Copperfield in Week 3, with the Bengals and Browns running a couple of notable trick plays. Two more suggestions.
- [The Jaguars' 8 quarters from Hell](https://profootballdaly.com/the-jaguars-8-quarters-from-hell/) - It's hard to find an NFL team -- in any era -- that's had a worse eight quarters than the Jaguars had in recent weeks.
- [Butch Gibson, Hercules of the latter-day Giants](https://profootballdaly.com/butch-gibson-hercules-of-the-latter-day-giants/) - Butch Gibson, all-pro lineman for the New York Giants in the 1930s, could tear a deck of cards into sixteenths with his bare hands.
- [The Browns try to pull a fast one](https://profootballdaly.com/the-browns-try-to-pull-a-fast-one/) - In their 23-21 loss to the Ravens on Sunday, the Browns dusted off the old Hideout Play. Too bad it's been illegal since 1954.
- [Ray Rice, Roger Goodell and journalistic hyperbole](https://profootballdaly.com/ray-rice-roger-goodell-and-journalistic-hyperbole/) - The current crisis is "the biggest in NFL's 95-year history"? Not even close. Ever heard of the Depression? How about World War II?
- [2-14 has stopped meaning what it used to mean](https://profootballdaly.com/two-wins-have-stopped-meaning-what-they-used-to-mean/) - In the last two NFL seasons, the Colts and Chiefs have rebounded from 2-14 records to make the playoffs. This year's Texans might make it three in a row.
- [Speaking of smallish players . . .](https://profootballdaly.com/speaking-of-smallish-players/) - New York Giants guard Tarzan White hoists 145-pound back Doug Locke with one hand at the team's 1938 training camp.
- [Darren Sproles and the NFL's all-time Mighty Mites](https://profootballdaly.com/darren-sproles-and-the-all-time-all-small-team/) - Darren Sproles, the Eagles' downsized running back, continues to be an impact player in the NFL -- as he showed Monday night against the Colts.
- [At least NFL players don't do THIS anymore](https://profootballdaly.com/at-least-nfl-players-dont-do-this-anymore/) - From yesteryear, Giants Hall of Famer Frank Gifford sells cigarettes on a TV commercial.
- [Bengals novelty Mohamed Sanu: He, too, shall pass](https://profootballdaly.com/bengals-novelty-mohamed-sanu/) - The Bengals' Mohamed Sanu is one of the best passers the wide receiver position has ever seen. And it's still early for him.
- [When Barry met Emmitt](https://profootballdaly.com/when-barry-met-emmitt/) - Twenty years ago this week, the Lions' Barry Sanders and the Cowboys' Emmitt Smith crossed paths in a memorable Monday Night matchup of Hall of Fame backs.
- [About Adrian Peterson . . .](https://profootballdaly.com/about-adrian-peterson/) - After a child-abuse charge was brought against Vikings running back Adrian Peterson, I stumbled across a related passage in an old Sports Illustrated story.
- [Sound Bites II](https://profootballdaly.com/sound-bites-ii/) - The latest in a series of Voices from the Past.
- [Stat of the Day, Sept. 15, 2014](https://profootballdaly.com/stat-of-the-day-sept-15-2014/) - Against the Jaguars in Week 2, the Redskins became only the second team since 1940 to score 40 points, rack up 10 sacks and outgain their foe by 300 yards.
- [Down go the Seahawks](https://profootballdaly.com/down-go-the-seahawks/) - The Seahawks were taken down by the Chargers in Week 2. So they won't be making this list of the best starts by a defending NFL champion.
- [Roger Goodell through the lens of his predecessors](https://profootballdaly.com/roger-goodell-through-the-lens-of-his-predecessors/) - It's time for NFL owners to trim back the commissioner's job and have somebody else be the dispenser of justice.
- [Tommy McDonald on Tommy McDonald](https://profootballdaly.com/tommy-mcdonald-on-tommy-mcdonald/) - In 1964, Tommy McDonald, the Eagles' Hall of Fame receiver, "wrote" a first-person piece for Sports Illustrated about the Life of the Little Man in the NFL.
- [Friday Night Fights II: Mark Gastineau vs. Alonzo Highsmith, 1996](https://profootballdaly.com/friday-night-fights-ii-mark-gastineau-vs-alonzo-highsmith-1996/) - Ruminations on (and video of) the 1996 boxing match between former Jets defensive end Mark Gastineau and ex-Oilers running back Alonzo Highsmith.
- [Another tight end runs amok](https://profootballdaly.com/another-tight-end-runs-amok/) - The Broncos' Julius Thomas had 104 yards receiving and three touchdown catches Sunday. There have been only 10 100/3 games by tight ends in the last 25 years.
- [The statistical phenomenon that is DeAngelo Hall](https://profootballdaly.com/the-statistical-phenomenon-that-is-deangelo-hall/) - Redskins cornerback DeAngelo Hall might not be going to the Hall of Fame, but his name pops up in some interesting statistical places.
- [Cordarrelle Patterson and the Snowflake Theory](https://profootballdaly.com/cordarrelle-patterson-and-the-snowflake-theory/) - In Week 1, the Vikings' Cordarelle Patterson became the first wide receiver in modern times to rush for 100 yards. A look at some other unusual NFL events.
- [A few pointers on playing quarterback](https://profootballdaly.com/a-few-pointers-on-playing-quarterback/) - Roman Gabriel, the Pro Bowl quarterback with the Rams and Eagles in the '60s and '70s, gives some high-calorie tips on playing the position.
- [You never want to beat yourself, unless . . .](https://profootballdaly.com/you-never-want-to-beat-yourself/) - The Lions' Calvin Johnson has his eye on 2,000 receiving yards. But breaking your own season record in the NFL is no easy matter.
- [Sound Bites I](https://profootballdaly.com/soundbites-i/) - “The ideal situation would be to have a 24-year-old quarterback with a 35-year-old mind backed up by a 35-year-old quarterback with a 24-year-old body.” -- Russ Thomas, Lions general manager, in the Nov. 22, 1971 issue of Sports Illustrated
- [Giovani Bernard, doing what he does](https://profootballdaly.com/giovani-bernard-doing-what-he-does/) - Bengals running back Giovani Bernard last season became just the 10th rookie running back in the NFL to gain 500 yards rushing and 500 yards receiving.
- [A little option action from Colin Kaepernick](https://profootballdaly.com/a-little-option-action-from-colin-kaepernick/) - 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick ran the option Sunday against the Cowboys, but not as well as the Lions' Greg Landry did in 1973.
- [Frank Gore joins the 10,000 Club](https://profootballdaly.com/frank-gore-joins-the-10000-club/) - 49ers running back Frank Gore topped 10,000 career rushing yards Sunday against the Cowboys. Unlike many of his predecessors, though, it probably isn't a ticket to the Hall of Fame.
- [Hysteria in Redskinsland](https://profootballdaly.com/hysteria-in-redskinsland/) - Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III is under fire in some quarters. How quickly fans forget.
- [The Top 10 in 2014 vs. the Top 10 in 1964](https://profootballdaly.com/how-much-harder-it-is-to-make-the-top-10-now/) - How much harder it is for current NFL players to crack the Top 10 in a statistical category than it was 50 years ago.
- [The big tease](https://profootballdaly.com/the-big-tease/) - Having a strong second half of the NFL season doesn't mean a team will pick up the next year where it left off. Far from it.
- [Tom Tupa’s claim to fame](https://profootballdaly.com/tom-tupas-claim-to-fame/) - 20 years ago this week, the Browns' Tom Tupa scored the first two-point conversion in NFL history.
- [See if you can find the ball](https://profootballdaly.com/see-if-you-can-find-the-ball/) - There's no better way to celebrate the start of the NFL season than with a clip -- or three -- of the ol' Hidden-Ball Play. These are from Pigskin Champions, a documentary the Packers filmed in Hollywood after winning the 1936 title. As you'll see, the play was the football equivalent of a Three-Card Monte game.
- [Friday Night Fights I: Lyle Alzado vs. Muhammad Ali, 1979](https://profootballdaly.com/friday-night-fights-i-lyle-alzado-vs-muhammad-ali-1979/) - An exhibition boxing bout between Broncos defensive end Lyle Alzado and retired heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali in 1979.
- [A matched set of 1,300-yard receivers](https://profootballdaly.com/a-matched-set-of-1300-yard-receivers-2/) - The Redskins this season will line up not one but two receivers who gained 1,300 yards a year ago. That's really rare.
- [Quarterbacks who get it done in Week 1](https://profootballdaly.com/quarterbacks-who-get-it-done-in-week-1/) - The NFL's top Week 1 quarterbacks since 1960.
- [Quality starts for quarterbacks](https://profootballdaly.com/quality-starts-for-quarterbacks/) - The quality start has been a statistical staple in baseball for nearly three decades now. If a pitcher goes six or more innings and allows three or fewer runs, he’s credited with one. It's called Giving Your Team A Chance To Win. The NFL should have a similar stat for quarterbacks. It wouldn’t be too
- [The incredible shrinking running back](https://profootballdaly.com/the-incredible-shrinking-running-back/) - Much was made during the offseason about the running back's diminished importance in today's pass-first offenses. For the second year in a row -- an NFL first -- no runner was taken in Round 1 of the draft. So I thought I'd work up some charts that showed exactly why. As you can see below,
- [Larry Csonka goes digital](https://profootballdaly.com/larry-csonka-goes-digital/) - I always thought of Larry Csonka, the Dolphins' Hall of Fame bulldozer, as the Three Finger Brown of pro football. Or rather, I did after I saw these two Sports Illustrated covers, dated Aug. 7, 1972 and July 28, 1975. Some suggested the first photo was misinterpreted, that Csonka was merely telling the world that
- [Carl Weathers lends Adam Sandler a hand in "Happy Gilmore"](https://profootballdaly.com/carl-weathers-lending-adam-sandler-a-hand-in-happy-gilmore/) - Carl Weathers' NFL career lasted only eight games with the 1970-71 Raiders. His Hollywood career has gone much better, highlighted by his terrific Muhammad Ali knockoff in the Rocky movies and this scene from Happy Gilmore (1996):
- [When soccer invaded football](https://profootballdaly.com/when-soccer-invaded-football/) - A fairly noteworthy 50th anniversary is coming up -- on Sept. 13, to be exact. It’ll be interesting to see how much attention is paid to it. On that date in 1964, in the Bills’ opener against the Chiefs, Pete Gogolak kicked the first soccer-style field goal in pro football history. I don’t know about you, but
- [The first quarter of the first game](https://profootballdaly.com/the-first-quarter-of-the-first-game/) - Every team wants to get off to a fast start in Week 1, but the 1964 Bills took it to another level. In their opener 50 years ago against the Chiefs, they jumped out to a -- no, this is not a typo -- 31-0 lead after the first quarter. It’s the best beginning to a
- [Welcome](https://profootballdaly.com/welcome/) - You can look at football as just football. Or you can look at it as Americana. Or you can look at it as a source of humor. Or you can look at it as (fill in the blank). At Pro Football Daly, I’m going to look at it every which way. That doesn’t mean I’m
- [Receivers who've done it the hard way](https://profootballdaly.com/santana-moss-hard-way/) - Some receivers have it better than others. Indeed, some receivers have it so much better it's almost unfair. Wes Welker, for instance. He got to play with Tom Brady for six years in New England (well, five years and one game), and now he's running routes for Peyton Manning in Denver. How sweet is that?
- [R. C. Owens' one-of-a-kind field goal block, revisited](https://profootballdaly.com/r-c-owens-one-of-a-kind-field-goal-block-revisited/) - History, as we all know, is a living thing. More information -- better information -- comes along, and the record gets revised. Earlier this week I published a post (and photo) about the Colts’ R. C. Owens blocking a field goal try in 1962 in a unique way: He stood back by the goal posts, jumped
- [Follicles on parade](https://profootballdaly.com/follicles-on-parade/) - Just saw this headline on Facebook: Man dying of heart attack 'refused defibrillator by air stewardess because of his HAIRY CHEST' So naturally, I had to post this. It's Jets legend Joe Namath and future Charlie's Angel Farrah Fawcett at the shooting of a Noxema commercial in the '70s.
- [Down by down with LeSean McCoy](https://profootballdaly.com/down-by-down-with-the-nfl-rushing-leader/) - Ever wonder what goes into being the NFL rushing champion? When exactly does he gain his yards? How is he used by the coaching staff? Let's find out by crunching the numbers for the Eagles' LeSean McCoy, whose 1,607 yards last season gave him the title by a comfortable 268 over the Bears' Matt Forte.
- [The shelf life of a multiple-championship coach](https://profootballdaly.com/shelf-life-of-a-coach/) - Hardly a day goes by that some Media Type doesn't wonder -- on radio, TV or in print -- whether Tom Brady will win another Super Bowl. To which I reply: Never mind Brady. Will Bill Belichick win another Super Bowl? Coaches have an expiration date, too. And the Man in the Grey Cotton Hoodie
- [R. C. Owens' one-of-a-kind field-goal block](https://profootballdaly.com/r-c-owens-unusual-field-goal-block/) - A couple of years ago, when R. C. Owens died, newspapers mentioned the unusual way he'd once blocked a field goal try for the Colts. From his New York Times obituary: In 1962, the 6-foot-3 Owens wowed fans by standing under the goal post at the goal line (goal posts have since been moved to
- [Helmetless in 1927](https://profootballdaly.com/helmetless-in-1927/) - The clip below should be seen in its entirety. First because precious little game footage survives from the '20s, and second because it's only 2 minutes long. You got something better to do? The teams are the Providence Steam Roller (dark jerseys) and the semipro Framingham (Mass.) Lion Tamers (light jerseys with stripes on the
- [About those concussions . . .](https://profootballdaly.com/about-those-concussions/) - The firestorm over concussions in the NFL spurred me to dig up these two wrestling videos. (Yes, wrestling videos.) The first features Wahoo McDaniel, the AFL folk hero, against Ric Flair. The second has Ernie Ladd, the mammoth Chargers defensive tackle who played at the same time as Wahoo, tangling with Dusty Rhodes. That was
- [Josh Shaw's whopper is an old football story](https://profootballdaly.com/josh-shaws-whopper/) - Football player suffers careless off-field injury. Football player wants to keep it from his coach. Football player goes to great lengths to cover it up. Now there’s something that’s never happened before -- especially in football, where players get hurt as a matter of course. Reading about Josh Shaw’s travails at Southern Cal, I was reminded
- [Tony Gonzalez's exit](https://profootballdaly.com/tony-gonzalezs-exit/) - Well, it looks like Tony Gonzalez really is retired, so I guess it’s safe to run this post. I wanted to add his 2013 performance to my list of Best Final Seasons in NFL history, but there was always the chance the Patriots or some other tight end-needy contender would talk him into playing another
- [Thoughts on the Logan Mankins trade](https://profootballdaly.com/a-few-thoughts-on-the-logan-mankins-trade/) - For me, there are two surprises in the following chart. The first is that only eight rookie tight ends in NFL history have had 50 or more receptions. The second is that every one of them went in the first 40 picks of the draft except for Tim Wright, the guy the Patriots just acquired
- [My favorite non-football football photo](https://profootballdaly.com/my-favorite-non-football-football-photo/) - Jack Nicholson riding in the back seat in Easy Rider (1969).
- [They'd much rather have a fist bump](https://profootballdaly.com/theyd-much-rather-have-a-fist-bump/) - Not sure quite what to make of this, but I thought I'd throw it out there. In the first photo, we see coach George Halas playfully pulling on quarterback Sid Luckman's hair during the Bears' 73-0 walloping of the Redskins in the 1940 title game. . . . And in the second photo we see coach
- [Jamaal Charles: Mr. 5.58](https://profootballdaly.com/jamaal-charles-5-58/) - Through six NFL seasons, one of which he essentially missed because of a knee injury, Jamaal Charles' per-carry average stands at 5.58. This just happens to be the all-time record for a running back with 1,000 or more attempts. Whether the Chiefs Pro Bowler can stay at this level, or even close to it, remains
- [James Wilder's unbreakable(?) record](https://profootballdaly.com/30-years-and-counting-james-wilders-unbreakable-record/) - Thirty years is a long time for an NFL record to last. Eric Dickerson's season rushing record of 2,105 yards, for instance, will turn 30 in 2014 -- if the fates and Adrian Peterson permit it. (Though some might say O.J. Simpson's 2,003 yards in 14 games in 1973, a 143.1-yard average, is a greater
- [The vanishing shutout](https://profootballdaly.com/the-vanishing-shutout/) - NFL defenses posted just three shutouts last season, one off the all-time low. There weren’t many the previous three years, either -- six in 2012 and five in both ’11 and ’10. You don’t have to be Norman Einstein, as Joe Theismann would say, to figure out that’s one shutout every 53.9 games -- in this
- [A matched set of 1,300-yard receivers](https://profootballdaly.com/a-matched-set-of-1300-yard-receivers/) - When they kick off Sunday against the Texans at NRG Stadium, the Redskins will be able to line up not one but two wideouts who had 1,300 receiving yards last season -- Pierre Garcon (1,346) and Eagles exile DeSean Jackson (1,332). This is the second year in a row we’ve had this situation. In 2013
- [Those Allen boys!](https://profootballdaly.com/those-allen-boys/) - A reader sent me this several years ago. He thought it was hilarious -- and so do I. It's a 1972 column written by Bill Brill, sports editor of The Roanoke Times, about the challenges faced by an old-school football coach at Langley High in affluent McLean, Va. The funniest stuff is about two of
- [The starting 11](https://profootballdaly.com/the-starting-11/) - Those curious about the early years of pro football might want to get their hands on the following books. They're not necessarily the best that have been written about the game's beginnings, but they're among the first (which is why some of them are so darn expensive, even used). At any rate, if you're trying
- [Meyer Luckman's file card at Sing Sing prison](https://profootballdaly.com/meyer-luckmans-paperwork-at-sing-sing-prison/) - Sid Luckman, the Bears' Hall of Fame quarterback, was a senior at Brooklyn's Erasmus Hall High when his father Meyer was arrested for murder in 1934. His dad wound up spending the last eight years of his life in Sing Sing prison, and never saw Sid play at Columbia or in the NFL. It was
- [Before the fall: Jim Dent's regrettable book on Bronko Nagurski](https://profootballdaly.com/jim-dent-bronko-nagurski-and-the-limits-of-literary-license/) - Around the time his book on Bronko Nagurski was published in 2003, Jim Dent was sent to prison for violating his probation stemming from a felony drunk-driving conviction. Had anyone at his publishing house bothered to read the manuscript closely -- line by line, "fact" by "fact" -- it would have been clear that Dent was in rough
- [Red Smith's strange ideas about football](https://profootballdaly.com/red-smiths-strange-ideas-about-football/) - Though he was born and raised in Green Bay -- about a mile from where Curly Lambeau lived for a while -- Red Smith wasn't what you'd call a Football Guy. The famed sportswriter grew up, after all, in a baseball world. It wasn't until the early '70s, when he was almost 70, that the
- [The rich getting richer (usually, at least)](https://profootballdaly.com/the-rich-geting-richer/) - One of the neater tricks in pro football is to win the championship (hard enough), then double your pleasure by selecting a Hall of Famer in the next draft (harder still, especially if you're picking last). It's happened just 10 times in NFL history, most recently in 1993-94. (The player involved was admitted to Canton
- [Sports medicine in the '30s](https://profootballdaly.com/sports-medicine-in-the-30s/) - The Giants' first general manager, Dr. Harry A. March, was an actual medical doctor (and formerly the medical examiner in Canton, Ohio). Naturally, he had more than a passing concern for the players' health. He even endorsed a miracle product he claimed was "excellent for football bruises and cuts" and -- as if that weren't
- [The "Savagery on Sunday" trial](https://profootballdaly.com/scan-experiment/) - In October 1955 Life magazine tackled the issue of NFL violence head-on with an exposé titled: Not surprisingly, two of the players the magazine identified as "bad boys," middle guard Bucko Kilroy and linebacker Wayne Robinson of the Eagles, brought $250,000 libel suits against the publisher, Time, Inc. This led to one of the
- [Who had the best burst?](https://profootballdaly.com/who-had-the-best-burst/) - 1. Bob Hayes (Cowboys/49ers, 1965-75) making up a massive amount of ground in the 4x100 relay at the '64 Olympics: 2. Darrell Green (Redskins, 1983-2002) running down the Cowboys' Tony Dorsett in the '83 season opener: 3. Willie Gault (Bears/Raiders, 1983-93) zooming by everybody in the 100-yard dash final at the '86 "Superstars" competition: My
- [The one and only Jimmy Conzelman](https://profootballdaly.com/the-inimitable-jimmy-conzelman/) - "[Light-heavyweight champ] Philadelphia Jack O'Brien thought I had a future as a fighter, but I'm glad I didn't follow up on that. As for music, I had an expert opinion from the late Eddy Duchin. We were good friends, and I used to pretend to him that I seriously thought I was in his league
- [Guess who's coming to dinner?](https://profootballdaly.com/chowing-down-with-the-spartans-and-dodgers/) - The close connection between fans and pro football players in the early years, especially in small towns like Portsmouth, Ohio, is hard to imagine today. After the Spartans' 14-0 win over the Brooklyn Dodgers in the 1931 season opener, locals flocked to a dinner attended by both teams. The invitation that ran that day in
- [End zone catch photo, 1935](https://profootballdaly.com/end-zone-catch-photo-1935/) - Before instant replay, a team didn't have much recourse if it felt an official had missed a call. It might send a film clip to the commissioner, just to prove its point, but that was as far as it went. No call was ever reversed. It was the same in 1935, when the Pittsburgh Pirates
- [Art Rooney hits it big at the track, August 1937](https://profootballdaly.com/art-rooney-hits-it-big-at-the-track-august-1937/) - Contrary to legend, Art Rooney didn't buy the Pittsburgh franchise with some of his winnings from a huge score at the racetrack. After all, his nationally publicized run of luck with the ponies was in the summer of '37. By then, he'd been an NFL owner for four years. Still, it's a classic tale that
- [60 years ago: Curly Lambeau's last day in the NFL](https://profootballdaly.com/60-years-ago-curly-lambeaus-last-day-in-the-nfl/) - Does anyone else find it strange that not one but two Hall of Fame coaches had their NFL careers end in training camp? One was George Allen, who returned to the Rams in 1978 -- after seven seasons with the Redskins -- and was canned after just two preseason games, both losses. (The veterans balked
- [Cecil Isbell's unique fashion accessory](https://profootballdaly.com/cecil-isbells-unusual-fashion-accessory/) - The Packers' Cecil Isbell was one of pro football's best passers in the prewar years. He set several short-lived NFL records in his career (1938-42) -- for passing yards in a game (333) and touchdown passes (24) and passing yards (2,021) in a season, among others -- and might be in the Hall of Fame
- [NFL briefs . . . and longs](https://profootballdaly.com/nfl-briefs/) - In the days before they made $44.2 million a year, NFL commissioners scratched out an existence any way they could. Elmer Layden, who held the job from 1941 to '45, pushed Jockey long johns. "Lengthen your shorts," he said in a newspaper ad, "and you'll lengthen your years of activity." An even more elaborate ad ran in
- [Jim Brown smooches Raquel Welch in "100 Rifles"](https://profootballdaly.com/jim-brown-smooches-raquel-welch/) - I would have preferred to post a clip here from The Dirty Dozen (1967), at the end of which -- spoiler alert -- NFL legend Jim Brown gallantly gives his life to wipe out a bunch of Nazi officers during World War II. Alas, I couldn't find one. Must be the ol' Copyright Thing. Still,
- [Ode to training camp](https://profootballdaly.com/ode-to-training-camp/) - In the summer of 2000, his first full year as the Redskins' owner, Dan Snyder broke with tradition and relocated training camp from Frostburg, Md., to the team's facility in Ashburn, Va. My angst drove me to whip up this nostalgic piece on preseasons past: For coaches [in the NFL's early years], training camp was
- [Well, ain't that a kick in the butt](https://profootballdaly.com/the-field-goal-that-didnt-count/) - At halftime of a 1958 game, a 49ers fan went out on the field at Kezar Stadium to confront Bears coach George Halas, who he thought was trying to intimidate the officials. (Not that Papa Bear would ever do anything like that.) The result was this memorable photo of Halas' son Mugsy springing to the
- [Bubba Smith in "Police Academy"](https://profootballdaly.com/bubba-smith-in-police-academy/) - Bubba Smith was such a beast on the football field that Baltimore Colts fan Ogden Nash was moved to write: He's like a hoodoo, like a hex, He's like Tyrannosaurus Rex. He also appeared in six Police Academy movies, Bubba did, as Cadet/Sergeant/Captain Moses Hightower. (How could anyone deny a 6-7, 265-pound, quarterback-munching defensive end a
- [Mike Reid's biggest hit, on or off the field](https://profootballdaly.com/mike-reids-biggest-songwriting-hit/) - Bonnie Raitt never played in the NFL (though she knocked ’em dead at Super Bowl 37), so you're probably wondering why I'm bringing her up. Answer: Because a guy who did play in the NFL -- Mike Reid, the Pro Bowl defensive tackle for the Bengals in the '70s -- co-wrote, with Allen Shamblin, perhaps her
- [The jump pass](https://profootballdaly.com/the-jump-pass/) - Does anybody -- anywhere -- throw a jump pass anymore? Joe Namath did. In college at Alabama: And in the pros with the Jets, as this classic New York Times photo shows. Another reason to love Joe Willie. He was hardly the first to throw a jump pass, though. Here's Hall of Famer Arnie Herber
- [The first Mel Kiper](https://profootballdaly.com/the-first-mel-kiper/) - The Steelers had a personnel guy in the '40s and '50s who ran his family's funeral parlor on the side. Or maybe he worked for the Steelers on the side. It's hard to tell. His name was Ray Byrne, but he was known in the organization as Heels because he looked like Heels Beals, a
- [Alex Karras punches a horse in "Blazing Saddles"](https://profootballdaly.com/alex-karras-punches-a-horse-in-blazing-saddles/) - Some people, me among them, think Alex Karras belongs in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The late Lions defensive tackle definitely belongs in some kind of Hall for giving us this memorable scene -- as the inimitable Mongo -- in Blazing Saddles (1974): You also might enjoy this clip, from the same movie, of Alex at
- [The Speech: Paul Brown's opening remarks at training camp](https://profootballdaly.com/the-speech-paul-browns-annual-opening-remarks-at-training-camp/) - Before each of his 17 seasons as coach of the Cleveland Browns, Paul Brown began training camp with The Speech -- a brief review of the Browns Way and general Laying Down of the Law. I've come across two versions of it, one from 1956 (after the Browns had been to 10 straight league championship
- [The most dangerous player who ever buckled a chinstrap](https://profootballdaly.com/hardy-brown-the-orneriest-critter-who-ever-buckled-a-chinstrap/) - There'll never be another player like Hardy Brown, the linebacker-anesthesiologist for the 49ers in the '50s. Compared to Hardy, Jack "They Call Me Assassin" Tatum sold Girl Scout cookies. If you need further proof of the man's menace, read this fabulous piece by Bob O'Donnell (taken from our 1990 book, The Pro Football Chronicle). To get
- [A word about the Statue of Liberty play](https://profootballdaly.com/the-statue-of-liberty-play/) - Just so we're on the same page, there's only one way to run a true Statue of Liberty play: the way the Redskins ran it in a 21-7 win over the Bears in 1943. Sammy Baugh took the shotgun snap, drew his passing arm back, and wingback Wilbur Moore circled behind him, grabbed the ball
- [The coolest uniforms in pro football history](https://profootballdaly.com/the-best-uniforms-in-pro-football-history/) - OK, so the 1933 Cleveland Bulldogs were only a minor-league team. Their uniforms that season were so amazing, I just had to share them. As you can see, they would have been been perfect as special-event unis for a Halloween game, but the Bulldogs -- who always played at night -- reportedly wore them all
- [Joe Namath gets a massage from Flip Wilson](https://profootballdaly.com/joe-namath-gets-a-massage-from-flip-wilson/) - Only Joe Namath would go on "The Flip Wilson Show" and allow himself to be massaged by a man dressed as a woman. This is from the early '70s, with Flip doing his Geraldine thing and the Jets quarterback trying unsuccessfully not to laugh: Later in the segment, Geraldine speaks for all of us when
- [Bobby Layne running the option in 1952](https://profootballdaly.com/bobby-layne-running-the-option-in-1952/) - Just because you haven't seen something before doesn't mean it's new. Take the option play in the NFL, for instance. The zone-read may be a recent development, but the quarterback either (a.) running the ball himself or (b.) pitching to a trailing back certainly isn't. Why, Bobby Layne, the Lions Hall of Famer, was doing
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- [The Patriots' run](https://profootballdaly.com/the-patriots-run/) - We all know how good the Patriots have been since Bill Belichick turned the quarterbacking over to Tom Brady in 2001: three championships, five Super Bowls, eight AFC title games. Enough for ya? And this is in an era, mind you, when such sustained excellence is supposed to be more difficult because of free-agent flight.
- [Fred Williamson carries a crippled guy around in "Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon"](https://profootballdaly.com/fred-williamson-carries-a-crippled-guy-around-in-tell-me-that-you-love-me-junie-moon/) - Don't ask me why this scene stuck with me. I'm pretty sure Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon (1970), a Liza Minnelli vehicle, was the second half of a double feature one night at the drive-in. Anyway, Fred "The Hammer" Williamson, the Chiefs' mouthy cornerback from Super Bowl I, was in it and spent a
- [Matthew Stafford: No. 5 all time](https://profootballdaly.com/best-qbs-with-a-losing-career-record/) - While the Lions were unraveling again last season, Matthew Stafford broke into the Top 5 in a (deservedly) obscure category. He now has the fifth-highest passer rating in NFL history among quarterbacks with losing records as starters (minimum: 2,000 attempts). In so doing, Stafford bumped a grateful Neil Lomax, who posted a 82.7 rating while
- [Chasing Jerry Rice](https://profootballdaly.com/chasing-jerry-rice/) - Someday, somebody's going to break Jerry Rice's receiving records. We know this because records are made to be broken, right? At least, that's what we keep hearing. Rice's career mark of 22,895 receiving yards looks particularly daunting -- inasmuch as he has almost 7,000 more than the next guy, Terrell Owens (15,934). What do you
- [Joe Theismann beating Jim Taylor in "The Superstars" tennis finals, 1979](https://profootballdaly.com/theismann-over-jim-taylor-in-the-superstars-tennis-finals-1979/) - Tennis doesn't get any better than this, folks. I'm talking about tennis, of course, between a 29-year-old active NFL quarterback and a 43-year-old retired NFL fullback. Kudos to Packers Hall of Famer Jim Taylor for upsetting high-jumper Dwight Stones in the semis and reaching the finals of the 1979 "Superstars" against the Redskins' Joe Theismann,
- [Orson Welles and the NFL](https://profootballdaly.com/orson-welles-and-the-nfl/) - One night in the '30s, Shipwreck Kelly, the Brooklyn Dodgers' owner/running back/party animal, was at the El Morocco with a group of friends. In walked a big fellow with a beard -- at a time when such adornments were confined mostly to sheepherders. "Do you know who that guy is?" the nightclub's owner asked Shipwreck.
- [80 years ago: Marty Glickman vs. Sid Luckman](https://profootballdaly.com/marty-glickman-vs-sid-luckman-1934/) - This doesn't have anything to do with pro football, per se, but it's kinda cool nonetheless. Here's the headline that ran across Page 9 of the Brooklyn Eagle on Oct. 13, 1934: Yes, that's Marty Glickman, the future sportscaster, who helped Madison High hand mighty Erasmus Hall a 25-0 loss, its first in the regular

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