“Disappointing” is not nearly strong enough a word. Keith Jackson gone, Eric Green in and worst of all (as well as inevitable), Shula was gone. The team just couldn’t get out of its own way. It was a win-now squad that couldn’t maintain any level of consistency. I detested that season (except for the opening game).
I was in Vegas for the opener vs the Jets. I think I won about $500 on that blowout! We kicked their ass. The free agent signings of Steve Emtman and Gary Clark were head scratchers. Eric Green, I thought was a good pickup (wrong!). And our first round pick Billy Milner was a complete bust. Too bad Shula had to deal with that mess his last year. I saw them when they beat SD on Sunday night.
Overrated in that people see him as a top tackle in the league when he let in the same sacks last season (2) as Ereck Flowers, in the same amount of games, while committing 10+ penalties (false starts). He's overrated because he was traded for 2 #1 Rd picks and he's worth a 2nd or 3rd in terms of production IMO
i can get down w that.
Bear Bryant’s famous quote about him being the best football player he’d ever coached, period. A center. That’s pretty incredible. And so was Dwight. I can still see him in pass pro w the towel hanging down in front of his waist, bouncing on his toes (so agile) looking for someone to come his way, pocket intact and the QB (Woodley, Strock or Marino) surveying the field. Didn’t appreciate how gorgeous a pocket can look until many, many years later of not seeing one.
I've seen Keith Simms cry after Bruce Smith abused him over and over with an inside rush with Cornbread taking Webb outside. He would scream in the huddle at teammates crying for help, 'cause Smith was kicking his ass...
Blasphemous, are you old enough to ever see him play in his prime? Griese not only called his own plays but before we had an OL and Csonka he had to run for his life every play. Remember the Monday night game art Houston where Earl Cambell ran over our Defense for about 250 yards and 4 or 5 TD's? Griese matched him with TD passes, until the end? Strongly Disagree,
No one considers them even rated, much less over rated :)
Exactly
Griese was a great QB. In college and in the pros. He was a 3 sport sensation - football, baseball, basketball as a youth as well. For some reason people forget what an amazing athlete he was - early in his career he scrambled like Fran Tarketington. In fact, he took a 27 yard sack in the SB vs Dallas
Most people don’t know we drafted Joe Theisman. Prick cost us a SB win w the defense of his own pass. Imagine he stayed w us instead?
