TecmoSuperJoe Posted November 6, 2019 Author Share Posted November 6, 2019 (edited) 1985 Week 10 Los Angeles Raiders (6-3) at San Diego Chargers (4-5) Exciting high scoring shootout that heads to OT with an epic finish. This year was the last season Air Coryell soared offensively around the league. Sadly, age and injuries would ground the unit moving forward in 1986. Lionel "little train" James shines in this one. Before there was Darren Sproles, there was Lionel James. Didn't play that many years, but was another weapon that Don Coryell utilized in the offense. I've never seen a guy so short get so many chances to catch deep passes. Very cool. Defense goes out the window here for both teams, although for San Diego this was nothing new. The AFC West was pretty pretty competitive in 1985 overall. Don Criqui and Bob Trumpy on the call. Edited November 6, 2019 by PapaShogun 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TecmoSuperJoe Posted November 7, 2019 Author Share Posted November 7, 2019 1988 week 9 Minnesota Vikings (5-3) at San Francisco 49ers (5-3) Rematch of the previous year's NFC divisional game. Steve Young starts in place of Joe Montana for San Francisco. Tight game with a memorable conclusion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TecmoSuperJoe Posted November 9, 2019 Author Share Posted November 9, 2019 1988 Week 8 San Francisco 49ers (5-2) at Chicago Bears (6-1) Good game. Especially for a low scoring, defensive dominated affair. As a 49ers fan, I have to credit the Bears defense for their effort in stifling the 49ers offense especially in the run game. Craig had an all pro season that year, and they completely shut him down. Of course when the 49ers decided to go to the air, Montana was under constant pressure with 4 sacks, and a zillion hurries/knockdowns. Still, the 49ers had chances to win it. Dropped passes, dumb penalties, and Joe seemingly not 100% due to injury contributed to the loss. Also, Mike Cofer was a terrible kicker. That must have been a long flight back to San Francisco, in particular when as a player you know the NFC West crown was going to be difficult to obtain with the Saints and Rams make it a tight race. At least the defense showed up. Obviously it all worked out a couple of months later for the 49ers. Ron Rivera, then linebacker for the Bears, makes a few good plays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TecmoSuperJoe Posted November 11, 2019 Author Share Posted November 11, 2019 1989 Week 16 Cincinnati Bengals (8-7) at Minnesota Vikings (9-6) MNF game on Christmas evening. Basically a playoff game a week before the tournament started. It was win or go home for both teams. If the Bengals won the game, that meant the Steelers would miss out, and the Packers would go instead of the Vikings in the NFC, and vice versa if the Vikings won. They had members of the Steelers and Packers watching at home, and the broadcasters would check up on them for commentary throughout the telecast. Overall, I thought the game was "meh". Most of the time it was dominated by the Vikings defensive line against the Bengals, who had trouble getting anything going consistently. Even though Boomer managed to score three touchdowns, but also three interceptions. The Vikings offense was equally dreadful, but Wad Wilson didn't help matters with his inept passing. The Bengals turned the ball over 5 times to the Vikings 1 turnover, and they still had a chance to comeback late in the 4th quarter. No 2 point conversion at the time definitely made things tougher. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7DnBrnc53 Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 On 11/6/2019 at 1:07 PM, PapaShogun said: 1985 Week 10 Los Angeles Raiders (6-3) at San Diego Chargers (4-5) Exciting high scoring shootout that heads to OT with an epic finish. This year was the last season Air Coryell soared offensively around the league. Sadly, age and injuries would ground the unit moving forward in 1986. SD wasn't that far away from a WC berth that year. They lost a game to the upstart Oilers on a late 50+ yard FG, and they had a FG blocked and returned for a TD in OT at Denver. They also lost @Minnesota on a late TD pass with about 37 seconds left. Win all three, and they are 11-4 going into Week 16 with the AFC West and a WC berth on the table. In 86, Fouts missed four games, and they had six losses by seven points or less against a tougher schedule (in 85, they played four games against teams that would finish above .500, and in 86, they played nine). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TecmoSuperJoe Posted November 14, 2019 Author Share Posted November 14, 2019 (edited) 1991 Week 14 Philadelphia Eagles (7-5) at Houston Oilers (9-3) The "House of Pain" game. Classic defensive battle between the Houston Oilers and their high powered offense and the Philadelphia Eagles dominant defense. - The game definitely lulls in a lot of places. Yes the Eagles shut the Oilers down, but Houston also just seemed out of sync offensively themselves. They committed five turnovers, two of which were simply bad snaps. Drives for both teams on offense ended sometimes by quality defense, but sometimes by just ineptitude. - This was the year the Eagles lost Randall Cunningham for the season in week 1. It's a shame, because this year was the best defense the Eagles had maybe ever. Jim McMahon plays most of the season at QB, but with lackluster results. The rushing offense for Philadelphia was also pathetic, averaging an anemic 3.7 YPA heading into this game. The defense was truly carrying the ball club. - QB Warren Moon was harassed in the pocket all night. Even with two HOF players on the offensive line in Bruce Mathews, and Mike Munchak, the Oilers could not protect their star QB against the likes of Clyde Simmons, Reggie White, and Jerome Brown. - Seth Joyner had a terrific night making several tackles, a sack, two forced fumbles, and a fumble recovery. Edited November 14, 2019 by PapaShogun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VigilantZombie Posted November 14, 2019 Share Posted November 14, 2019 My favorite game was the AZ/Pittsburgh SB. That was a classic. Tbh I felt bad that Fitz didnt get a Lombardi ...for like a minute Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter2_1 Posted November 14, 2019 Share Posted November 14, 2019 in approx. 1998-2000, who were considered the top 5 QBs? Or who were the then equivalent of the Brady, Brees, Rodgers etc? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TecmoSuperJoe Posted November 19, 2019 Author Share Posted November 19, 2019 On 11/14/2019 at 10:23 PM, Hunter2_1 said: in approx. 1998-2000, who were considered the top 5 QBs? Or who were the then equivalent of the Brady, Brees, Rodgers etc? Only one in that three year stretch I can think of was Favre. He had a couple of down years in 2000 though. Young and Elway retired after 1998. Marino and Aikman stuck around in 1999, and 2000, but were clearly over the hill. Warner came on strong in 1999, and I think he was considered the top guy. Manning was heating up by 1999 also. Largely though, the NFL didn't have that much dominant QB play around that time frame. It was either a bunch of decent guys like Bledsoe, McNair, and Brunell or veterans that happened to have a career year like Grbac, Cunningham, Johnson, or Testaverde. Nothing like the early 90's or what is around now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter2_1 Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 8 minutes ago, PapaShogun said: Only one in that three year stretch I can think of was Favre. He had a couple of down years in 2000 though. Young and Elway retired after 1998. Marino and Aikman stuck around in 1999, and 2000, but were clearly over the hill. Warner came on strong in 1999, and I think he was considered the top guy. Manning was heating up by 1999 also. Largely though, the NFL didn't have that much dominant QB play around that time frame. It was either a bunch of decent guys like Bledsoe, McNair, and Brunell or veterans that happened to have a career year like Grbac, Cunningham, Johnson, or Testaverde. Nothing like the early 90's or what is around now. Wow, yeah that's totally different to contemporary NFL isn't it. A nice contrast between the times, and it's not really that long ago is it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elky Posted November 20, 2019 Share Posted November 20, 2019 Bledsoe's swan song: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TecmoSuperJoe Posted November 27, 2019 Author Share Posted November 27, 2019 Surprising that Tomlinson or Faulk didn't make the cut. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilenFroggen Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 On 11/19/2019 at 7:53 AM, Hunter2_1 said: Wow, yeah that's totally different to contemporary NFL isn't it. A nice contrast between the times, and it's not really that long ago is it. Not in real time, but in football time it feels like an eternity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DannyB Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 On 11/14/2019 at 9:23 AM, Hunter2_1 said: in approx. 1998-2000, who were considered the top 5 QBs? Or who were the then equivalent of the Brady, Brees, Rodgers etc? It was a bit of a weird transition time honestly. The old guard of the 90's were just retired or close to it (Young, Aikman, Marino, Elway, etc), while the new generation hadn't fully come into their own (Manning was still young but everyone knew he looked special, Brady hadn't done jack). Favre is the only one of the "greats" that fully straddled these two eras. So, there wasn't really a steady core of QBs that year in and year out, you knew would make up the bulk of the best QB seasons. That being said, the top names around this time were... Brett Favre, Peyton Manning, Kurt Warner, Mark Brunell, Drew Bledsoe, Steve McNair, Troy Aikman 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TecmoSuperJoe Posted November 30, 2019 Author Share Posted November 30, 2019 (edited) No Mike Singletary, Brian Urlacher, Cortez Kennedy, or Derrick Thomas for the LB/DL list. Obviously some of the greats weren't going to make the cut with the limited roster space. As a 49ers fan I pretty much knew Haley, Wilcox, or Willis weren't going to make it. Interesting to find out that football cards are what helped Bill Belichick retain his knowledge about older players. Also interesting to find out that Derrick Brooks wanted to work in insurance, and not be a football player. Edited November 30, 2019 by PapaShogun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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