coachbuns Posted May 27, 2021 Share Posted May 27, 2021 5 hours ago, SSG said: yeah, that's A LOT of football haha How about Bart Starr in SuperBowl #1? I saw some good football in the late 60's, terrible in the 70's-80's and better in 90's with 20's pretty damn good. THAT's a lot of Packer backing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40Year Pack Fan Posted May 27, 2021 Share Posted May 27, 2021 6 hours ago, cannondale said: Ever hear of David Whitehurst ?? That will give you a ballpark Do you remember when HC Starr took the press to task when asked about Whitehurst's toughness?.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccecilnosebleed Posted May 27, 2021 Share Posted May 27, 2021 1 hour ago, 40Year Pack Fan said: Do you remember when HC Starr took the press to task when asked about Whitehurst's toughness?.... Lynn Dickey had his fun moments and his migraine moments, and then we got good ol’ Randy Wright. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R T Posted May 27, 2021 Share Posted May 27, 2021 18 minutes ago, ccecilnosebleed said: Lynn Dickey had his fun moments and his migraine moments, and then we got good ol’ Randy Wright. Dickey to Lofton is a very under rated combo in Packers history. Dickey could spin it, but his knees of a 80 year old kept them from getting over the 8-8 hump. They did give us some great moments though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40Year Pack Fan Posted May 27, 2021 Share Posted May 27, 2021 3 minutes ago, R T said: Dickey to Lofton is a very under rated combo in Packers history. Dickey could spin it, but his knees of a 80 year old kept them from getting over the 8-8 hump. They did give us some great moments though. Than John Jefferson showed up from San Diego, and the receiver combo was quickly dubbed the greatest pair of all times....Than reality came and the bottom unfortunately fell out.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoremore Posted May 27, 2021 Share Posted May 27, 2021 3 minutes ago, R T said: Dickey to Lofton is a very under rated combo in Packers history. Dickey could spin it, but his knees of a 80 year old kept them from getting over the 8-8 hump. They did give us some great moments though. Lynn Dickey threw the most beautiful ball. Yah he wasn't real mobile back there. First game I ever went to was at Milwaukee County stadium against the Rams. Dickey broke his leg in that one. Give him time in the pocket he would shred you. Problem is he never had enough time in the pocket. He's still one of my all time favorite Packers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40Year Pack Fan Posted May 27, 2021 Share Posted May 27, 2021 32 minutes ago, ccecilnosebleed said: Lynn Dickey had his fun moments and his migraine moments, and then we got good ol’ Randy Wright. Yeah, I don't think his stats were much better than Whitehurst's.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40Year Pack Fan Posted May 27, 2021 Share Posted May 27, 2021 (edited) 7 minutes ago, Scoremore said: Lynn Dickey threw the most beautiful ball. Yah he wasn't real mobile back there. First game I ever went to was at Milwaukee County stadium against the Rams. Dickey broke his leg in that one. Give him time in the pocket he would shred you. Problem is he never had enough time in the pocket. He's still one of my all time favorite Packers. Unfortunately Dickey came before MacArthur Lane and John Brockington.... Edited May 27, 2021 by 40Year Pack Fan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccecilnosebleed Posted May 27, 2021 Share Posted May 27, 2021 2 minutes ago, 40Year Pack Fan said: Yeah, I don't think his stats were much better than Whitehurst's.... At least Whitehurst was just bad. Randy Wright couldn’t even do bad well. He was boring and bumbly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R T Posted May 27, 2021 Share Posted May 27, 2021 5 minutes ago, 40Year Pack Fan said: Than John Jefferson showed up from San Diego, and the receiver combo was quickly dubbed the greatest pair of all times....Than reality came and the bottom unfortunately fell out.... The Jefferson trade was a brutally bad trade by the Packers. Not as bad as the Hadl trade, but bad just the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R T Posted May 27, 2021 Share Posted May 27, 2021 4 minutes ago, 40Year Pack Fan said: Dickey did have MacArthur Lane and John Brockington.... Actually Lane was gone and Brockington was in his last season with the Packers when they traded for Dickey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40Year Pack Fan Posted May 27, 2021 Share Posted May 27, 2021 (edited) 6 minutes ago, R T said: The Jefferson trade was a brutally bad trade by the Packers. Not as bad as the Hadl trade, but bad just the same. I suppose they gave up too much for a player that was past his prime....The Hadl trade was Devine's debacle...He left afterwards for Notre Dame.... Edited May 27, 2021 by 40Year Pack Fan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40Year Pack Fan Posted May 27, 2021 Share Posted May 27, 2021 1 minute ago, R T said: Actually Lane was gone and Brockington was in his last season with the Packers when they traded for Dickey. It has been a while ago...LOL!.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NFLGURU Posted May 27, 2021 Share Posted May 27, 2021 Think it was the 85 draft, Packers make a move up to #7? I was thoroughly convinced they we moving up for Jerry Rice. You would have had Lofton, Rice and Dickey. Nope, we took USC OT Ken Ruettgers, who was a pretty good player and Rice went on to play somewhere out West. EVERY time I see Jerry Rice I think of that trade up and the Packers on the clock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R T Posted May 27, 2021 Share Posted May 27, 2021 44 minutes ago, NFLGURU said: Think it was the 85 draft, Packers make a move up to #7? I was thoroughly convinced they we moving up for Jerry Rice. You would have had Lofton, Rice and Dickey. Nope, we took USC OT Ken Ruettgers, who was a pretty good player and Rice went on to play somewhere out West. EVERY time I see Jerry Rice I think of that trade up and the Packers on the clock. Rice was the 3rd WR selected that year, Al Toon was viewed by most everyone as the top WR in that draft. Ruettgers was probably the right pick for GB, Rice would of never been the same Rice that he was with Wright throwing to him instead of Montana. 1985 was Dickey's last season. One thing that never changes is fans wanting the team to draft players that have their hands on the ball. My Dad was always happy when a HB or FB was a 1st round selection. Paul Horning, Jim Taylor (2nd RD), Tom Moore, Earl Gros, Donny Anderson, Jim Grabowski all made him feel like they had a better chance to win than drafting some lineman or defensive player. Todays fans obsess about WR's, if you never take your eyes off the ball I guess the only players that ever need to be drafted are a QB, a RB and a couple of WR's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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