NFL - Random Opinions

Results, regardless of the (forgotten or mis-remembered) circumstances are what HoF voters depend on when casting their votes.

 

I believe the team bill won the super bowl with had zero of nolls players.

If i counted right only 10 of the players on the team he lost to the cowboys with were from Nolls team (Niel O'Donell, Ernie Mills, Dermontti Dawson, John Jackson, Ariel Solomon, Justin Strzelczyk, Greg Lloyd, Jerry Olsavsky, Rod Woodson, and Carnell Lake).

 

Dan beat me to this one....I think it's fair to say Landry's Cowboys were on the decline. They went 3-13 in 1988, making it the third year in a row that they had missed the playoffs. Unusual by Dallas standards....They were clearly no powerhouse when Jimmy Johnson took over in 89 and built the Cowboys back into a monster in short order. The catalyst being, as Dan already pointed out, the famous Hershel Walker trade. At the time, people thought he was crazy. Walker was their only Pro-Bowl'r and best player by far. As we all know, that deal turned out to be one of the greatest moves of all time, and set the wheels in motion for another Dallas dynasty. JJ's first ever draft pick was eventual HoF'r Troy Aikman. Not a bad start.

 

The story of Polamalu's career. The amount of havoc that guy created that never earned him a "stat" is insane. Loved watching him fly down hill and blow up a pulling linemen to stop a running play. Never showed up anywhere but was always the reason the run went nowhere.

 

Pretty interesting observation. The easiest answer would be to say Cowher took a team that had been to the playoffs 1 out of the previous 7 seasons and preceded to go to the playoffs 6 straight years (5 division titles) but that would be ignoring the fact that Noll did a pretty good job of stocking the cupboards right before he left:

Rod Woodson
Hardy Nickerson
Greg Lloyd
Aaron Jones
Dermonti Dawson
John Jackson
Carnell Lake
D.J. Johnson
Carlton Haselrig
Jerry Olsavsky
Eric Green
Neil O'Donnell
Barry Foster
Gary Jones
Justin Strzlcyk

That was a nice nucleus that was really just coming together when Noll retired. But then Cowher hit the cover off the ball his first draft ('92):

Leon Searcy
Levon Kirkland
Joel Steed
Darren Perry

I think the thing that ultimately got him in was his winning percentage. There are only 10 NFL retired coaches (minimum 10 seasons) with a higher winning percentage. 9 are in the Hall of Fame (Seifert). That's good company:

John Madden .759
Vince Lombardi .738
George Allen .712
Ray Flaherty .684
George Halas .682
Don Shula .677
Paul Brown .672
Tony Dungy .668
George Siefert .648
Bill Cowher .623
Bud Grant .621
Joe Gibbs .621

Active coaches above Cowher:

Bill Belichick .683
Mike Tomlin .642
Sean Payton .630

 

Did anyone here catch the Aaron Hernandez doc on Netflix? It’s amazing how immature and insecure he was. Thought it was a really well made piece and worth the time.

 

I watched a bit of it while at the gym this morning. He was really messed up. Kinda sad really. He had talent but didn't get the help and guidance he needed.

 

I've got Netflix sounds interesting to check out

 

It's worth watching. The guy was a mess !!

 

I didn't see anything about why they killed the guy. Or did I miss something.

 

You miss something every time you do pickem's

 

True. But I miss a lot fewer than most.

 

I got two episodes in, so far.

If I recall from reading up when it was initially going on, the prosecutors version of why he killed Odin Lloyd was because he didn’t trust him to keep quiet about the previous shooting. I could be wrong, but pretty sure that’s what I read

 

Monday night on ID channel they are starting a two night mini-series about Aaron Hernandez....I'm looking forward to that. Already got DVR set.

 

Or mini-documentary I should say.

 

I started watching this confused and ashamed about his sexuality and this guy had it all got drafted by a winning org. making the big bucks so far it's kinda of a sad and amazing story

 

Man what a sad end the brutal killing of Odin Lloyd that goofy azz law they did have,and to blame it on CTE really c'mon but it was tragic and sad how he hung himself, to see how he had it all and lost it

 

I don’t know if he really had a reason to kill Odin Lloyd, I think Hernandez was so off the rails and such an insecure person at that point that it could’ve been anything that he perceived as a slight.

 

Could be.
Hernandez so dumb about everything as well. It’s amazing how he lived so long like this.

As a Pats fan the entire Aaron Hernandez story is the biggest embarrassment the organization has ever had in my opinion. People seem to want to pile on for innocuous and ridiculous stories, but employing a psycho with multiple murders under his belt doesn’t seem to be brought up very often.

 

Is this catfish? Be honest now