NFL history podcasts.
From 1969 to 2006, I was a big fan of NFL football. During those 38 years, I watched many great football games, most from the 1970s. But there was a game from 1991 that I would rank among the best I’ve seen. The SF 49ers finished the 1990 season with a 14–2 record and then … Read more
There are many great pro linebackers who are enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio. But there are quite a few more who are not, but who probably should be. I will try to mention just a few of them in this episode of this podcast. Those linebackers who have … Read more
There’s a reason football fans can’t stop talking about the long shots. The teams nobody gave a chance. The players who came out of nowhere. In a sport built on grit and strategy, the underdog story is where heart and history collide. And in the NFL, those moments have become the stuff of legend. While … Read more
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers began as an expansion team in the NFL in 1976. Although all expansion teams tend to struggle in their inaugural season, the Buccaneers did not merely struggle; they lost every game, finishing the season with zero wins and 14 losses. They then suffered twelve straight losses in 1977 before winning their … Read more
There were several prominent NFL players during the 1970s who were traded or waived by one team and then managed to reestablish themselves as outstanding components to their new teams. The reasons behind their departure from their previous teams are varied, but they are all encompassed by the desire from their previous team to go … Read more