NFL history podcasts.
The Cincinnati Bengals were only playing pro football for two years by the time that the 1970 season began. As a new team, the Bengals were led by an old head coach…Paul Brown. Brown founded the Bengals in 1968, as he was given a chance to resurrect his career as the new merger led to … Read more
Last time, we talked about the 1999 Jacksonville Jaguars, who went undefeated against the rest of the NFL, except for the three games they played against the Tennessee Titans. Today, we’re going to talk about the Jaguars’ expansion counterpart, the Carolina Panthers – specifically, the 2001 Panthers, who won on opening day, then lost each … Read more
The Dallas Cowboys are known as “America’s Team” and are a storied franchise. Dallas was founded in 1960 to compete with the Dallas Texans of the American Football League, 40 years after the founding of the NFL. Tex Schramm was hired as the General Manager, Tom Landry was the new head coach, and Gil Brandt … Read more
If I told you Ken Riley is tied for 5th all-time in NFL interceptions, played as a top defender in the league for 15 seasons, and was a nightmare to the vaunted 1970s version of the Pittsburgh Steelers; you would assume he’s in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, right? I don’t want to make … Read more
Charley Trippi was the last piece of the Chicago Cardinals famed “Dream Backfield.” As an All-American out of Georgia, the pursuit for future Pro Football Hall of Famer Charley Trippi was on, not just by football teams. This ultimately made Trippi the NFL’s first “Bonus Baby,” covered in this week’s episode of When Football Was … Read more