Team of the Decade Revisited
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Akron Pros?
Call me uneducated but Akron had a pro football team?
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Akron Pros?
Call me uneducated but Akron had a pro football team?
Akron Pros?
Call me uneducated but Akron had a pro football team?
Most of the teams from the 20's were Ohio.
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1950's Browns decade team=GOAT
most points
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Akron Pros?
Call me uneducated but Akron had a pro football team?
Akron Pros?
Call me uneducated but Akron had a pro football team?
Your wish is my command: You are uneducated....but now I have help you to become edumacated. The very first NFL Champions were from Akron, Ohio. The Akron Pros. The team was in fact led by an African-American QB/HB, Fritz Pollard, who in the next year or so actually became the head coach of the team.
Bet you didn't know that an NFL team had a black head coach back in the 20s, did you?
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1950's Browns decade team=GOAT
most points
1950's Browns decade team=GOAT
most points
Yes, they did. They indeed were dominant in that decade, but they only got one more point than the 60s Packers.
Closest race, which was a surprise to me: the 1970s. The Steelers only beat the Cowboys by 2 points. Cowboys won 2 SBs that year, and lost 3, and also lost a few other conference title games.
I mean, figure it: If Jackie Smith doesn't drop that pass in the end zone which if caught would have won the game for them against the Steelers, it is the Cowboys, not the Steelers that would be the team of the Decade.
The second closest race was the 40s between the Browns and Bears.
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1950's Browns decade team=GOAT
most points
Yes, they did. They indeed were dominant in that decade, but they only got one more point than the 60s Packers.
Closest race, which was a surprise to me: the 1970s. The Steelers only beat the Cowboys by 2 points. Cowboys won 2 SBs that year, and lost 3, and also lost a few other conference title games.
I mean, figure it: If Jackie Smith doesn't drop that pass in the end zone which if caught would have won the game for them against the Steelers, it is the Cowboys, not the Steelers that would be the team of the Decade.
The second closest race was the 40s between the Browns and Bears.
Yes, they did. They indeed were dominant in that decade, but they only got one more point than the 60s Packers.
Closest race, which was a surprise to me: the 1970s. The Steelers only beat the Cowboys by 2 points. Cowboys won 2 SBs that year, and lost 3, and also lost a few other conference title games.
I mean, figure it: If Jackie Smith doesn't drop that pass in the end zone which if caught would have won the game for them against the Steelers, it is the Cowboys, not the Steelers that would be the team of the Decade.
The second closest race was the 40s between the Browns and Bears.
Thus why the Fritz Pollard Alliance helps to keep the NFL honest with the Rooney rule. Although lately with some of the shenanigans that the alliance is signing off on, not so sure they are helping keep the honest, but rather help them stay dishonest.
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1950's Browns decade team=GOAT
most points
Yes, they did. They indeed were dominant in that decade, but they only got one more point than the 60s Packers.
Closest race, which was a surprise to me: the 1970s. The Steelers only beat the Cowboys by 2 points. Cowboys won 2 SBs that year, and lost 3, and also lost a few other conference title games.
I mean, figure it: If Jackie Smith doesn't drop that pass in the end zone which if caught would have won the game for them against the Steelers, it is the Cowboys, not the Steelers that would be the team of the Decade.
The second closest race was the 40s between the Browns and Bears.
Yes, they did. They indeed were dominant in that decade, but they only got one more point than the 60s Packers.
Closest race, which was a surprise to me: the 1970s. The Steelers only beat the Cowboys by 2 points. Cowboys won 2 SBs that year, and lost 3, and also lost a few other conference title games.
I mean, figure it: If Jackie Smith doesn't drop that pass in the end zone which if caught would have won the game for them against the Steelers, it is the Cowboys, not the Steelers that would be the team of the Decade.
The second closest race was the 40s between the Browns and Bears.
only need 1 point to win
see 2005 World Series champ Chicago Whitesox
broke MLB Record for most wins in a year by 1 Run
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1950's Browns decade team=GOAT
most points
Yes, they did. They indeed were dominant in that decade, but they only got one more point than the 60s Packers.
Closest race, which was a surprise to me: the 1970s. The Steelers only beat the Cowboys by 2 points. Cowboys won 2 SBs that year, and lost 3, and also lost a few other conference title games.
I mean, figure it: If Jackie Smith doesn't drop that pass in the end zone which if caught would have won the game for them against the Steelers, it is the Cowboys, not the Steelers that would be the team of the Decade.
The second closest race was the 40s between the Browns and Bears.
Yes, they did. They indeed were dominant in that decade, but they only got one more point than the 60s Packers.
Closest race, which was a surprise to me: the 1970s. The Steelers only beat the Cowboys by 2 points. Cowboys won 2 SBs that year, and lost 3, and also lost a few other conference title games.
I mean, figure it: If Jackie Smith doesn't drop that pass in the end zone which if caught would have won the game for them against the Steelers, it is the Cowboys, not the Steelers that would be the team of the Decade.
The second closest race was the 40s between the Browns and Bears.
The Browns weren't around until 46 though. Weren't the Bears around before that. If that is the case I would say per games played we would have the 40's on lockdown.
The 70's though is surprising. Great post Gip!
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Formerly Stone said:
Gip....sometimes you amaze me with your ability to provide historical data. The bad part is that you allow your jealousy of the Steelers to cause you to make stupid statements.1. Jackie Smith's dropped TD pass was in the third quarter so even a jealous Browns fan can see that, unlike you stated, had Smith caught the TD pass, which would have tied the game, it would not have assured a win for the Cowboys.
2. You fail to acknowledge the fact that in their only Super Bowl loss the Steelers dominated virtually every phase of the game against the Cowboys and had it not been for the two late interceptions thrown by O'Donnell, both resulting in TD's for Dallas, the Steelers would surely have 7 titles now and the Cowboys would have 4.
Man up! Let some reality in!
On the Jackie Smith thing, I don't think it is my alleged jealousy that makes that a stupid statement. It is something that has been said on the National media time and time again. I am merely repeating it. In the words of Seinfeld "was that wrong?" Plus, perhaps my memory is a bit faulty....or is it Cowboy fan who overstates the Smith drop, but I was under the impression all along that that drop was made late in the game, and essentially lost the Cowboys the game. If it is as you said, done in the third quarter, then you would be right, there still would have been plenty of time in the game for the Cowboys to win. It was after all a very close game. And perhaps it is jealous Cowboy fans, not jealous Browns fans you should get your panties bunched up about. We didn't have a dog in that fight. In fact, I seem to recall thinking back that I was actually in favor of the Steelers winning that game rather than the Cowboys.
Also, I really don't recall the dominance of the Steelers in the '95 game. Perhaps, statistically, they indeed did outgain. I do remember the constant turnovers. I mean, no one (except you perhaps) is going to really remember that the Steelers went up and down the field between the 20s. They do remember the picks.
As it is, all three of those showdowns were very close games and could have gone either way.
But, there is always woulda/coulda/shoulda. The Browns woulda/coulda/shoulda won both "the Drive game" (Karliss kick missed), and The Fumble game.
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Formerly Stone said:
You can't get off that easy! It's factually incorrect and you used it in support of a petty jealousy! It happened with 3+ minutes left in the third and would only have tied the game assuming the EP.You (Browns fans) don't really have a dog in any fight
And YOU can't get off so easily by simply refusing to to read and comprehend what I said and by inserting your own silly prejudices into this equation. I essentially agreed with you that if that play occurred in the 3rd quarter (and I have no reason to doubt you) then the national media, and the Cowboy fan apologists have had no cause to claim that that drop would have cost them the game. Yet that is precisely the claim I have heard over the years. My only error is in believing and repeating those apparetly bogus claims.
Ergo, why is it you are jumping into my shit when I am agreeing with you?
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