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  • To throw in some defense.....Barry Sanders, Reggie White, Lawrence Taylor, Ronnie Lott, my old favorite Joe cool Montana......and the great Jim Brown.

    You could probably start with 50 and whittle them down to 10.

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  • Dutch OvenD Dutch Oven

    @the-gipper said:

    You will have heard of ALL of the players,   if you are any kind of football fan.   Longevity helps in this stat.

    Brady and Rice are correct.....but not Walter or Gronk.

    I will give this hint:  It applies to all players and  5 of the top 10 are QBs.

    Hmmm... I'll try Drew Brees, Peyton Manning, Joe Montana, Emmit Smith 

    @dutch-oven said:

    Hmmm... I'll try Drew Brees, Peyton Manning, Joe Montana, Emmit Smith 

    Peyton and Brees...check....but no on Montana/Smith, believe it or not.

  • gumby73G gumby73

    @dutch-oven said:

     Emmit Smith 

    Bonus trivia....1990 draft... Whom was the AFCC team that Dallas traded up with for the Cowboys to draft Emmit Smith? 

    @gumby73 said:

    Bonus trivia....1990 draft... Whom was the AFCN team that Dallas traded up with for the Cowboys to draft Emmit Smith? 

    Only after you have given some answers to the original question. (but I recall that it was the Browns).

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  • mjp28M mjp28

    To throw in some defense.....Barry Sanders, Reggie White, Lawrence Taylor, Ronnie Lott, my old favorite Joe cool Montana......and the great Jim Brown.

    You could probably start with 50 and whittle them down to 10.

    @mjp28 said:

    To throw in some defense.....Barry Sanders, Reggie White, Lawrence Taylor, Ronnie Lott, my old favorite Joe cool Montana......and the great Jim Brown.

    You could probably start with 50 and whittle them down to 10.

    Only  Reggie White.     I know...tremendous names given that did not make it. 

    Half of the Ten still not named. 

  • Hmmmm the 5 quarterbacks Brady (given), Aikman, Staubach, Unitas, Starr??

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  • The GipperT The Gipper

    @gumby73 said:

    Bonus trivia....1990 draft... Whom was the AFCN team that Dallas traded up with for the Cowboys to draft Emmit Smith? 

    Only after you have given some answers to the original question. (but I recall that it was the Browns).

    @the-gipper said:

    Only after you have given some answers to the original question. (but I recall that it was the Browns).

    I gave up when LT does not make any list😛...but plug in Joe Namath..Terry BradShaw...Steve Young?  and...

    NO! the AFCC Browns did not pass on Emmitt Smith in 1990... Emmitt got picked #17, and the browns got jumped at pick #18... than the Browns traded back too... 

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  • mjp28M mjp28

    Hmmmm the 5 quarterbacks Brady (given), Aikman, Staubach, Unitas, Starr??

    @mjp28 said:

    Hmmmm the 5 quarterbacks Brady (given), Aikman, Staubach, Unitas, Starr??

    Well.... already guesses that got some right  indicated that 3 of them were Brady, Peyton and Brees.  So, no, none you name other than Brady are correct. 

    mjp28M 1 Reply
  • gumby73G gumby73

    @the-gipper said:

    Only after you have given some answers to the original question. (but I recall that it was the Browns).

    I gave up when LT does not make any list😛...but plug in Joe Namath..Terry BradShaw...Steve Young?  and...

    NO! the AFCC Browns did not pass on Emmitt Smith in 1990... Emmitt got picked #17, and the browns got jumped at pick #18... than the Browns traded back too... 

    @gumby73 said:

    I gave up when LT does not make any list😛...but plug in Joe Namath..Terry BradShaw...Steve Young?  and...

    NO  none right. 

    NO! the AFCN Browns did not pass on Emmitt Smith in 1990... Emmitt got picked #17, and the browns got jumped at pick #18... than the Browns traded back too... 

    Well....how about this answer:

    NONE....because the AFCN did not exist in 1990.   It was still the AFC Central at that point.  And, if you do not want to acknowledge the truth of that answer...then I will say the Houston Oilers. 

  • AFC Standings

     
     
    Tm W L W-L% PF PA PD MoV SoS SRS OSRS DSRS
    AFC East
    Buffalo Bills* 13 3 .813 428 263 165 10.3 -1.7 8.6 5.7 2.9
    Miami Dolphins+ 12 4 .750 336 242 94 5.9 -1.2 4.7 0.5 4.2
    Indianapolis Colts 7 9 .438 281 353 -72 -4.5 0.6 -3.9 -2.7 -1.2
    New York Jets 6 10 .375 295 345 -50 -3.1 -1.5 -4.6 -2.0 -2.6
    New England Patriots 1 15 .063 181 446 -265 -16.6 2.0 -14.6 -7.5 -7.1
    AFC Central
    Cincinnati Bengals* 9 7 .563 360 352 8 0.5 -1.6 -1.1 1.9 -3.0
    Houston Oilers+ 9 7 .563 405 307 98 6.1 -0.9 5.2 4.9 0.3
    Pittsburgh Steelers 9 7 .563 292 240 52 3.3 -1.6 1.6 -3.4 5.0
    Cleveland Browns 3 13 .188 228 462 -234 -14.6 1.7 -13.0 -5.2 -7.8
    AFC West
    Los Angeles Raiders* 12 4 .750 337 268 69 4.3 2.2 6.6 2.2 4.4
    Kansas City Chiefs+ 11 5 .688 369 257 112 7.0 -0.3 6.7 2.7 4.1
    Seattle Seahawks 9 7 .563 306 286 20 1.3 1.5 2.7 -0.5 3.3
    San Diego Chargers 6 10 .375 315 281 34 2.1 0.2 2.3 -0.1 2.5
    Denver Broncos 5 11 .313 331 374 -43 -2.7 1.9 -0.8 2.1 -2.9

     

     
    Tm W L W-L% PF PA PD MoV SoS SRS OSRS DSRS
    NFC East
    New York Giants* 13 3 .813 335 211 124 7.8 -0.1 7.7 0.0 7.6
    Philadelphia Eagles+ 10 6 .625 396 299 97 6.1 -0.5 5.6 4.5 1.1
    Washington Redskins+ 10 6 .625 381 301 80 5.0 0.4 5.4 4.6 0.8
    Dallas Cowboys 7 9 .438 244 308 -64 -4.0 0.3 -3.7 -4.8 1.1
    Phoenix Cardinals 5 11 .313 268 396 -128 -8.0 1.3 -6.7 -1.9 -4.8
    NFC Central
    Chicago Bears* 11 5 .688 348 280 68 4.3 -0.8 3.4 0.1 3.3
    Tampa Bay Buccaneers 6 10 .375 264 367 -103 -6.4 -0.7 -7.1 -4.0 -3.2
    Detroit Lions 6 10 .375 373 413 -40 -2.5 0.9 -1.6 4.2 -5.9
    Green Bay Packers 6 10 .375 271 347 -76 -4.8 0.6 -4.1 -3.7 -0.4
    Minnesota Vikings 6 10 .375 351 326 25 1.6 0.9 2.4 2.6 -0.2
    NFC West
    San Francisco 49ers* 14 2 .875 353 239 114 7.1 -1.4 5.8 1.2 4.6
    New Orleans Saints+ 8 8 .500 274 275 -1 -0.1 -1.2 -1.3 -4.7 3.4
    Los Angeles Rams 5 11 .313 345 412 -67 -4.2 -0.1 -4.2 2.3 -6.5
    Atlanta Falcons 5 11 .313 348 365 -17 -1.1 -1.1 -2.1 0.9 -3.1

     

  • I stand divisional corrected your honor ?... and the team was Not* the Houston Oilers neither.... only leaving... Pittsburgh? or the Bengals? that traded out of the Emmitt Smith pick...   

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  • The GipperT The Gipper

    @mjp28 said:

    Hmmmm the 5 quarterbacks Brady (given), Aikman, Staubach, Unitas, Starr??

    Well.... already guesses that got some right  indicated that 3 of them were Brady, Peyton and Brees.  So, no, none you name other than Brady are correct. 

    @the-gipper said:

    Well.... already guesses that got some right  indicated that 3 of them were Brady, Peyton and Brees.  So, no, none you name other than Brady are correct. 

    Geeeezzzzz H. Christ are they players that we actually saw on TV ?  😆

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  • mjp28M mjp28

    @the-gipper said:

    Well.... already guesses that got some right  indicated that 3 of them were Brady, Peyton and Brees.  So, no, none you name other than Brady are correct. 

    Geeeezzzzz H. Christ are they players that we actually saw on TV ?  😆

    @mjp28 said:

    Geeeezzzzz H. Christ are they players that we actually saw on TV ?  😆

    One of the prefaces is that they are all players since 1960....so, being the old fart that you are, you certainly would have seen all of them.

  • gumby73G gumby73

    I stand divisional corrected your honor ?... and the team was Not* the Houston Oilers neither.... only leaving... Pittsburgh? or the Bengals? that traded out of the Emmitt Smith pick...   

    @gumby73 said:

    I stand divisional corrected your honor ?... and the team was Not* the Houston Oilers neither.... only leaving... Pittsburgh? or the Bengals? that traded out of the Emmitt Smith pick...   

    So...I got the question right, eh?  NO team from the AFC North made that trade!😛

  • The GipperT The Gipper

    @gumby73 said:

    I stand divisional corrected your honor ?... and the team was Not* the Houston Oilers neither.... only leaving... Pittsburgh? or the Bengals? that traded out of the Emmitt Smith pick...   

    So...I got the question right, eh?  NO team from the AFC North made that trade!😛

    @the-gipper said:

    So...I got the question right, eh?  NO team from the AFC North made that trade!😛

    Am honored to announce- ?nouce.. that The Pittsburgh Steelqueens ?queens..... were the AFC *Central team that gained a measly 3rd round pick, on passing up to Dallas for Emmitt Smith.. Sliding down only 4 picks from pick #17 😕  to pick #21..

    Like myself, most forget that Dallas had traded Herschel Walker in Oct. of 1989...for a butt-load of picks from The Soda Vikings.. https://americanfootballdatabase.fandom.com/wiki/Herschel_Walker_trade    Browns draft Leroy Hoard in the second..Pukes get RB Barry 'bananas' Foster in the fifth...

    Now back to our weekly... Get Stumped by Gipper! 😉...  

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  • The GipperT The Gipper

    Here is today's  Trivia Question:    Pro-Football Reference has developed a metric called the Career Average, which is supposed to tell us how productive a player has been in a career or a season.   While it is obviously not conclusive of a player's "value"...it is something....and perhaps as good or better than any other metric that has been developed.  (If you have something else applicable, by all means, let us know).  Also note...this metric does not really measure much if any statistical measurement prior to 1960 

    Today's question, simply:

    Name the Top Ten All Time most productive players in their careers per this system.  (since 1960)

    @the-gipper said:

    Here is today's  Trivia Question:    Pro-Football Reference has developed a metric called the Career Average, which is supposed to tell us how productive a player has been in a career or a season.   While it is obviously not conclusive of a player's "value"...it is something....and perhaps as good or better than any other metric that has been developed.  (If you have something else applicable, by all means, let us know).  Also note...this metric does not really measure much if any statistical measurement prior to 1960 

    Today's question, simply:

    Name the Top Ten All Time most productive players in their careers per this system.  (since 1960)

    Answers:

    1. Tom Brady

    2. Peyton Manning

    3. Drew Brees

    4. Brett Favre

    5. Jerry Rice

    6. Fran Tarkenton

    7. Bruce Matthews

    8. Rod Woodson

    9. Reggie White

    10. Bruce Smith

    the next 5 in order are:  Ray Lewis,   Dan Marino, Phillip Rivers, John Elway, Paul Krause/Anthony Munoz tie. 

    https://www.pro-football-reference.com/leaders/av_career.htm

  • This CA metric is actually a fairly good predictor for who will make the HOF.    

    The 5 guys who have the best CA, and who are/have been eligible for the HOF are:   Jim Marshall,  Ken Anderson,  Eric Allen,  Jim Tyrer, Lomas Brown.

    As for these 4 my opinion is that Marshall, Anderson, and Allen have been overlooked, and should be in.    Jim Tyrer,  an OT for the Bears (from Ohio St.) back in the 60s and early 70s is likely not in because  he was the pre OJ  OJ.  Soon after his career ended he ended up killing his wife and then committing suicide (something the gutless OJ should have done).   Lomas Brown...IMO, is not worthy, primarily because he came here after really a fine career and played like a POS....he was just here for the money. 

    That means that you should expect all of the following to make the HOF:

    Brady

    Peyton

    Rivers

    Ben R

    Aaron Rodgers

    Julius Peppers

    Matt Ryan

    Eli

  • Here is today's  Trivia Question:

    Who are the Top Ten   (eleven actually with ties) Defensive Players  in Career Pass Interceptions in NFL history.     Hint on this: both new school and old school guys are on this list.

  • I know Farve and Blanda (longevity) and Marino and Peyton to start it off.

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  • mjp28M mjp28

    I know Farve and Blanda (longevity) and Marino and Peyton to start it off.

    @mjp28 said:

    I know Farve and Blanda (longevity) and Marino and Peyton to start it off.

    Sorry...I am talking Defensive Players.  I will clarify the original post. 

  • The GipperT The Gipper

    @mjp28 said:

    I know Farve and Blanda (longevity) and Marino and Peyton to start it off.

    Sorry...I am talking Defensive Players.  I will clarify the original post. 

    @the-gipper said:

    Sorry...I am talking Defensive Players.  

    So none of mine are correct ?  😕

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