Trivia Questions and Answers
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Orlando Pace
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I was thinking about one of the old OL guys like Dave Rimington but I'm not sure which ones were picked #1...... except for the road grader Pace.
I was thinking about one of the old OL guys like Dave Rimington but I'm not sure which ones were picked #1...... except for the road grader Pace.
Well, Rimington was neither #1 overall nor HOF.
But there is one other OL who fits the bill. Think late 60s. Plus the 2 DL ( 1=70s/1=90s)
And hints on the 3 "old timers" : 2 played halfback, and one played both ways at OC and LB. (that should give it away)
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There have been 15 players who were the #1 overall pick in either the NFL or AFL draft, who went on to be named to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Note: to help: 2 of the 15 taken in the AFL draft.
Name as many of these 15 players as you can.
Answers:
Bill Dudley
Charley Trippi
Chuck Bednarik
Paul Hornung
Ron Yary
OJ Simpson
Terry Bradshaw
LeeRoy Selmon
Earl Campbell
John Elway
Bruce Smith
Troy Aikman
Orlando Pace
Buck Buchanan...from AFL draft
Joe Namath...from AFL draft
Others that will/could make it someday:
Manning Brothers, Peyton and Eli
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Only the Following people have completed the "Trifecta": Won the Heisman Trophy, became #1 pick in the draft. Selected to Pro Football Hall of Fame:
Paul Hornung, OJ Simpson, Earl Campbell. Very exclusive company
The following could...in theory join those 3, if they were to ever get in:
Bo Jackson ...didn't play long enough due to injury
Vinny Testaverde???? Has numbers, but just not good enough.
Carson Palmer.....very borderline at best
Sam Bradford....not even sure he has a job in the league now.
Cam Newton.....Best Bet now if he can overcome injuries
Jameis Winston. Meh
Baker Mayfield....hope fully
Kyler Murray.....way ahead of ourselves.
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Today's Trivia Question:
In 100 years of the NFL, by my count, I come up with 12-13 "Dynasties" in the history of the game. For purposes of this question I am going to define a Dynasty as any team that won 3 Championships in the course of any 10 year period.
Name as many of these Dynasties as you can. Just give the team and the approximate era. Example: Cleveland Browns 2020s. (we wish)
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The following could...in theory join those 3, if they were to ever get in:
Bo Jackson ...didn't play long enough due to injury..... Shows how much injuries matter. Best ever athlete ???
Vinny Testaverde???? Has numbers, but just not good enough..... 21 years in a tougher era, 48,000+ yards but on some bad teams. So-so W/L record looks bad. His kid Vincent just signed up with TB.
Carson Palmer.....very borderline at best
Sam Bradford....not even sure he has a job in the league now........big numbers, bad teams.
Cam Newton.....Best Bet now if he can overcome injuries .......Yeah injuries again.
Jameis Winston. Meh
Baker Mayfield....hope fully...... A lock.
Kyler Murray.....way ahead of ourselves.
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Orlando Pace
I remember this past season watching Pace highlights from his Ohio State days...... unbelievable. No wonder he was the #1 pick.
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The following could...in theory join those 3, if they were to ever get in:
Bo Jackson ...didn't play long enough due to injury..... Shows how much injuries matter. Best ever athlete ???
Vinny Testaverde???? Has numbers, but just not good enough..... 21 years in a tougher era, 48,000+ yards but on some bad teams. So-so W/L record looks bad. His kid Vincent just signed up with TB.
Carson Palmer.....very borderline at best
Sam Bradford....not even sure he has a job in the league now........big numbers, bad teams.
Cam Newton.....Best Bet now if he can overcome injuries .......Yeah injuries again.
Jameis Winston. Meh
Baker Mayfield....hope fully...... A lock.
Kyler Murray.....way ahead of ourselves.
The following could...in theory join those 3, if they were to ever get in:
Bo Jackson ...didn't play long enough due to injury..... Shows how much injuries matter. Best ever athlete ???
Vinny Testaverde???? Has numbers, but just not good enough..... 21 years in a tougher era, 48,000+ yards but on some bad teams. So-so W/L record looks bad. His kid Vincent just signed up with TB.
Carson Palmer.....very borderline at best
Sam Bradford....not even sure he has a job in the league now........big numbers, bad teams.
Cam Newton.....Best Bet now if he can overcome injuries .......Yeah injuries again.
Jameis Winston. Meh
Baker Mayfield....hope fully...... A lock.
Kyler Murray.....way ahead of ourselves.
In the cases of Vinny and Bradford......I do believe that each of them contributed significantly to the fact that the teams they were on were bad. You seem to over look that.
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The following could...in theory join those 3, if they were to ever get in:
Bo Jackson ...didn't play long enough due to injury..... Shows how much injuries matter. Best ever athlete ???
Vinny Testaverde???? Has numbers, but just not good enough..... 21 years in a tougher era, 48,000+ yards but on some bad teams. So-so W/L record looks bad. His kid Vincent just signed up with TB.
Carson Palmer.....very borderline at best
Sam Bradford....not even sure he has a job in the league now........big numbers, bad teams.
Cam Newton.....Best Bet now if he can overcome injuries .......Yeah injuries again.
Jameis Winston. Meh
Baker Mayfield....hope fully...... A lock.
Kyler Murray.....way ahead of ourselves.
In the cases of Vinny and Bradford......I do believe that each of them contributed significantly to the fact that the teams they were on were bad. You seem to over look that.
In the cases of Vinny and Bradford......I do believe that each of them contributed significantly to the fact that the teams they were on were bad. You seem to over look that.
True. And the HOF should be only for the best players of all time not everybody that wants in regardless of teams or records. The Archie Mannings should get in the other two mentioned probably not.
Although the MLB HOF goes to the extreme in their sport the NFL is pretty good.
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Only important one is the Browns - 40's and 50's.
Patriots 2010's
Steelers late 70's?
Cowboys early 70's?
Packers 60's
Only important one is the Browns - 40's and 50's.
Patriots 2010's
Steelers late 70's?
Cowboys early 70's?
Packers 60's
Highlighted in Green are correct. The 70s Cowboys is NOT correct, according to the criteria set out above. (they only won 2 in 10 years, though they did appear in 2 more title games.
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Good idea to merge all the completed daily trivia threads.
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Packers, 30s
Bears 40s
Lions, 50s
Raiders, late 70s/early 80s
49ers, 80s
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Packers, 30s
Bears 40s
Lions, 50s
Raiders, late 70s/early 80s
49ers, 80s
Packers, 30s
Bears 40s
Lions, 50s
Raiders, late 70s/early 80s
49ers, 80s
Check on all these (Packers 29-31)
There are still 4 others that fit the criteria not yet named.
Hint: 3 of the 4 are actually more recent. (post 1980)
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Patriots, 2000s (an argument can easily be made that they've had two separate dynasties, since there was such a long gap between the 3 Super Bowls they won in the 2000s and the 3 they won in the 2010s)
Cowboys, 90s
Redskins, 80s/90s (Joe Gibbs era)
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Patriots, 2000s (an argument can easily be made that they've had two separate dynasties, since there was such a long gap between the 3 Super Bowls they won in the 2000s and the 3 they won in the 2010s)
Cowboys, 90s
Redskins, 80s/90s (Joe Gibbs era)
Patriots, 2000s (an argument can easily be made that they've had two separate dynasties, since there was such a long gap between the 3 Super Bowls they won in the 2000s and the 3 they won in the 2010s)
Cowboys, 90s
Redskins, 80s/90s (Joe Gibbs era)
Bada Boom Bada Bing. Check on Cowboys and Redskins......and exactamundo on the Patriots.....that is why I said 12..or 13. Because based on the criteria I set forth, they would be a separate dynasty.
Dutch gets the Bada Bing reward:
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Today's Trivia Question:
In 100 years of the NFL, by my count, I come up with 12-13 "Dynasties" in the history of the game. For purposes of this question I am going to define a Dynasty as any team that won 3 Championships in the course of any 10 year period.
Name as many of these Dynasties as you can. Just give the team and the approximate era. Example: Cleveland Browns 2020s. (we wish)
Answers:
1. Canton/Cleveland Bulldogs. Won 3 consecutive titles in the 20s. NFL considers these separate franchises technically, but, they had the same name, the same coach, many of the same players. Apparently they just had a different owner. And we know how fungible NFL owners are
2. Packers Won 3 consecutive titles: 1929-1931
3. Bears 1940-1946. Won 4 titles in 7 years
4. Browns 1946-1957. Won 7 titles in 11 years, played like 10 straight.
5. Lions 1952-1957 Won 3 titles in 6 years
6. Packers 1961-1967. Won 5 titles in 7 years (fyi, only Bears and Browns broke it up)
7. Steelers 1970s Won 4 titles in 6 years
8. 49ers Won 4 titles between 1981 and 1989
9. Redskins. Won 3 titles between 1982 and 1991. People don't think about them much, because they were winning titles in and amongst the ones the Niners were winning, and they did it with 3 different QBs. Joe Gibbs being the main factor
10. Raiders. 1976-1983. Won 3 titles in 8 years.
11. Cowboys. 1992-1995. Won 3 titles in 4 years.
12. Patriots 2000s won 3 titles in 4 years. 2001-2004
13. Patriots? 2010s won 3 titles in 5 years. 2014-2018. After having gone almost 10 years without winning. Of course, obviously the Pats can be considered one continuous dynasty.....as, in those 9-10 years of not winning a title, they did play in and lose 2 Super Bowls...to the Giants, and they did have the same coach/QB.
I set the 3 titles in 10 years for a dynasty...somewhat arbitrarily. It could be argued that perhaps other teams could be considered "dynasties" like maybe the 70s Dolphins who were in 3 consecutive SBs, and won 2. And, can a team that loses be considered a dynasty? 90s Bills. Or, how about the New York Giants from 1956 to 1963. In 8 years, they won 1 title game.....and lost 5.
Thanks....OK to merge.
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Today's Trivia Question:
In 100 years of the NFL, by my count, I come up with 12-13 "Dynasties" in the history of the game. For purposes of this question I am going to define a Dynasty as any team that won 3 Championships in the course of any 10 year period.
Name as many of these Dynasties as you can. Just give the team and the approximate era. Example: Cleveland Browns 2020s. (we wish)
Answers:
1. Canton/Cleveland Bulldogs. Won 3 consecutive titles in the 20s. NFL considers these separate franchises technically, but, they had the same name, the same coach, many of the same players. Apparently they just had a different owner. And we know how fungible NFL owners are
2. Packers Won 3 consecutive titles: 1929-1931
3. Bears 1940-1946. Won 4 titles in 7 years
4. Browns 1946-1957. Won 7 titles in 11 years, played like 10 straight.
5. Lions 1952-1957 Won 3 titles in 6 years
6. Packers 1961-1967. Won 5 titles in 7 years (fyi, only Bears and Browns broke it up)
7. Steelers 1970s Won 4 titles in 6 years
8. 49ers Won 4 titles between 1981 and 1989
9. Redskins. Won 3 titles between 1982 and 1991. People don't think about them much, because they were winning titles in and amongst the ones the Niners were winning, and they did it with 3 different QBs. Joe Gibbs being the main factor
10. Raiders. 1976-1983. Won 3 titles in 8 years.
11. Cowboys. 1992-1995. Won 3 titles in 4 years.
12. Patriots 2000s won 3 titles in 4 years. 2001-2004
13. Patriots? 2010s won 3 titles in 5 years. 2014-2018. After having gone almost 10 years without winning. Of course, obviously the Pats can be considered one continuous dynasty.....as, in those 9-10 years of not winning a title, they did play in and lose 2 Super Bowls...to the Giants, and they did have the same coach/QB.
I set the 3 titles in 10 years for a dynasty...somewhat arbitrarily. It could be argued that perhaps other teams could be considered "dynasties" like maybe the 70s Dolphins who were in 3 consecutive SBs, and won 2. And, can a team that loses be considered a dynasty? 90s Bills. Or, how about the New York Giants from 1956 to 1963. In 8 years, they won 1 title game.....and lost 5.
Thanks....OK to merge.
Today's Trivia Question:
In 100 years of the NFL, by my count, I come up with 12-13 "Dynasties" in the history of the game. For purposes of this question I am going to define a Dynasty as any team that won 3 Championships in the course of any 10 year period.
Name as many of these Dynasties as you can. Just give the team and the approximate era. Example: Cleveland Browns 2020s. (we wish)
Answers:
I set the 3 titles in 10 years for a dynasty...somewhat arbitrarily. It could be argued that perhaps other teams could be considered "dynasties" like maybe the 70s Dolphins who were in 3 consecutive SBs, and won 2. And, can a team that loses be considered a dynasty? 90s Bills. Or, how about the New York Giants from 1956 to 1963. In 8 years, they won 1 title game.....and lost 5.
Thanks....OK to merge.
After NE that's going to be harder to do going forward from here and that's in all major sports. I also think about the close ones and the "lovable losers" like the old Bills and Vikings, the great defenses among others in my personal favorite era of NFL football the Sabol era of the1960s to 1980s. The GB, OAK, DAL, WAS, LA, MIA, PIT, LA RAMS, CHI, SF and CLE and the soundtracks to go along with them.
Great memories of the frozen tundra and the cold winds blowing off the lake.
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