robertj44:
CheeseCityFan:
robertj44:
CheeseCityFan:
tankduke3:
CheeseCityFan:
Yes, knocking off the lowly, winless Bungles. I imagine PB is rolling over in his grave over the state of that franchise.
Two weeks ago Favre knocked off the Cardinals with 6 td passes. Cant call the Cardinals lowly no more. :)
But you can still call the Bungles lowly-- and it fits
They are an awful team all the Jet scoring drives started in Bengal territory. Before Carson Palmer's injury they were good. I think you need a QB...
Believe it or not, Robert, I was a big Bengals fan back in the early days--they were my favorite AFL/AFC team. They've always had that kind of star-crossed luck with QBs, though. In their second season, they drafted the guy who should have changed the game at the position, Greg Cook. Big, strong, mobile, and had a cannon for an arm. His release was as quick or quicker than Namath's. Bill Walsh was running a veritcal-style passing game as OC at that time and all of the records were his to be broken. He had a 15+ yard average per completion. Sadly, he tore up his rotator cuff in that season, and given the state of medical arts in 1970, they were never able to get him back to where he was. The next season, Brown and Walsh had to make a go of it with Virgil Carter, and the West Coast Offense was born.
Good stuff CCF, kind of explains your defense of the AFL in that Bart Starr thread the other day.
Robert, I put in a link to a 2001 article written by Dr. Z about Bill Walsh, Greg Cook, and the birth of the WCO that I thought you--and others--might enjoy.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/inside_game/dr_z/news/2001/10/10/drz_insider/