Marvin Harrison was drafted by the Indianapolis Colts with the 19th overall pick in the 1996 NFL Draft. He went on to play 13 seasons with the team, putting up some great numbers from the wide receiver position. He led the league in receptions twice, receiving yards twice, receiving yards per game twice, and receiving [...]
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Charlie Joiner played wide receiver in the National Football League for 18 seasons, including stints with the Houston Oilers, Cincinnati Bengals, and San Diego Chargers. He was inducted into the Professional Football Hall of Fame in 1996. He finished his career with 750 receptions for 12,146 yards. He played in some big games in the [...]
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Jerry Rice came out of tiny Missouri Valley State and made an almost immediate impact on the San Francisco 49ers. During his career he would lead the league in receptions twice, receiving yards six times, and receiving touchdowns six times. What were his greatest games though? -In a 1995 win over the Minnesota Vikings, Jerry [...]
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Steve Grogan was drafted by the New England Patriots in the fifth round of the 1975 NFL Draft. He played 16 seasons in the NFL, all of them with the Patriots. He was a fan favorite in a lot of ways and had a very productive career. What are Steve Grogan’s greatest games though? -The [...]
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Dan Marino is one of the best quarterbacks to ever play football in the National Football League. He has not only gone down in history as a favorite among Miami Dolphins fans, but of NFL fans around the world. He burst onto the scene as a rookie in 1983 and within a year was leading [...]
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The Buffalo Bills and Miami Dolphins have had a long history featuring some great games. How each team was doing didn’t seem to matter as a Dolphins team going through a down year could still beat a Bills team that was riding high, and vice versa. In September of 1991, the Buffalo Bills defeated the [...]
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The 2009 NFL season opened tonight with the Tennessee Titans traveling to Pittsburgh to face the Steelers. Pittsburgh pulled out a 13-10 overtime victory in what was a great start to the season. Being as it was the first game of the year, there was a whole lot of 2009 firsts tonight. Here’s a quick [...]
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On October 22nd, 2000 Cincinnati Bengals running back Corey Dillon had one of the greatest games ever when he racked up 278 rushing yards in a victory over the Denver Broncos. This set the record for most rushing yards in a game until three years later when Baltimore’s Jamal Lewis would run for an amazing [...]
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1985 Bears Dominate The Patriots Here is a stat showing how badly the 1985 Chicago Bears dominated the New England Patriots in the Super Bowl. In the entire first half, the Patriots ran 21 offensive plays. They only gained positive yardage on four of those 21 plays. 17 plays were run in the first half [...]
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Great Games – Jack Youngblood Jack Youngblood is a hall-of-fame defensive end who played his entire career for the Los Angeles Rams. One of the things he is famous for is playing through the entire 1979/80 playoffs (including the Super Bowl loss to the Rams) with a fractured left fibula… yeah, it’s safe to say [...]
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