Posts belonging to Category In-Depth Studies
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Through The Years: The Quarterbacks of the New York Jets
There are a number of interesting ways to look at the history of a football team. Some ways give insight into why a team has been particularly successful or unsuccessful over the years and other ways are just entertaining or informative. Looking at a [...]
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Posted by Mark
One of the best ways to examine a team’s performance over the course of their franchise’s history is to look at the evolution of the starting quarterback position through the years. The Detroit Lions have had a long run as an NFL franchise, but they have not had a great deal of success, especially [...]
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Through The Years: The Quarterbacks Of The Jacksonville Jaguars
The Jacksonville Jaguars are still a relatively young NFL franchise, having just joined the league in 1995, but they have proven to be quite successful in their limited history. Half of their seasons in the NFL have ended with an above .500 record which is [...]
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The Cincinnati Bengals have spent the majority of their history in the bottom half of the league standings. The team hasn’t always been bad though as they have appeared in two Super Bowl games, though they lost both to the San Francisco 49ers. It is interesting to note that although the Bengals are [...]
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The Philadelphia Eagles are one of the oldest franchises in all of professional football. The team has resided in the city of Philadelphia through their entire existence too, except for 1943 when because of a labor shortage due to World War II they merged for one season with the Pittsburgh Steelers. The team [...]
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There are other National Football League teams that may have a longer history in pro football than the Miami Dolphins, but the Dolphins have definitely had some of the better quarterbacks in the league when compared to many of their competitors. The Dolphins are still the only team ever to go undefeated through the [...]
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The Dallas Texans came onto the professional football scene as charter members of the old American Football Conference in 1960. After two seasons of middle of the road type records, the Texans would compile an 11-3 record in 1963 and win the AFL Championship. The very next season, the Dallas Texans would begin [...]
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Posted by Mark
One of the more interesting things to look at is a time line looking at the primary starting quarterbacks an NFL team has had. By looking back at a team’s history of quarterbacks we are reminded of some of the great and not-so-great quarterbacks that have played in the NFL. Here is a [...]
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The Dallas Cowboys are known around the NFL as “America’s Team”. They have had their ups and downs as a franchise, but overall have been one of the more successful teams in league history. The quarterback position of the Dallas Cowboys has always been a position that has drawn a lot of attention. [...]
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From our recent study on the NFL All-Decade Teams, where we concentrated on mainly on the team make-up, here are some interesting facts:
Cardinals kicker Jim Bakken was named to both the 1960s and the 1970s NFL All-Decade Team.
Roger Staubach (from the 1970s team) and Ed Sprinkle (from the 1940s team), both graduates of Navy, are [...]
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In our recent study of the NFL All-Decade Teams, our primary motivation was looking at the number of players that were good enough over the course of a decade to make the All-Decade Team, but were not good enough to be voted to the Hall of Fame. We decided to not do this analysis [...]
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Welcome to part 6 of our study looking at the NFL All-Decade Teams. Today, we look at the 1970s.
Offense:
Position
Player
Team(s) played for
College
In Hall of Fame?
Quarterback
Terry Bradshaw
Pittsburgh Steelers
Louisiana Tech
Yes
Ken Stabler
Oakland Raiders
Alabama
No
Roger Staubach
Dallas Cowboys
Navy
Yes
Running back
Earl Campbell
Houston Oilers
Texas
Yes
Franco Harris
Pittsburgh Steelers
Penn State
Yes
Walter Payton
Chicago Bears
Jackson State
Yes
O.J. Simpson
Buffalo Bills
USC
Yes
Wide receiver
Harold Carmichael
Philadelphia Eagles
Southern
No
Drew Pearson
Dallas Cowboys
Tulsa
No
Lynn Swann
Pittsburgh Steelers
USC
Yes
Paul Warfield
Miami Dolphins
Ohio State
Yes
Tight end
Dave Casper
Oakland Raiders
Notre [...]
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Posted by Mark
Welcome to part 5 of our study looking at the NFL All-Decade Teams. Today, we examine the 1960s.
Offense:
Position
Player Name:
Team(s):
College Attended:
In Hall of Fame?
Quarterback
Sonny Jurgensen
Philadelphia EaglesWashington Redskins
Duke
Yes
Bart Starr
Green Bay Packers
Alabama
Yes
Johnny Unitas
Baltimore Colts
Louisville
Yes
Half back
John David Crow
St. Louis CardinalsSan Francisco 49ers
Texas A&M
No
Paul Hornung
Green Bay Packers
Notre Dame
Yes
Leroy Kelly
Cleveland Browns
Morgan State
Yes
Gale Sayers
Chicago Bears
Kansas
Yes
Full back
Jim Brown
Cleveland Browns
Syracuse
Yes
Jim Taylor
Green Bay PackersNew Orleans [...]
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Posted by Mark
Welcome to part four of our study looking at the NFL All-Decade Teams. Today, we look at the 1950s.
Offense:
Position
Player Name:
Team(s):
College Attended:
In Hall of Fame?
Quarterback
Otto Graham
Cleveland Browns
Northwestern
Yes
Norm Van Brocklin
Los Angeles Rams
Philadelphia Eagles
Oregon
Yes
Bobby Layne
Detroit Lions
Pittsburgh Steelers
Texas
Yes
Running back
Frank Gifford
New York Giants
Southern California
Yes
Ollie Matson
Chicago Cardinals
Los Angeles Rams
San Francisco
Yes
Hugh McElhenny
San Francisco 49ers
Washington
Yes
Lenny Moore
Baltimore Colts
Penn State
Yes
Fullback
Alan Ameche
Baltimore Colts
Wisconsin
No
Joe Perry
San Francisco 49ers
Baltimore [...]
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