Heads up 1971 Dallas Cowboys on nfl network right now; 7 pm

[cowboyjoe]

Heads up 1971 Dallas Cowboys on nfl network right now; 7 pm

 

[Big Dakota]

Duane Thomas is a nut:laugh2:

 

[peplaw06]

Duane Thomas is a nut:laugh2:

He was kind of an ***bag.

 

[cowboyjoe]

yep, duane thomas had it all, speed, elusiveness, cutting ability, etc, but he didnt take it to heart what God had given him with those special abilities

its a shame when a player has that kind of ablity and lets it go to waste, but thats a part of life too,

just like bob lily said, and he knew running backs by watching them;

 

[Aikbach]

What's interesting about these early super bowls is that they weren't quite yet the prestigious events they became by the end of the 70s, it still meant something to win but it wasn't a life changing experience that set you up with opportunities for life.

 

[burmafrd]

Duane Thomas could have been a HOF back if he had wanted it. BUT he did not. Other things seemed more important to him. I wonder if anyone has asked him if he would do things differently now.

 

[JJB500]

Duane Thomas could have been a HOF back if he had wanted it. BUT he did not. Other things seemed more important to him. I wonder if anyone has asked him if he would do things differently now.

He was crazy for sure but Tex Schramm was a cheap SOB! All it would have took to keep him in line would have been a little more money!
All the Cowboys in the 70's were way underpayed compared to their contemporary's!

 

[StoneyBurk]

Watching those clips of Lilly just reminds you that he was the best player the Cowboys ever had. It's a shame he doesn't get the credit he deserves any more.He is Mr Cowboy!

 

[burmafrd]

Please show some evidence about this so called pay differential. For your information when Bullett signed his contract in 71 he became the highest paid WR in the league.

 

[RS12]

Three things jumped out at me from watching this even though I go back to the tail end of the Meredith days.

1) Did you catch that one scrimmage they were having against the Rams where Roger showed off his wheels and escapability. This is one of the main reasons he spoiled all of us back then and led to so many great memories and kept us glued to the TV regardless of who they played or what the score was.

2) That 71 team had so many big names nobody mentions. Mike Ditka, Lance Allworth, Calvin Hill, Walt Garrison, Chuck Howley, Herb Adderley etc.

3) Can you imagine the Superbowl being played in a dump like Tulane Stadium now a days? Locker room looked like some tiny cinder block creation. Not the corporate extraviganza it has be come thats for sure.

 

[mldardy]

I love how Duane just clowned Nick Buoniconti. Classic.

 

[JJB500]

Please show some evidence about this so called pay differential. For your information when Bullett signed his contract in 71 he became the highest paid WR in the league.

Duane Thomas was only making about 20K, Lee Roy Jordan was barely up to 50K. All the other top linebackers, Butkus, Nobis, Nitschke were all making at least 100K. Even Bob Lilly was way underpayed compared to Merlin Olsen and others.........
Who is Bullett, Bullet Bob Hayes?

 

[bbgun]

I would have loved to overhear the pearl's of wisdom (threats?) Tom was imparting.

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[TellerMorrow34]

Duane Thomas cracks me up. I didn't watch this last night (I did watch the 1995 one that came on afterwards) but I can watch any of them anytime I like since I own them all on DVD.

 

[burmafrd]

Show when each got their contracts and you just might figure some things out. Sorry But at that time Butkus was somewhat more higher on the totem pole then Jordan. The boys were competitive with their contracts.

And you clearly are no fan of the boys if you did not know who Bullett was right off.

 

[Chief]

Duane Thomas could have been a HOF back if he had wanted it. BUT he did not. Other things seemed more important to him. I wonder if anyone has asked him if he would do things differently now.

I did, and he said definitely yes.

Duane fell on some hard times (financially), and it was then that he realized he blew it. If he had it to do over again, he would have approached everything differently, and maybe even promoted himself some. (not to Deion Sanders' extent).

When he came back to Dallas around 1976, he already was a different guy. He apologized to Landry, but he didn't have the burst he once had and they let him go.

 

[Chief]

Watching those clips of Lilly just reminds you that he was the best player the Cowboys ever had. It's a shame he doesn't get the credit he deserves any more.He is Mr Cowboy!

Totally agree.

 

[cowboyjoe]

I did, and he said definitely yes.

Duane fell on some hard times (financially), and it was then that he realized he blew it. If he had it to do over again, he would have approached everything differently, and maybe even promoted himself some. (not to Deion Sanders' extent).

When he came back to Dallas around 1976, he already was a different guy. He apologized to Landry, but he didn't have the burst he once had and they let him go.

cool thanks chief, i didnt know that;

 

[bbgun]

Good thing he dominated the 1970 NFC Champ Game (143 yards), because Morton couldn't throw worth a damn.

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[cowboyjoe]

Good thing he dominated the 1970 NFC Champ Game (143 yards), because Morton couldn't throw worth a damn.

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i think craig morton was in the wrong scheme offense;

the interesting thing i found out a couple of weeks ago is that tom landry said he made a mistake in 1965 when he drafted craig, landry said he should have drafted joe namath;

not sure how the roger staubach era would have played out then if joe namath was on the team, but we may have won some superbowls in 66 etc to 70 before roger staubach took over;