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Always a good read. Not much Cowboys content this week, but a few tidbits I enjoyed.
https://bleacherreport.com/articles...stoppable-force-meets-immovable-object#slide0
Around the League
Giants hire Jason Garrett as offensive coordinator: Can't wait to see what the Cowboys offense of the last few seasons looks like with one of the league's best offensive lines replaced by one of the league's worst! Jokes aside, Garrett will be a perfectly adequate coordinator. And what more could a team ask for?
Larry Fitzgerald announces that he will return for a 17th NFL season: Every time a player like Kuechly retires a little early, Fitzgerald tacks those unplayed seasons onto the tail end of his career.
The HoF Centennial Class:
Harold Carmichael (wide receiver, 1971-1984)
A favorite here at Gridiron Digest headquarters[Tanier is an Eagles fan], which are located just across the river from the site of old Veterans Stadium. The 6'8" Carmichael's best seasons came in the mid-1970s, which were the Dark Ages for NFL offenses, so his stats don't match his impact. That said, if forced to cast the deciding vote, we would have given this receiver slot to Cliff Branch or Drew Pearson.
Bill Cowher and Jimmy Johnson:
Here are the head coaching records of Cowher and Johnson, stacked up against longtime Raiders coach Tom Flores, who did not get in:
• Cowher: 149-90-1 (.623) regular season, 12-9 postseason, one Super Bowl win
• Johnson: 80-64 (.556) regular season, 9-4 postseason, two Super Bowl wins
• Flores: 97-87 (.527, .610 with the Raiders), 8-3 postseason, two Super Bowl wins
All three took over directly for Hall of Fame coaches. Johnson created the template for the modern rebuilding program with the Cowboys of the late 1980s. Flores was the first minority head coach to win a Super Bowl; his career record is marred by a few miserable late seasons with the mismanaged Seahawks of the early 1990s. Cowher coached forever and eventually got over the hump in the playoffs. All three remained active in the media—Cowher and Johnson on national pregame shows and Flores as the Raiders' radio color commentator.
It's hard to comprehend why two of these coaches were enshrined and the third was not.
Cliff Harris and Donnie Shell
Harris and Shell were All-Pros from the 1970s Cowboys and Steelers, respectively: two teams that have plenty of Hall of Fame representation already. It's odd that Hall of Fame committees think that so many defensive backs from the era—where they could bring medieval weapons onto the field—are worthy of enshrinement, while modern safeties like Steve Atwater and John Lynch, who had to play chess with Peyton Manning or Dan Marino while covering Marvin Harrison or the Marks Brothers without using their hands, get trapped on the finalist treadmill forever.
Harris' enshrinement also probably closes the door on Cowboys wide receiver Drew Pearson; the committee certainly did not want to induct two players from the same team and era. Pearson made no secret of his frustration.
Mac Speedie (receiver, 1946-1952)
Speedie was Otto Graham's top target for the great Browns teams of the AAFC and, later, the NFL. His best seasons came in a league where he faced teams named the Chicago Hornets and Los Angeles Dons. His numbers are as spectacular as Julian Edelman's would be if he played a full schedule against the AFC East with some XFL teams sprinkled in during his prime seasons....Speedie's CFL stats look similar to his AAFC stats, underscoring the fact that he played exactly three seasons against true NFL competition 70 years ago.
Branch and/or Pearson would have been better selections.
Paul Tagliabue (former commissioner)
Powerful individuals take care of their own and overlook what they choose to overlook.
https://bleacherreport.com/articles...stoppable-force-meets-immovable-object#slide0
Around the League
Giants hire Jason Garrett as offensive coordinator: Can't wait to see what the Cowboys offense of the last few seasons looks like with one of the league's best offensive lines replaced by one of the league's worst! Jokes aside, Garrett will be a perfectly adequate coordinator. And what more could a team ask for?
Larry Fitzgerald announces that he will return for a 17th NFL season: Every time a player like Kuechly retires a little early, Fitzgerald tacks those unplayed seasons onto the tail end of his career.
The HoF Centennial Class:
Harold Carmichael (wide receiver, 1971-1984)
A favorite here at Gridiron Digest headquarters[Tanier is an Eagles fan], which are located just across the river from the site of old Veterans Stadium. The 6'8" Carmichael's best seasons came in the mid-1970s, which were the Dark Ages for NFL offenses, so his stats don't match his impact. That said, if forced to cast the deciding vote, we would have given this receiver slot to Cliff Branch or Drew Pearson.
Bill Cowher and Jimmy Johnson:
Here are the head coaching records of Cowher and Johnson, stacked up against longtime Raiders coach Tom Flores, who did not get in:
• Cowher: 149-90-1 (.623) regular season, 12-9 postseason, one Super Bowl win
• Johnson: 80-64 (.556) regular season, 9-4 postseason, two Super Bowl wins
• Flores: 97-87 (.527, .610 with the Raiders), 8-3 postseason, two Super Bowl wins
All three took over directly for Hall of Fame coaches. Johnson created the template for the modern rebuilding program with the Cowboys of the late 1980s. Flores was the first minority head coach to win a Super Bowl; his career record is marred by a few miserable late seasons with the mismanaged Seahawks of the early 1990s. Cowher coached forever and eventually got over the hump in the playoffs. All three remained active in the media—Cowher and Johnson on national pregame shows and Flores as the Raiders' radio color commentator.
It's hard to comprehend why two of these coaches were enshrined and the third was not.
Cliff Harris and Donnie Shell
Harris and Shell were All-Pros from the 1970s Cowboys and Steelers, respectively: two teams that have plenty of Hall of Fame representation already. It's odd that Hall of Fame committees think that so many defensive backs from the era—where they could bring medieval weapons onto the field—are worthy of enshrinement, while modern safeties like Steve Atwater and John Lynch, who had to play chess with Peyton Manning or Dan Marino while covering Marvin Harrison or the Marks Brothers without using their hands, get trapped on the finalist treadmill forever.
Harris' enshrinement also probably closes the door on Cowboys wide receiver Drew Pearson; the committee certainly did not want to induct two players from the same team and era. Pearson made no secret of his frustration.
Mac Speedie (receiver, 1946-1952)
Speedie was Otto Graham's top target for the great Browns teams of the AAFC and, later, the NFL. His best seasons came in a league where he faced teams named the Chicago Hornets and Los Angeles Dons. His numbers are as spectacular as Julian Edelman's would be if he played a full schedule against the AFC East with some XFL teams sprinkled in during his prime seasons....Speedie's CFL stats look similar to his AAFC stats, underscoring the fact that he played exactly three seasons against true NFL competition 70 years ago.
Branch and/or Pearson would have been better selections.
Paul Tagliabue (former commissioner)
Powerful individuals take care of their own and overlook what they choose to overlook.
