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The NFL Network's A Football Life episode on the 1972 Miami Dolphins premiere's at 9 pm ET tonight (Friday). Note how many White players the 1972 Dolphins had. They are the only undefeated team in NFL history, but were not that respected going into Super Bowl VII, which was 50 years ago this...

I can't think of a player coming off two big years (2018 and 2019) having two straight seasons plagued by injury, come back for a 1139 yard rushing season, 4.7 yards per carry, 1880 yards from scrimmage, and many big plays.

I just checked the internet and several sources say Peyton Hillis "is on the road to recovery."

I remember Chuck Hughes in 1971. He was not hit but fell over dead late in a Bears-Lions game. It was found he had a heart condition. We hope Damar Hamlin will recover. The hit looked harder than mere "routine," especially since it was in the chest.

Yes, if he plays well and helps his team win, the stats will take care of themselves. CMac's run with a swing pass breaking through several tacklers to set up the game winning field goal was a perfect example.

If DeSantis intends to run for POTUS he has to do it in 2024.

I started this thread in 2005 to tell about Lapchick staging a phony "racist attack" by self-inflicted wounds some 45 years ago. He's still around. The 1968 Black Athlete SI series, which I've referenced before, wasn't about "black superiority" but "exploitation." An unending preoccupation with...

Yes, that's how it was then. I recall a banner titled "Rocky's Flying Squirrels." The game tonight and presumably the ceremony will be in sub-freezing weather. In the 1970s the NFL didn't schedule games in cold weather areas at night. They were in the daytime around noon if at all possible...

Still, it would be best if Christian McCaffrey could make the Super Bowl and have a big game.

At Penn State, Franco Harris played second fiddle to Lydell Mitchell, especially in their senior year 1971. Joe Paterno built up Mitchell for All American and gave him twice as many carries. Franco never made a big thing of it. The play was bang bang and the replays indicate the officials made...

A familiar story. Tom Brady played one year too many.

For this year there are 28 semi-finalists up for the HOF selection which will be announced Super Bowl weekend. I think all 28 are black. Years ago Don wrote that from now on the HOF selection and ceremony will usually be a "blackfest" aside from an occasional QB. There might be a White...

Friday night, the NFL Network shows a new episode on Julian Edelman at 9 pm ET. The 2017 Wes Welker show is on right after at 10 pm ET.

I saw Pete Maravich play in person twice when he was with the Atlanta Hawks. They were preseason exhibition games. In 1972 I saw him score 42 points against the Celtics.

Thanks for the comment. I believe it is better to leave a season too early than a season too late. It's not as if Tom Brady hasn't already done again and again everything a football player could do.

So what? Do you think Brady's ability will last forever? It wouldn't be any different with another team.

Tom Brady is making the mistake some great players make. Namely, staying too long. Apparently, Gisele is leaving him because of it.

At Stanford Christian McCaffrey was in the best situation he could be in. He did everything but win the Heisman. Carolina was not good over the long haul. CMac had two great years, then lost two seasons to injury. This is very bad for a running back, who doesn't have too many prime years to...

It's surprising that considering present day passing yardage, Norm Van Brocklin still holds the single game record with 554 yards set in 1951.

That photo is at Super Bowl I toward the end of the game. Hornung didn't play, had been hurt most of the year, drafted by the Saints, never played again Jim Taylor is playing his last game as a Packer. He was playing out his option. Lombardi refused to speak to Taylor the whole season. Jim...

A Football Life is going to have Season 11 on the NFL Network. The schedule is: September 16 - Joe Theismann September 23 - Rod Woodson November 18 - Edgerrin James November 25 - Julian Edelman December 23 - Franco Harris Dec - Jan TBD - !972 Miami Dolphins

As we know, media types wouldn't care one bit if it was one of their favorites.

If Byrd was White and Ashli Babbitt black, he would be in solitary confinement.

The idea in big time sports seems to be: If it runs well, break it.

If the moon landing was a hoax it was started by the Kennedy administration and continued under Johnson. The landing took place in 1969 when Nixon was president. Why didn't Nixon expose the "Hoax" by his Democratic predecessors instead of continue it? It would have helped him personally and...