Peirce @pgconb

In addition to Doug Wilkerson never getting any HOF looks, he's also stumbled in the HoVG (to my chagrin). Anyways, here's 37 year old Wilk in his 200th (!) game with perhaps the 2 most important blocks of the evening... all the way in overtime.

AZ Cardinals vs. Washington, 1990 Week 1 1989 Washington first team with 3 WR* over 1k yards Huge backfield stat disparity New coaches Wilber Marshall took a wild friendly fire hit for what was likely a concussion, missed 1 play, back in action #4NFLshots

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"There's one of the finest safeties in the NFL, Tim McDonald" -- HOF DT Merlin Olsen 1990 Wk 1

"But their superstar is Tim McDonald, the strong safety" "Inside the 20 yard line Tim McDonald number 46 is ordinary the SS will play some linebacker, some middle linebacker... defensive players have a feel for the game and Tim McDonald is one of those guys..." 1992 Wk 2

"He is probably the best safety right now I think in the league, if you had to look at it and be fair about it. Those guys with winning teams that are getting a lot of publicity...but he is, I think, the premier safety in the game" -- Randy Cross on Tim McDonald (1991, wk12)

> watching the new (to me) 1989 wk3 Giants vs Cardinals (Banks, LT, McDonald) > see LT has 2 stuffs > check @NFL_Journal 's LT player card and see he had 2.5 (?) for the season > recount his '89 stuffs > somehow only .5 stuffs in other 15 games but did have like ~7+ tck for 0

@BudsOilers another krazy george for ya

searching on Twitter is broke like always, so can't find my video of Rice dropping balls in back to back or b2b2b games causing Steve Young interceptions so trying to find it in my notes. Unrelated, here's LB Biscuit and LT in the slot vs Jerry Rice a decade+ apart.

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@Ihartitz Twitters search function seems broken as usual, but i'm pretty sure Jerry Rice did this to Steve Young in either back to back or back to back to back games. Was wild to see, I think all on slants(?).

@Mr_Detroit_Lion Unrelated, i've twice missed super cool, reasonable priced score autographed rookies of Rison with his Bad Moon inscription. Still will occasionally pop in my had and annoy me for a few minutes. One of these days.

@Mr_Detroit_Lion I know relative to average observers I am higher on Julio than consensus and you are lower. Noting here that Julio has more league wide 1st team all pros with the Falcons than Rison had seasons with the Falcons.

Decent off season franchise wr article by Alex Roberts at Roto Baller. I'd maybe nudge around (Lionel Taylor v Rod Smith, Amani Toomer v Shofner, AB > Hines, CTaylor > Monk) Would need to think on the Titans franchise. rotoballer.com/every-nfl-team…

Challenge for NFL Twitter: The story of Ron Jaworski calling a timeout because he couldn't find Lawrence Taylor on the field? Never happened. Historical puffery/fabrication. First to prove me wrong w video, I'll paypal you $50 context: giantswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/n… #CunninghamsLaw?

@DurbanP24 @RyanPaganetti Half the time I wince and the other half I tap right arrow fast forward on youtube when I am watching an old game with a barefoot kicker or punter.

This has interesting implications for the kicker spot on my All Time Teams. Balancing what they CAN do (modern Ks are insane) vs what they do/did vs their PEERS (can favor older Ks being better by a larger degree).

Ryan Paganetti @RyanPaganetti

5 days ago

The NFL’s long-FG environment has completely changed. Made 55+ yard FGs by NFL season Regular season + playoffs 2000: 1 2001: 3 2002: 2 2003: 4 2004: 3 2005: 5 2006: 3 2007: 4 2008: 8 2009: 6 2010: 11 2011: 13 2012: 17 2013: 12 2014: 15 2015: 14 2016: 15 2017: 26 2018: 27 2019:

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@NFL_Journal Yes to Baltimore Colts John Mackey and No all others (Unitas, Berry, Parker, Marchetti, Moore, Hendrickson) is an interesting angle. Shula not being particularly relevant to my observation.

Curt Gowdy's all time team

Bergen Record all 1980s

@JasonCole62 Somehow getting called a racist for this comment... twitter is wild.

Such a radical medical difference between what Davis is able (and chooses) to do vs the 60s AFL/NFL of Nobis. Admittedly these types of things make cross era comparisons a bit pie in the sky. Nevertheless, always enjoy em. x.com/i/status/20712…

Rich Cimini @RichCimini

7 days ago

New: Demario Davis has a six-person team and spends up to $1 million per year to keep his body right, using cutting-edge therapies. At 37, he’s scoffing at Father Time. #Jets espn.com/nfl/story/_/id…

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Was clicking around PFF after all the layoff news just to get an idea for what will likely degrade this following season and came across this, so grabbed it for Demario Davis. Kind of a neat integration of accolades. 1 last hurrah season to stack some career counting stats.

Thought experiment: This might appear ahistorical and perhaps inflammatory. Which linebacker better meets your HOF criteria (accolades, stats, testimonials, peers [league size/league quality], injuries/games played, rings, leadership, intangibles, grades/eye test, etc)?

@TMoro35 The nuance is what I would do, not what HOF voters will do. I think Ken eventually gets through the door. Eli too. I think Cunningham, McNair and McNabb miss. Wilson is interesting. Stafford can still compile a bit. All still no's for me.

I don't talk about QBs often, nor should anyone care about my opinion Notable QBs I would NOT put in the HOF Charlie Conerly Ken Anderson Jim Plunkett Randall Cunningham Steve McNair Donovan McNabb Eli Manning Phillip Rivers Matt Ryan Russell Wilson Cam Newron Matthew Stafford