I am not talking about the 1st to rush for 1,000 yards in a season but the 1st time that Detroit had a 1,000 yard rusher and 1,000 yard receiver in the same season. Because also Freddie Scott wasn't the 1st Lions player with 1K receiving in a season that was Bob Mann in 1949. But 1981 was the 1st time the Lions had both in the same season.
@@fredbobberts5753 That must have been fun to watch. Seeing Billy Sims highlights, I would have loved to see him in person. Not to mention Al Bubba Baker.
The Lions of that era could not stop the pass when it mattered against good teams, so they were always nail biting to watch especially on the road. Now at home they had a shot.
Exactly. He averaged enough yards per game in 1962 and 1964 that if it was a 16-game season he would have been looking at being the 1st to have 6-straight 1K seasons. Put him in a real pass happy era and his stats would have been crazy.
Great pick by the way with 1985 Topps. I am working on trying to complete that set myself. They were from a little before my time as well. Always love looking up this stuff and of course collecting the old cards. Thanks for watching.
I don't think that's the issue. While people ignore play-calling In General, I find the avoidance of looking at it regarding the Bears highly suspicious. They had a 3-week streak in '22 using one play-set that made *them,* not Allen/Diggs or Tua/Waddle/Hill, but The Bears the #1 offense in the entire NFL. Then your HC cancelled those successful plays. I know _why_ people avoid talking about this. Chanting an OC out of Pittsburgh is one thing. Emotionally, people regard the HC as The Highest Authority Figure on teams. When Bellichick said "Mac Jones is our QB of the future" people typed that out in comments sections _AND_ all the criticisms of *Matt Patricia* stopped! _That_ is fear of authority figure in action! So the only criticisms I've ever heard of abandoning the plays that improved the Bears' offense implied that was Getsy's decision. See how the mental gymnastics work? How tf did Getsy "sneak not using the successful plays" past a competent HC? For *over a full year?* Clearly those plays *were* Getsy's & Eberflus cancelled them. Now those effective plays & the guy who called them are gone. The guy who would rather lose calling His Plays than with _with_ those effective ones remains & a QB that could out-do Burrow, Mahomes, Tyreek Hill & Josh Allen with Darnell Mooney & Chase Claypool has been traded for no more than a 4th-rounder. I don't think roster is the issue.
Sharpe's short career due to injuries brings to mind HOF players like Gale Sayers and Terrell Davis, although Sayers was transcendent and Davis won two Super Bowls, neither of which describes Sharpe. His two playoff games were excellent, with a Hail Mary type play in one of them, but that's a small sample size. However, there's no doubt he would have won a Super Bowl or two with Favre and gone well over 1000 receptions, 12,000+ yards and 100+ TDs. But the fact that Green Bay did take the "next step" right after Sharpe left the team raises some questions. Favre made many Packer wideouts into 1,000 yard studs. That said, you showed how well he compared to his contemporaries, and even all time, and I think due to those reasons he deserves to be in the HOF. Plus it would be cool to have two brothers in there together...
Thank you. I really do believe he would have had an incredible connection with Favre during those MVP seasons, much like Jerry Rice did with Montana and Young. I also think that next step really occurred because Green Bay was bringing in more of the right players and they had more time to gel together and Sharpe would have been an enormous piece. I think that was all just unfortunate timing with the injury. I hope one day he will get his due. It may take a long (has already) but yes the Sharpe brothers in the HOF together would be cool.
I got to meet him one year at Southern Miss. I was there with Marshall for a softball game, and he came over and chatted with me and the girl that was filming for Southern Miss. Seemed like a cool guy.
@@hallsofhistory This was easy. I was there. I had 49er Season Tickets from 1980 through 1992. I attended SB XVI and XIX and watched XXIII and XXIV on TV. Wilson is one of those unsung heroes who played a key role in the 49ers success, even as a non-starter. On any other team, Wilson would have been a starter. 😎
@@AlbertusMagnus_44 Oh wow! I always wanted to go see a 49ers game at Candlestick, but growing up on the east coast that wasn't likely to happen. Dang I bet you got to see so many great moments. And yes I bet Wilson could have been a starter on some other teams. He almost was with the Niners until that injury in '88 and then John Taylor emerging. But hey 4 rings is not bad haha. Thanks for sharing.
Good video, some things I remember about this defense from 1981-1984: 1) They got crushed by the Chargers 41-38 in the 1981 AFC Divisional Playoff classic. 2) Their run defense in 1982 was well below average. Maybe this was because they had such a stingy pass defense, but after three great run-D games through the AFC playoffs, it definitely came back to bite them in the Super Bowl against the Redskins. 3) They allowed Joe Ferguson to thrown for 400+ yards and 5 TDs in Dan Marino's first career start in 1983, losing 38-35 4) They lost to the upstart underdog Seahawks in the AFC Divisional Playoffs in the Orange Bowl because rookie Curt Warner controlled the clock and rushed for 113 yards and 2 TDs 5) 537 yards allowed in the Super Bowl against the admittedly legendary Joe Montana, including 211 rushing yards. Couldn't get a stop to save their lives. Still, it was a great nickname for a very good defense. Thanks for the memories!
Haha oh yes. Well I tried to focus on some of their better numbers and performances. There were definitely some rough ones in there for sure. Especially the two Super Bowl losses. Thanks for watching and you're welcome for a trip down memory lane.
The Killer B’s had their losses in the postseason, and yeah, their run defense left a lot to be desired (especially in 1984 when opponents averaged 4.7 yards per carry). But at the end of the day, Miami was a top five defense by points in 1981, 1982, and 1983, and seventh and ninth in 1984 and 1980. Those teams also had an above average number of takeaways in that span. In my opinion the Killer B’s are a bit underrated as far as defenses go. They aren’t one of the very best, (and the only player who came remotely close to having a Hall of Fame resume was Bob Baumhower, who lands in Hall of Very Good territory for me), but they get short changed a bit because the narrative has been that Dan Marino never had a defense to work with (and that was true for most of his prime), but for his first year, Miami had a very good defense, and a decent one in 84 before they showed their age and declined in 85 and onward. It’s too bad that the mid 80’s offense and the early 80’s defense couldn’t overlap. That would’ve been a really good team. As is though, the early 80’s defenses get overlooked because of that general narrative.
@@fortynights1513 1978 lost WC, 1979, Lost Div, 1981, lost Div , 1982 , lost SB, 1983, lost , Div, 1984, lost SB, 1985 , lost Conf, 5 - 9 in post season .
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