Don Coryell, the man who created the modern NFL

[BloodyChamp]

Invented? I guess you never seen Tarkington play when Bud Grant was his coach.

I guess you didn't either, because running around and chucking it deep on busted plays isn't reasing a blitz, standing in the pocket and throwing the ball deep on a fly route to whoever was in single coverage by design.

Nothing against Fran...he was good at what he did but what he did didn't involve many Xs and Os.

[BrentMc11]

You know what's funny?

 

 

You always hear about the Air Coryell but these dominant super pass, pass,pass, pass offenses aren't winning Super Bowls anymore.

 

If anything, it's the West Coast Offense that is still the real winner of offensive juggernauts, and no one wants to admit it cause a key to it is running the ball efficiently. The running game isn't sexy enough for people that want to drop their jaws and go "Look at him throw bombs all day!"

 

 

And I disagree with the idea this guy was the best coach to never win a SB. I'd take Schottenheimer over him, and those old Browns, Chiefs, and Chargers teams were loaded. But Shotty had more than just strong offenses, his defenses were impressive in their runs as well.

 

The Oilers in 1979 destroyed that Chargers offense. If one game can make you a Hall of Famer, Vernon Perry would be one with his 4 interceptions on Fouts.

Woodrow Lowe and the boys.  That secondary was very strong.  I missed that Curley Culp was not still on that team...loved him.

[BloodyChamp]

I met Kellen Winslow today!!!!!!!!! The Epic in Miami!!!!!!!!

[Girlzarefanstoo]

Loved Kellen - what a heart he had.  That game was truly Epic.  We caught a replay a couple of years ago and it was as good as remembered.  Where did  you meet him?  

 

Funny story - I worked in Worker's Compensation Underwriting at an insurance company and was taking a required class with Pat Curran (who was the Chargers, TE prior to Kellen Winslow).  I sat next to him the day that Kellen was drafted.  He said, "You have no idea how glad I am that I have a no-cut contract!!!!"  He knew he was history.  

[BloodyChamp]

Wow that's funny!!!!!!!

I met him at the biggest night club in Tallahassee (I promise I JUST work there!). We rent it out for various other functions during the day. FAMU had rented it out for something and he's their Director of Athlectics. He was cool. I'm going to have to bring a football with me to get signed from now on. I've met him, BJ Daniels (Seahawks 3rd string QB...let me hold the ring!) and Peter Warrick.

I miss high scoring games that were special like The Epic. They were high scoring in spite of the defense. Now they're high scoring because of the defense, if that makes any sense. When I see a high scoring game these days, I think "O look...another typical football game. Nick Foles (or Matt Stafford or Cam Newton or some other QB of that caliber) will probably set some kind of record."

[BloodyChamp]

And I just had a heated discussion with Cam Newton's twin brother...unless it was actually him. It couldn't have been, but he looked exactly like him and he was a good actor then.

It's FAMU homecoming week and they're sponsoring everything here all week. Alot of bigshots are here (local bigshots atleast including football players like Peter Warrick and Kellen Winslow). I've met several football players here but no Cam Newtons. I guess I'll never really know.

[Vance]

 

 

 

This is a gif.

[-JJ-]

He just has a bitter hatred for sweater vests.  Nothing personal against Dungy.  Look at that anti-sweater vest scowl

lol best one. I didn't like the sweater vest either. Real men wear cut off hoodies

[-JJ-]

I completely agree.  That's why I was hoping for a Broncos Super Bowl victory, but I wasn't too confident.  For whatever reason, the explosive passing offenses seem to get stopped in the playoffs.  Maybe it's because they throw more and thus there are more interceptions.  Maybe it's because they score so quickly that they don't actually hold a lot of possession, so one stalled drive could be the end of it.  Maybe it's because they put so much into their passing game that they neglect the running game.  But for whatever reason, explosive passing offenses aren't getting it done in the playoffs.

I'd say it's because by the time you get deep in the playoffs you are facing very good defenses and good defense tends to shut down good offense

[Girlzarefanstoo]

I'd say it's because by the time you get deep in the playoffs you are facing very good defenses and good defense tends to shut down good offense

AND the weather begins to work against even the best offenses...  Dan Fouts and team went from sweating and dehydration in the epic game in Miami to the following week playing in these conditions:  Air temperature was −9 °F (−23 °C), but the wind chill, factoring in a sustained wind of 27 miles per hour (43 km/h), was −37 °F or −38 °C (calculated as −59 °F or −51 °C using the now outdated wind chill formula in place at the time).  

 

The best offense in the world will perform much, much worse in those conditions giving an advantage to any defense let alone a strong defense. 

[CR91]

No dude, it was the pats. The league was 3 yards and a cloud of dust before the 07 season

 

BB elevated it, but coryell laid the foundation 

[jvan1973]

BB elevated it, but coryell laid the foundation

it was sarcasm

[21isSuperman]

I'd say it's because by the time you get deep in the playoffs you are facing very good defenses and good defense tends to shut down good offense

Why is that?  I would think the opposite.  Offenses act, defenses react. It's easier to act than to react, so you would think (well, I would, at least) that a great offense would be able to beat a great defense.  But that's not what has played out.  Why do you think that is?

[ColtsBlueFL]

Norv Turner, Tom Moore and a host of others have ran that offense for years

 

Yup, Joe Gibbs, Mike Martz, Bruce Arians...  moar...