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RIP Bob Kuechenberg

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Steak Snabler, Jan 13, 2019.

  1. typefitter

    typefitter Well-Known Member

    I didn't see the pads at first. That's what made me realize.
     
  2. Stoney

    Stoney Well-Known Member

    Boy, that was football, wasn't it? Non-fat mobile pulling offensive linemen tasked with ripping open holes for guys like Csonka to run through. I know it may make me sound like a curmudgeon, but I so prefer that brand of football to the totally pass/QB centric version of today.
     
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  3. maumann

    maumann Well-Known Member

    Add the Raiders of Stabler/Otto/Biletnikoff/Casper/Branch/Sistrunk/Ted Hendricks. Three almost evenly matched powerhouses in Miami, Oakland and Pittsburgh.

    Yes, the undefeated 1972 Dolphins were lucky to play in the AFC East, caught the Steelers one week after the Immaculate Reception and played a mediocre Redskins team in the Super Bowl.

    But that team was consistently excellent from the time Don Shula showed up until the WFL raided them. Collectively, they aren't remembered as well as the Raiders and Steelers of that era -- maybe because they didn't have as many characters (or charisma, as Michael put it) -- but Miami was well-coached, extremely talented and executed the game plan as well as any team during the early 1970s. The AFC champion had to beat Miami, plain and simple.
     
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  4. Bronco77

    Bronco77 Well-Known Member

    Interesting to speculate whether that team could have won another few Super Bowls if Csonka, Kiick and Warfield hadn't gone to the WFL. Maybe not, because the Steelers' dynasty was on the rise and they were pretty overwhelming. Between the Steelers, Dolphins and Raiders, the AFC was really stacked at that time.
     
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  5. misterbc

    misterbc Well-Known Member

    Nick Buoniconti could hold his own with any MLB of that era and almost any in NFL history. He was dominant for both Dolphins and Patriots and was a treat to watch.
     
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  6. Batman

    Batman Well-Known Member

    I didn't realize he was in pads either. The way the picture in the OP is cropped, it kind of looks like he's got a collared polo shirt on.
     
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  7. poindexter

    poindexter Well-Known Member

    I watched the 1973 Super Bowl between the undefeated Dolphins and the Redskins about five years ago. It was utter dreck.

    You are fooling yourself if you think that product is better than today's product.
     
  8. poindexter

    poindexter Well-Known Member

     
  9. CD Boogie

    CD Boogie Well-Known Member

    easily the worst Hall of Fame QB there is. It's a joke that he's in Canton
     
  10. cjericho

    cjericho Well-Known Member

    No one has worn those neck guards since probably the 80s. Then they went to those rectangle ones that Bryan Cox wore.
     
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