RIP Chris Doleman

[DanOregon]

I've had friends and family members have to deal with this - and it's a brutal way to die. I know he made the rounds on radio row last year and talked about his prognosis.

Hall of Famer Chris Doleman dies at the age of 58

 

[Bubbler]

Helluva player. RIP.

 

[cyclingwriter2]

Doleman was in his prime when I really started to understand football in the late 1980s. He was a fun player to watch. Played on some very good teams.

 

[3_Octave_Fart]

Wow, a terrible loss and a fantastic player for many years.

 

[CD Boogie]

Doleman was in his prime when I really started to understand football in the late 1980s. He was a fun player to watch. Played on some very good teams.

That late 80s defense was terrific with him, Millard, Joey Browner, Scott Studwell, Carl Lee, Mike Merriweather.

 

[Tarheel316]

That is so sad. He was a great player.

 

[DanielSimpsonDay]

That late 80s defense was terrific with him, Millard, Joey Browner, Scott Studwell, Carl Lee, Mike Merriweather.

 

[mateen]

1988 Vikings defense held the (admittedly awful) Lions to 149 yards of offense, total, in two games, and had a four-game stretch in November/December where they gave up a total of 9 points. Then they had to go play at San Francisco in the playoffs (they actually had a better regular season record than the 49ers that year - 11-5 to 10-6 - but were a wild card team).

 

[BTExpress]

Three days ago, Doleman tweeted: “Today is my 2 year anniversary of being a brain cancer survivor! Huge!”

 

[cyclingwriter2]

1988 Vikings defense held the (admittedly awful) Lions to 149 yards of offense, total, in two games, and had a four-game stretch in November/December where they gave up a total of 9 points. Then they had to go play at San Francisco in the playoffs (they actually had a better regular season record than the 49ers that year - 11-5 to 10-6 - but were a wild card team).

I can’t remember if it was 1988 or 1989, but they set a new record for sacks. I thought that was huge until I learned sacks only had been an official sack since 1982z

 

[3_Octave_Fart]

The 1988 Vikings forced 53 turnovers and had a plus-23 differential. That is crazy good.