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How many players were unprotected by team so that the Seahawks and Buccaneers could pick the players? On a similar note, did Jim Zorn and BIll Munson were on the Expansion Draft and were picked by Seattle, or were traded like Steve Largent? I also read many years ago that Ahmad Rashad was picked by...

JKelly wrote: ↑Sun Jan 11, 2026 2:55 pm Does a list exist of the players the existing 26 teams made available for the expansion draft?

Yes, it exists, but it has never been made available to the public.

Hi everyone, I just got a newspapers.com subscription and plan on going through and searching for some older NFL box scores and game accounts from the 30’s and 40’s. Any papers I should look at? And I am re-posting this because when I originally posted it, I put it in the wrong section by accident....

In the "modern era" (1946-onwards) teams with losing records have made the playoff a whopping 80 times. And teams with a .500 record 54 times. Three teams with losing records have won the Grey Cup - 2000 BC (8-10), 2001 Calgary (8-10) and 2016 Ottawa (8-9-1). And all three teams accomplish...

Thank you!

So, 2025 is the first year they have included rules for scoring tackles, passes defensed and quarterback hits.

Does this mean these are now official stats?

I am looking for a copy of the 2024 NFL Guide for Statisticians. I have 2023 and 2025.

But, no, that's not kept. You'd have to go through game books, and even then you'll miss some. The St. Louis playoff game, for instance, saw Lewis originally credited with one of each until the Packers looked at the film and saw he deflected two other FG attempts. Deflected kicks do NOT count as bl...

Sonny9 wrote: ↑Tue Sep 30, 2025 7:45 pm
Samuel Huston College in Austin? SWAC

Yes! Thank you! I just found an article where played for them in 1947!

Jimmy Hill played in the NFL for 11 years but beyond the fact he played high school football at Booker T. Washington in Dallas in 1946 the rest of his "biographical" story is really a mystery. First, his college is always listed as Sam Houston State and that he played there in the late 194...

No 110-yard field? Holy @#$%! I have a feeling there is going to be a lot blowback on some of these changes.