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A beautiful inspirational tribute to Walter Payton. A must-listen!

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Top 20 NFL Players Who Served in The U.S. Military

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Steve Bartkowski was The first true franchise quarterback in Atlanta.

First overall pick in 1975, he gave the Falcons their identity. He led the Falcons to their first three playoff appearances and left as the franchise's all time passing leader.

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Some quarterbacks lead with their arm. Steve McNair led with his toughness.

He took the hits and stayed upright when the pocket collapsed. He kept his team steady when games turned chaotic. Teammates followed him because he never asked for more than he gave.

Co-MVP in 2003, he led the Titans to Super Bowl XXXIV and finished with 31,304 passing yards and 3,590 rushing yards. Only the third player in NFL history to throw for 30,000 and rush for 3,500.

Gone too soon, at age 36. But never forgotten.

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September 21, 1970. Cleveland Stadium.

The first Monday Night Football. Namath and the Jets vs. the Browns.

Broadway Joe: 18 of 31 for 298 yards, 1 TD, 3 INTs. Billy Andrews seals it with a 25 yard pick six.

Browns win 31-21.

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Jerry Rice & Tim Brown. Two absolute legends on the Silver & Black 🏴‍☠️

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Cortez Kennedy was an absolute monster. Rare power, quickness, and a nonstop motor.

In 1992 he did the near impossible: Defensive Player of the Year on a 2-14 Seahawks team.

8× Pro Bowler • 3× First-Team All-Pro • Hall of Famer

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Sean Taylor 🏈

Hardest-hitting safety of his era. 5th overall pick, 2004.

Range, speed, and violence from the secondary. 12 interceptions. 2 Pro Bowls in four seasons.

Gone too early. Missed, but never forgotten.

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Emlen Tunnell 🏈

Undrafted out of Iowa. Hitchhiked to a Giants tryout in 1948 with $1.50 in his pocket. Became their first Black player. They called him the Gremlin.

79 interceptions - an NFL record for nearly two decades. 9 Pro Bowls. Titles with the ’56 Giants and ’61 Packers. In 1967, the first Black player in the Hall of Fame.

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Sam Mills 🏈

5'9". Undrafted. Cut by the Browns. Cut by the Argonauts. Told he was too small for the NFL.

Then came the USFL, two championships, and a 12-year NFL career: 5 Pro Bowls, 20.5 sacks, 11 interceptions, and First-Team All-Pro at 37.

He was the heart of the Saints' Dome Patrol, then an original Carolina Panther.
But his legacy isn't a stat line. It's two words.

Diagnosed with cancer in 2003 and given three months to live, Mills told the Panthers before their playoff game against Dallas: "When I found out I had cancer, there were two things I could do: quit or keep pounding. I'm a fighter. I kept pounding."

Keep Pounding is inside the collar of every Panthers jersey. It's the drumbeat before every home game.

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Ken Anderson broke a record that stood for 37 years. 🏈

1945: Sammy Baugh completes 70.3% of his passes (128 of 182) in leather helmets with no gloves.

1982: Ken Anderson, a Division III kid from Augustana, completes 70.6%.

No cannon arm. No swagger. Just the most accurate passer of his generation, with 32,838 yards and 197 touchdowns that are still Bengals records.

An MVP. A Super Bowl trip. A record that held until Drew Brees in 2009.

Ken Anderson belongs in the Hall of Fame. 🐅

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Brian Sipe leads the Browns huddle. Classic ‘Kardiac Kids’ era grit. Cleveland football at its rawest.

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Top 5 NFL Defensive Ends of All Time.

What would you change?

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“Hey kid, catch.”

A simple act of humanity turned the NFL’s most feared defender into a timeless icon and changed sports advertising forever.

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BIRTH OF THE LAMBEAU LEAP 🧀

Reggie White scoops up a fumble and laterals to LeRoy Butler, who races it in for the TD — then launches into the stands for the very first Lambeau Leap.

Just like that, a Packers tradition was born in the frozen tundra on December 26, 1993.

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Cotton Davidson was one of the game’s early vertical threats long before the deep ball became standard in the more conservative NFL.

Best known for his time with the Dallas Texans and later the Oakland Raiders, Davidson had a powerful arm and a willingness to attack downfield in an era that still leaned heavily on the run.

He was the original starting quarterback for the expansion Dallas Texans, helping establish the franchise in its early AFL years.

He was traded to the Oakland Raiders after the first game of the 1962 season and earned an AFL championship ring that year when the Texans defeated the Houston Oilers in a dramatic double-overtime thriller - one of the most memorable title games of the era.

Not a household name today, Davidson was part of the early wave of quarterbacks who proved the passing game could stretch defenses and win championships. He also won a second AFL title with the Raiders in 1967.

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Top 5 NFL QBs of the 1970s. What would you change?

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Eagles legend Wilbert Montgomery, a 6th-round gem, once shattered records with a 194-yard explosion (including a 42-yard TD on the 2nd play!) in the 1980 NFC Championship vs. Dallas - punching Philly’s ticket to their first Super Bowl!

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On October 13, 1996, Steelers linebacker Chad Brown put on a clinic against the Bengals.

4.5 sacks in a single game. Still the most by any Pittsburgh defender in franchise history.

The Steelers defense finished with 10 sacks total and walked away with a 20-10 win over the Bengals.

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Jeff Blake threw the deep ball like nobody else in the 1990s.

High, arcing bombs that seemed to hang in the air forever. He didn’t just throw it deep - he put air under it so his receivers could run under the ball and win at the catch point.

In 1995 he made the Pro Bowl and set a Pro Bowl record with a 92-yard touchdown. Touch, timing, and the ability to stretch a defense vertically on any down.

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