Remember the First Super Bowl You Watched?
Remember the first Super Bowl you watched? This is relative to how old you are but the first Super Bowl I remember is Super Bowl X from the 1975-76 season when the Pittsburgh Steelers defeated the Dallas Cowboys 21-17. Those Steelers teams were great with Terry Bradshaw, Franco Harris and Lynn Swann. But those Steelers teams of the 1970’s will be remembered for their Steel-Curtain Defense with Mean Joe Greene, Jack Ham and Jack Lambert. During that time, growing up in the Midwest, I seem to remember a lot of Cowboys fans everywhere. “Front-runners,” I thought. We weren’t within a 1000 miles of Dallas!
FIRST SUPER BOWL
After watching my first Super Bowl, I’ve watched everyone since. Fast forward to today and when I see the 49ers I think of all of the great Joe Montana led teams and how he dominated his era. And when I see the Chiefs I marvel at how they are dominating this era. As long as Patrick Mahomes is around the Chiefs will always be contenders.
We will continue our look back at all of the Super Bowls with Trivia on Craig Shemon and Company on ESPN Southwest Florida. After all, we have 57 prior games to choose from when formulating questions. Good Luck!
SUPER BOWL TRIVIA
- What team played in 4 Super Bowls and never held a lead? Vikings
- During Har-Bowl, the lights went out. Who had just performed at halftime? Beyonce
- Name the two quarterbacks who won with different teams? Peyton Manning and Tom Brady
- Name the first Wild Card team to win? Raiders
- What running back has rushed for the most yards? (Played in 4 SB’s) Franco Harris 354
- Who was the youngest coach to win? Sean McVay 36
- Who is the oldest player to play in the game? Tom Brady 43
- Who is the only player to throw a TD pass and catch a TD pass in the Super Bowl? Nick Foles
- What two teams have faced each other a record three times in the big game? Cowboys and Steelers
- What is the most points scored by a team in the game? 55 points by the 49ers in SB XXIV
6 NFL Players Who Can Be Traded this Offseason
QB Justin Fields (Chicago Bears)
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This one all comes down to what the Bears decide to do with the #1 overall pick in the Draft. If the Bears keep it they will go with one of the quarterbacks coming out, likely Caleb Williams, and they will have to move Fields. Fields was the 11th pick in the 2021 draft so a team that acquires him will have to pick up his 5th year option on his rookie deal, and likely be signing up for an extension as well.
WR Stefon Diggs (Buffalo Bills)
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Diggs has been at the center of a lot of drama in Buffalo over the last two seasons. Especially last offseason. Diggs started 2023 off on a torrid pace. However once Joe Brady took over as OC, Diggs production dropped off tremendously. Diggs is still under contract for the next 4 seasons, so a team trading for him would be signing up for a long-term relationship. But there is an out in his contract after next season. Maybe this offseason the Bills come to the conclusion that the juice is no longer worth the squeeze.
WR AJ Brown (Philadelphia Eagles)
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This would shock the football world. But hear me out. The Eagles season ended in an all-time collapse. There was a ton of reports about the team being fractured at the end of the season. AJ Brown was visably frustrated multiple times on the side line. And reports after the season are saying that QB Jalen Hurts has lost part of the locker room. I am not saying AJ Brown is part of the locker room that doesn’t believe in Jalen Hurts anymore. But it also wouldn’t shock me if Brown was on that side of the room. He’s got 2 years left on his deal that he signed when he got traded to the Eagles 2 years ago.
QB Mac Jones (New England Patriots)
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Mac Jones looked like a broken player in 2023. He looks like a shell of the player that came into the league and had a good rookie season. There will be a coach that looks at the 2021 tape and think they can get him back to that form and beyond. The reports out of Foxboro after the season are that Mac has lost the locker room. It would be great for all parties to make this offseason a clean break and move on.
WR Jerry Jeudy (Denver Broncos)
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Jeudy has not lived up to his draft position. After being selected 15th overall in the 2020 draft, Jeudy’s best year came in 2022 when he had 972 yards on 67 receptions and 6 touchdowns. Not great numbers for a guy taken in the 1st round. Especially when you look at how many 1,000 yard receivers there are in today’s football. He hasn’t had great quarterback play during his time in Denver, and I’m sure a team will see the talent he had coming out of Alabama and think they can get the best out of him.
DE Joey Bosa (Los Angeles Chargers)
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Bosa is a great player when he is healthy and on the field. However that has not been the case the last two seasons. He has missed 20 of the Chargers 34 regular season games. Bosa has two years remaining on his contract, and with Jim Harbaugh calling the shots now it might just be time to move on. Especially since Bosa is an Ohio State alum.
