Bragging Rights... your team's Claim to Fame

[Blick]

Having the loudest home crowd in the game.

You mean this one?

 

[Blick]

And it isn't even close. Seatle's stadium is made to generate noise. Arrowhead is just a college atmosphere madhouse.

Wait, so are you agreeing with me? Or no? I'm confused.

 

[NAHSTE]

I forgot to lay claim to the greatest kicker of all time, but yeah, screw you New Orleans, we're taking Morten Andersen.

Also the team who traded Brett Favre.

Our other claim to fame is derailing the highest scoring team in NFC history, and inventing a dance.

 

[kbpsu]

4th and 26 and the 15 second play mcnabb pulled on the cowboys on monday night...both to fredex.

thats all we got, since we dont have any superbowls

 

[Shayn•Da•Pain]

There is soooo much crap in this thread it's getting neck deep, so I thought I'd pile on some more.

No doubts
First team with 4 SB's...and 6.
First team with 4 SB's in 1 decade.
First team with two back to back SB runs,
Most Super Bowl MVP WR's with three.

Arguables
Best D ever.

My favorite arguables
Best at drafting Linebackers!
Most Pro-Bowl Linebackers!

 

[Bmore]

The Cleveland Browns:

Jim Brown
Joe "Turkey" Jones
Ozzie Newsome
Marty Schottenheimer
Bernie Kosar
Bill Belichick
Vinny Testaverde

And all you fans in Baltimore can thank a Cleveland fan for sacrificing their franchise so you could have a team.

I hardly call the team sneaking out at night a sacrifice. Since Mr. Moddell was moving the team no matter what.

 

[Tailback U]

• 8th and Final team of the original AFL
• Pride And Poise
• Commitment to Excellence
• Just Win, Baby
• Al Davis
• The Tuck Rule
• The Immaculate Reception
• The Heidi Game
• The Black Hole
• Stickum
• John Madden
• Daryle Lamonica
• Ken Stabler
• Marcus Allen
• Bo Jackson
• Tim Brown
• Ray Guy
• Howie Long
• Lyle Alzado
• Daryl Stingley
• And drafting a kicker in the first round.

 

[ultfrisbee]

There is soooo much crap in this thread it's getting neck deep, so I thought I'd pile on some more.

No doubts
First team with 4 SB's...and 6.
First team with 4 SB's in 1 decade.
First team with two back to back SB runs,
Most Super Bowl MVP WR's with three.

Arguables
Best D ever.

My favorite arguables
Best at drafting Linebackers!
Most Pro-Bowl Linebackers!

It tells a lot about your QB!

 

[Shayn•Da•Pain]

It tells a lot about your QB!

Whatever you say bub, keep underrating Big Ben. :withstupid:

 

[dell71]

• 8th and Final team of the original AFL
• Pride And Poise
• Commitment to Excellence
• Just Win, Baby
• Al Davis
• The Tuck Rule
• The Immaculate Reception
• The Heidi Game
• The Black Hole
• Stickum
• John Madden
• Daryle Lamonica
• Ken Stabler
• Marcus Allen
• Bo Jackson
• Tim Brown
• Ray Guy
• Howie Long
• Lyle Alzado
• Daryl Stingley
• And drafting a kicker in the first round.

Would the Immaculate Reception and the Tuck Rule be claims to fame of the Raiders since those were both plays that worked out in the opposition's favor?

And as much as Al Davis has done in the past, he's turning into a reason to riducule the franchise.

 

[Vinsane]

I hardly call the team sneaking out at night a sacrifice. Since Mr. Moddell was moving the team no matter what.

Art was a traitor to the fans of Cleveland. We the fans were thrown to the dogs (no pun intended) because of that asshole. You don't just move a team like that and then stick the city of Cleveland with the bill to demolish the stadium, that's just bad business. Only good thing that came out of it, people in Pittsburgh felt robbed too, there went one of the best rivalries in the NFL.

 

[NAHSTE]

Art was a traitor to the fans of Cleveland. We the fans were thrown to the dogs (no pun intended) because of that asshole. You don't just move a team like that and then stick the city of Cleveland with the bill to demolish the stadium, that's just bad business. Only good thing that came out of it, people in Pittsburgh felt robbed too, there went one of the best rivalries in the NFL.

I think the NFL fans in general felt jobbed. The subsequent "re-do" of the Cleveland Browns and the records switching and all that weirdness just made for an awkward time. Browns should've stayed in Cleveland, and Baltimore gotten the expansion team.

I'm happy we have the Ravens now, they are one the league's best brands, but uh, Cleveland's franchise was completely derailed. What was once a playoff staple is now one of the league's worst teams year after year.

Shame on Art Modell for robbing Cleveland of all that.

 

[Palooza]

My Giants have had arguably the best:

LB: Lawrence Taylor

Coach: Bill Parcells

AND have played in and won arguably the 2 greatest SuperBowls of All Time:

SB XXV: 20-19 win over Buffalo (Scott Norwood - wide right)

SB XLII: 17-14 win over New England (Pats going for undefeated season, David Tyree's catch)

Cha-ching.

 

[dave]

Philadelphia Eagles - fans throwing snowballs at Santa Claus

 

[Bmore]

Art was a traitor to the fans of Cleveland. We the fans were thrown to the dogs (no pun intended) because of that asshole. You don't just move a team like that and then stick the city of Cleveland with the bill to demolish the stadium, that's just bad business. Only good thing that came out of it, people in Pittsburgh felt robbed too, there went one of the best rivalries in the NFL.

I can totally understand. I would feel robbed if my favorite team left one night. (happened to Baltimore with the Colts, even though that was before my time.)

However, on Art's side I can understand why he did it. As one of the main factors in making the nfl what it is today. He probably thought Baltimore had a huge football market left over from the old colts and that it would only be good for the NFL if the city had another team.

Not to mention we had this stadium (Memorial Stadium) chillin' here with no one but soccer teams playing in it.

But I can totally see where you are coming from.

 

[Tailback U]

Would the Immaculate Reception and the Tuck Rule be claims to fame of the Raiders since those were both plays that worked out in the opposition's favor?

And as much as Al Davis has done in the past, he's turning into a reason to riducule the franchise.

I was more so making a list of things that the Raiders can be identified by. My list isn't really about "bragging rights," just some of the things that make the Raiders the Raiders.

 

[Vinsane]

^^ Great writing

 

[dell71]

^^ Great writing

ditto...that was a great post.

 

[Blick]

I agree man....There is no louder stadium then Arrowhead.

Cool. That's what I thought, but you kinda made an argument for Seattle as well so I couldn't tell.

 

[Blick]

Broncos 1997 Championship team was awesome. So many unheralded guys around Elway on that team.​

QB - John Elway (Psssshhh... Nuff said. The GOAT)

HB - Terrell Davis, Derek Loville (Don't laugh at Loville, the guy was a factor for us)

FB - Howard Griffith (Best all around FB at the time, behind only Larry Centers)

WR - Eddie Mac, Rod Smith, Willie Green (My two favorite wideouts, EVER. Hardest workers on the team at a position usually reserved for primadonnas. They earned everything they got on the football field. Willie Green was a nice distraction, but basically a #4 with Sharpe on the field)

TE - Shannon Sharpe (the IMMORTAL), and Dwayne Carswell to block (he was later converted to O-Lineman he was such a gifted blocker)

T - Gary Zimmerman, Tony Jones

G - Mark Schlereth, David Diaz-Infante/Dan Neil

C - Tom Nalen

*Three HOFers on that O-Line, and Neil was pretty damn solid for a young guy*

DE - Alfred Williams, Neil Smith

DT - Michael Dean Perry, Keith Traylor, Trevot Pryce, Mike Lodish, Maa Tanuvasa

*Remeber when Denver used to have a pass rush?*

OLB - Bill Romonowski, John Mobley (Both guys at the top of their games at the time)

MLB - Allen Aldridge (Awesome, underrated guy. Drafting Al Wilson really softened the blow of losing him after the Super Bowl runs)

CB - Ray Crockett, Darrien Gordon, Darrius Johnson, and Tim McKyer (Unheralded group, but got it done when needed. Especially against Brooks and Freeman in the Super Bowl)

S - Tyrone Braxton, Steve Atwater (There was know way for me to know how lucky I was to watch these two play together)

K/P - Jason Elam, Tom Rouen (Elam was spectacular. Rouen was solid, haven't been able to say the same for any Denver punter since. Yet when other teams come to Mile High their punters can kick the shit out of the ball. Tell me why this is?)

SP - Detron Smith, Glenn Cadrez, Keith Burns (Always made plays, Denver used to never give up big returns. Now it's commonplace)

KR - Darrien Gordon (I think a few people may have forgotten how crucial he was to our success)
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The 1997 Super Bowl was awesome. I was in San Diego and got to take part in a lot of the pre-game festivities (although I had to watch the game from a hotel lobby as there was no way my family could afford tickets). I remember the whole drive down to SD (about two hours) hearing the sports radio pundits talking about how Denver had no shot, and whether that had even bother pre-printing T-Shirts, hats, and newspapers so the team could hold them up when they won.

The whole game was awesome. One great QB clearly on his way out, hoping to erase his title-less stigma. The other great QB fresh off a Super Bowl win and clearly on his way to greatness. The action was back and forth and not too lopsided offensively or defensively.

From TD playing basically blind due to his migranes, to Eddie Mac's huge grabs over the middle, Romo playing with his hair on fire and of course the greatest moment of my life as a sports fan.....

It was the greatest moment of my sports life and I was 12 years old. I won't forget actually crying when Pat Bowlen proclaimed "THIS ONE'S FOR JOHN!" to the roar of the Bronco faithful as he handed the trophy to Elway. And I will never forget the look I saw on Elway's face. I think it was the greatest emotion I have ever seen in sports. This was a guy who had given everything to a city and an organization for 14 years. He stuck around through the backstabbing nature of Dan Reeves and the Tommy Maddox situation, and even dealt with the obvious frustration that playing under Wade Phillips would put on any player. This was a guy who loved the Broncos as much as the fans of them did. And even at my young age, I realized how special that was..

I almost cried walking out of Arrowhead that year when Denver knocked the Chiefs out of the playoffs. I was 12 years old as well.

Damn you, glen.