VSN Countdown to Madden 10 Release

[Poundtherock]

Only 49 days left!!!!!

#49 Safety Dennis Smith - Denver Broncos (1981-1994)
6× Pro Bowl selections
All-AFC in 1984 and 1988
Denver Broncos #49 inducted into Broncos Ring of Fame
2006 - Smith was inducted in the Colorado Hall of Fame
All-Pro 4 times.
3 Broncos Super Bowl teams (XXI, XXII, XXIV),

Recently, Dennis and his daughter, Tiffany Diamond Smith [shown here],
and his wife were featured on an episode of MTV's Parental Control.



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[Jagsfan61]

 

[Poundtherock]

#48 KR/HB/WR Al "Hoagy" Carmichael - Green Bay Packers - [1953-1958]
In 1953-1954 he wore #42, then switched to #48, 1955-1958
He wore #40 for the Denver Broncos - [1960-1061
1953 - 2nd in punt returns
1954 - 3rd in kickoff returns
1955 - 1st in kickoff returns
1956 - 3rd in kickoff returns
1957 - 2nd in punt returns

He held the record for the longest KO return [106 yards] for many years.

He scored the first touchdown in American Football League history,
a 59-yard pass reception from Frank Tripucka for the Broncos against
the Boston Patriots on September 9, 1960.The ball he carried looked like this!​

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[Vinsane]

I missed my first chance to get him in here. With some number play here's my second.

14-86

Dante "Glue Fingers" Lavelli (86)

Played with the Cleveland Browns 1946-1956.

Member of the Cleveland Browns' 1950 Championship Team.

Inducted into the hall of fame in 75'.

 

[Poundtherock]

Only 47 days left!!!!!

#47 John Lynch - Tampa Bay - (1993–2003)
Denver Broncos (2004–2007)
9× Pro Bowl selections
2× AP First-Team All-Pro (1999, 2000)
2× AP Second-Team All-Pro (2001, 2002)
Super Bowl champion (XXXVII)


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[Poundtherock]

Only 46 days left!!!!!

#46 K/OT Lou "The Toe" Groza - Cleveland Browns - [1946-1959] and [1961-1967]
9 Pro Bowls
NFL 1950s All-Decade Team
Pro Football Hall of Fame

In 1996, Groza wrote an autobiography of his time playing for the Browns
called "The Toe: The Lou Groza Story." Robert Yonkers, who used to
be a sportswriter for The Cleveland Press, gave him the nickname "The Toe."
The "Lou Groza Rule" in the NFL prohibits use of artificial aids for kickers.
Lou used tape and later a special tee with a long tail to help him guide his foot
to the sweet spot of the football when kicking. The 1956 rule banned Lou's tape.









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[Poundtherock]

Only 45 days left!!!!!

(Current asking price on the collector card, $149)
#45 P/KR/S Emlem Tunnell - N.Y. Giants - (1948-1958)

Green Bay Packers - (1959-1961)
9 time Pro Bowler
8 time All Pro
79 career interceptions
1,282 career interception return yards
2,217 career punt return yards
1949 league leader for INTs returned for TDs (Twice)
1952 league leader for fumbles recoverd (6 times)
100 yard kick return in 1951
Twice led league in non-offensive TDs (1949 and 1951)
1967 Pro Football Hall of Fame Inductee
1956 NFL Champion with the New York Giants
1961 NFL Champion with the Green Bay Packers
Tunnell was an undrafted free agent out of Iowa.


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[krulmichael]

My boy from Furman! 45 days remain for this awesome game.

 

[Poundtherock]

Only 44 days left!!!!!

#44 RB John Riggins

New York Jets (1971-1975)

"The Classic Riggins"
Washington Redskins (1976-1979)
Washington Redskins (1981-1985)

Pro Bowl selection (1975)
All-Pro selection (1983)
NFL 1980s All-Decade Team
70 Greatest Redskins

"Super Bowl XVII MVP"

Redskins' Ring of Fame
1978 NFL Comeback Player of the Year
1983 Bert Bell Award
Pro Football Hall of Fame

Riggins was the second player ever to rush for over 100 touchdowns in NFL history,
and the first to do it since Jim Brown reached the milestone in 1965.

"Mohawk Days".................."Big Hair Days"


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[steeljake]

i wonder what happened to good ol najeh anyways?

 

[Poundtherock]

Only 43 days left!!!!!

#43 QB/OG Charles R. "Buckets" Goldenberg - Green Bay Packers [1933-1945]
* Led the NFL and Packers in scoring in 1933 as a rookie with seven touchdowns.

* Played in 120 regular-season games with the Packers.
* Regarded as one of the finest lineman of his era
* Played quarterback his first three seasons.
* Packers Hall of Fame, 1972.
* All-Pro (1939, 1942)
* Pro Bowl (1939).

He is often credited as the originator of the draw play.




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[AJay]

Another day closer. Fuck still seems like forever. Ahh oh well pretty soon NCAA comes out to hold me over lol.

 

[Poundtherock]

Only 42 days left!!!!!

#42 QB Charles “Roach” Conerly - New York Giants - [1948-1961]

Conerly was a two-time Pro Bowl selection in 1950 and 1956 and was NFL's Most Valuable Player in 1959.

Conerly played college football at the University of Mississippi. During his college years he got many awards and set many records. To begin with, he set three records in the NCAA for the most passing yards (1,367), pass completions (133), and consecutive passes without interception (61). and was selected by the Washington Redskins in the 11th round of the 1945 NFL Draft.

He led the Giants to three NFL Championship games in four seasons (1956,1958-59), including a 47-7 victory over the Chicago Bears in the 1956 NFL Championship.

He also portrayed the "Marlboro Man" in commercials while playing for the Giants.

Conerly and his wife Perian (author of the book, BACKSEAT QUARTERBACK) retired to his hometown of Clarksdale, Mississippi, where he spent his final days. Conerly owned shoe stores throughout the Mississippi Delta.

Conerly, nicknamed "Roach", is the namesake of the football award, the Conerly Trophy, given annually to the top college player in the State of Mississippi.

This man should be in the Pro Football Hall of Fame!



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[T.Dot]

41 days are left

 

[Poundtherock]

41 to go!!

#41 RB/QB Tom Roland Matte - Baltimore Colts - 1961-1972

Pro Bowls: 1968, 1969​

Matte was an All-American back at Ohio State University. Matte's 12-year pro career was spent with the Baltimore Colts where he posted career stats of 4,646 rushing yards, 249 receptions for 2,869 yards, 1,367 yards returning kickoffs, and 57 touchdowns (45 rushing, 12 receiving).

Late in the 1965 season, Matte also memorably filled in as an emergency quarterback when Colts QBs Johnny Unitas and Gary Cuozzo went down with season-ending injuries in consecutive home losses to the Chicago Bears and Green Bay Packers, respectively. For the Colts' regular-season finale (a 20-17 win) against the Los Angeles Rams and the following weekend's one-game playoff at Green Bay (a 13-10 overtime loss resulting from a missed Packer field goal that was erroneously ruled good), Colts head coach Don Shula put a list of plays on a wristband that Matte wore. That wristband is now on display at the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Later in his career, Matte was immortalized on the cover of Sports Illustrated, scoring his third touchdown of the afternoon in the NFL Championship Game against the Cleveland Browns, January 5, 1969.

Matte was selected for two Pro Bowls and played in two Super Bowls, earning a ring at Super Bowl V where the Colts beat the Dallas Cowboys. In Super Bowl III, he rushed for 116 yards and caught 2 passes for 30 yards.
Matte briefly was a color analyst on CBS coverage of football games. From 1996-2005, Matte teamed with Baltimore sportscaster Scott Garceau in broadcasting Baltimore Ravens games on local radio. He also pursues local business interests and is in demand as a celebrity endorser.
He still holds the record for highest per-carry rushing average in a Super Bowl game: 10.5 (116 yards in only 11 carries in 1969 versus the New York Jets)




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[PEYMAN18]

Antoine Bethea


Only 41 MORE DAYS!!!!!​

 

[Poundtherock]

#40 FB/RB Mike “A-Train” Alstott - Tampa Bay Buccaneers - 1996–2007
6× Pro Bowl selection (1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002)
3× First-Team All-Pro selection (1997, 1998, 1999)

Second-Team All-Pro selection (1996)
Super Bowl champion (XXXVII)
3× Boilermakers MVP (1993-1995)
Consensus All-Big Ten (1995)
Tampa Bay Buccaneers #40 retired.

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Alstott is married to Nicole Alstott, they have 3 children[3]; their daughters are Hannah and Lexie along with son Griffin.

Their family currently resides in St. Petersburg. Along with his wife Nicole they formed the Mike Alstott Family Foundation. Alstott also owns Island Way Grill a restaurant in Clearwater along with former teammate TE Dave Moore.



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[Rayman]

40 Days...


Muthafuckin' Bill Bates

 

[JayDizzle]

You must be high. You posted this in the wrong thread and the Alstott one in the NCAA thread

It may be somewhat of a tribute...

On-topic:

The newest addition to the Jacksonville family (and #40), Gerald Alexander!

 

[Poundtherock]

Just checking to see if you mfers were paying attention!


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RayManHCP42, you can move your thanks for McNair over to the NCAA thread.......pleeze!

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