@@astrostar49 Thanks for listening & commenting! Seriously, we appreciate it so much. Brooks was electric during his prime but the lack of playoff berths from 2001-2004 compounded with the Payton & Brees era in the immediate aftermath almost have him forgotten outside the Saints’ fanbase. Which is a darn shame cause him, Joe Horn and Deuce McAllister were fantastic players. Love your QB suggestions as well. Definitely will be turning some of them into future episodes. Pennington as the comeback kid & only QB to win AFC East titles during Brady’s prime, Delhomme for his stint in NFL Europe and piloting some of those almost but not quite Panthers teams in the 00s, Green for his rise in Washington, the injury that gave Warner a chance in St. Louis and some damn fine years with the Chiefs, Bulger for giving the last gasps to “The Greatest Show on Turf” and Plummer for his career at ASU, Bill Walsh wanting to take him in 1997 and opting for the VA Tech bust instead, leading the Cards to the postseason, a solid second act in Denver and the fallout of the Jay Cutler pick & his abrupt retirement as well.

@@astrostar49 Good call on the consistency part re: Hasselbeck. I think most casual fans remember Shaun Alexander from those great Seahawks teams, but they don’t achieve nearly the success they did without Hasselbeck piloting that O during that window. Kudos to Holmgren for not only taking him in his last year in Green Bay, but bringing him in for his Seattle retooling project.

@@astrostar49 Appreciate you listening & enjoying the podcast! I’m sure you’ll enjoy the rest of this block as a football fan. I grew up watching WAC football & Edwards and the Cougars helped the conference become the ultra pass happy, high scoring fun brand of football it was known for back in those days. We’ve done some single-season CFB team episodes before (‘91 East Carolina & ‘92 Hawai’i), and the ‘84 Cougars would definitely be a fun episode related to the controversy of their #1 ranking and being the last non-major conference team to win a National Title.

@@astrostar49 Thanks for the kind words as always & thanks for listening. Stoked you enjoy our content, especially American Football, so much. AFC Central of the mid/late 90s & early 00s had some insane athleticism at QB, and Brunell was terrific piloting that offense. Will definitely do a Jimmy Smith episode down the line now that you gave the request! Also, stoked you brought it up, because Brooks episode will drop this upcoming Wednesday the 23rd so keep an eye out for it!

@@royreynolds4574 Thanks for listening, pal!

@@jacksonthomas7056 Thanks so much for the comment! Appreciate you watching & enjoying our content.

@@astrostar49 Thanks @astrostar. Was definitely a fun episode to research. Like you said, though he kinda fell off a cliff productive wise after leaving Philly, he was that team’s QB1 for the decade of the 00s & a damn fine one. Is definitely a guy who would’ve flourished more in today’s game; especially with how he used his legs early in his career. As always, thanks for listening & the comments. Always enjoy it, man.

@@astrostar49 For sure, @astrostar49! Always appreciate your suggestions and turning them into episodes. McNair would’ve been even more insane had he come into the league like 15-20 years after he did. Though that window with Heimerdinger was probably the glimpses of what could’ve been pure dominance. Would’ve been insane if he succeeded Elway in Denver.

50 years apart. His times contextually look insane

@@mr.tonyshiphopschool266 First of all, thank you so much for listening & the kind words! Much appreciated. Also, that’s so awesome you got to talk to “The Chairman of the Boards!” If you don’t mind me asking, what was your favorite part of the conversation?

@@sportsexperiencepodcast it was brief, my father was a cop in Philly and at that time he was security for the managing director of the city so Darryl was at city hall n my father saw him n asked if he could call me n say hello so he did!! He asked me if I knew who he was n then said stay out of trouble n do well in school i was in shock lol this was in 1982

@@mr.tonyshiphopschool266 Holy cow! What a great sports memory! He must’ve just come to Philly from Houston around the time he called you.

@@sportsexperiencepodcast lol you thinking of Moses!! No Darryl was still with the Sixers at this time this was the 81-82 season so I would say April of 82 but yes that was huge n I thanked my father a million times cause I loved Double D, Doc too Bobby Jones also but Darryl was it for me!! Keep up the good work I like your channel!!! The one about Mike Schmidt was really interesting I didn’t know he played basketball and football

@@mr.tonyshiphopschool266 Oh shoot, my bad. I misread. Yeah, that must’ve been awesome to talk to “Chocolate Thunder” Dawkins. That was a really fun episode to research. As far as Philly sports, we’re actually set to record an episode on Donovan McNabb tomorrow afternoon which should come out in late August, early September, and will have a Grover Cleveland Alexander episode shorty after it. Thanks so much for listening & enjoying the content!

@@LetTheWrite1inn Legit. Doing the research I was like, this is crazy. Apparently the Tom Hanks character in, “A League of Their Own” was loosely based on him as far as the alcoholic power hitter for Chicago who the owner didn’t particularly like. The managing a girls baseball team was based on Jimmy Foxx.

@@LetTheWrite1inn 100% Agree with it.

@@LetTheWrite1inn Right?! That slightly closed stance with the crouch then the smooth stroke and the one arm whip follow through? Awesome!

@@astrostar49 As always, thanks so much for the kind words & for listening. Most of all, thanks for the episode suggestion. We do our best to give you the listeners what you want & will definitely get Fouts and McNair episodes made at some point. Funny you should mention the ‘83 NFC Title Game. When we did our block on NFL postseason games I brought it up as an option, but we decided to go with ‘98 Falcons & Vikings. In the event we do another playoff block it’ll make it. San Fran almost pulled the impossible off in the 4th Quarter and that Lott penalty was ticky tack. 1986 Draft Class might be low key one of the most underrated of all time. Besides Haley, who we did Episode 6 of the podcast on back in the day, who was a HOF, that class was the nuts & bolts of the back half of the dynasty. Walsh trading down to get Larry Roberts then following with Tom Rathman, Tim McKyer, John Taylor, Haley, Steve Wallace, Kevin Fagan, then snagging Don Griffin? Holy cow! A guy also drafted in 1986 by Pittsburgh but acquired in 1987 was Brent Jones! At least to me, this was the class that sustained their dynasty. Thanks again for listening & the kind words!

@@sportsexperiencepodcast Thanks for the response. You really know your stuff. And that's why I enjoy listening to your content :)

@@astrostar49 Thanks so much for supporting the podcast & it’s always great to talk sports with and create content for knowledgeable sports fans like yourself!

Haha. Well thank you so much for listening and enjoying our sense of humor & appreciation for sports & “Ace Ventura.”

As always, appreciate the comment, the kind words and listening. Thanks @astrostar49 !

Thanks so much for always listening, the kind words and the suggestions! Definitely will have a Roger Craig episode in the near future. Should be in the HOF in my honest opinion.

Thanks as always for listening & the kind words! Was awesome to research these guys and watch how awesome the NFC West was during the late 1980s & early 1990s!