The Answer
05-18-2007, 02:54 PM
This is an ESPN insider piece so The Answer is going to share the Bills related ones, sorry if this brings back bad memories:
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Today's blog is inspired by a list I saw on Rolling Stone (http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2007/05/14/rolling-stones-15-worst-albums-by-great-bands/)'s website: the 15 worst albums by great bands. It was an interesting list - Bob Dylan ranks No. 1 with "Down in the Groove" - because of the irony: to be included, the artist has to be great enough to stink that bad. (For my money, the list forgot U2's "Pop.")
So I decided to put together a similar list for the NFL: The worst pressure performances by the game's greatest quarterbacks. To qualify, the passer has to be an all-time top 10 QB, or at least considered one at the time he retired. It has to be a pressure game, playoffs or Super Bowl. And he had to have tanked.
The Rolling Stone list had 15 bands; here I list seven passers. This list is a little off the cuff - most performances are relatively recent -- so I'd like to know which performances you think qualify. I'll include your best votes and fill out the Top 15 in a blog next week.
7. Warren Moon in the 1993 playoffs: How could Moon pass for 371 yards and four touchdowns and still make this list? Easy: he quarterbacked an Oilers team that blew a 35-3 lead in less than a half. In overtime, with a chance to win, Moon threw one right into the arms of Bills CB Nate Odomes, and the Bills kicked a field goal to win shortly thereafter.
5. Dan Marino in the 1993 AFC Championship: Marino usually played well in the playoffs, often single-handedly keeping the Dolphins in shootouts against more powerful opponents. But his best chance to play in a second Super Bowl was when Miami hosted the Bills. Most thought Miami would win; it didn't happen. Marino hit only 22 of 45 passes with two interceptions.
4. Jim Kelly in Super Bowl XXVII: While many thought the Cowboys would win Super Bowl XXVII, Kelly's Bills had two Super Bowls worth of experience on Dallas. That should have been an advantage. It wasn't, and Kelly was one of the main reasons. In less than a half, he threw one pick that Troy Aikman (http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/players/profile?statsId=615) quickly converted into a touchdown, had a fumble that was returned for another score, and threw another interception in the Cowboys end zone.
~The Answer
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Today's blog is inspired by a list I saw on Rolling Stone (http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2007/05/14/rolling-stones-15-worst-albums-by-great-bands/)'s website: the 15 worst albums by great bands. It was an interesting list - Bob Dylan ranks No. 1 with "Down in the Groove" - because of the irony: to be included, the artist has to be great enough to stink that bad. (For my money, the list forgot U2's "Pop.")
So I decided to put together a similar list for the NFL: The worst pressure performances by the game's greatest quarterbacks. To qualify, the passer has to be an all-time top 10 QB, or at least considered one at the time he retired. It has to be a pressure game, playoffs or Super Bowl. And he had to have tanked.
The Rolling Stone list had 15 bands; here I list seven passers. This list is a little off the cuff - most performances are relatively recent -- so I'd like to know which performances you think qualify. I'll include your best votes and fill out the Top 15 in a blog next week.
7. Warren Moon in the 1993 playoffs: How could Moon pass for 371 yards and four touchdowns and still make this list? Easy: he quarterbacked an Oilers team that blew a 35-3 lead in less than a half. In overtime, with a chance to win, Moon threw one right into the arms of Bills CB Nate Odomes, and the Bills kicked a field goal to win shortly thereafter.
5. Dan Marino in the 1993 AFC Championship: Marino usually played well in the playoffs, often single-handedly keeping the Dolphins in shootouts against more powerful opponents. But his best chance to play in a second Super Bowl was when Miami hosted the Bills. Most thought Miami would win; it didn't happen. Marino hit only 22 of 45 passes with two interceptions.
4. Jim Kelly in Super Bowl XXVII: While many thought the Cowboys would win Super Bowl XXVII, Kelly's Bills had two Super Bowls worth of experience on Dallas. That should have been an advantage. It wasn't, and Kelly was one of the main reasons. In less than a half, he threw one pick that Troy Aikman (http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/players/profile?statsId=615) quickly converted into a touchdown, had a fumble that was returned for another score, and threw another interception in the Cowboys end zone.
~The Answer