The QB Sammie Carpenter story has come to an end in Arizona. After a 5 Int game he's now contemplating retirement once again. He will head back to the bench in a backup role to starting QB Ryan Cunningham.
On the bright side, the defense looked good. And back to the darkside, injuries were plentiful in game one.
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Re: 1976 Season
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10/18/2018 5:14 pm
Week 1
Very interesting start to the 1976 season. Four division champions in 1975 went down in week 1 including last years Super Bowl Champs.
Denver takes down Washington Cincinnati shows no signs of a SB loss hangover by winning a thriller against Green Bay Miami blows out division rival New York Jets San Diego ignores the 7th annual Beercloud predictions by defeating Oakland in a high scoring affair.
Other games of note: Cleveland rolls over Baltimore Kansas City upends Pittsburgh New England beats Buffalo Seattle outscores Detroit Tampa Bay rudely introduces Jacksonville's new GM to Paydirt Tennessee takes care of Indianapolis Minnesota fends off a furious comeback bid by New Orleans San Francisco handles Chicago Los Angeles uses 5 int's to defeat Arizona Carolina blows out Houston New York Giants surprise Dallas Atlanta uses a big first half in their win against Philadelphia
The QB Sammie Carpenter story has come to an end in Arizona. After a 5 Int game he's now contemplating retirement once again.
I didn`t think he had any gas left in the tank last season with us,was fully expecting him to retire to that old rocking chair on his farmhouse front porch in Idaho.
Wow! What a way to kick off the new season against a division rival....Good game jgcruz! It had just about everything. We took a beating physically as well.
Good luck til we meet again!
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Re: 1976 Season
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10/19/2018 12:58 pm
Wolveraider wrote:
Wow! What a way to kick off the new season against a division rival....Good game jgcruz! It had just about everything. We took a beating physically as well.
Good luck til we meet again!
I learned something more about the game. On the last touchdown, it was a "hot read" pass to the RB out of the 1-1-3 formation. The play called for the RB to pass block. Instead of blocking, he leaked out of the backfield and was wide open for the catch. I've never noticed such improvisation before. Interesting and worth looking at in the future.
Good game for you Texans.....as far as the Raiders, the fall that began last season seems to be continuing.....maybe it's time to start thinking about tearing it all down and going with the rebuild....because we're garbage right now.
Re: 1976 Season
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10/20/2018 11:06 am
GG Buffalo
We had no answer for future Hall of Famer DE Cheatham. So we had to pay the refs off for two late facemask penalties to seal the deal.
Wow! What a way to kick off the new season against a division rival....Good game jgcruz! It had just about everything. We took a beating physically as well.
Good luck til we meet again!
I learned something more about the game. On the last touchdown, it was a "hot read" pass to the RB out of the 1-1-3 formation. The play called for the RB to pass block. Instead of blocking, he leaked out of the backfield and was wide open for the catch. I've never noticed such improvisation before. Interesting and worth looking at in the future.
I noticed this when I went back and looked at this TD.....I saw something similar, forgot the exact play, but it was 4wr/1te and the TE was supposed to stay in and block, but went out for a pass for the "HOT" read. (not the same game)
