10 Nov 2023
NFL Films - The History of Player Introductions
What started off as "First name, Last name, school" has become so much more. A look into the NFL’s history of player introductions.
Year of the Scab
All the Guts. None of the Glory.
In September 1987, for the first time in U.S. history, replacement football players took the field amidst a union strike. Seen as a second chance for these "scab" players, the '87 season became a memorable one for the Washington Redskins.
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Tex Schramm Self (archive footage)
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