Ex Patriot Admits Cheating

[Steelr4evr]

Noll's record w/o Bradshaw: 61-80.

That was also a result of around 10 years of drafting very late because of success, then your hof players aged out. It was certainly rebuilt fairly well before Cowher took over and went 6 straight years in the playoffs.

 

[Superman]

nothing will happen, it's just good seeing guys publicly admit it so it can't be called sour grapes or conspiracy. Kind of like former SEC guys now openly talking about how they were paying players. It's obvious but nice to see it admitted.

college superstars, regardless of conference, have always been getting paid.

 

[WindyCitySteel]

That was also a result of around 10 years of drafting very late because of success, then your hof players aged out. It was certainly rebuilt fairly well before Cowher took over and went 6 straight years in the playoffs.

Noll made the playoffs in 1 of his last 7 years. There were some good pieces left over for Cowher, but he didn't inherit a championship team by any means.

Re: the drafts, the 70s brought lower draft picks, but he had some terrible drafts with higher picks in the 80s:

1982 1.12: Walter Abercrombie
1983 1.21: Gabe Rivera over Dan Marino
1985: 1.20 Darryl Sims
1988: 1.18: Aaron Jones
1989: 1.7: Tim Worley
1989: 1.24: Tom Ricketts
1991: 1.15: Huey Richardson

 

[Steelr4evr]

Noll made the playoffs in 1 of his last 7 years. There were some good pieces left over for Cowher, but he didn't inherit a championship team by any means.

Re: the drafts, the 70s brought lower draft picks, but he had some terrible drafts with higher picks in the 80s:

1982 1.12: Walter Abercrombie
1983 1.21: Gabe Rivera over Dan Marino
1985: 1.20 Darryl Sims
1988: 1.18: Aaron Jones
1989: 1.7: Tim Worley
1989: 1.24: Tom Ricketts
1991: 1.15: Huey Richardson

They did have some stinkers,but they also had



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