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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.That said, Steve Grogan was an absolute stud in his day.
Grogan was tough and an excellent runner. His passing was inconsistent. When he was ON he was great but he had games where the ball sailed on him. The trajectory would inexplicably rise after about 20 yards. That kept him from greatness.He really wasn't. He was tough as nails, a terrific athlete, but never an "absolute stud". He never made a single pro bowl, never made all-pro, and only one time in his entire career did he lead the NFL in any major passing category: 1979, he led the league with 28 touchdown passes. (he did lead the league in 1980 in yards per attempt, but that's the kind of stat that never gets seen by the public really)
He was a very good runner though. From 1976-1979 he rushed for 1,628 yards, 6.1 yards per attempt, and a whopping 20 touchdowns. So definitely gets credit for that. But consider 1979. He threw for 3,286 yards, ran for 368 more, but got sacked for 341 yards in losses. So he accounted for 3,313 total yards. That was his best season overall. And it was a fine season. But even then he threw 20 interceptions and had 12 (!) fumbles. So in his best season production-wise, he committed *32* turnovers.
So we all love Grogan and in his day was a perfectly fine NFL quarterback, and I have many fond memories of him. But he was never an "absolute stud".
He was a bad ass but lets stop short of anointing him as a great QBThat said, Steve Grogan was an absolute stud in his day.
Tuna instilled some of the philosophical approaches to football in Kraft and Bru, Mac, Law, etc but BB improved on it by 100X. I wouldn't give Tuna and Drew too much credit for what has been going on these last 19 years.It always bugged me that Flutie was a winner when he played here, but the brain trust decided to go with Eason and a hobbled Grogan back up instead.
I still feel that the current era was built off of the Kraft-Parcells-Bledsoe foundation, and Drew did win us 2 AFC Championship games.
Same here.Born in '73....
All I know is Grogan-Brady.
Brief flashes of competence from Plunkett and Eason.Thanks for posting this.
A bittersweet trip down memory lane for those of us who lived thru the whole thing.
What a wasteland of QBs between Babe Parilli and Steve "Turkeyneck" Grogan.