Great reason to be a PackerFan

[Harlan Huckleby]

my first two years of college--precisely the time when football is more important than life or death.

Jesus Christ - did you ever finally discover girls?

[mraynrand]

What does team records have to do with it?

I was referring only to QB play, not team play, seasons records and all that. My point is very simple and very straight forward, for a great many of the last 50+ years the Packers have been very fortunate to have a quality QB on their roster. A pro-bowl caliber QB, A QB who could do what was expected from an NFL QB. Unfortunately, for many of the Dickey and Majik years, injuries interrupted it, and even when they did play the overall roster was so weak that team won/loss records suffered.

I'll concede that I don't know for sure, from personal experience watching. I really never got to see much of the Packers for long stretches from about '85 to '95. Packerreport at the time corroborates your view - they thought Majik's droppings smelled like roses. The games I saw? Meh. But too small a sample.

[mraynrand]

Jesus Christ - did you ever finally discover girls?

Hoosier sounds a lot like me. Junior and Senior years were good (football? What football?)

[Harlan Huckleby]

Hoosier sounds a lot like me. Junior and Senior years were good (football? What football?)

Sounds to me like you & Hoosier should have discovered each other.

[mraynrand]

Sounds to me like you & Hoosier should have discovered each other.

wrong place wrong time wrong gender

[Harlan Huckleby]

wrong place wrong time wrong gender

All three are correctable. Give Hoosier a fair try. It's the soul that counts.

[mraynrand]

All three are correctable. Give Hoosier a fair try. It's the soul that counts.

wait, you are saying Hoosier has a soul? How very metaphysically spiritual of you.

[mraynrand]

wrong place wrong time wrong gender

All three are correctable. Give Hoosier a fair try. It's the soul that counts.

not exactly. Although that machine might unintentionally solve a different problem...

[Upnorth]

I remember the excitment of and unltimate disappointment in Majik. Dickey had his moments but never really stood out from a crowd. They both kinda remind me of a Mcmahon or a Dilfer or even an Alex Smith. Play at about the level of the team, but never be the guy who dates teh head cheerleader! I would like to point out Majik was my highschool years and Dickey elementary so only the greats stood out to me then (and girls stood out also no matter how much they confused me). Long story short, the point I started with in this thread is we have had 20 years of hall of fame play, holy mother of pigskin that is amazing!!!!

[mraynrand]

I remember the excitment of and unltimate disappointment in Majik. Dickey had his moments but never really stood out from a crowd. They both kinda remind me of a Mcmahon or a Dilfer or even an Alex Smith. Play at about the level of the team, but never be the guy who dates teh head cheerleader! I would like to point out Majik was my highschool years and Dickey elementary so only the greats stood out to me then (and girls stood out also no matter how much they confused me). Long story short, the point I started with in this thread is we have had 20 years of hall of fame play, holy mother of pigskin that is amazing!!!!

If you only saw Lynn Dickey at a little shaver, I can forgive your calumny. Dickey had the arm and the talent to be a Dan Fouts - if not for the frickin' injuries and the Packer organization.

[Patler]

If you only saw Lynn Dickey at a little shaver, I can forgive your calumny. Dickey had the arm and the talent to be a Dan Fouts - if not for the frickin' injuries and the Packer organization.

Dan Fouts - good comparison for Dickey.

A few of his major injuries in the NFL:
Shin fractured in two places.
Separated shoulder on his throwing arm required screws.
Shattered left hip, multiple pieces to be reset.

Yet, he was never gun shy in the pocket. He would stand there, deliver a bomb deep down field, and get blasted time after time.

[Fritz]

Unfotunately, he was as about as mobile as a car without wheels, thanks to all those injuries. But he was a very good quarterback, though when I did some research on him last year I discovered he threw kind of a lot of picks.

I was a fan. Had he been on a team with a modicum of defense, he might've taken the Pack a long way.

[hoosier]

Unfotunately, he was as about as mobile as a car without wheels, thanks to all those injuries. But he was a very good quarterback, though when I did some research on him last year I discovered he threw kind of a lot of picks.

I was a fan. Had he been on a team with a modicum of defense, he might've taken the Pack a long way.

So did Fouts. And just about everyone else in that era (except Montana). The Snake threw 30 in 1978....and he didn't even lead the league!!! (Tarkenton had 32)