Alone at the Hawkeye's
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Someone I follow on Twitter, got a video from an oomf of theirs and I thought it was interesting. It was a cameo from Erika Henningsen and they asked "If Charlie decided Alastor needed to work on his emotional vulnerabilities, what would she do?" I found it quite fun. Erika stated that Charlie would do a roleplay, not the sexual kind (Erika's own words) but she would do the "puppet kind" where she would make puppets, so that Al wouldn't talk as himself, he would just talk as the puppet, which of course he would hate first but eventually will get really into it and then reveal some shit, that would be very personal. Erika said that he won't do art therapy, or normal talk therapy, he just needs those damn dolls. This was mostly a paraphrase from Erika.
Now, this is something I would love to see!
* Based on a tweet I saw
Several teams have gone undefeated during the regular season throughout NFL History. But only one franchise has done more than once, the Chicago Bears. Though these two seasons both happened during the administration of Franklin D. Roosevelt, they shouldn't be forgotten. So let's talk about of them.
1934 - Months after the FBI killed gangster John Dillinger at the Biograph Theater, the Bears entered the season as the defending champions, winning a 23-21 thriller against the New York Giants in the first official NFL Championship Game at Wrigley Field, the previous year. The Bears were the class of the league, they won their first 9 games by scoring at least 20 in all of them, and only allowing 7 or more points twice. Tho they did slow down a bit, in their final 4 games, including the first ever Lions game on Thanksgiving. Still, Chicago might've been the best offense the league had seen at that point. They scored 37 touchdowns. (By 12 players) They were led by hall of famer Bronko Nagurski and Beattie Feathers. Nagurski had 586 yards on 123 carries and scored 7 TDs. But Feathers became the first ever 1000 yard rusher, running for 1004 yards on just 119 carries, that is 8.4 yards per carry! The current NFL record to this day. (Min, 100 carries) He also had a league leading 8 TDs. The Bears had a nice receiving corp for its day as 4 players had 2 or more TD catches including hall of famers Red Grange and Bill Hewitt. Also 4 players threw for 3 or more TD passes each. The offensive line also had 3 hall of famers on it with George Musso, Link Lyman and Walt Kiesling and All-Pro Joe Kopcha. Jack Manders also led the league with 10 field goals. All these factors led the Bears to a 13-0 record, obviously winning the Western Division. They outscored their opponents 286-86. Setting up a rematch against the New York Giants, this time in the Polo Grounds. On a slick ass icy field that obviously made footing hell, the Bears led 13-3, entering the 4th quarter. The Giants then switched to playing chess because they switched their cleats for sneakers and they scored 27 unanswered in the 4th quarter, winning 30-13.
1942 - 8 years later with the US officially fighting in World War II, the Bears again entered a season as defending champs. Actually they were going for the 3-Peat, as they won 73-0 against the Redskins in '40 and lost only game in all of '41, including the first ever divisional round game against the Packers just a week after Pearl Harbor. The Bears were co-coached by Hunk Anderson and Luke Johnsos, as George Halas was away serving his nation in the Navy. In didn't seem to matter tho as the Bears destroyed everyone in their path. They outscored their opponents 376-84. The crazy stat was opposing passers were held to 21.4 PASSER RATING. They allowed only 7 TDs and had 33 INTERCEPTIONS. #1 in both offense and defense in both points and yards. The Bears had 5 First-Team All-Pros including Hall of Famers Sid Luckman, Bulldog Turner and Danny Fortmann. Joe Stydahar and Musso was still there for hall of fame stuff. They won the west of course, this time their opponent was Sammy Baugh's Washington Redskins in DC, the team they blasted 73-0, two years earlier. And the got their revenge, losing 14-6. The Bears luckily got their revenge by beating them the next year 41-21 at Wrigley, to cement their status as the team of the 40s.
Al is basically the older brother who loves getting on the nerves of his younger sister. My second favorite "sibling" duo behind Charlie and Angel Dust.
Devin Hester is probably the most well known returner in NFL History, not just the Bears. However, the Bears somehow have more great returners in their long history. And some you probably know.
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In kickoffs, Gale Sayers is known as one of the most elusive running backs in NFL History, becoming a hall of famer despite only playing in 68 career games. He led the league in rushing twice but he also led the league in all-purpose yards in each of his first 3 seasons, which included setting an NFL record (At the time) 2440 all-purpose yards in 1966. In his rookie season, he had 660 yards on 21 kick returns, which was a league leading 31.4 yards per kick return, scoring one touchdown. The longest being a 96 yard return. 1966 was his best returning season, having 718 yards on 23 returns, which is 31.2 yards per return. Leading the league again. He scored 2 touchdowns, the longest being 93 yards. 1967, the number of returns dipped having 16, but he still ran 603 yards, which is a hilarious 37.7 yards per return. He also earned his career high of 3 touchdowns, with his longest being a career long 103 yarder. The numbers would drop in 1968 (Cut short by a major knee injury) and 1969 (After the injury), averaging 27.1 yards in '68 and 24.2 in '69. But all the returns, which was 91 of them for 2781 yards, scoring 6 touchdowns. This gives him an average of 30.6 yards per return, which is still the current NFL record. He is the only player to average over 30 yards a kickoff return. Devin Hester in perspective, averaged 24.9, which is tied for 77TH in NFL History. I should note that Sayers was also a dangerous punt returner, as he averaged 14.5 yards per punt return and had two TDs, which would be the NFL record, but he also mostly returned punts in his rookie season, returning 16 for 238 yards and TD, for an average of 14.9 yards per return. But never returned for more than 6 punts after 1965, so not enough to qualify for the all-time record books.
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That belongs to another man from an even earlier era. Hall of Famer George McAfee. McAfee was another speed demon, as his nickname was "One-Play" McAfee. McAfee was drafted in 1940, he started returning punts the next season, he returned only 5 punts, but had 158 yards, which is a ridiculous 31.6 yards per return. Scoring one TD. World War II, would put his career on a 3 year hiatus. Not coming back until 1945, but he didn't really return punts again until 1947. He had 18 returns for 261 yards, an average of 14.5 yards per return but no touchdowns. 1948 was his best season, leading the league in returns and yards with 30 for 417 yards, an average of 13.9 yards per return. He scored the only other touchdown of his career. In 1949, he had 24 punt returns for 279 yards, an average of 11.6 yards per return. His final season of 1950, he had his career high of 33 punt returns (Leading the league) in a season but only for 284 yards, which was a career low 8.6 yards per return. Still he returned 112 punts for 1431 yards and two touchdowns. Which is 12.8 yards per return, the NFL record! Although another hall of famer, Jack Christensen also averaged 12.8 yards per return, but McAfee was a literal fraction more. Devin Hester averaged 11.7, which tied for 11th all-time. Unlike Sayers' record, McAfee's record was finally broken after 75 years. Patriots DB Marcus Jones broke it last season, and is now averaging 14.3 yards per return for his career. McAfee is actually third now as the Seahawks Rashid Shaheed, averaging 13.2 yards per return.
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This is definitely a fucking handful to read but hey it's fun to remember these guys. 🐻🔽
Personally, I think she could play most sports. In the sports that I know/I watch the most, in football 🏈 should be a very tall wide receiver. Baseball ⚾ she could be a good pitcher cuz she has a helluva an arm and Basketball 🏀 she is obviously tall, so she could fit somewhere.
Or vice versa, if the show did one, what would you like to see?
Raymond Berry's greatest career moment was during the 1958 NFL Championship vs. the New York Giants, where he had 12 receptions (A title game record) for 178 yards and a touchdown as the Baltimore Colts won the game in OT, the first ever sudden death game in NFL History in what became known as the "Greatest Game Ever Played." Berry led the league in yards three times, receptions also three times and TDs twice. He made the Pro Bowl and was an All-Pro 6 times. He was part of another championship team in 1959. He is part of the 1950s All-Decade Team, 75th, and 100th anniversary. His #82 is retired by the Colts. He was the NFL's all-time leader in catches and yards when he retired after the 1967 season. He went into coaching thereafter and in 1985, as the head coach of the New England Patriots, led them to Super Bowl XX.
RIP, Ray 💙🤍
More vice versa, what would you like to see if they made an episode focused on their dynamic.
The Bears defeated the Redskins 23-19 in the 1984 NFC Divsional, preventing Washington getting a chance to go to their 3rd straight Super Bowl. This was also the only time that Walter Payton hit 100 yards rushing in a playoff game.
Unfortunately, I believe this was the same game that Lions WR Chuck Hughes got a heart attack and died, making him the only player to die on the field. And he collapsed near Butkus, with people writing him hostile messages like "he finally did it." after the game. I think some people thought this was actually a hit of Butkus hitting Hughes and that's he died, it wasn't that. But Butkus and Hughes are chilling in heaven rn.
- Got the footage again from Kevin Gallagher on Twitter
More vice versa... Or if the show made an episode focused on Charlie and Angel Dust's relationship, what would like to see?
Or other wording, if they created another Chaggi themed episode what would you like to see?
In 1978, these two were the closest to being a 1000 yard rushing duo without actually achieving it. Which has happened only 7 times in NFL History. Walter ran for 1395 yards on a league leading 333 carries and scored 11 touchdowns. Roland ran for 992 yards on 240 carries and scored 6 touchdowns. Just 8 yards short. Which is a shame because Walter's yardage would've been the highest ever to be part of a 1000 yard rushing duo (The highest is Lamar Jackson in 2019, who ran for 1206 with Mark Ingram II's 1018 for the Ravens)
Rome Odunze, Luther Burden and Colston Loveland having a 1000 yards receiving each?
OR
D'Andre Swift and Kyle Monangai gave 1000 yards rushing each?