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Wade Phillips Had "Tumor The Size Of A Volleyball"
With the holiday weekend, the regular season finale, and the upcoming playoff game, you, like me, may well have missed that Bum Phillips was inducted into the Texas Bowl Gridiron Legends on Saturday. That's noteworthy in and of itself. What's even more amazing, however, is this story from the...
The Phillips Legacy: Houston’s Déjà Vu
Houston's defense was terrible. They had given up more than 400 points the previous season, and only two other teams had given up more yards per game. For the second year in a row, their pass defense surrendered more touchdowns than anyone else while ranking in the bottom third of the NFL in sacks....
49ers-Bills Statistical Preview: In the Trenches
This week, the 49ers travel to the Eastern time zone to face the Bills. I've talked previously about how horrible the Niners have been in east-of-the-Mississippi games since Mike Nolan took the reins as head coach (1-12, outscored by 15.7 ppg), so there's no need to beat the proverbial dead horse...
MHR University - Modern 3-4 Defense Systems
Welcome to another edition of MHR University! Today we'll look at the modern systems run in the 3-4 defense. We'll also clear up some common misperceptions about the formation, as well as look at the strengths and weaknesses of each sytem, and prefered player types. Over the next...
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