Dick and Bo turn into everyone's grandparents

So, yeah.  We have a new podcast to listen to.  Check it out.  I mean...check it out, please.  For the podcast we talk about, you guessed it, the NFL playoffs.  Have you noticed how strange they've been?  We have.  They've affirmed our belief that making picks is a waste of time.  Of course, we wouldn't be saying this if we'd gotten any picks right.  

One thing that bothered me about our podcast was how we got all nostalgic about the quality of quarterback play in 1994 compared to now.  I mentioned this to Dick and he didn't seem to have an issue with our discussion.  But, since I'm writing this, I get to share my opinion.  We messed up.  After thinking about it, I don't really think that quarterbacking was that much better than it is now.  Sure, in 1994 you had great and future first ballot hall of fame quarterbacks playing - Joe Montana, John Elway, Dan Marino, Troy Aikman, and Jim Kelly.  You also had Steve Young and Brett Favre.  However, at this point in their careers, Young and Favre hadn't won a Super Bowl.  Both of them were good quarterbacks but, neither were absolute hall of famers.  So, after my research, in 1994 there were 5 guaranteed, no doubt hall of famers playing quarterback.  Let's take a look at today's QBs.  By my calculations, there are 3 first ballot hall of famers - Peyton Manning, Tom Brady, and Brett Favre.  Am I missing something?  There were only 2 more for sure hall of famers playing in 1994 than there are playing today.  Not really a huge number, right?  Ok, so in 1994 there were, including Young and Favre, 7 hall of famers starting at QB.  Right now there are 3.  Favre is included in on both lists because, he's that old.  Who's to say that any of these quarterbacks playing today- Ben Roethlisberger, Donovan McNabb, Kurt Warner, Matt Hasselbeck, Eli Manning, Phillip Rivers, Drew Brees - won't eventually get into the hall of fame?  Even if only 2 of the 7 get into the hall of fame, it severely hurts the argument about the 1994 quarterbacks.  Let's not just talk about hall of famers either, both 1994 and 2008 have their share of QBs who are good but not great - '94's Boomer Esiason and Randall Cunningham.  '08 has Carson Palmer and Tony Romo.  There are also plenty of quarterbacks from both years who would qualify as less than spectacular.  1994 - Erik Kramer, Rick Mirer, and Dave Brown.  2008 - Kyle Orton, Derek Anderson, and Tarvaris Jackson.  Obviously, only time will tell if the QBs of 1994 were truly better than the quarterbacks from 2008.  And yes, when we were younger, Dick and I had to walk 15 miles to school...uphill...both ways...through snow and rain.  Things were better back then or maybe they weren't.  We're getting too old to remember.    

On to everyone's favorite segment.  Separate. At. Biiiiiiiirth.  One guy is the coolest coach in the NFL.  The other guy is the coolest actor to play Willie Mays Hayes in the Major League movies.  No, not Brad Childress and Wesley Snipes.  

These guys:

  

That's right.  Omar Epps and Mike Tomlin.  Take a good look.  Twins, right?  At least brothers.  Until next time.