Dan Daly
@dandalyonsports.bsky.social
Incurable sportswriter/historian, author of The National Forgotten League & The Pro Football Chronicle (with Bob O'Donnell). NFL Films talking head. You can find some other stuff I've written at ProFootballDaly.com.
If his Philadelphia #Eagles didn't beat the Eastern College All-Stars in a 1937 preseason game, owner Bert Bell promised to jump off the Camden Bridge. "I'll not only do it," he said, "but I know seven of my men who will do the same thing." Bell stayed dry. Philly won 14-6.
November 17, 2025 at 8:23 PM
If his Philadelphia #Eagles didn't beat the Eastern College All-Stars in a 1937 preseason game, owner Bert Bell promised to jump off the Camden Bridge. "I'll not only do it," he said, "but I know seven of my men who will do the same thing." Bell stayed dry. Philly won 14-6.
Always fun to see an #NFL player with a letter on his jersey instead of a number. H is center Ted Mitchell of the 1929 Orange Tornadoes. The photo ran in the Philly Inquirer after the Frankford Yellow Jackets beat Orange 10-0 in the season finale. The Tornadoes just had to be different. 😂
November 15, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Always fun to see an #NFL player with a letter on his jersey instead of a number. H is center Ted Mitchell of the 1929 Orange Tornadoes. The photo ran in the Philly Inquirer after the Frankford Yellow Jackets beat Orange 10-0 in the season finale. The Tornadoes just had to be different. 😂
Jonathan Taylor gained 286 yards from scrimmage in the #Colts' OT win over the #Falcons today -- 244 rushing, 42 receiving. Only 10 RBs in #NFL history have racked up more in a single game -- and nobody's done it more than once. Here's the list:
#Vikings #Chiefs #Raiders #Eagles #Steelers
#Vikings #Chiefs #Raiders #Eagles #Steelers
November 10, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Re: The Sauce Gardner trade
The #Rams traded HOF CB Night Train Lane to the Chicago #Cardinals in 1954 after just two seasons. Lane had already set an #NFL season record, which still stands, by intercepting 14 passes as a rookie in '52. He had 51 more picks to go (and finished with 68).
The #Rams traded HOF CB Night Train Lane to the Chicago #Cardinals in 1954 after just two seasons. Lane had already set an #NFL season record, which still stands, by intercepting 14 passes as a rookie in '52. He had 51 more picks to go (and finished with 68).
November 7, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Re: The Sauce Gardner trade
The #Rams traded HOF CB Night Train Lane to the Chicago #Cardinals in 1954 after just two seasons. Lane had already set an #NFL season record, which still stands, by intercepting 14 passes as a rookie in '52. He had 51 more picks to go (and finished with 68).
The #Rams traded HOF CB Night Train Lane to the Chicago #Cardinals in 1954 after just two seasons. Lane had already set an #NFL season record, which still stands, by intercepting 14 passes as a rookie in '52. He had 51 more picks to go (and finished with 68).
Oct. 16, 1932. Gotta love the Sing Sing score included with all the #NFL teams. #Giants #Packers #Bears #Cardinals
November 7, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Oct. 16, 1932. Gotta love the Sing Sing score included with all the #NFL teams. #Giants #Packers #Bears #Cardinals
At this point you have to ask yourself: How many of these dollars will Terry McLaurin ever see from the #Commanders? The first half-season is already shot to hell, and if they can "disappear" him in the offseason, for any measurable return, I've gotta believe they will. Hope he enjoyed his hold-in.
November 3, 2025 at 10:01 PM
At this point you have to ask yourself: How many of these dollars will Terry McLaurin ever see from the #Commanders? The first half-season is already shot to hell, and if they can "disappear" him in the offseason, for any measurable return, I've gotta believe they will. Hope he enjoyed his hold-in.
FWIW: 7 members of Carnegie Tech's 1932 football team wore glasses -- and no facemasks!
October 29, 2025 at 6:58 PM
FWIW: 7 members of Carnegie Tech's 1932 football team wore glasses -- and no facemasks!
It's the third time in his career, btw, Barkley has rushed for 100+ yards rushing and had a TD catch in the same game. The first 2:
#Eagles #Giants
The only backs in #NFL history who've done it more often:
5 Marshall Faulk
4 Jim Brown, Priest Holmes
Walter Payton never did it!
#Eagles #Giants
The only backs in #NFL history who've done it more often:
5 Marshall Faulk
4 Jim Brown, Priest Holmes
Walter Payton never did it!
October 26, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Matthew Stafford did something today that had never been done in #NFL history. He threw 4 TD passes of 5 yards or less and -- here's the record -- they totaled only 9 yards (5, 2, 1, 1). Previous mark: 10 by Patrick Mahomes vs. the #Cardinals in 2022. Only 3 others have had 4 of < 5 yards. #Rams
October 19, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Matthew Stafford did something today that had never been done in #NFL history. He threw 4 TD passes of 5 yards or less and -- here's the record -- they totaled only 9 yards (5, 2, 1, 1). Previous mark: 10 by Patrick Mahomes vs. the #Cardinals in 2022. Only 3 others have had 4 of < 5 yards. #Rams
Busy night for Ja'Marr Chase vs. the #Steelers: 16 catches, 161 yards, 1 TD. Just 10 other times in #NFL history has a receiver his those 3 numbers in the same game. Brandon Marshall is the only one to do it twice. He, Terrell Owens & Tom Fears all set a record for receptions in a game. #Bengals
October 17, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Noticed Mahomes & Goff both had a 124.7 passer rating at the half. Naturally I had to find out if 2 QBs have ever finished with a 124.7 passer rating in a single game. What I found out was: 124.7 is an unusual rating. Only 15 times in #NFL history has a QB ended on that exact number. #Chiefs #Lions
October 13, 2025 at 1:56 AM
The #Panthers got a monster game from Rico Dowdle:
183 yards rushing
56 yards receiving
239 total
The last 10 RBs before Dowdle to have a 175-50 game:
183 yards rushing
56 yards receiving
239 total
The last 10 RBs before Dowdle to have a 175-50 game:
October 13, 2025 at 12:34 AM
The #Panthers got a monster game from Rico Dowdle:
183 yards rushing
56 yards receiving
239 total
The last 10 RBs before Dowdle to have a 175-50 game:
183 yards rushing
56 yards receiving
239 total
The last 10 RBs before Dowdle to have a 175-50 game:
October 5, 2025 at 7:18 PM
These modern stadiums! The lighting! I'm thinking of when the #Jets played at Shea, and the back corner of the end zone was 6 feet lower than the front corner.
October 3, 2025 at 1:50 AM
These modern stadiums! The lighting! I'm thinking of when the #Jets played at Shea, and the back corner of the end zone was 6 feet lower than the front corner.
So many options for a T-formation QB in 1943.
October 2, 2025 at 1:38 PM
So many options for a T-formation QB in 1943.
Marlin Briscoe tries to get a pass away for Omaha South vs. Creighton Prep in 1962. South won 19-0, and Briscoe went on become the first black starting QB in NFL/AFL history as a rookie with the '68 #Broncos.
September 30, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Marlin Briscoe tries to get a pass away for Omaha South vs. Creighton Prep in 1962. South won 19-0, and Briscoe went on become the first black starting QB in NFL/AFL history as a rookie with the '68 #Broncos.