NFL course-changing events that did not happen

[chefsos]

This one kind of sparked my interest. I don't remember it at all.

James B. Orthwein purchased the Patriots on May 11, 1992 with the intention of eventually moving the team to his hometown of St. Louis.


The Rams would have stayed put in LA, or moved somewhere else
I wonder if Boston would have whined as much as Cleveland did two years later, to the point of getting a new expansion Pats, maybe erasing the Panthers or Jags from existence
Denver would have had to go in a different direction with their new logo in 1996 (see picture below)


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I'm certain there are plenty more examples of this. Serve 'em up!

[chefsos]

A Chiefs-related one I'm thinking of, too:

Lamar Hunt was going to use Columbia blue and orange for his AFL franchise's colors, until Bud Adams jumped the gun and claimed Columbia blue for the Oilers.

Lamar being Lamar, I'm certain every other uniform component would have remained unchanged. You guys OK with being in the Sea of Blue in some parallel universe?

[ptlyon]

Another one: Clark Hunt had all intentions to move the Kansas City Chiefs to Liverpool, England after the passing of his father, Lamar.

Except, in unexpected circumstances, season ticket holders kept paying the increasingly higher ticket prices, so he left them in Kansas City.

True story.

[Fire Me Boy!]

If you subscribe to the multiverse theory, the math suggests that somewhere the Chiefs have drafted every HOF quarterback there ever was and has gone undefeated to win the Super Bowl every year of its existence. I'm pretty sure CP was still pissy about the team.

[oaklandhater]

If you subscribe to the multiverse theory, the math suggests that somewhere the Chiefs have drafted every HOF quarterback there ever was and has gone undefeated to win the Super Bowl every year of its existence. I'm pretty sure CP was still pissy about the team.

How Does one get to this Magical place ?

[Cornstock]

How Does one get to this Magical place ?

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQtiIfFFczJERDJCcN8PBmtTllwYPdeIIqqOkj3cBOHwdaEZwLmiw

Ask him

[Cornstock]

If you subscribe to the multiverse theory, the math suggests that somewhere the Chiefs have drafted every HOF quarterback there ever was and has gone undefeated to win the Super Bowl every year of its existence. I'm pretty sure CP was still pissy about the team.

Not only players/team wise, but a new universe for every single possible missed block, tipped ball, and misstep, in every game ever.

As well as varying possibilities of in-game outcomes for all of the hypothetical teams.

My mind just exploded a little bit.

[BlackHelicopters]

If you subscribe to the multiverse theory, the math suggests that somewhere the Chiefs have drafted every HOF quarterback there ever was and has gone undefeated to win the Super Bowl every year of its existence. I'm pretty sure CP was still pissy about the team.

Mind blown

[Fire Me Boy!]

Not only players/team wise, but a new universe for every single possible missed block, tipped ball, and misstep, in every game ever.

As well as varying possibilities of in-game outcomes for all of the hypothetical teams.

My mind just exploded a little bit.

Somewhere, the kicker that shall go unnamed missed two field goals, but made the third and sparked a 20-year run of Super Bowl wins and now has a statue outside Arrowhead.

[Cornstock]

Somewhere, the kicker that shall go unnamed missed two field goals, but made the third and sparked a 20-year run of Super Bowl wins and now has a statue outside Arrowhead.

Its really devastating that we can look back at that moment as the beginning of all this grief.

The moment the Chiefs jumped the shark.

[Rain Man]

If you subscribe to the multiverse theory, the math suggests that somewhere the Chiefs have drafted every HOF quarterback there ever was and has gone undefeated to win the Super Bowl every year of its existence. I'm pretty sure CP was still pissy about the team.

I'm still ticked off that we benched Montana for the playoffs once Marino came back from his injury. Montana was clearly the hot hand.

[Rain Man]

Its really devastating that we can look back at that moment as the beginning of all this grief.

The moment the Chiefs jumped the shark.


Maybe it's because I'm older, but I look at the Yepremian kick in 1971 as the start of the grief.

[Fire Me Boy!]

I'm still ticked off that we benched Montana for the playoffs once Marino came back from his injury. Montana was clearly the hot hand.

ROFL ROFL ROFL

:thumb:

[Halfcan]

In 2013- the Chiefs had a 28 point lead in the Playoffs-they choked-20 more years would go by until they finally won one. The 10 fans watching the game at Arrowhead went crazy!

[whoman69]

Not dealing with football, nor is it confirmed by outside sources, but the story is that Bill Veeck wanted to buy the sadsack bankrupt 1942 Phillies in order to stock their roster with stars from the Negro Leagues.

[whoman69]

Maybe it's because I'm older, but I look at the Yepremian kick in 1971 as the start of the grief.

He wasn't much better than Stenerud that day, who was awful.

[Cornstock]

In 2013- the Chiefs had a 28 point lead in the Playoffs-they choked-20 more years would go by until they finally won one. The 10 fans watching the game at Arrowhead went crazy!

Arrowhead 20 years from now, after the 2nd Great Fan Revolt of 2030. The Clarks decided that the existing seating area was sufficient for current attendance and no renovation was needed:

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LS-4FvbYI6I/UXREg16F2tI/AAAAAAAARa8/x8sWq3vH4zM/s1600/oblivion-image02%2B2017%2Bfootball%2Bsuper%2Bbowl%2Bstadium.jpg

[Rausch]

You guys OK with being in the Sea of Blue in some parallel universe?

Because that's not appropriate now?...

[HemiEd]

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[bowener]

NFL decides not to merge with the AFL...?

[cosmo20002]

Every year the Chiefs don't make the playoffs/lose in the 1st round alters my plans of maybe getting Super Bowl tickets.

[Halfcan]

Arrowhead 20 years from now, after the 2nd Great Fan Revolt of 2030. The Clarks decided that the existing seating area was sufficient for current attendance and no renovation was needed:

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LS-4FvbYI6I/UXREg16F2tI/AAAAAAAARa8/x8sWq3vH4zM/s1600/oblivion-image02%2B2017%2Bfootball%2Bsuper%2Bbowl%2Bstadium.jpg

:thumb: That is awesome!

[Deberg_1990]

Pioli drafts Mark Sanchez in 2009

[Saul Good]

I'm still ticked off that we benched Montana for the playoffs once Marino came back from his injury. Montana was clearly the hot hand.

True, but Dan Marino is the only QB to win every Superbowl in history...can't argue with that.

[Rain Man]

True, but Dan Marino is the only QB to win every Superbowl in history...can't argue with that.

Well, yeah. But I think we could've won that 1987 Super Bowl by more than 30 if Montana had been in there. Winning by 24 was not acceptable to me.

[Rain Man]

If Jay Berwanger had not held out, the Bears would have dominated the rest of the NFL so much that it would have shut down due to the lack of a competitive product.

[Psyko Tek]

Arrowhead 20 years from now, after the 2nd Great Fan Revolt of 2030. The Clarks decided that the existing seating area was sufficient for current attendance and no renovation was needed:

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LS-4FvbYI6I/UXREg16F2tI/AAAAAAAARa8/x8sWq3vH4zM/s1600/oblivion-image02%2B2017%2Bfootball%2Bsuper%2Bbowl%2Bstadium.jpg

You Maniacs! You blew it up! Ah, damn you! You towed a banner into the stadium! God damn you all to hell!

[KChiefs1]

Maybe it's because I'm older, but I look at the Yepremian kick in 1971 as the start of the grief.

Clearly that was the beginning.

[GloucesterChief]

Originally, the plan for the AFL was to put a team in Minneapolis. The prospective owners of the team were convinced by the NFL to drop the AFL and go with the NFL.

The AFL is also the reason Dallas got a team after expansion was rejected by the NFL previous to the announcement of the AFL.

[chefsos]

Originally, the plan for the AFL was to put a team in Minneapolis. The prospective owners of the team were convinced by the NFL to drop the AFL and go with the NFL.

The AFL is also the reason Dallas got a team after expansion was rejected by the NFL previous to the announcement of the AFL.Which, as I understand it, is why the Raiders exist.

[GloucesterChief]

Which, as I understand it, is why the Raiders exist.

Yes, the owner of the then Los Angeles Chargers wanted another team in California so the Raiders were born after the Minneapolis group switched to the NFL.