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What does 65 toss power trap mean to you?
I am watching a highlight of the Chiefs Vikings
LONG LIVE HANK STRAM. |
Stram coached all three phases.
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This might be blasphemous, but I used to hate seeing that clip. I wasn't alive during that time, (far from it.) I grew up with an 03 Chiefs team that was awesome to watch followed by Damon Huard, Brodie Croyle, Tyler Thigpen, etc etc etc.
All I knew was pain and suffering. My best Chiefs memory was a Dante Hall punt return for a touchdown against the Broncos. So yeah.... seeing that clip, it kind made me angry. Thank God for Patrick Mahomes. Now it's a clip I see a few times a year and don't think much else of it. |
Pretty much my beginning on my Chiefs fan journey. It has been quite a ride. Holy shit, could have never dreamed it coming to this.
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Agree. Same with me. Kid in North Central Kansas. LD and Hank were my heros. I had a dream PM went to the line and called that play at the 3 to win the game |
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I was 2 when the Chiefs won their first title, so other than it being part of the Chiefs history, it doesn't mean much to me.
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I remember seeing it live.
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What's rarely discussed is that after the Super Bowl win in 1970, the Chiefs struggled and all the great players and Hall of Famers careers just ended with a whimper and not a bang.
I think people would be shocked to look at the Chief's roster from 1971-1976 and see how many players hung around during horrible seasons including a few 5-9 seasons. I always felt bad they never got back to a Super Bowl and ended their careers playing for Paul Wiggin after Stram got fired after 15 years. Dawson retired after 1975 season, Willie Lanier in 1977 with only one more playoff appearance. They deserved better. 1973 and 1974 saw many of the Super Bowl team retire. 1971-1989 saw just two playoff appearances and a shit load of fail. It makes the current Mahomes success so much more enjoyable and appreciated. |
It’s the name of the Chiefs production company.
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I was still a couple of years away from being born, but for me it now really marks the beginning what would become the revolutionary NFL Films.
I know that Stram was aware that he was mic'd up, so maybe he was extra that day, but if he had been boring, and didn't provide content people wanted to see, maybe NFL Films is much different now. And I think football fans everywhere who enjoy all the sideline content should thank Hank Stram. |
Stram wore a business suit, always looked sharp on the sidelines. Compare that to the hoodie and the flat rimmed hat we are gonna see in the Super Bowl.
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I am in no way a coach.
Wondering if that play would work today? |
Bud Grant pussed out and left the field without shaking Stram's hand. They were embarrassed because they lost to the AFL and they got their asses kicked to boot. I met one of the Chiefs players from that team a few years before he died and he told me about Grant not shaking Stram's hand. He also told me that the Chiefs were virtually certain they would win the game because they were much bigger than the Vikings on both offensive and defensive lines.
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I was 13 and watched start to finish along with reruns that were ran for years after till it stopped and just went to highlights.
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As I listen to John Facenda do these Super Bowl highlights I'm wondering if we can't use AI to recreate his voice to do modern Super Bowl highlights. Those old highlights are awesome.
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65 toss power trap to me means our offensive line blew the purple people eaters off the line of scrimmage. Mike Garrett could have run it in backward for that tuddy.
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Before my time, but I love it. Reminds me of how awesome old school, smash mouth style football can be. Plus seeing Stram walking the sideline looking like a made man is always awesome. That play and the still photo of Lenny smoking on the sideline are my favorite images or recordings of old football.
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It means **** YOU MINNESOTA
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It meant Piss on the Vikings.
I was 9... watched the whole game with my Dad. |
It means that you call this play once you have matriculated down the field. Watched it live on TV as a ten year old.
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I was barely 4 but sure brings back a lot of good childhood memories with my Dad and uncles. |
Matriculation.
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Those days and getting Sports Illustrated with great photos of muddy, grass stained guys with teeth knocked out...Mike Ditka and that whole era and the Chiefs , the Packers, the Bears.
Ok so Im old but damn was good. But now is the best of the best after the suffering of the Herm/Ganz garbage years |
It means Stram had Grant's number at the end of that series. He didn't just suggest the play, or contemplate calling the play, he called his shot. 65 toss power trap, it's gonna pop wide open.
That was exactly what happened. 65 toss power trap is right there with corndog on a coach scheming a play to score and 0 resistance is offered by the defense. |
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Hank Stram saying 'Keep matriculating the ball down the field, boys' in his blue blazer with a CHIEFS logo on the pocket. Lenny the cool sitting on the sidelines smoking a cigarette and drinking a bottle of Pepsi. I was just a little kid, but I knew what I liked.
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That 03 team was what got me into football and the Chiefs. My Dad had season tickets and I got to go to every home game. Learned about the Arrowhead experience from a pretty early age. Priest Holmes was my idol, and Trent was something of gunslinger himself. I was there live for that Dante Hall return, it was something special. I had no idea how quickly things would turn to shit after that season LMAO. I never dreamed we would be where we are now. |
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Think it's cool, and a great Chiefs fan insider phrase.
BUT in the clip we've all seen, I feel like he/they say it way too many times. It's like "Sixty-five toss power trap. that's the ticket, sixty-five toss power trap was the right call. way to go, sixty-five toss power trap. Boy, that sixty five toss power trap was the sure bet. It's like sixty-five toss power trap was a brand with a paid promotion in the game. |
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The amount of times the same thing gets repeated is pretty insane when you watch these. |
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