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The Unprecedented Eric Swann, the NFL Draft's Last Great Unknown
In 1991, the Phoenix Cardinals selected a 340-pound 20-year-old who had never played a down of college football with the sixth pick of the draft. It worked out.
Remembering Buddy Ryan, Football's First and Greatest Troll
Former NFL coach Buddy Ryan, who died Tuesday at age 82, was a defensive mastermind who also knew how to use the media to get inside his opponents' heads.
Throwback Thursday: The Body Bag Game
A violent, injury-filled 1990 NFL game between Philadelphia and Washington earned a fitting nickname while foreshadowing football's troubled future.
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