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By nickname "Ain'ts*" – New Orleans Saints, NFL; rhyming play on the non-standard English negative ain't [30] "America's Team" – Dallas Cowboys, by sports media [31] "B.I.L.L.S.*" – Buffalo Bills, by detractors, acronyms for "Boy I Love Losing Super Bowls", in reference to the team's failure to win the Super Bowl in four straight tries during the early 1990s [32]
The nickname was a play on the phrase Iron Curtain during the height of the Cold War. Sonic and Knuckles: [70] Nickname given to the Detroit Lions' 2020s running back tandem of Jahmyr Gibbs and David Montgomery in reference to the video game characters. Gibbs is referred to as Sonic due to his speed, and Montgomery is Knuckles due to his brute ...
After not being able to participate in the 1960 NFL draft during their inaugural year of existence, the Dallas Cowboys traded their first round (#2-Norm Snead) and sixth round (#72-Joe Krakoski) draft choices in the 1961 NFL draft to the Washington Redskins in exchange for LeBaron, [16] convincing him to come out of retirement to become the ...
Meanwhile, the Cowboys have careened to 3-7 with quarterback Dak Prescott done for the season. McCarthy seems bound to be let go this offseason, and owner Jerry Jones can’t stay out of the news.
The Cowboys won their first NFC title in 1970 with Craig Morton starting at quarterback, but lost to the Baltimore Colts in Super Bowl V, losing by three points on a last-second field goal. In 1971 , Morton began the season as the starter, but after a loss to the New Orleans Saints , Staubach assumed the role.
Howard Clinton "Clint" Longley Jr. (born July 28, 1952) is a former American football quarterback in the National Football League (NFL) with the Dallas Cowboys and San Diego Chargers. He also was a member of the Toronto Argonauts in the Canadian Football League (CFL).
On the last play with 14 seconds left, Prescott ran a quarterback draw up the middle for 17 yards, and was unable to spike the ball to stop the clock from running down. [178] Despite the loss, Prescott was named NVP (Nickelodeon Valuable Player) with more than 81 percent of the online vote, becoming the second losing quarterback to do so in as ...
He was the second starting quarterback of the Dallas Cowboys, following Eddie LeBaron, [1] and is the first major franchise quarterback in Cowboys history. Under the mentorship of head coach Tom Landry , Meredith led the Cowboys to three-straight postseason appearances from the 1966 to 1968 seasons, including back-to-back NFL Championship Game ...