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To: Dr. Sivana

Don’t forget that 70-Chip play in Super Bowl XVII, when John ‘The Diesel’ Riggins dragged Dolphin Don McNeal downfield on the way to a 43 yard TD and won it for the Redskins. What a run, actually building up speed with a defensiveman hanging off your jersey. They say that Joe Gibbs tossed aside the playbook and they just called ‘Riggo Left’, ‘Riggo Right’, ‘Riggo Up The Middle’ after that. Plodding, indeed.


14 posted on 01/11/2022 6:43:40 PM PST by Viking2002 (Whatever.)
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To: Viking2002
Don’t forget that 70-Chip play in Super Bowl XVII, when John ‘The Diesel’ Riggins dragged Dolphin Don McNeal downfield on the way to a 43 yard TD and won it for the Redskins.

I purposely limited myself to pre-80s to describe the game of that era as not being plodding. Otherwise I would have thrown in my favorite, Eric Dickerson. I also omitted All-Pro Lawrence McCutcheon because his style of play wasn't as dynamic as others on the list.
15 posted on 01/11/2022 6:49:12 PM PST by Dr. Sivana ("There are only men and women."-- George Gilder, Sexual Suicide, 1973)
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