It was a 22-21 victory for the Atlanta Falcons at the Philadelphia Eagles last night.
Before I hype up Week 3 of the NFL, did you know that on this day (September 17) in 1920... today's National Football League was born? The NFL of then was originally called the American Professional Football Association and based in Canton, Ohio; and it was also mostly confined to the Midwestern market. It would be called the National Football League in 1922. At this time, college football was bigger than the future NFL. Each of the APFA team owners assembled while sitting in some of the old cars (called "Hupmobiles") at Ralph Hay's car showroom. Team owners had to pay a $100 USD fee to be part of this meeting, and a lineup of your roster had to be submitted by mail. There were 10 founding member teams that joined followed by four more later that Fall/Autumn. A team called the Massillon Tigers left the meeting. The founding members:
- Akron Pros
- Buffalo All-Americans
- Canton Bulldogs
- Chicago Cardinals <- still around, as today's Arizona Cardinals
- Chicago Tigers
- Cleveland Tigers
- Columbus Panhandles
- Dayton Triangles
- Decatur Staleys <- still around, as today's Chicago Bears
- Detroit Heralds
- Hammond Pros
- Muncie Flyers
- Rochester Jeffersons
- Rock Island Independents
Interesting, huh? I got this from a Yahoo! Sports e-mail I got recently. Let's do Week 3 now!
Here are my own previews of some upcoming games, most of which may interest active GTPlaneteers:
* A classic NYC-Boston rivalry ensues for Thursday Night as the New England Patriots head into the shadow of New York City to meet
Blitz24's New York Jets.
* The other New York City team will leave the NYC area and go to northeastern Ohio. The New York Giants will try to take down the Cleveland Browns on the road.
* The Houston Texans got tested at Indianapolis and against Chicago- winning both. Now, the Texans (the only AFC South team that has won after two weeks) will head up north to take on the 2-0 Minnesota Vikings in their house.
* The Green Bay Packers will be going down to the Music City to take on the Tennessee Titans. The Titans are seeking their first win of the season.
* Philadelphia, fresh off of failing against the Atlanta Falcons, will go to New Orleans to take on the New Orleans Saints, who demolished the Dallas Cowboys on the road last week.
* The other Pennsylvania NFL team will be hosting the Los Angeles Chargers. Find out if the Pittsburgh Steelers can take care of the Bolts at home.
* The Denver Broncos will head on down to Tampa Bay to take on the Buccaneers.
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Omnis' Miami Dolphins will take a LONG flight northwest to play at the Seattle Seahawks.
* The Carolina Panthers made a QB change. Will it make a difference, though, when the Panthers play at the Las Vegas Raiders?
* Dallas seen and heard all of the memes and jokes about them losing bad to New Orleans. The Cowboys can get back into winning graces with the surprisingly 0-2 Baltimore Ravens coming to the DFW area.
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Joey D's Detroit Lions will go into the desert to take on the Arizona Cardinals.
* Our Sunday Night Football game this week will be the Kansas City Chiefs at the Atlanta Falcons.
* We got TWO Monday Night Football games this week! First, the AFC is in vogue as the Jacksonville Jaguars of the AFC South will go well north to take on the AFC East's Buffalo Bills.
* The other Monday Night game coming up involves the Washington Commanders going into southwestern Ohio to play at
Dolph Drago's Cincinnati Bengals.
Whew... that was a lot! Enjoy the 2024 NFL Season's Week 3, GTPlaneteers!
He's already making the rounds as a journeyman after his stint with the Bengals. I can only hope he doesn't light us up next week.
