Top Ten NFL What If's

The NFL Network’s top ten “what if’s.” These generated good discussion amongst the experts. A good episode.

10. What if Bo hadn’t gotten hurt? A great question. The first 2-sport hall of famer?

9. What if they’d never been Monday Night Football?

8. What if Buffalo had won the Super Bowl?

7. What if the Cowboys hadn’t traded Herschel? Would Jerry Jones still be in the Hall of Fame? Instead of a Cowboys dynasty, Emmitt Smith might’ve been drafted by the Packers, resulting in more Super Bowls for Green Bay instead of Dallas. But the Cowboys might still have won all those Super Bowls with Herschel. The show didn’t say it, but had Herschel stayed in Dallas he would most certainly be in the Hall of Fame.

6. What if the Steelers hadn’t cut Johnny Unitas?

5. If Peyton Manning had stayed in Indy? The Colts would’ve drafted RB Trent Richardson instead of QB Andrew Luck, and possibly won more Super Bowls. The experts also somehow concluded Tim Tebow would’ve become President of the United States.

4. What if Bill Belichick had stayed with the Jets, instead of backing out after one day?

3. What if Drew Bledsoe hadn’t gotten hurt? Bledsoe had been prolific in New England, and was still productive when he was replaced by Tom Brady. The Pats would’ve probably won a Super Bowl or two with Bledsoe, but Tom Brady may have moved on to another team in the process. 

2. What if the Immaculate Reception been ruled incomplete? Then everyone would’ve remembered Ken Stabler’s 30 yard touchdown run, and the Raiders would’ve won another Super Bowl. The Steeler dynasty would’ve blossomed later, with fewer Super Bowl wins.

1. What if the NFL and AFL hadn’t merged? No Super Bowl? Say it ain’t so!