Maybe it was the heat ... Maybe it was seeing a Ring of Honor member’s image grace the FieldGulls “Pre-Snap Reads” article last Friday ... Maybe it was a little both of both. Whatever the reason, I found myself feeling nostalgic and decided to revisit some memorable performances from what has to be one of the most improbable careers in NFL history.
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Dave Krieg, affectionately known as “Mudbone” ...
I’ll be honest - I do not have the words to fully or properly articulate what that man meant to me growing up.
I was 10 when Seattle signed him - as “a favor” to his college coach.