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1. Franco and the Immaculate Reception.

Reply to FakeNoose (Original post)

Thu Dec 21, 2023, 07:10 PM

Dec 2023

Might be, in my mind, the greatest play ever in the NFL. And, as a Pat's fan, I saw a whole lot of great plays. Loved those Pittsburg teams of the 70's....I remember Rocky Bleier, too.

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One year after Franco Harris' death, Joe Greene echos Pittsburgh: 'I think about him all the time' [View all] FakeNoose Dec 2023 OP

Franco and the Immaculate Reception. OAITW r.2.0 Dec 2023 #1

As a life long Steeler fan, those were the best of times. PittBlue Dec 2023 #3

LOL.... OAITW r.2.0 Dec 2023 #6

Hey, I remember him, we called him Mean Joe Greene, the linebacker that the KC chiefs and others hated. A SWBTATTReg Dec 2023 #2

Was MJG a linebacker? I thought he was on the D-Line. OAITW r.2.0 Dec 2023 #4

He was the anchor of the Steel Curtain FakeNoose Dec 2023 #5

Yes, thank you for correcting my memory, another one of the legendary football greats. SWBTATTReg Dec 2023 #7