News website wasn't so complimentary of Gregg as a coach.
I had forgotten that Martin body-slamming McMahon ended his season and a possible title:
Quote:
But Gregg wasn’t making much progress both in games won and discipline. His rivalry with Chicago Bears head coach Mike Ditka seemed to consume him and when Ditka ran nose tackle William “Refrigerator” Perry on the goal-line for a touchdown during an October 1985 game in Chicago, Gregg never forgot it.
It started a series of games in which Gregg’s team embarrassed itself with late hits and blatant cheap shots.
Just weeks after the Perry game, the Packers, frothing at the mouth from Gregg’s constant prodding, took cheap shots during a game against the Bears, the worst being safety Kenny Stills’ shot on fullback Matt Suhey as Suhey walked back to the huddle. Gregg wouldn’t condemn Stills’ hit and actually condoned it, setting up the ugliest of all incidents the following year.
Prior to the ’86 season, Gregg purged the team of veterans such as Dickey, end Mike Butler, tight end Paul Coffman, linebacker Mike Douglass, linebacker George Cumby and tackle Greg Koch and let offensive coordinator Bob Schnelker go. The team went a club-record six straight games without a victory to start the season.
And during a Nov. 23 loss in Chicago, defensive lineman Charles Martin waved a towel with numbers of various Bears players written on it, suggesting he had a bounty on each of them. Martin later body-slammed quarterback Jim McMahon to the turf long after McMahon had gotten rid of the ball and was ejected from the game.
Afterward, Ditka was furious. McMahon was lost for the season, possibly costing the Bears a second straight Super Bowl and solidifying the Gregg Packers as out of control.
Might have been one of the dirtiest plays in NFL history
News website wasn't so complimentary of Gregg as a coach.
I had forgotten that Martin body-slamming McMahon ended his season and a possible title:
Quote:
But Gregg wasn’t making much progress both in games won and discipline. His rivalry with Chicago Bears head coach Mike Ditka seemed to consume him and when Ditka ran nose tackle William “Refrigerator” Perry on the goal-line for a touchdown during an October 1985 game in Chicago, Gregg never forgot it.
It started a series of games in which Gregg’s team embarrassed itself with late hits and blatant cheap shots.
Just weeks after the Perry game, the Packers, frothing at the mouth from Gregg’s constant prodding, took cheap shots during a game against the Bears, the worst being safety Kenny Stills’ shot on fullback Matt Suhey as Suhey walked back to the huddle. Gregg wouldn’t condemn Stills’ hit and actually condoned it, setting up the ugliest of all incidents the following year.
Prior to the ’86 season, Gregg purged the team of veterans such as Dickey, end Mike Butler, tight end Paul Coffman, linebacker Mike Douglass, linebacker George Cumby and tackle Greg Koch and let offensive coordinator Bob Schnelker go. The team went a club-record six straight games without a victory to start the season.
And during a Nov. 23 loss in Chicago, defensive lineman Charles Martin waved a towel with numbers of various Bears players written on it, suggesting he had a bounty on each of them. Martin later body-slammed quarterback Jim McMahon to the turf long after McMahon had gotten rid of the ball and was ejected from the game.
Afterward, Ditka was furious. McMahon was lost for the season, possibly costing the Bears a second straight Super Bowl and solidifying the Gregg Packers as out of control.
Might have been one of the dirtiest plays in NFL history
And sorta helped the Giants in '86.
Do the Skins beat Chicago in Chicago with McMahon, rather than Doug Flutie?
RIP.
Great Packer.
I had forgotten that Martin body-slamming McMahon ended his season and a possible title:
It started a series of games in which Gregg’s team embarrassed itself with late hits and blatant cheap shots.
Just weeks after the Perry game, the Packers, frothing at the mouth from Gregg’s constant prodding, took cheap shots during a game against the Bears, the worst being safety Kenny Stills’ shot on fullback Matt Suhey as Suhey walked back to the huddle. Gregg wouldn’t condemn Stills’ hit and actually condoned it, setting up the ugliest of all incidents the following year.
Prior to the ’86 season, Gregg purged the team of veterans such as Dickey, end Mike Butler, tight end Paul Coffman, linebacker Mike Douglass, linebacker George Cumby and tackle Greg Koch and let offensive coordinator Bob Schnelker go. The team went a club-record six straight games without a victory to start the season.
And during a Nov. 23 loss in Chicago, defensive lineman Charles Martin waved a towel with numbers of various Bears players written on it, suggesting he had a bounty on each of them. Martin later body-slammed quarterback Jim McMahon to the turf long after McMahon had gotten rid of the ball and was ejected from the game.
Afterward, Ditka was furious. McMahon was lost for the season, possibly costing the Bears a second straight Super Bowl and solidifying the Gregg Packers as out of control.
Might have been one of the dirtiest plays in NFL history
I had forgotten that Martin body-slamming McMahon ended his season and a possible title:
Quote:
But Gregg wasn’t making much progress both in games won and discipline. His rivalry with Chicago Bears head coach Mike Ditka seemed to consume him and when Ditka ran nose tackle William “Refrigerator” Perry on the goal-line for a touchdown during an October 1985 game in Chicago, Gregg never forgot it.
It started a series of games in which Gregg’s team embarrassed itself with late hits and blatant cheap shots.
Just weeks after the Perry game, the Packers, frothing at the mouth from Gregg’s constant prodding, took cheap shots during a game against the Bears, the worst being safety Kenny Stills’ shot on fullback Matt Suhey as Suhey walked back to the huddle. Gregg wouldn’t condemn Stills’ hit and actually condoned it, setting up the ugliest of all incidents the following year.
Prior to the ’86 season, Gregg purged the team of veterans such as Dickey, end Mike Butler, tight end Paul Coffman, linebacker Mike Douglass, linebacker George Cumby and tackle Greg Koch and let offensive coordinator Bob Schnelker go. The team went a club-record six straight games without a victory to start the season.
And during a Nov. 23 loss in Chicago, defensive lineman Charles Martin waved a towel with numbers of various Bears players written on it, suggesting he had a bounty on each of them. Martin later body-slammed quarterback Jim McMahon to the turf long after McMahon had gotten rid of the ball and was ejected from the game.
Afterward, Ditka was furious. McMahon was lost for the season, possibly costing the Bears a second straight Super Bowl and solidifying the Gregg Packers as out of control.
Might have been one of the dirtiest plays in NFL history
And sorta helped the Giants in '86.
Do the Skins beat Chicago in Chicago with McMahon, rather than Doug Flutie?