Tell Tale Month

Former St. Louis Cardinals offensive lineman and current NFL analyst Dan Dierdorf.

"The stat sheet is air." - CBS analyst Dan Dierdorf on Miami LB Joey Porter, after Porter spent the week barking about Tom Brady receiving special treatment from NFL officials. Porter finished with a a donut, zero tackles, zero assists.

Dierdorf Factoid

The sputtering walrus was born in Canton, Ohio, the home of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Dierdorf was enshrined in Canton in 1996.

Pats Highlights

In a career full of highlights Randy Moss, added two more to his Canton reel. After getting stung early by Miami CB Vante Davis for an interception, Moss made a spectacular one handed grab against Davis. Later in the third quarter he stiff armed Davis, enroute to a 71 yard touchdown.

Laurence Maroney got tough today. He ran hard all day. Maroney finished the day with 20 carries for 82 yards and one touchdown.

We'll really see how good New England is in the next month.

Next week the Patriots face the 8-0 Colts, followed by their division rival the New York Jets (4-4), and they finish the month against the number one offense in the NFL, the New Orleans Saints (7-0).

"Back to you Dan."

Here's a few more shots of Dierdorf from his playing days. I love seeing old trading cards of coaches and analysts.






I can't figure out why they listed Dierdorf's kick return stats, since The Walrus wasn't known for his blazing speed.


OK, a 4.9 40 in 1972, was really good for an offensive lineman. Still, I don't think Dano was lining up to return kicks from Jan Stenerud.


OK, a bit of a selfish reference & picture, I own this card. But what is not to love about Stenerud?

Here are a few quick hits on JS.

~ He's Norwegian. I'm not sure how many foreign players (if any) were in the league prior to Stenerud.
~ He was one of the first dedicated or pure (meaning that was his sole responsibility) place kickers.
~ He was one of the first kickers to use a soccer style kick.
~ He came to the US on a ski jumping scholarship.
~ He played for 19 seasons.
~ He's one of only three place kickers, and the only pure kicker, in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.


Here's one from Dierdorf's college days at Michigan. They should take press shots like this again for football.