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For context, Denver Running Back, John Keyworth appeared to fumble the ball against Oakland in the AFC Championship game, but the call ruled that he was down by contact, and Denver ended up keeping the ball. In this OTL, the call goes the other way, and Oakland is able to score off of that and get enough momentum, to end up beating Denver IN Denver, getting revenge for Denver beating them in the regular season. How would the Raiders have stacked up against the Cowboys in the Superbowl? Who does better, Ken Stabler, or Rodger Stalbauch? Both were great scrambling Quarterbacks, and Stabler would have been a harder QB for the Dallas defense to handle, then Craig Morton.
Would the Jets have been able to beat the Broncos the very next week, in Denver, where I assume the game would have been held? 2. If the Jets do beat Denver, how would they have done against the Giants in the Superbowl?
How high ratings would an All New York Superbowl have gotten?
I believe that because of that Bert Emmunal incident, the NFL ended up instituting a new rule the next year.
I know in our timeline, the Redskins jumped out to a big lead in that game, but the 49ers mounted a dramatic rally in the second half, and it took a game winning field goal by Mosley in the end of the game, to send the Redskins to the Superbowl that year. But lets say Mosley misses that field goal, and the 49ers were able to win in overtime. How would a Raiders, 49ers Superbowl have shaped up? Who does better, Joe Montana or Jim Plunkett? How does the 49ers defense do against Marcus Allen?
Could the Pats have then gone to the Superbowl in 1976, nine years early? I know the Steelers were injury racked in the AFC Championship game in 1976, so they were more beatable then they were in most postseasons from the 1970s. So the Pats could have beaten the Steelers. What would a Vikings, Patriots Superbowl have been like?
How much of a run do the Packers make?
Given how evenly matched the two teams seemed to be, and also by the fact that the Steelers had beaten the Eagles eariler in the season, how close would that Superbowl have been, and who would have won?
In our timeline, the Steelers only lost that game by a few points in a very close loss to the Broncos in the 1989 Divisonal Playoffs. Would the Steelers have then able to beat the Browns, who they split a season series with that year? If they had, what would a Steelers, 49ers Superbowl have been like that year?
In our timeline, the NFC Championship game, between the Eagles, and the Rams was very close, with the Eagles only losing by a few points to the Rams. What if the Eagles were able to pull off the victory over the Rams, could the Eagles and McNabb have been able to beat Tom Brady and the Patriots?
I remember that the Eagles that year, had a historic defense, so if Cunningham was around all year, and with the defense the same way, could the Eagles had made a run, and maybe played in a Superbowl? Lets say there was an Eagles, Bills Superbowl that year, after the Eagles were able to beat the Redskins in the NFC Championship Game, could the Eagles have been able to beat the Bills?
Is it the Dolphins, who the Patriots beat in the AFC Championship game that year? What about the La Raiders, who the Patriots beat in the Divisonal playoffs? Could the Jets themselves have started a Cinderella run of their own in the playoff s that year?
The Steelers were just coming off an upset loss to the Chargers in the NFC Championship game the year before, would another NFC Championship game loss to the Colts have made many changes to the Steelers? How does a Colts, Cowboys Superbowl go in 1995, would the Colts have been able to shut down the Cowboys in any way?
What if the Bills were able to beat the Chiefs in Arrowhead last year, like they came close to doing. I remember it was a shootout in the fourth quarter, with the lead changing hands several times, but the Chiefs were able to win by a few points. What if the Bills were able to beat the Chiefs.
What if the Green Bay Packers had been able to keep their momentum against the SF 49ers, after they had jumped out to a 7 to nothing lead in that game. If they had been able to get at least one more touchdown, could they have beaten the 49ers?
What if the Buccenners had been able to compleate their dramatic rally against the LA Rams in the Divisional playoff game? What would a Bucs, SF NFC Championship game have been like?
What if the sure interception had not been dropped in the second half of the SF, LA Rams, NFC Championship game? Wouild SF have been able to hang on to win?
What if the Patriots had been able to somehow upset the Bills in the Wild Card Playoff game? I know the Bills blew them out by a bunch in our timeline, so it would be a challenge to have an OTL, in which the Patriots were able to win instead, but lets say the Pats had been able to come up with a plan to shut the Bills down? Are the Pats able to then make a run?
Future Hall of Fame catcher Ivan Rodriguez almost signed with the Baltimore Orioles during the 2003 offseason instead of the Florida Marlins in which he would be one of the keys in their Cinderella World Series champion seasons that year.
But what if he signed with the Baltimore Orioles prior to the 2003 season?
Keep in mind Pudge while never on any lists and never testing positive has had a steroid cloud over his career ever since Jose Canseco a teammate of his during his days with the Texas Rangers named him as one of the players he injected with steroids and when he the MLB started testing players after the 2003 season Pudge seemed more slim and well less “Pudgy” lol plus his power hitting abilities ceased.
Anyways the Orioles finished in 4th place in the AL East in 2003 and the teams from 2002 to 2005 showed promise but never got better than 3rd place in the division.
What would change in 2003 for both the Marlins and Orioles?
I don’t think the Marlins would have quite the same luck as I-Rod played a big role in that championship run.
As for the Orioles could of they had a similar wild card like run to a championship?
Also I-Rod’s HOF changes could have taken a hit given from how many players linked with steriods were on the Orioles from 2002 to 2005 like Miguel Tejada, David Segui,Brian Roberts,Jerry Harrison Jr,Jay Gibbons,Larry Bigbie and the big one Rafael Palmerio.
But what says you?
The players league had some great fan support, but their lack of capital meant they folded after a year. What if they were able to last longer? Could baseball in 1890 have supported two leagues?
Do the Rams still fill the running back gap with Curt Warner, or do they take Elway?
If the Rams DO take Warner, do the Seahawks trade the pick, as they are set at QB with Dave Krieg, or do they take Hinton or Covert? In that scenario, where does Elway fall?
Im looking to see if anyone wanted to take a scenario and really wanted to break it up into something really crazy, please feel free to take dramatic liberty, and I will attempt to the same. Ill post my thoughts in the comments, happy writing
The hit Andre Smith layed on fields in our timeline didn’t lead to much but what if that hit had concussed fields ending his season in the preseason?
Felipe Massa is minutes from being World Champion after he crossed the finish line at the 2008 Brazilian Grand Prix, much to the euphoria of the hometown crowd, but it all went for naught when Lewis Hamilton passed Timo Glock in the final corners of the race to finish fifth, securing him the points needed to take the Drivers' Championship. But what if Glock maintained his fifth position at Interlagos? How many titles Felipe Massa would've won had he become the 2008 World Champion? What would happen to the career of Lewis Hamilton?
He goes Number 4 overall instead of number 7 with the Giants.