If you watched all that season Desmond actually could of had i think atleast 3 more returns but got tripped up by the last guy. I did notice you watch him during the returns he wasn't the Devin Hester type and just use his speed and run straight, Desmond actually made cuts and broke tackles alot. He was a joy to watch that year and as Brett said put the Packers over the top that year.
I wish we could get our return game that deadly again.
"zombieslayer" wrote:
Desmond Howard could have been the difference in that SB against Denver. We lost that game by 7 points. Had we had Howard getting the ball to the 40 or 50 consistently, it would have been a completely different game. Denver would have been forced to throw and John Elway historically is one of the worst SB QBs ever.
Brett Favre was better than Elway in that game. The difference was Coach Holmgren blew that game for us.
History would be so much different had the Packers had back-to-back wins instead of just one win with Favre. I still haven't recovered from that loss.
Howard was a horrible WR but as a return man, he was the best I've seen until Hester came along. Then da Bears in their infinite wisdom converted him to a WR full-time.
Yes, Howard got greedy, but we should have matched the Raiders' offer. Losing Howard and Sean Jones made a huge difference in the '97 season. We weren't the same team as a year before.
"dhazer" wrote: