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daintrain28 · Joined: 04 Feb 2005 Posts: 19897 Location: Bettendorf, Iowa

Dickey was a guy who drove Packer fans nuts. He was wildly inconsistent. When he was hot, he was up there with the best QBs in the league. When he was cold he was a turnover machine.

Towards the end of the Bart Starr era the Packers offense was clicking at a very high level and Dickey was at the center of that, the problem was the defense was just DREADFUL. If Starr even had an okay defense the Packers would've been contenders.
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daintrain28 · Joined: 04 Feb 2005 Posts: 19897 Location: Bettendorf, Iowa

perrynoid · Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2013 3:20 pm Post subject:

If my memory is correct (you know us really, really old guys have memory problems!) I remember a game against the Rams (I think it was the Rams) in which the Packers fell behind 28-0 by halftime. Dickey came out and led the Packers to 5 consecutive scoring drives to start the second half, and the Packers won 35-28. It's unfortunate the Packers didn't have a better o-line back then; when Dickey had time he was an absolute beast of a passer.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynn_Dickey
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However, you're right that it did improve a bit. I'm just not sure I trust our coaching staff to develop offensive lineman.

daintrain28 · Joined: 04 Feb 2005 Posts: 19897 Location: Bettendorf, Iowa

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PackFan4Life · Joined: 05 Dec 2006 Posts: 4714 Location: De Pere, WI

The line was ok when healthy, was just rarely healthy.

The defense would have been decent if healthy, they were never a healthy unit and they were not nearly talented enough to play with 2nd stringers. They did a lot under Starr.

GalenaPackFan · Joined: 28 Nov 2010 Posts: 94

I always thought Dickey would have been up there with Starr, Favre, Rodgers (ie, the best) if he had had some wheels. The man could not move. And with the Oline he had most of the time, movement was necessary. Crying or Very sad

I don't know about the league being populated with thugs, but the rules and the way the game was played were certainly different than now.
And yes, Green Bay had a problem attracting talent. The physically gifted players we did get were overshadowed by the jackasses that seemed to thrive on breaking the law. Sad times indeed.

duxrule · Joined: 28 Jan 2005 Posts: 3210

I'm pretty sure that he held the NFL record for most consecutive completions for a while too. Plus...he was the QB during the infamous
Snow Bowl between GB and Tampa.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oe433InyTpg

Pretty sure Steve Youngs worst day as a pro...but a REALLY fun game to watch !!
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PackFan4Life · Joined: 05 Dec 2006 Posts: 4714 Location: De Pere, WI

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mightybk · Joined: 14 Feb 2006 Posts: 237 Location: De Pere, WI

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