March 04, 2025

SportsFilter: The Tuesday Huddle:

A place to discuss the sports stories that aren't making news, share links that aren't quite front-page material, and diagram plays on your hand. Remember to count to five Mississippi before commenting in anger.

posted by huddle to general at 06:00 AM - 2 comments

Jaguars fans will note that Jimmy Johnson is retiring from broadcasting under different circumstances than when he retired from NFL coaching.

posted by beaverboard at 05:05 PM on March 04, 2025

I was at that game in 1999. It was the first Jags game I'd ever attended. Half the crowd was Dolphins fans, even among the locals because many had followed them for decades. At the tailgate we booed bus after bus of their fans driving past.

I haven't seen a pro team come up bigger in a big game in person. The rout sent both Johnson and Marino into retirement.

Johnson was alright as a TV guy but I would've liked to see him give coaching some more time. The Dolphins made the playoffs in his final three years and went 11-5 the first two years after he left.

posted by rcade at 08:06 PM on March 04, 2025

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