Quote:Williams and Barnett were fantastic, but for some reason they both struck me as the same kind of guy.  The true crime of that era Eagles team is that Ryan was never able/willing to build a competent offensive line.

 

Thats sorta true....they were similar in build...although Calvin Williams was generally the underneath guy, whereas Barnett was more of the home run hitter. (remember the 96 yard TD play bailing out Cunningham vs Buffalo?? Mike Bellamy turned out to be a bust. 

 

Yep, that Buddy Ryan Eagles team had talent out the yazoo, except for the OL.....stiffs like Joe Conwell, Reggie Singletary, Dave Rimington, etc  etc....thats why they tried to fix it by trading for that steroid case Ron Solt in 1988. 

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