Curtis Dickey had fine size & rocket speed. Although he would not "bleed" the extra yards & lacked real good vision, Dickey could accelerate through a small seam & break the long run as well as anyone in the game. He was a jet who could hit a seam and zoom 80 yards, & could catch the ball out of the backfield with his great hands. He was a blazing straight-line runner without much shiftiness or cutting ability. But he was a world-class sprinter & more slippery than ice.
FB Randy McMillan was an all purpose back who could run inside or out, & buried a collegiate reputation for up & down intensity by going all-out for the Colts during 14 game losing streak in 1981. He was a complete back who had the size (6'0",220) strength, speed & change of direction to make him great. He was a sure handed receiver & reliable blocker, & was a fluid athlete with a smooth inside running style. He was even more dangerous on sweeps & off tackle slants than inside the tackles.
This really brings back memories. Colt teams in 80s were very bad. Too bad they could never do much with this nucleus of players. mcMillian was good but was hit by car after team moved to Indy, and his career was over. Dickey, while lightning fast, want the most mature player and never lived up to potential
@loyaldude10 Jim Brown would never have lived up to his potential in this environment. Today's Joseph Addai and yesteryear's Edgerrin James would have had their hands full trying to score here on that TD by Dr. Zoom against the Cardinals @3:10 and against the Orange Crush at the end.
@loyaldude10 dickey also had some drug problems ,he loved to PARTY !!!!!! Randy also had a car accident back in 2000 i believe and screwed his spine up pretty good, but even after the car hit , he tried to make a come back , but couldnt do it.i have plenty of memories of randy from Pitt to theColts. just wish they had more film on him
boy narrator john facenda is WAY off saying dickey is the fastest player ever in the NFL . dickey was a 10,11 guy and that was run on modern surface track, hayes ran 10.05 46 yrs ago in 64 on a loose cinder( DIRT) track. wrong on that one john !!!
@use2slam2 Well he had to say something to boost the ratings of a review of a 2-14 team. Now, do you mind? This is Dr. Zoom's territory (Curtis Dickey). I wish they would postb all films of those sorry Colt teams from 1980-1985 just so I can watch more of Dr. ZOOOOOOOOOOOMMM
@use2slam2 No offense, but John Facenda could only read the info given to him, hence somebody didn't do their homework. I will say this, I still have the "Inside Sports" from 1981 (Tony Dorsett on the cover) entitled "Speed Kills", which states the same thing. Dickey was the fastest in league at the time, but Hayes was probably the fastest ever (according to NCAA records) in the NFL. Note: Houston McTear and Carl Lewis were drafted on extended try outs. One can only wonder...
How is this for a back tandem nickname? Sweeper & Dr. Zoom. Broom & Zoom?! @ 1:50-51, #76 Bills holy terror Fred Smerlas, & # 83 quick & mobile Sherman White close in on McMillan but he created his own sweep play out of one designed to go in middle. #58 Isiah Robertson, a natural athlete who moved easily, was then beaten to the corner, as was #26 iron man Charles Romes, who was a throwback, very physical corner who was a force & active vs the run, tough & instinctive, & loved to play it close.
Sweeper McMillan blocks @ 0:35 at bottom. @2:09-10, Sweeper causes #57 tough, instinctive, & savvy Patriot Steve Nelson, who could react, shed & hit with anyone in NFL, & fill inside holes like cement, to be grasping at straws in the wind on this play. The same thing @ 2:24 happened to #59 quick, strong & smart Miami's Bob Brudzinski, who was so complete as a player with toughness & instincts & could make plays in pursuit. But not on this play & @ 2:26 he looked so humiliated he buried his head.
@2:27 is #48 very aggressive Patriot Tim Fox who supported the run like an extra LB with his good range & speed. But here is a whiff on Sweeper McMillan. @ 3:06 is Dr. Zoom having to run by his own blocker faced down on the ground. Dr. Zoom showed his slippery on this play. @3:07 #54 Cardinal outstanding athlete EJ Junior beats another Colt blocker. Junior could stuff, blitz, cover & pursue goal line to goal line, but here he may as well have been standing still as Dr. Zoom zoomed by him.
Also @ 3:07, teammate #86 Reese McCall won't even try to block #55, Cardinal good athlete Eric Williams next to him, which gave Williams a chance along with #54 EJ Junior to move in on Dr. Zoom, who was already having to break a tackle of another Cardinal defender. But Dr. Zoom slipped past it all. Then @3:09, #38 tough & instinctive Cardinal Lee Nelson,who never made many mistakes or blew assignments & always gave it all, looked quite the opposite on this play.
With Junior, Williams & Nelson pointlessly chasing him @3:10, Dr. Zoom made #22, Hall of Fame Cardinal Roger Wehrli look like hall of shame. Here, they say masterpiece, but there were 4 masterpieces by Dr. Zoom on that play. @3:18, #26, tall & rangy Cowboy Michael Downs, who could normally roam the field & clamp down, had no chance. @ 3:32, #47, Miami's tough & competitive Glenn Blackwood who with excellent awareness & anticipation would knock the eyebrows off anyone in his area except Dr. Zoom.
Of that great group of Miami LBs of early 1980s, #50 Larry Gordon was the best pure athlete. But @ 3:36, his skills looked ordinary. Sweeper helped by blocking Brudzinski @3:30. @3:43, #50, Cleveland wicked hitter Don Goode knows he is in trouble. @3:50, tall & rangy Downs again does not have enough reach on this play, as does not #53 Bob Breunig in the background. Breunig was smart, quick, tough & rangy himself. Mix of grace & grit? No. It was mix of slippery & zoom. Nothing graceful about it.
Dr. Zoom's slippery style shows @4:00 when #78 the great powerful Eagle Carl Hairston, who was so consistent & was as great against the run as anyone in NFL & never stopped hustling in pursuit, could not take Dr. Zoom down. Sweeper McMillan takes out 2 Dolphins @4:16-17 & @4:25, Sweeper sweeps out the great Bronco #51 Bob Swenson, the best of the great Orange Crush LBs, & obviously that is saying a lot considering how great Randy Gradishar & Tom Jackson were. Even the NFL music sounds like ZOOM.
@4:26-27,, on right side, #69 Colt Tackle Wade Griffin is getting pushed back. In 1981, Griffin was slowed by back & shoulder injuries & played heavier than he should have. He got owned on this play by #79, the great Bronco, Corey Chavous who was strong & steady supporting the run. But being sandwiched by Chavous & #36, the always tough & physical Billy Thompson @4:26, did not slow Dr. Zoom, who after slipping past them slipped past #20, the big, aggressive & nasty in run support, Louis Wright.
I love watching FB McMillan @ 3:30 get a block on a very good Dolphin linebacker #59 Bob Brudzinski. @4:00 the slippery Curtis Dickey is slipping through a tackle by great Eagle defensive end Carl Hairston #78. McMillan takes out 2 guys on the same play @ 4:15 & 4:16! @4:24 McMillan clears out the great Bronco linebacker Bob Swenson. In 1981, Eagles, Dallas, Denver & Miami all had very good defenses. It is great watching these Colts backs take those defenses on. This was one heck of a tandem.
@plntntvzn Thats find but the Redskins come 1st as always for me. I can respect Football from other teams but I'm not going to donate my life to them.
@plntntvzn Look I know Joe Washington started with the Colts & the Redskins basically stole him away. John Riggins & Joe Washington together were the original "Thunder & Lightning" combo but JR had the speed to run outside as well, he was a complete RB Running the Ball. JW & JR made up the best Redskin Backfield of All Time.
@plntntvzn Sure what the hell. I bet only a Colts/Ravens Fanatic or a Pro Football Historian can remember what the Redskins gave up for Joe Washington.
Curtis Dickey had fine size & rocket speed. Although he would not "bleed" the extra yards & lacked real good vision, Dickey could accelerate through a small seam & break the long run as well as anyone in the game. He was a jet who could hit a seam and zoom 80 yards, & could catch the ball out of the backfield with his great hands. He was a blazing straight-line runner without much shiftiness or cutting ability. But he was a world-class sprinter & more slippery than ice.
plntntvzn 1 year ago
@plntntvzn He was the only NFL RB to win a NCAA 100M Sprint Title in the modern era. 10.14
dal4018 8 months ago
FB Randy McMillan was an all purpose back who could run inside or out, & buried a collegiate reputation for up & down intensity by going all-out for the Colts during 14 game losing streak in 1981. He was a complete back who had the size (6'0",220) strength, speed & change of direction to make him great. He was a sure handed receiver & reliable blocker, & was a fluid athlete with a smooth inside running style. He was even more dangerous on sweeps & off tackle slants than inside the tackles.
plntntvzn 1 year ago
This really brings back memories. Colt teams in 80s were very bad. Too bad they could never do much with this nucleus of players. mcMillian was good but was hit by car after team moved to Indy, and his career was over. Dickey, while lightning fast, want the most mature player and never lived up to potential
loyaldude10 1 year ago
@loyaldude10 Jim Brown would never have lived up to his potential in this environment. Today's Joseph Addai and yesteryear's Edgerrin James would have had their hands full trying to score here on that TD by Dr. Zoom against the Cardinals @3:10 and against the Orange Crush at the end.
plntntvzn 1 year ago
@loyaldude10 dickey also had some drug problems ,he loved to PARTY !!!!!! Randy also had a car accident back in 2000 i believe and screwed his spine up pretty good, but even after the car hit , he tried to make a come back , but couldnt do it.i have plenty of memories of randy from Pitt to theColts. just wish they had more film on him
hung0sowell 1 year ago
boy narrator john facenda is WAY off saying dickey is the fastest player ever in the NFL . dickey was a 10,11 guy and that was run on modern surface track, hayes ran 10.05 46 yrs ago in 64 on a loose cinder( DIRT) track. wrong on that one john !!!
use2slam2 1 year ago
@use2slam2 Well he had to say something to boost the ratings of a review of a 2-14 team. Now, do you mind? This is Dr. Zoom's territory (Curtis Dickey). I wish they would postb all films of those sorry Colt teams from 1980-1985 just so I can watch more of Dr. ZOOOOOOOOOOOMMM
plntntvzn 1 year ago
@use2slam2 No offense, but John Facenda could only read the info given to him, hence somebody didn't do their homework. I will say this, I still have the "Inside Sports" from 1981 (Tony Dorsett on the cover) entitled "Speed Kills", which states the same thing. Dickey was the fastest in league at the time, but Hayes was probably the fastest ever (according to NCAA records) in the NFL. Note: Houston McTear and Carl Lewis were drafted on extended try outs. One can only wonder...
acdegrees421 6 months ago
okay I see you Mr. Dixon. You was nice for real!!!!
swolback4 1 year ago
How is this for a back tandem nickname? Sweeper & Dr. Zoom. Broom & Zoom?! @ 1:50-51, #76 Bills holy terror Fred Smerlas, & # 83 quick & mobile Sherman White close in on McMillan but he created his own sweep play out of one designed to go in middle. #58 Isiah Robertson, a natural athlete who moved easily, was then beaten to the corner, as was #26 iron man Charles Romes, who was a throwback, very physical corner who was a force & active vs the run, tough & instinctive, & loved to play it close.
plntntvzn 1 year ago
@plntntvzn randy was a beast !!! hes also my cousin,too bad his career ended to early
jdmmr2rollin 1 year ago
Sweeper McMillan blocks @ 0:35 at bottom. @2:09-10, Sweeper causes #57 tough, instinctive, & savvy Patriot Steve Nelson, who could react, shed & hit with anyone in NFL, & fill inside holes like cement, to be grasping at straws in the wind on this play. The same thing @ 2:24 happened to #59 quick, strong & smart Miami's Bob Brudzinski, who was so complete as a player with toughness & instincts & could make plays in pursuit. But not on this play & @ 2:26 he looked so humiliated he buried his head.
plntntvzn 1 year ago
@2:27 is #48 very aggressive Patriot Tim Fox who supported the run like an extra LB with his good range & speed. But here is a whiff on Sweeper McMillan. @ 3:06 is Dr. Zoom having to run by his own blocker faced down on the ground. Dr. Zoom showed his slippery on this play. @3:07 #54 Cardinal outstanding athlete EJ Junior beats another Colt blocker. Junior could stuff, blitz, cover & pursue goal line to goal line, but here he may as well have been standing still as Dr. Zoom zoomed by him.
plntntvzn 1 year ago
Also @ 3:07, teammate #86 Reese McCall won't even try to block #55, Cardinal good athlete Eric Williams next to him, which gave Williams a chance along with #54 EJ Junior to move in on Dr. Zoom, who was already having to break a tackle of another Cardinal defender. But Dr. Zoom slipped past it all. Then @3:09, #38 tough & instinctive Cardinal Lee Nelson,who never made many mistakes or blew assignments & always gave it all, looked quite the opposite on this play.
plntntvzn 1 year ago
With Junior, Williams & Nelson pointlessly chasing him @3:10, Dr. Zoom made #22, Hall of Fame Cardinal Roger Wehrli look like hall of shame. Here, they say masterpiece, but there were 4 masterpieces by Dr. Zoom on that play. @3:18, #26, tall & rangy Cowboy Michael Downs, who could normally roam the field & clamp down, had no chance. @ 3:32, #47, Miami's tough & competitive Glenn Blackwood who with excellent awareness & anticipation would knock the eyebrows off anyone in his area except Dr. Zoom.
plntntvzn 1 year ago
Of that great group of Miami LBs of early 1980s, #50 Larry Gordon was the best pure athlete. But @ 3:36, his skills looked ordinary. Sweeper helped by blocking Brudzinski @3:30. @3:43, #50, Cleveland wicked hitter Don Goode knows he is in trouble. @3:50, tall & rangy Downs again does not have enough reach on this play, as does not #53 Bob Breunig in the background. Breunig was smart, quick, tough & rangy himself. Mix of grace & grit? No. It was mix of slippery & zoom. Nothing graceful about it.
plntntvzn 1 year ago
Dr. Zoom's slippery style shows @4:00 when #78 the great powerful Eagle Carl Hairston, who was so consistent & was as great against the run as anyone in NFL & never stopped hustling in pursuit, could not take Dr. Zoom down. Sweeper McMillan takes out 2 Dolphins @4:16-17 & @4:25, Sweeper sweeps out the great Bronco #51 Bob Swenson, the best of the great Orange Crush LBs, & obviously that is saying a lot considering how great Randy Gradishar & Tom Jackson were. Even the NFL music sounds like ZOOM.
plntntvzn 1 year ago
@4:26-27,, on right side, #69 Colt Tackle Wade Griffin is getting pushed back. In 1981, Griffin was slowed by back & shoulder injuries & played heavier than he should have. He got owned on this play by #79, the great Bronco, Corey Chavous who was strong & steady supporting the run. But being sandwiched by Chavous & #36, the always tough & physical Billy Thompson @4:26, did not slow Dr. Zoom, who after slipping past them slipped past #20, the big, aggressive & nasty in run support, Louis Wright.
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I love watching FB McMillan @ 3:30 get a block on a very good Dolphin linebacker #59 Bob Brudzinski. @4:00 the slippery Curtis Dickey is slipping through a tackle by great Eagle defensive end Carl Hairston #78. McMillan takes out 2 guys on the same play @ 4:15 & 4:16! @4:24 McMillan clears out the great Bronco linebacker Bob Swenson. In 1981, Eagles, Dallas, Denver & Miami all had very good defenses. It is great watching these Colts backs take those defenses on. This was one heck of a tandem.
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plntntvzn 1 year ago
All I remember about the Colts last few seasons in Baltimore was that they were pretty bad but I'm sure they had some good moments to.
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plntntvzn 1 year ago
@plntntvzn I'm not as famillar with the Colts players back then as the Redskins.
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plntntvzn 1 year ago
@plntntvzn Thats find but the Redskins come 1st as always for me. I can respect Football from other teams but I'm not going to donate my life to them.
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plntntvzn 1 year ago
@plntntvzn Look I know Joe Washington started with the Colts & the Redskins basically stole him away. John Riggins & Joe Washington together were the original "Thunder & Lightning" combo but JR had the speed to run outside as well, he was a complete RB Running the Ball. JW & JR made up the best Redskin Backfield of All Time.
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plntntvzn 1 year ago
@plntntvzn Sure what the hell. I bet only a Colts/Ravens Fanatic or a Pro Football Historian can remember what the Redskins gave up for Joe Washington.
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plntntvzn 1 year ago
@plntntvzn To me its more about this being another sign as the Downfall of the Colts & them being a Competitive Club in Baltimore.
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plntntvzn 1 year ago
@plntntvzn Sorry pal but you replied to me remember
FrsBigeasy 1 year ago
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plntntvzn 1 year ago
@plntntvzn OK if you want to get technical but my 1st comment was about the Decline of the Colts in Baltimore.
FrsBigeasy 1 year ago
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plntntvzn 1 year ago
@plntntvzn Hey thats cool, maybe you should be there Official Agent or Historian or something. They would have to pay you a lot.
FrsBigeasy 1 year ago
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plntntvzn 1 year ago
@plntntvzn A little sensitive now are we
FrsBigeasy 1 year ago
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plntntvzn 1 year ago
@plntntvzn And plntntvzn, I'll take that as a complement.
FrsBigeasy 1 year ago
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plntntvzn 1 year ago
@plntntvzn Good for them but I doubt I'm the only Die Hard Football Fan who hasn't heard of them, follow me
FrsBigeasy 1 year ago
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plntntvzn 1 year ago
@plntntvzn I think you've established that point unless you have something to add to that
FrsBigeasy 1 year ago
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plntntvzn 1 year ago
@plntntvzn I think you mentioned that about 3 hours ago.
FrsBigeasy 1 year ago
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plntntvzn 1 year ago
@plntntvzn I don't have much of an opinion on them as I mentioned in my 1st 2 comments some 4 HRS ago.
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plntntvzn 1 year ago
@plntntvzn My feelings are crushed but somehow I'll make till Sun Up 1 way or the other, ( perhaps a lot of scotch ) if there's a will there's a way.
FrsBigeasy 1 year ago
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plntntvzn 1 year ago
@plntntvzn What do you want coming up on 4 am on the East Coast, I mean how serious do you want me to be
FrsBigeasy 1 year ago
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plntntvzn 1 year ago
@plntntvzn You don't say, thanks for the tip, I'll look into that. Perhaps it snows in Alaska as well.
FrsBigeasy 1 year ago
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plntntvzn 1 year ago
@plntntvzn I know right I go surfing in Alaska in January.
FrsBigeasy 1 year ago
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plntntvzn 1 year ago
@plntntvzn How bout I stop talking all together ( just for now ) & look into this thing called Sleep. I heard its popular.
FrsBigeasy 1 year ago
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plntntvzn 1 year ago
@plntntvzn But 1st I'll get my head examined, I just agreed with you for the 2nd time in 2 days or maybe the scotch is just setting in.
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plntntvzn 1 year ago
#31 Zachary Dixon had great quickness into the hole but no overall speed. But Dixon was tough & milked his talent for all it was worth.
plntntvzn 1 year ago