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| 鈥?Ron Meyer Bo Scarbrough Jersey Cowboys , the football coach behind SMU’s powerhouse “Pony Express” teams who later called for a snowplow to clear a spot so the New England Patriots could kick the winning field goal against Miami in one of the NFL’s most memorable moments, has died. He was 76.Meyer died Tuesday after collapsing with an aortic aneurism while playing golf in the Austin suburb of Lakeway, his family said in a statement.“It’s no accident that at every stop he coached down-trodden teams to great heights. He gave them hope. They believed in him. And he showed them the way,” the Meyer family said.“Devastated to hear the passing of my coach and great friend Ron Meyer. My mom and I loved Coach Meyer. He was a great man,” tweeted former NFL star Eric Dickerson, who played for Meyer at SMU from 1979-1981.That was SMU’s heyday, when the Mustangs, led by running backs Dickerson and Craig James, turned a middling program into a Southwest Conference champion before it skidded toward the NCAA’s “death penalty” ruling for jaw-dropping rules violations.Meyer won 27 games in three seasons at UNLV before taking the job at SMU in 1976. After early struggles, the program 鈥?which had already been sanctioned by the NCAA for infractions before Meyer arrived 鈥?took off as wealthy boosters, fueled by the region’s economic boom of the late 1970s and early 1980s, got caught up in a payment scheme designed to bring in top players. The cheating survived long after Meyer left for the NFL and eventually led the NCAA to first put the program on probation in 1985 then shut it down in 1987.Meyer left SMU before the harshest sanctions hit, taking over the Patriot in 1982. He would spend parts of nine seasons in the NFL and his first one produced perhaps his most memorable moment.Meyer was named AFC coach of the year in the strike-shortened 1982 season when led the Patriots to a 5-4 record and the playoffs with a key victory over the Dolphins in a December snowstorm in New England. Before the game, the Patriots offered $10 and a free ticket to anyone who would help shovel snow out of the seats. The conditions didn’t let up Uchenna Nwosu Jersey Chargers , making it difficult for field crews just to clear the yard markers.The game was 0-0 and both teams had already missed field goals when Meyer called time out late in the fourth quarter and sent a stadium worker named Mark Henderson out to clear the Miami 23-yard line for John Smith’s 33-yard attempt.“(Meyer) said, ‘Get out there and do something.’ I knew exactly what he meant, so I jumped on the tractor,” Henderson told the Boston Globe in 2010.With clear turf, Smith easily made the kick as Dolphins coach Don Shula furiously looked on from the opposite sideline. The final score was 3-0.“I wanted to go out there and punch him out,” Shula said years later. “In retrospect, I should have laid down in front of the snowplow.”The snowplow wasn’t really a snowplow. The green John Deere tractor with a brush rigged onto the front is still on display in the Patriots’ hall of fame.Meyer spent two and a half seasons with the Patriots, then coached the Colts from 1986 to 1991 and led the team to a division title in 1987. Meyer’s career coaching record in college was 61-40-1. He was 54-50 in the NFL.“I am sad to hear of Ron Meyer’s passing,” said Patriots Chairman and CEO Robert Kraft. “He was a colorful head coach who was very entertaining for fans during his tenure.”Meyer was born in Westerville, Ohio, on Feb. 17, 1941, and he was a walk-on football player at Purdue. Jones said memorial service is planned for Saturday at Tarrytown United Methodist Church. He is survived by wife Cindy, four children and grandchildren.More NFL coverage: 鈥?Case Keenum is joining his fifth team in five years and the Denver Broncos are turning to their fifth quarterback since Peyton Manning retired 24 months ago.General manager John Elway called Keenum “a great fit for us” after the sixth-year pro parlayed a breakout year in Minnesota into a two-year Titans Rashaan Evans Jersey , $36 million deal with Denver.“Along with that experience,” Elway said, “his leadership and competitiveness are what you look for in a quarterback.”Elway, by the way, isn’t done looking at quarterbacks.Elway and coach Vance Joseph were in Norman, Oklahoma, checking out Baker Mayfield’s pro day when free agency opened Wednesday. Then they were headed for Los Angeles to watch Josh Rosen’s pro day at UCLA on Thursday.Also, a person with knowledge of the talks told The Associated Press the Broncos were in negotiations Wednesday to trade QB Trevor Siemian to Minnesota, where the Vikings are pursuing free agent Kirk Cousins to be their starter.The Broncos were busy when free agency opened, keeping linebacker Todd Davis (three years, $15 million); adding cornerback Tramaine Brock (one year, $4 million); finalizing Aqib Talib’s trade to the Los Angeles Rams; and trying to move Siemian, who won the starting QB job in Denver each of the last two years.Keenum is expected to sign his deal Thursday, giving the 30-year-old journeyman the big payday that’s long eluded him and taking the pressure off Elway to use the fifth overall pick in the draft next month on a quarterback.It’s no guarantee http://www.bengalsauthorizedshops.com/authentic-cordy-glenn-jersey , however, that Elway won’t still use that pick on a QB.Besides Mayfield and Rosen, other high-profile fixes for franchises with quarterback quandaries such as Denver’s include Wyoming’s Josh Allen, USC’s Sam Darnold, Louisville’s Lamar Jackson and Oklahoma State’s Mason Rudolph.Coming off a career-changing season, Keenum was widely considered the second-most attractive veteran QB on the market behind Cousins. And he is a player the Broncos know well because Gary Kubiak, now the Broncos’ senior personnel adviser, had him for two seasons while Kubiak was head coach of the Houston Texans.“Case is perfect for our team, both as a player and as a person,” said Joseph, who also worked for the Texans. “He’s playing the best football of his career right now and has gotten better with every opportunity he’s had. Being around him in Houston, Case is a tremendous person and teammate with strong leadership skills and a terrific work ethic. He’ll be great in our locker room.”Keenum, who made $2 million last year, went 11-3 in place of an injured Sam Bradford Authentic Anibal Sanchez Jersey , leading the Vikings to the NFC championship game.He threw for more than 3,500 yards with 22 touchdowns and seven interceptions. His signature moment was that last-second 61-yard touchdown toss to Stefon Diggs that stunned the Saints 29-24 in the playoffs.The Broncos haven’t been back to the playoffs since Manning retired following Denver’s 24-10 triumph over the Carolina Panthers in Super Bowl 50 two years ago.They’ve cycled through Mark Sanchez, Siemian, Brock Osweiler and Paxton Lynch, while going a combined 14-18.The Broncos, coming off a 5-11 season, were considered an early front-runner to land Cousins. Minnesota, however, had a sparkling stadium, new state-of-the-art training facility, stacked roster and coaching stability to offer him, while the Broncos’ main magnet was Von Miller.Even though he issued a public plea for Cousins to join him in Denver, Miller is welcoming Keenum to town .“Looks/Feels right to me!” Miller said in an Instagram post on Tuesday. “We got what we were looking for! Franchise QB that’s the perfect fit for DENVER! johnelway with the deep 3 pointer! Like always! Leeettttss Goooo!!! casekeenum7 casekeenum7 Time for me to hold up my end of the deal now!”Notes: The Broncos placed second-round tenders on two restricted free agents: C Matt Paradis and OLB Shaq Barrett. They declined to offer a tender to WR Bennie Fowler III.. |
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