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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Voyageur" data-source="post: 1065291" data-attributes="member: 17953">His stats did suck, no doubt about it. But remember this. The defenses he played against were the Steel Curtain in Pittsburgh, the No Name Defense of Miami and probably the best defense the Oakland Raiders ever fielded.So how did it happen?In all three games the defenses were geared to shut down the Vikings rushing attack. They did. The only offense that the Vikings had was in the air and Tark was on the run with almost every pass because they were teeing off on him. Everyone knew that to beat the Vikings you had to stop their run game and put Tark on the run. He only ran the ball 4 times in that first loss in VIII if I recall. He accounted for about 15 yards with them I think, and the rest of the team had about 50. They were 2nd and 10 because of failed first down runs repeatedly and at best 3rd and 7 or 8. You know what comes next. Tark running around to save his life under the pressure. He didn't scramble around because he had fun doing it, he did it to survive.One of the things the Vikings touted in those days was their mobile undersized offensive linemen and when they went against the best in the entire NFL they folded like a $2 tent. They had their hands on Tark as soon as he touched the ball.But that's what I saw. What would I know?</blockquote>

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