Willie Snead to Ravens / Hall of Fame Game

On 4-20-18 the Ravens signed the former NO Saints Receiver to a deal.

I ran some searches and had some interesting finds.

From 4/20/18 to 9/9/18 (First game) is 4 months 20 days

From 4/20/18 to SB53 is 290 days

Snead birthday 10/17 will be the 290th day of the year. He was born in 1992.

Last season he had 92 receiving yards

From his upcoming birthday to SB53 is 109 days. 109 = 29th prime.

The deal is 2 years 7 million with an additional 3.4 million in incentives
3.4 sticks out because SB53 on 34th day of the year.

He wore # 83 for the Saints but I have a feeling he might be wearing 82 for the Ravens


I also saw the Ravens will be playing in the HOF game on 8/2/18 vs the Bears.

This game is 6 months 1 day before SB53
61 / 18th prime & 53 / 16th prime

I went and looked to see how many teams who played in this game went on to make the SB.

The most recent was the 2001 Rams
2001 was the 82nd season for the NFL

In the 01 HOF Game Rams defeated the Dolphins 17-10

They would go on to lose to the Patriots in SB36, 20-17 in New Orleans
SB36 was played on 2/3 like SB53 will

The 01 Rams started out 6-0 before losing their first game, Week 7 to the Saints 34-31
They would lose again Week 11 24-17 vs the Bucs to fall to 8-2
They would win 8 straight before losing in the SB to the Patriots.

They started out 6-1 finished 8-1 and had two wins in between for a record of 16-3


Next up was the 1994 San Diego Chargers
1994 was the 75th Season for the NFL

On 7/30/94 they lost to the Falcons 21-17 in the HOF game

181 days prior to this game ATL hosted SB28
Cowboys defeated the Bills 30-13
181 or 18/81
2018 Season/ 99th NFL Season
9+9 = 18
9*9 = 81

Back to the Chargers
1994 was their 35th season

They also started out 6-0 before losing their 7th game to Broncos 20-15 (35) this dropped their record to 6-1
They would finish 11-5 in the RS
13-6 overall

In SB29 they were defeated by 49ers 49-26
The game was played on 1/29/95 in Miami


Last up we have the 1988 Bengals
1988 was the 69th season of the NFL

On 7/30/88 they defeated the LA Rams 14-7 in the HOF Game

The Bengals ALSO started 6-0
They lost Week 7 to the Pats 27-21
Final record was 14-5

In SB23 they lost to the 49ers 20-16
The played was played on 1/22/89 in Miami


This started out as a simple post but may be on to something here
All these teams started out 6-1 then 8-2 and followed it up with a SB loss

In 1988 Bengals QB, Boomer Esiason, won the MVP
In 2001 Rams QB, Kurt Warmer, won the MVP
In 1994, the Chargers lost to the MVP 49ers QB, Steve Young, in SB29

Holy shit just had another big find.
All three of these teams first lost of the season came 98 days or a span of 99 days before the SB in their respective seasons. That's crazy!
Remember this is the 99th NFL Season

The games played on Sunday of Week 8 for 2018 Season will be 98 days or a span of 99 days before SB53

The Ravens will be playing in Carolina vs The Panthers this week.
They don't have their bye until Week 10 so this would be their 8th game of the Season.