During the Air Coryell years, Fouts and the Chargers — who wore lightning bolts on their helmets, jerseys and pants — set records and led the NFL in passing almost every season while revolutionizing the game and thrilling fans.
“He made it fun,” Fouts said from his Oregon home. “Obviously when you’re having success, it’s fun. The system gave us success and knowing that, he was willing to be creative and innovative and trust his players. He let us give input and once you give a player input, that player plays harder to make that input work. He recognized that and he was so honest.”
In 1979, Fouts, Winslow and John Jefferson posed for a Nike poster wearing bomber jackets, with footballs raining from the sky and the headline"Bombs Away." One of the lasting images of the Coryell years was an exhausted Winslow being helped off the field by two teammates after the Chargers’ epic 41-38 overtime victory in the playoffs over the Miami Dolphins on Jan. 2, 1982. Despite cramping up in the heat and humidity, Winslow caught 13 passes for 166 yards and a touchdown, and also blocked a potential game-winning field goal.
Gibbs coached the Washington Redskins to three Super Bowl titles and reached a fourth, while Madden, who died in 2021, won one Super Bowl with the Oakland Raiders.
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