B1: What If Norwood makes the Kick

People all the time ask what if questions, like what if JFK was not assassinated or what if 9/11 never happened. These questions are very apparent in the NFL. Now this is all in theory. I am going to start off asking right now, what if Scott Norwood’s kick didn’t go wide right. Here we go, there are seconds left in Super bowl 25 and the Bills are lined up for a 48 yard field goal. If Norwood makes this the Bills go from a long time loser to a Super Bowl Champion. Instead of the kick going wide right it is right down the middle and the Bills beat the Giants 22-20 to win the Super Bowl. Bill Parcels legacy isn’t look at the same anymore Then the Bills go on to win the Super Bowl the next year and they defeat the Washington Redskins, the year after that they face the Dallas Cowboys and lose this game because they are hungry for a title and the Triplets (a.k.a Michael Irvin, Troy Aikman, and Emmitt Smith) prove to be too much for the Holy Trinity (a.k.a Jim Kelly, Thurman Thomas, and Andre Reed).The Bills start looking for the final piece to stop the Cowboys and there is a certain former Eagle on the market. Yeah, that’s right it’s Reggie White. The Bills end up signing the perennial hall of famer over the Green Bay Packers. The Bills have put together one of the most fearsome d-lines of all time. Finally in 1993 the Bills beat the Cowboys in a rematch and win their 3rd Super Bowl in 4 years. The Bills are looked at as one of the greatest teams of all time and Marv Levy goes done as one of the top three coaches of all time. Fresh off there Super Bowl win the Bills are looked at as a prime free agent destination for players like Deion Sanders and Rich Gannon. The Raiders don’t end up signing Rich Gannon and don’t end up making the Super Bowl.  The Packers don’t get Reggie White and they don’t make it to the Super Bowl. Brett Favre never wins a Super Bowl and is looked at as quarterback like Dan Marino, a player who puts up great stats, but could never win a Super Bowl. Instead of the Packers in the Super Bowl it’s the Panthers. Kerry Collins leads the Panthers to a Super Bowl victory over the heavily favored Broncos in one of the biggest upsets in Super Bowl History. John Elway retires with only one ring, and I’ll go even farther to say that the Giant would not make the Super Bowl versus the Ravens. Instead the Minnesota Vikings reach the Super Bowl for the first time since 1976. It is a match of polar opposites the Vikings with the aerial assault of Dante Culpepper, Chris Carter, and Randy Moss, and the Ravens with the defense. The Vikings get the first Super Bowl ring and Chris Carter can retire happy with a Super Bowl ring and maybe the Vikings don’t trade Randy Moss to the Raiders. I’ll go one step farther to say that Tom Brady doesn’t get Randy Moss and he doesn’t break Peyton Manning’s touchdown record. This all goes back to the one point in history of Scott Norwood making a field goal.