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This one is a freebee - you can't miss those piercing eyes and that trademark nose (Photo courtesy of Bleacher Report).

Joe Flacco’s story (despite the loss) has inspired me that I too can still (sort of) achieve non-football things I used to do in my early 20s and take naps while doing them!

In light of reminiscing about youth, particularly in the world of football, we are going to look at football greats in their youth. Bonus points if you identify them all correctly (answers at the bottom). This obviously does not include young coaches who are in their 40s (ish). They’ll mostly look the same after all (i.e., Shanahan, and Tomlin).

Football Favorites

Hint: This individual was an assistant coach for the Green Bay Packers before most of the QBs of today were born (Photo courtesy of SB Nation).
Hint: He was really, really cold Saturday night on wild card weekend (Photo courtesy of Jesus Calling).
Quick hint: This coach is pictured when he was a student athlete at University of the Pacific (Seattle Seahawks/Facebook)
A hint: This individual was drafted 244th in the draft 42 years before YTK (AP Photo).
You see this guy on the TV during halftime most weeks. He’s pictured here with his teammate Lyle Alzado (Tony Duffy/Getty Images).
Although he looks like he signed the Declaration of Independence in this dignified photo, this former coach was born a year after the stock market crashed badly enough to cause the Great Depression (Rod Hanna/USA TODAY Sports).

If you can guess this one, you are a football history buff (Photo courtesy of Kent State). Hint: retirement.
Hint: She’s always been fabulous but you won’t catch her without her readers now a days (ABC Photo Archives).
This football favorite was a sideline reporter in the 1990s and has worked for Fox for over 25 years (Photo courtesy of Zac Johnson).
SLEEVES (AP Photo/Richard Drew).

Guess Who No Longer

Put your last guesses in now. No cheating!

Let me know below how many you got right (and check out some of my other awesome articles here).

Drumroll, please!

From Top to Bottom: Andy Reid, Tony Dungy, Pete Carroll, the late John Madden, Howie Long, the late Don Shula, Nick Saban, Lisa Salters, Curt Menefee, and Bill Belichick.