re: I know this isn't football related but Carl Weathers has passed.

He will always be Apollo Creed to me.

Stallone said when Weathers was auditioning for Rocky, he told the producers he'd do much better reading lines if they would get a real actor to read lines with him not knowing that Stallone was Rocky and the screenwriter.

Imagine having those kind of balls. It's why Stallone cast him. That and being knocked out by Joe Frazier while sparring. Joe did make a cameo in the film, though in that lime green leisure suit.