CARDS: Fleer 1990, Pro Set 1991, Score 1991 ACQUIRED: TTM 2022, C/o Home SENT: 9/1 RECEIVED: 9/13 (12 days)
CAREER SNAPSHOT:
Tim Goad was a 4th round pick out of North Carolina by the New England Patriots in 1988.
Posted 32 tackles and 2 sacks his rookie season seeing action primarily at NT.
Had a career high 53 tackles in ’90.
Played 7 seasons for the Patriots, heading over to the Cleveland Browns in 1995.
After a season in Cleveland, finished out career in 1996 as a member of the Baltimore Ravens.
Took the ‘Joe Nash route’ working as a jackman (and later as a pit coach) in NASCAR.
Also loves fishing and worked as a professional bass fisherman.
ACCOLADES:
New England Patriots All 1990s Team
All-Rookie Team 1988.
NOTES:
Tim makes an appearance in Nintendo’s Tecmo Super Bowl for the Patriots at NT. Some underrated action shots here on these cards of Tim. The Fleer ’90 is his rookie card, and he appears on 27 cards through 1997.
Chris and I are big Texans fans and from time to time we’ve helped each other out with players. Since he lives there in the area and had worked around the organization, he’s had unprecedented access to the team. He sent me this autograph as thanks for my help over the years.
The Houston Texans inaugural set has become a big set need for me over the years, and as I can nickle and dime into a few of these players, I am so happy to add them to the set of autographs TTM. I took a shot in the dark and was happy to get this card back signed from him.
Scooby played LB for Arizona and saw playing time right out of the gate as a true Freshman in 2013.
In 3 years (27 games), he had 236 total tackles, 38 TFL, 14 sacks, and 6 FF.
Drafted by the Browns late in the 7th round (2016), Scooby has seen much of his NFL career on and off the practice squad.
Joined the Cardinals late in 2016, and was on and off the regular season squad and practice squad through 2018.
In 2018, Wright was a territorial allocation of the Arizona Hotshots of the AAF and played with the team during its abbreviated season in 2019 (8 tackles).
Spent 2019 on the practice squad of the New England Patriots.
2020, saw Scoob take his game to the XFL where he played for the DC Defenders, notching 17 tackles, before the league ended operations due to COVID.
After playing for the Alphas of the Spring League that year, Scoob reappeared on the radar of Spring Football in 2022 with the Birmingham Stallions.
It was with the Stallions, Scoob etched his name into Spring Football lore.
He had 52 TT, 3 sacks, and 2 FF for Birmingham in ’22.
During the Championship game that year, Shark-Dog had a spectacular pick 6 for the go ahead score.
Spent 2023 on IR.
ACCOLADES:
USFL 2022 Defensive Player of the Week – Week 4
NOTES:
I am very glad to finally close the book on Scooby. After the Hotshots beat the Commanders in that final game, I tried to get him but he was quick to go to the locker room but I had no luck. In 2020, when he joined the Defenders, my friend Seth, offered to get his autograph at the Defenders team event. He came through in spades and I was able to get him in this beautiful gold pen.
Later Mark (Mark’s Signing Bonus), helped me out with Shark-Dog’s address. I finally got around to sending this XFL 2020 card to him, after I found out that there was going to be no USFL card of him. He was nice enough to sign both XFL 2020 cards I sent, as one was for my friend Seth.
I sorta blew it though because I had a Leaf Draft card I could’ve sent among others, but I guess I’ll just have to get him after the USFL and XFL merge.
During his time in the USFL Scooby has earned the nickname ‘Shark-dog’ based on his unique defensive celebration. As he put it to the sideline reporter: “I had to go Shark-Dog on them. Half Shark, half Dog.”
Celebrating the game, the players, the cards, and the autographs for over 25 years.
