Vince Lombardi, who took over as Packers coach two years after Rote was traded, was among those impressed with his sheer talent. "I would have liked to have had a chance to coach Tobin Rote ...

And one of them was a quarterback, that, of course, being Tobin Rote. Jacobs got off to a bit of a slow start this season when it comes to scoring, reaching the end zone just once in Green Bay's ...

Cleveland, by the way, featured a rookie running back named Jim Brown. Detroit’s backup quarterback Tobin Rote threw for 280 yards on just 12 completions (12-for-19), with four touchdown passes ...