**Power Rankings side note:** [The passing of Tommy McDonald](http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000966150/article/pro-football-hall-of-famer-tommy-mcdonald-dies-at-84) this week is important. While there are so many fans and media covering the game who don't acknowledge anything pre- [Super Bowl](http://www.nfl.com/superbowl) era, football was indeed played before the late 1960s. As the passing side of the NFL grew in the late 1950s and early '60s (especially with the advent of the AFL), no player was as prolific at getting in the end zone as McDonald. The Hall of Famer scored 66 touchdowns in his first seven seasons (all of which were spent with the [Eagles](/teams/philadelphiaeagles/profile?team=PHI)), despite the first four of those years featuring 12 games per season. That's incredible. The next-closest guy over that same span didn't even produce 50. Think about that. You know, they used to say about another [Eagles](/teams/philadelphiaeagles/profile?team=PHI) receiver that "all he does is catch touchdowns." Consider McDonald an early-day Cris Carter, but more of a vertical threat. [He owned a wicked sense of humor,](http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000966250/article/tommy-mcdonalds-hall-of-fame-speech-showed-his-joyous-spirit) too. One last note here: McDonald was a bona fide star on the Philadelphia squad that won the NFL title in 1960. Yes, the [Eagles](/teams/philadelphiaeagles/profile?team=PHI) were once champs *before* [Nick Foles](/player/nickfoles/2532842/profile). </content:power-ranking>