[2][3] A five-win season in 1962 was their highest in five years; it was the first with Bobby Mitchell, who they traded for to make the first black player in franchise history.

They include Sonny Jurgensen, Bobby Mitchell, Charley Taylor, Jerry Smith, Len Hauss, and Chris Hanburger.

McPeak was fired after 1965 for Otto Graham, who was given a ten-year contract by team president Edward Bennett Williams.

[6] After spending the 1966 season as a color commentator for St. Louis Cardinals games on CBS, McPeak joined the Detroit Lions as an offensive coordinator in 1967, a position he held until 1972 when he moved on to the Miami Dolphins to replace Howard Schnellenberger who became head coach of the Baltimore Colts.

His tenure in Miami would last for only two seasons due to complications suffered after a stroke, which he spent several years recovering from.