Damn, here it is Oilers: Traded Jacky Lee to Broncos for Bud McFadin, 1965 first round pick (#2-Joe Namath) on 1964-08-20 Jets: Traded rights to Jerry Rhome to Oilers for first round pick (#2-Joe Namath) on 1964-11-27 http://www.prosportstransactions.com/football/DraftTrades/Years/1965AFL.htm
[1960E="Dierking, post: 3255541, member: 6014"]He was picked by the Cardinals.[/QUOTE] The Cards were in the NFL & that time the AFL(different from the the NFL) & we were in the AFL which had its own draft & JWN was picked by us in that draft. I would recommend U go to a study hall & read up on NYJ history especially from 1960 until the merger of the AFL & NFL in the early 70s
Lots of great plays included in this thread. Two I don't remember seeing mentioned, certainly not the best but up there: Curtis Martin breaking that LB (or safety?) ankles on the Chiefs. Pennington with the Tennessee dead leg vs the Bills. My most memorable was definitely Jumbo Elliott in the Monday Night Miracle. That was priceless, and perfect.
I remember we picked another QB from ND besides JWN in that draft but I am sorry I was never a draftnik so I did not keep track of draft picks at that time. But when Wberlin paid him which was a lot of money at that time that got my attention & I rushed over to the NYJ office in NYC to purchase STs which I still own to this day. For sure I will remember JWN flick of the wrist & the ball traveling d/field at a very quick pace. It is that quick release that so frustrated the Colts in SB 3. In the 50 years since we have NEVER had a QB that chucked the ball the way JWN did which says a awful lot about the shitty management we have during this period of time IMHO. Look at Woody record 0-15 in real life if he worked for a business he would have been canned a very long time ago with that type record. Remember the idiot Kensil who ran the team into the ground for so many years? How about pick your nose Walton or Weeb's son in law Winner or Holtz? Make me want to puke ever time I think of them. Ah the other QB was John Huarte if I remember correctly & was rated ahead of JWN
It wasn't that nice. It was really more of an ice and sleet storm and when I got to the parking lot, my friend broke his key off in the lock of his Volvo.
They actually drafted four QBs that year. Namath in the 1st round- $400,000 bonus; John Huarte in the 2nd round- $200,000; Bob Schweickert, a running QB, in the 4th round- $100,000; and Archie Roberts in the 7th round. That was big bucks back then and definitely got the NFL's attention. That was probably the beginning of the two leagues' bidding wars which Al Davis took to another level, eventually forcing the merger for financial reasons. I was already into stats and when I compared the 4 QBs it was clear that Archie Roberts was the best of the four- an Ivy League QB with incredible (for the time) college numbers. Needless to say I've never been offered a front office job. I hadn't heard of the concept of level of competition yet.
It really was brutal that day, like many others in that wind tunnel Shea Stadium. I remember watching that terrible terrible game and wondering why I was wasting my time and money watching them. To be honest I've only been to a couple of games since that one.
Do you remember Kensil's fight with Walt Michaels on the team plane on the flight home from the Mud Bowl in Miami?
Shouldn't your favorite Jets play be Mo Lewis killing Drew Bledsoe? C'MON MAN (to be read in an obnoxious Keyshawn Johnson voice).
No not really nor do I remember if the NYJs ever explained to us fans why WM was fired & changed out for pick your nose JW
Nope the losing spiral is 46 years long at this time & by the end of the 2015 season will be going on 47 years. Woody holds the responsibility for the last losing years up to now
Here's some info about it, tho it doesn't give details of what happened on the plane- http://www.nytimes.com/1983/02/11/sports/sports-of-the-times-career-s-sad-end.html
