Here's a Reggie story passed on from some old ladies at my church. They took a bus trip to NYC and were wandering around when the elevator door opened and in came a large black man dragging a pit bull with him. He yelled at the ladies to 'sit down', which they did, only to be informed by large black man he was yelling at his dog, not them. He took pity on the cackle of old ladies, asked where they were from, and recommend a restaurant they should go to for lunch. They went to the restaurant and when the bill came it was paid in advance by 'Reggie Jackson'. They had never heard of him but brought the receipt home and showed it around.
This AMAZING documentary reminded & resolidified my reason for becoming a Jet fan since '67. Joe was the ma'f#ckin' MAN, ya hear me!!! I watched Supe 3 and his playcalling in the 2nd half -controlling the line of scrimmage & away from the Colts strength- WAS ABSOLUTELY INSANLY GENIUS!!! I'll LIVE & DIE a JET FAN!! Thank you Broadway JOE!!!
The big difference back then was that offensive coordinators were rarely used and when they were they still didn't call most/any of the plays, except for backup QB's or rookies. Has anybody seen any data on how many QB's in the 1960's called their own plays (and the %) vs. today ?
Man, that book looks VERY familiar to me. I'm sure I read it back when I was 9 yrs. old. I ate that Namath and Miracle Mets stuff up back in the early 70s. Read everything I could find. Thanks for posting it.
Fantastic documentary. "joe, are you king of the hill now?" "No. We're king of the hill. He can say whatever he wants about the franchise at anytime(and he's usually not wrong). He's earned it through blood, sweat and tears.
I enjoyed it, everyone should remember that we won 1 superbowl because we had a star QB. Right now we have a bone-head QB, I hate his guts, never have I been irked more by any player then Sanchez, That blank stare after something goes wrong, it makes me sick. I hope he stays in Mission Viejo and never comes back.
what was great was when joe entered the game against the 49ers, buddy ryan told schmidt that he could tell the o-line that anybody who let their guy touch joe would get cut . wonder what buddy would think about wayne hunter? :rofl2:
amen brother! and, namath could not coach sanchez since sanchez does not have joe's arm and can't throw the passes that joe could.
the jets also had 4 picks in that game. strange, because the jets were mainly a man-man team and the colts had the supposedly perfect zone defense.
offenses in the nfl today are just catching up to the afl of the 60's. back then, nfl teams ran and only passed when they had to. almost entirely on 3rd down.
there's stats, and then there's impact. joe called ALL his own plays, and did not throw a pass the entire 4th quarter of the game. just played eat-the-clock. the tuna copied that years later in the second half of the giants sb game against the bills.
Coaches can't do that kind of thing in today's era of the salary cap. If they could, Holmes' agent would be calling teams right now telling them about the great shrink he started seeing recently.
skins cut hainsworth and ate the contract guaranteed money. referred to as dead money in cap terms. we have $11 million in cap space rolled over. they could afford to eat the contract if they want to.
Of course a team can cut a player, but you can't issue a warning like "If anyone does A, they're cut." Because the guy whose does A might kill your cap situation. That was the point I was making in response to Ryan saying that any lineman who let Namath get touched was out.
Woody retired because he could not play any more. It had nothing to do with money and everything to do with a broken down body. Where was the rest of the league to gobble up Woody?
I like that they pointed out something I've mentioned on this site before - the respect other players, especially defensive players, had for Namath and what he accomplished. He help to increase exposure and salaries for players, and they realized it. They showed how defenders would try to be careful not to injure him, and help him up after knocking him down. Fred Dryer put it best - "it would not have been good for football (or the players) to have Namath injured. Things were better when he was playing". Just another example of the huge impact he had on the game.
Just got a chance to watch it last night, awesome. Love Joe--him and my dad are why I'm a Jet fan. I only got to see his last few years, he was comeback Player of the Year in 1974, I did get to see that.
