Joe Namath Highlights (Final Version)
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- I completely re-made the previous video I made for Joe Namath. Namath was an AFL icon, guaranteeing victory in Super Bowl III. He had a quick release and one of the strongest arms ever. Namath was the first player to throw for over 4,000 yards in a season. Also considered one of the most overrated players in NFL history.
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Notice, every TD he throws is to a receiver that is covered pretty well. In those days, defensive backs could mob pass catchers downfield so it was MUCH harder to complete passes. Today’s game offers pass offenses so many more advantages. I can’t tell you the number of times I’ve watched Dak Prescott or whoever complete passes to wide receivers that don’t have anyone around them for 5 or 10 yards. It’s insane. Namath was a monster.
Namath had the purest throwing motion of any QB in history in my opinion. Up and out (quick release) and 50 yards downfield like he was throwing darts. Pretty sure Dan Marino's dad saw Namath (both from western PA) throw and taught his son to throw the same way. The only other QB that comes to mind that was able to throw with no windup was Terry Bradshaw.
As a 14 year old I watched him warm up at RFK stadium in 1975 preseason. He was very focused and when that big windmill of an arm came over the top the ball was going 30-40 yards downfield like a frozen rope. I have never seen any one quite like him.
I saw him in Denver in '74 as a kid. I didn't understand the significane, but man he could throw!
There were plenty of rifle arms in the seventies.
Joe Namath had an Arm! I never realized it but he looks like a modern QB. Compared to his era and before especially, I can see why he was a phenom in the late 60s.
absolutely ... he would have been successful today with the freedom receivers now have !!!
@@brucewayne3602I don't think so. His legs would be too fragile for the huge defensive
Linemen of today. With protection yes!
When you look at Namath's career stats, it might seem like he has no business being in the Hall of Fame. But younger fans don't realize that if Tom Brady, Joe Montana, Dan Marino, Brett Favre and other legends played under the same rules that Namath did (which made the passing game much more difficult) they would not have been able to put up the numbers that they did.
The reason he belongs in the hall of fame is because he is the most important man in football. He made the league with that win. AFL became legitimate after that.
Absolutely agree with you, the owners bitched to the league to change the rules to protect their investments aka quarterbacks.
You also have to put into account the IQ’s of guys like Manning and Brady. The rules might be different, but they have picked apart some MUCH more complicated defensive schemes. Put Joe Namath in today’s game and he’ll still throw over 20 picks a season because the coverages and looks on defense aren’t as basic as they were back then. Brady and Manning would thrive in the 60’s and 70’s. The defenders were way slower and not as smart as defenders today. It’s not always about who’s tougher but who’s smarter
@@Bob-eo6uh the major difference is that today the quarterbacks are protected. Brady. Manning would never last 20 years. Namath and all those guys took brutal hits with no penalty’s Big big difference. Grass fields also. Also the receiver was also hit very hard. Look it up. It was a far tougher game then.
@@elevenb1933 Y’all kill me with the brutal hits and no penalties. As if after the players commit a roughing the passer foul, it’s supposed to take the pain away from the hit the QB just took. And just because a game is tougher doesn’t mean it’s HARDER. I’ll take Brady or Peyton’s brains over Namath’s toughness any day of the week. Plus none of those QBs took care of their bodies back then either which is why they didn’t last long. You smoke cigarettes and drink beer all day, of course you won’t last long and you’ll get hurt more. I’ve seen side by side comparison of the hits that all QBs have taken. That “back in the old days” narrative is so exaggerated, it’s pathetic
Namath is in the Hall of Fame because of one game. And he deserves to be there.
and the Jets never returned to the super bowl . 51 years and counting .Namath is a legend , with the greatest throwing arm in history , sad his knees were destroyed .
I watched Joe growing up and yes to bad his knees got destroyed. I grew up in Dearborn, Mi suburb of Detroit. I am 62 years old and still waiting for the Lions to get to a Super Bowl. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I agree. He was the man of quarterbacks, him and Marino.
Absolutely Hos great ability was marred though by his addiction. He was a childhood hero of mine.
his knees changed his career, even affected his throwing to some degree ... He will always be Super Joe, reason the NFL suddenly merged with the AFL !!!
Id say marino had the best arm. Montana was the best qb overall. Namath is right there w marino as far as just a pretty ball
From watching this you see almost all his passes were right on the mark hitting the receiver in stride. Remarkable!
His passes over the middle were perfect. They were thrown on a rope and hit the receiver in stride. Beautiful.
What made Namath both great and very unusual is he had both exceptional arm strength and touch. He bad a unique ability to throw deep balls that were very catchable.
Broadway JOE
Was
The SHOW ! ! ! ! !
The first Legiondary
QB.
Before we had all the coverages like we have now, he was what he said. The MAN !
One of the great one's!
Namath is sadly a highly misunderstood player, especially by younger fans that go strictly by stats. He had his flaws, but questioning his place in the Hall of Fame is ludicrous. You can ask any coach, including Bill Belichick, and they will all tell you Namath is one of the most talented QBs to play the game despite the fact he played on bad knees and less than stellar teams his entire career.
If he entered the league healthy he would have been the Dan Marino of the 60s and 70s.
Thank you ! I agree
With his quick release and impeccable deep ball Namath was the Marino of his era, along with Sonny Jurgensen
I see Otto graham and think this guys way better then Namath and played in even worse qb conditions
Marino never had healthy knees either as a pro.
And many games were played in muddy conditions.
My favorite of all time. We need that type of confidence again. We need that style and substance. Especially we need the winning attitude. Nobody was better than Joe Willie Namath. He was and always will be the most important athlete in pro football. He made the leaguer with the super bowl 111 victory. No question about it.
We also need another QB to wear a fu manchu besides Joe Flacco....
@@dukewilson14 also that wears a great fur coat on the sidelines
@@elevenb1933 Don't forget about doing pantyhose commercials....
truly still one of greatest eras, as coming of age , AFL, NFL, Packers, Cowboys for teams, still some of greatest players too Sayers Kansas Comet, Mad Bomber Lamonica, Namath of course, Bambi Allworth, Charly Taylor, some of Tarkenton's scrambles are still unbelievable, Jurgensen looked like he just came from a bar near the stadium same for Kilmer, Bullet Bob Hayes, Otis Taylor, Dawson, Jim Hart, Joe Kapp, Roman Gabriel, what a name for QB, Warfield, Maynard, Sauer, FEARSOME FOURSOME, PURPLE PEOPLE EATERS, just awesome great memories
omg how could I forget Johnny Unitas, shame on me, but there you are and there you go, many more too, just off top of my head,
@@nlb4697Unitas was the first big name qb I heard of Johnny U. Played really great in a lotta big games, consummate pro.
I echo those sentiments from Spike Lee. Growing up in Lakeview, Long Island , I remember riding my bike to Hofstra U... ,, and watching The Jets practice, u could actually hear the football HISS WHEN HE THRU IT.. HE WAS THAT GUY.. !!!!
Spent many a day over at Hofstra watching the Jets practice.
Namath was amazing. He couldn’t scramble but boy he had pinpoint accuracy and could read every defensive scheme they would throw at him!
He could scramble at Alabama. Then, came the knee injuries.
If Broadway Joe played in today's NFL he would be unstoppable
Throwing Motion or whatever you call it, he still threw the prettiest ball in NFL history to this day!
Loved watching Joe play. Nobody could throw a ball like he could.
Awesome.
To win a SB with the Jets is all you need to know.
Crazy how the first 3 Superbowls were won by Alabama QBs including both the NFL and AFLs first wins.
I never realized that! Thank you!
@@jvidr Yes sir and Alabama is also tied with Purdue for the most Super Bowl winning QBs by College. Bart Starr won the first 2 with the Packers, Joe Namath with the Jets in the 3rd SB, and Kenny Stabler won a SB with John Madden and the Raiders in the 70s.
And now Alabama is only known for its racism and crooked Governor Ivy….and Anti American senator Tuberville , who tried to kneecap America’s military by putting his own partisan agenda before the country’s needs. Alabama doesn’t even deserve to be a state anymore.
Joe Namath is a Hall of Famer quarterback coming out of University of Alabama where he won a national championship there. He was a record-breaker, a trendsetter, and a Super Bowl winner. He was one of the most famous and influential quarterbacks of all-time. He quickly became a fan favorite by the media after nicknamed Broadway Joe. He became the first quarterback to pass for more than 4,000 yards in a season. He was known for his flamboyant style, his nightlife and his commercials.
I was a teenager playing touch football in New Jersey when Joe won a Superbowl. Although Joe had a rifle arm, his running backs weren't too shabby. I'll never forget them either, Matt Snell and Emerson Boozer. The best 1-2 punch in football back then. Their combined total yards were about 1500 a season.
In my 70 years, NO quarterback had the instincts, field vision or ability of Joe Willie
You must not have watched much football.
He’s one of those players you had to watch to understand his greatness….. to that I say, Watch These Nuts.
To this day perhaps the fastest release of all-time. Marino came close.
Joe Namath called all of his own plays with 90% of them being audibled at the line of scrimmage against the Colts in SB 3. He picked them apart in the 3rd quarter which was the turning point in the game. They blitzed him relentlessly but his quick release was unstoppable in the game.
It was like when Marino gave the 85 bears their only loss. Quick release to pick apart that brutal defense.
Namath was before my time, but my simplest understanding of him was that he was the first QB to play the game ahead of the receiver. Not that he was the first to lead receivers with throws, but that the expectation was that he was going to drop it in the bucket as the rule and not the exception. This allowed the offense to play incredibly fast and forced defenses to play on their heels and sacrifice certain attacking tendencies in order to not get beaten. There’s a clear distinction of what the game looked like before the Jets won the SB and after. The NFL had to adapt to a game that could get behind the defense on any given play.
Namath was the best natural quarterback ever. Best footwork, peripheral vision, arm, quickest release, touch. He even hid the ball on fake handoffs better than anyone on his occasional bootleg runs. He could take a hit. Plus he called his own game. If he passed out of the shot gun with 4 wide receivers he would have thrown for 70,000 yards. And he probably played less than 9 seasons if you add up all his games played.
Marino was the best pure QB ever.
@@iamtman1 Close but he played in better conditions. Very close. Joe was better.
Marino by a mile. Even Namath said marino reminded him of himself except marino took it to another level.
Even after all these years, people are saying Joe was not that good and bringing up other QB’s. SMH.
I will always have a special place for Joe Willie, Secretariat, Muhammad Ali, Wilt Chamberlain, John Brodie, Archie Manning, Danny Abramowicz, Fred Bilntikof, Lance Rentzel, Charlie Sanders, Calvin Hill, , Duane Thomas, Larry Brown, Charlie Taylor, Larry Bird, Robert Parish, Kevin Mackenzie, Dennis Johnson, so many more that I admire.
As a kid playing sandlot football, Joe Namath my favorite quarterback and is today.
Music is fabulous!
the modern form and technique of pocket passing that brady has perfected found its template w/ joe willie.
Legend. 1969. My year, of course!
Joe's magic !!!
Namath's last rushing TD at 6:35. The footage is from ground level. It has been years since I saw an overhead view. Perhaps my favorite NFL play ever, where Joe bootlegs. The sight of 21 players going right, while Joe practically tiptoes left into the endzone is incredible.
#13 is prominent in this video, which I watched just minutes after learning of his passing.
Agreed. I was at the game at the Yale Bowl. I had seats near field level and to this day can vision a pass he threw to Rich Caster I believe about 30 yards on a line just flicking his wrist. To this day, I thnk he had the best arm I've ever seen on a pro QB.
I bought his book "A matter of style" when I was a kid. It had foldout strobe photos of his throwing motion taken by Walter Lloos (sp?) Of Sports Illustrated. I was enamored with Joe. Wish I would have kept that book!
Come back Joe!
In a word 💫IMPACT 🏈✊ people who don’t realize this man’s greatness do not know the game of football ✨ Joe was THE MAN! 🏆✊❤️
Namath and Maynard..Legend
There will never be another like him again
Namath was the first QB to throw for over 4,000 yards in a season. In a 14 game season.
AFL not NFL
When Joe was healthy he was something else to watch after 1969 and that tough loss to the KC CHIEFS in the AFL PLAYOFFS at cold Shea stadium he was rarely healthy he missed alot of Games but he 1. Was the 1st QB to throw for 4000 or more yrds(4007) 2. He beat a great Oakland raiders team in an exciting AFL championship game 27-23 3. He guaranteed a win in SB 3 as an 18-21 pt underdog vs a 13-1 colts team. He was a big celebrity off the field with movies, 📺 commercials the ladies WOOHOO. He was the 💣 💣
And you know what Joe Namath didn’t do? He didn’t throw 20 damn bubble screens every game. He threw down the field.
0:15 gives me chills, and Madden's narration says it all.
I feel like I am being needed
Namath was one of the greatest passers. Of course, it didn't hurt that he had a group of great receivers.
Pete Lammons George Sauers Don Maynard PLUS Emerson Boozer and Matt Snell in the backfield
THANK YOU THE KNOWLEDGE!!!! TO WATCH LEGENDS
Crazy the goal post r in the touch down zone
the goal post started off right on the goal line; must've been awkward running plays with the goal post directly in front of you lol.
No one was better and no one will ever be better. Love you Joe👍
And when it counted, in the biggest game ,, he delivered.. All u need is ONE,, AND HE and The Team Got It...!!
If Namath had good knees, he probably would've broken every passing record on the books at the time.
Mister Joe Nameth had a superstar quarterback career .
I remember watching all these games with my grandpa when I was a kid!!! He was Jets all the way!!! Broadway Joes arm strength made to wre the defense could not stack the box!!!
5:14 - The Namath to Caster version of "The Catch" from 11/24/74. Looks like the same play as Montana to Clark from 1981. Following a 6-game losing streak the Jets upset the Dolphins 17-14 in Shea during a 6-game winning streak to close out their 1974 season.
Swagger? The Hungarian Howitzer had some!
Even fans of Joe's don't realize that they never saw the real thing. Before his knee injuries, Joe could run with the best of them. He was impossible to defense at Alabama.
This video should be called "9 Minutes of Joe Namath Touchdown Passes"
Imagine what he could have done with 2 good knees. Sunday in NY was church, ronis and Jets football
his passes were bombs.....love ann margaret movie too
Perfect thrower of the football
When you look at Namath's statistics, they aren't all that impressive and people question his place in the Hall of Fame. He had an impact on the game that went beyond Super Bowl III. In a lot of ways, he drew people to football like Muhammad Ali drew fans to boxing. You wanted them to either win or lose. The press followed them. Yeah, Joe's place in in the game is secure. After all, it's the "Hall of Fame", not the "Hall of Statistics"
Joe had some amazing stats though, it’s just people can’t wrap their heads around the fact that rule changes and the advancement of the kicking game have fundamentally changed football strategy and game theory.
If it’s 3rd and 8 on your own 25 in 1967, a deep bomb shot that gets picked off is a much better play than a punt, because the punt is only going 35-40 yards with minimal hang time so there’s gonna be a return and there’s a 20% chance it gets totally shanked and goes like 15-20 yards. The bomb that got intercepted gave you a chance at a score and got you better field position. Judging Joe and QBs of his era for interceptions thrown when the context is totally different is peak “I think I’m smart but I’m not” shit.
after watching these highlights and seeing him in the pocket idk why madden got this man running round like lamar jackson
He was pretty athletic, but multiple knee injuries in college and the AFL/NFL took away the mobility that he had.
Joe Namath will 4 ever be my all time QB.. He was very unfairly underrated.. He thru more picks than TD's, but... He WAS STILL THAT GUY..
Underrated??? Most overrated player in NFL history.
Guy played on a torn ligament!!! A torn ligament!!!! That puts you out over a year!!! He was a pretty boy put tough!!!
Playing on dirt didn't help at the Polo Grounds
Broadway Joe, the biggest and brightest star⭐to ever play in the NFL.
It takes a little bit out of my sails to see him passing in a Rams uniform, oh well, that's life.
Had absolutely the Prettiest Throwing Motion in History!
Joe Willie was just good😁
Mister Broadway Joe Namath .
Best thing about Joe is, he wasn’t only a great quarterback but he’s always been a great guy
Namath was legit regardless of his stats.
How his stats were decent for that time not even great
And 1 Superboel I mean come on so many qbs have won 1
I cant believe people even think he isnt HOF material. Do people even realize how hard it was to throw for 4k? In that era it was unheard of. Even after the injuries he still was mobile enough. Look at his mechanics and movements. He looks like a modern qb. He played in a antiquated system for
Modern times. Of course he wont match the numbers. Noone does from this era besides unitas.
And it was in a 14 game season
He threw for what 4007 years a in 14 game schedule in rougher times for passers.
He and Unitas hooked horns one day and together threw for almost 900 yards. Unitas threw 2 touchdowns and Namath 6. What a day that was! It's called the Namath Unitas Shootout.
Joe "Big Daddy" Namath was a fan favorite.
For good or bad, he had a guy named Emerson BOOZER in his backfield.
AND Matt Snell!
He came into the nfl with a destroyed knee
Uu wee Reggie Sanders! O wow! Brian Jordan!!
Let's not forget tht the passing game in football back then was not relevant until JOE NAMATH made it.. NO DOUBT!!!
MAKE SURE JOE NAMATH’S #12 STAYS RETIRED!!!🏈
He was the catalyst for the AFL becoming equal to the NFL and forever changed the sport of professional football!
Please educate these young people about these landmark moments in American sports history!
It seems the sports media in America has lost these vital intangibles and we are left with these historically bankrupt youths who cannot appreciate where they came from!
I heard A-Rod is wearing #8 so 12 is safe for now.
Since Joe Willies retirement, he has had two knee replacements, two hip replacements, and a shoulder replacement. He spends time with his 6 grand kids.
Also can see what a great receiver Don Maynard was.
I can say one thing… a good QB is a Good QB you can tell the throwing motion
No QB before or so nice threw a football better than Namath - the absolute best ever.
Would it be too much to ask that you actually show footage from 1968 instead of 1972-4? Rich Caster (88) wasn't on the Super Bowl Jets team, nor was Eddie Bell (7).
I took highlights throughout Joe's whole career, so it just worked out that way that there were more highlights for me to use from '72 to '74 instead of '68.
Namath didn't have the stats to merit the HOF but as was mentioned in this film it's the impact he had on the game. By winning the SB he made the AFL legitimate because prior to that victory the majority of the country saw the AFL as an inferior league. The QBs of today wouldn't have these overblown stats had they played under the rules and conditions that Namath had to play under and how many remember that the QB called the plays back then.
Namath carried a league (AFL) on his back for 5 years, then brought along the 1970 merger by winning the Super Bowl.
Top 10 QB ALL TIME..
Not even top 40.
He threw 5 picks against the 1-12-1 bills in 1968, his cindella season where he won super bowl 3, and afl mvp. Heck the bills were 19 point underdogs, and got 3 pick sixes
@ FieryNinjaDog what’s that got to do with the price of tea in China any team can win on any given day let alone a quarterback, have a bad game I love taking a double digit dog on the money line
@@defunddemocrats2470 namath cost his team the game, if you exclude the pick sixes he threw, jets win 35-16, with the pick sixes, jets lose 37-35
Even at that time Namath gave games away by sheer pride and arrogance. Super Bowl 3 showed what he could have been. You can only wonder what he could do with a system like Bill Walsh’s. 6:58
He did nothing in Super Bowl 3. 16 points ko TDs. The defense carried the show intercepting Baltimore twice in the end zone.
By today's standards he didn't do much. But he time and again broke the Colts blitz, which helped them control the clock. He called most of the audibles. He played the game given him. He completed well over 50% of his passes. Which was out of character for. Had a few things gone differently, if Morral saw Orr, if the defensive player had caught an interception right in his hands, it could have been very dramatically different. And Namath may have resorted to his usual habit of throwing high risk passes.
If Namath had the same knees he did as a junior in college, he'd be star in today's NFL. Both his throwing arm and overall football smarts were that exceptional.
Hese the best ever
MOONLIGHT PUNTER
THE OLDER I GET...,THE MORE I LIKE HIM,.. HIS BIKER MOVIE CC AND COMPANY...IS FUNNY..NOW ..BUT HE KICKED ASS IN IT.... JOE IS GREAT
Hey, wait a minute... why aren't all those receivers wearing sticky gloves?
I mean, stickum and other kinds existed then.
Soo..
Namath was awesome…the ppl in the comments are suffering from presentism…judging someone based on the standards of today rather than the time they existed or in this case played…
This coming from a die hard Brady and Patriots fan.
LOL!!!
Bear Bryant said Joe Namath was the GOAT.
John Madden said Joe Namath was the GOAT.
He lost about 100 TD passes because his coach ran inside the 30-yard-line instead.
He threw interceptions on third downs on purpose because they were as good as a punt.
Joe Namath literally retired as the all-time NFL passing leader at 197.6 YPG.
He was the undisputed top player in the AFL for five years, winning two passing titles, an MVP, and an AFL Championship.
Gale Sayers had a lame 39 rushing touchdowns, but nobody says he is overrated.
Did he go to Alabama like That MAC guy 🤔?
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Yes
Maybe if eli manning was so flamboyant they wouldn't give him such a hard time
Namath would have been great in any era of football. He doesn't get the accolades of Montana or Staubach, possibly because he played for the Jets and they're just a shit show except during the Namath years, but he was definitely one of the greatest of all time.
A top 50 QB all time for sure and it's impressive that he had the career he did playing with busted knees for his whole career.
Why does it look like he has his best games against the Bills/
Stand Firm or is it HOLD FIRM 😉
There were 3 QB;s back in the day who'd give you a chance down 14 points with 3 minutes to play: Namath, Bert Jones, and Staubach. Staubach ahd the best overall career, of course. But for a 2-minute drive, given equal offensive lines and equal receiver corps, I'd go with Namath.
As for the interceptions, consider the kinds of passes he was throwing. No wide to the flat in those days. With a bad team in his latter years with the Jets, an interception 40 yards downfield was as good as a punt, so you might as well try the fly.
Don't forget about bradshaw