Posted on 12/03/2017 2:13:48 PM PST by Ben Mugged
I remember when football was a man’s game. I mean a game played by real men not community organizers and feminists. Men who carried monikers like the mafia. Men who played with broken bones and strained muscles and played for the love of the game and of the violence of the game and didn’t really care if they got paid or not. Men like:
• Ed “too tall” Jones who once jumped up in the center of the uprights and blocked a field goal kick at the goal posts.
• Kenny “the snake” Stapler who had a great career as a quarterback and then became a record breaking kicker.
• Dick “night train” Lane who would have a cast placed on his arm before a game, not because his arm was broken but to use as a club.
• William "The Refrigerator” Perry who could play both offense and defense. On short yardage they would hand off to Perry and dare anyone on the defense to stop him.
• "Mean" Joe Greene who just didn’t give a damn what you thought. If you were a wuss you didn’t belong on the field.
• Jack "The Assassin" Tatum who would be sent in to get the opposition quarterback out of the game. And he often did.
• And half of the Raiders linemen had to be released on Sunday to play.
Ladies and gents, those were the glory days of football the likes we will never see again.
Bobby Layne who could throw 5 TDs, with a splitting hangover.
Don’t you mean George Blanda instead of Ken Stabler?
Remember when they started letting Women reporters in the locker room to do interviews? That’s when it started.
I truly am so p*ssed that the NFL has screwed up football for me! All I can say is I’m so HAPPY that College Football was amazing this year.
Now - on to Basketball and Hockey, LOL! Bite Me, NFL!
I almost posted that, too, LOL! :)
“WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON OUT THERE?!?!”
He said Ken “Stapler,” whoever the hell that is. I was a great admirer of Ken STABLER, who was a class act and fun to watch play the game. I don’t think Ken STABLER ever kicked a ball in his life, unless it was on the ground after a running back fumbled it and he was pissed.
And that would just be during the Anthem....LOL!
Yes, you are correct.
I doubt he'd last 2 minutes before being hectored out of the sport.
I don't believe that.
Next we will be hearing about how they used to play with leather helmets.
Leather helmets, or NO helmets would cut down on concussions. Nobody would lead with their head anymore.
I remember when the Redskins were a good team. 25 years ago......
I remember as a young college woman in NYC (17 years old) following my late, great pal, Patty, to Joe Namath’s pad where we’d hang out hoping for a glimpse of the man. How she loved him and all the hockey players of that era. How I’d hate to be a young girl following Kapernack...
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