Don Majkowski the Wally Pipp of Football

[@djrychlak4443]

It wasn't Favre that brought hope to GB. It was Majkowski. Great player and joy to watch.

[@robmunger922]

It all started with him he brought the spark back he was an amazing player and personality. Packer fans such as my self will always appreciate and respect him. He not the embarrassment that Favre became after his career and there was no drama like we had Rodgers. I don’t know why the Packer pro shop doesn’t carry his jersey.

[@dano3523]

I remember watching him play. He actually gave Packer fans hope of winning games and maybe even (gasp) going to the playoffs. Majik was the man. And still is in my mind. He was the beginning of winning in Green Bay after a long drought.

[@wallypalmer4704]

When Majik was healthy, he was as good as anyone. As someone else commented, he and Sharpe were the sparks that lit the fire in Green Bay. I have nothing but fond memories of #7!

[@Packer1290]

I agree. Thats why I don't think the Wally Pipp reference is accurate. I try to tell people all the time that the current success and excitement of the last 30 years started with Majik.

[@youtubesgay]

CORRECTION: When Majik was healthy, he was BETTER THAN EVERYONE...including Montana. In '89 he passed for more yards, and he passed for more touchdowns. He also did that awesome football trick that took me over a month of daily, routine practice to achieve. Don Majkowski is the GOAT.

[@Playsinvain]

You are right. Don was amazing

[@Playsinvain]

You started the Magic, Don. You really did

[@TyrantsBDamned]

And if they would have drafted Barry Sanders in 1989, I think it would have been enough to put them over the top. I'll take a championship in 89 over 96 any day...

[@stevemiller4292]

Don and Lynn Dickey are rightfully getting the respect they’ve deserved through those dark days.

[@TyrantsBDamned]

Dickey was a dangerous man if you gave him enough time

[@agentorange2554]

Oh yeah, don't let anybody kid you, Makowski and Sharpe were the first sparks that lit the fire in Packerland. Finally, we had some positive footage in the highlight reels.

[@TyrantsBDamned]

There is NO REASON that Sterling Sharpe should not be in the H.O.F.

[@morefiction3264]

Don, you are the best Packer QB that doesn't have a ring. I'm glad your ankle finally healed and you can live a good life.

[@jackiejanetm]

I loved Don. I have wonderful memories. I have enjoyed 33 years of winning football - it all began with Don. I'm sorry things ended the way it did. Thanks Don Majkowski!

[@siggydoo]

He was wanting to amputate his leg after so much time with pain??? Damn!!! Glad it's better for you now Majik!! I've been a Packers fan since age 6...1970. Those were some rough years until the Majik Man got us rollin! #7 Always a Packer!!!

[@warrenking3517]

Don Majkowski will always be remembered and honored at Lambeau. Thank you Don! 👍 Go Pack!

[@kj9093]

The crazy thing is that Bo Majikowski ended up playing baseball and I have an autographed baseball card of him. It's crazy seeing him as a little kid in this old video!

[@tedtheyerl5090]

Majik was Magic. Started the GB momentum going, after years of dismal seasons, where dad would swear and throw things at the TV. All of a sudden, we had hope. Sad his career was cut short, and terrible injury, but he took it in stride as Favre took over. Between him and the two other QB's we've had since then, GB has been blessed. But Majik started it all.

[@robkeel100]

As a Browns fan who has been waiting on a good QB since Kosar left in ‘93, you better enjoy it!! And it’s good to see that you realize just how blessed you guys have been. It’s brutal out here where Favre’s and Rodgers don’t seem to fall from the sky. PS, I liked Baker. He coulda been something but the Front office chased him off in true Browns fashion. But that’s neither here nor there. Take care.

[@SteveLarson-b5r]

Wisconsin...born and raised. The Majik man was fun to watch and gave us Packer fans something to cheer about.

[@lelandcross9092]

Thank you for time in Green bay! Been a Packer fan for 62 years!

[@davidsimmons586]

me to

[@themartianpariah6985]

We'll always appreciate you Don, thank you

[@warrentug]

I loved watching the Packers back then because they were a fun team. Moving from Minnesota Don reminded me of the good old days with Fran Tarkenton....still remember Don pimping the cowboy boots on TV! My son was born in '92 and I signed him up for season tickets that week....it took 31 years but he got his tickets!

[@CraigCooper-kb5tb]

As a Tampa Bay Bucs fan I remember sitting in Tampa stadium and watching Don Majkowski light the Bucs up. He was and excellent Quarterback.....

[@getbig2501]

The Majik was on the cover of Beckett Football cards and was a somebody for a moment

[@MichaelJSmith-us9cg]

Don was tons of fun to watch, with Stearling to throw to, they made GB excitng

[@wankertanker1813]

Sharpe should be in the hall of fame. Terrel Davis is in and only played seven seasons, of which only the first four were really productive (i.e. over 1,000yrds. Next closest was last with 700). While Sharpe was productive consistently his entire career. Only rookie yr he had 700smthg yrds, and prob the yr of Majik's injury was his other just under 1000yrds. Also over 7yrs.

[@kikoman780311]

The Majik Man is the reason a kid from a small farming town in southern New Mexico became a Packers fan. Thank you for having the coolest hair and promo poster ever (which I still have ) and for introducing me to the best team ever🧀

[@wesharris2559]

Man I love that guy!

[@robkukoc3393]

Majkowski was my favorite player growing up…I’m still upset I lost his poster in between moves as a 12-year-old.

[@Matt-602]

I'm a Redskins fan who enjoyed seing the beginning of his career on highlights in high school. I'm glad KZbin has this presentation to bring back that "magic" (no pun intended!)

[@kirklenigan8570]

I remember him as the guy that maybe should've started over Scott Mitchell. GO LIONS!

[@stevenweck3543]

I loved watching him,,he was great and exciting,,packers fan since 1958,,when I was 6,,,GO PACK GO

[@shawnn7502]

Great video. Will always love the Majik Man. He is damn right. We do remember everything he did in 1989 and in 1990. He is a Packer legend and always will be. The Packers' lack of an offensive line from 1990 to 1992 nearly killed this guy. I still think the Packers make the playoffs in 1990 if the Packers would have given Majik his new contract in time for the season opener. And they certainly make it if Freddie Joe Nunn doesn't throw Majik on his shoulder and end his season.

[@rogerbunnell8769]

Right. He's had 22 surgeries since he played.

[@RetroreviewsPlus]

I think they would have made the playoffs in 89 also if they would have changed the playoff bracket a year earlier. That's crap they went 10-6 in 89 and didn't get in. Could have had the dream matchup I always wanted Elway vs Majkowski that would have been an awesome Super Bowl

[@majikman7355]

Was an out of state fan and they would take you to game breaks. Knowing down two scores and a game break came on there was a undescribable feeling once it showed they scored.. flipping channels to see scores and even radio....great memories

[@ikkenhisatsu7170]

As much as I love Favre, Majkowski was incredible. Green Bay fan since the early 60s myself - and he (and Sharpe) kept the fire alive.

[@scottfritz2231]

I remember Don as the Majik man. He was the hope after things being bad. Didn't even dawn on me that it was the start of Brett until I saw this. We are going into the 4th great quarterback with Love.

[@dwayneseidl431]

Don was a class act it saddened Packer nation . Thanks Don you are great !

[@merccadoosis8847]

Great video. Magic was one heck of a QB. Sad that he suffered that injury. Good to see that he is a great father and is coaching his son.

[@kim-jong-poon]

Titletown never forgets... we love you majik man.

[@dalehartmann2753]

Will never forget the Majik man true packer fan

[@ronwallace6273]

to me you were the best qb magic man

[@MrGomjabber]

No, I remember he gave me hope that the Packers wouldn't be doormats forever. His seasons with the Pack are some of my favorite because for the first time I was experiencing joy watching the Packers.

[@patzimmer1052]

I was 8, I'll always remember 1989 and Majk as a Packer. We didn't even make the playoffs but that was my first taste of winning Packer football. Plus this video has Jim Irwin and Max McGee!

[@crikker9447]

Damn HE WAS Majic in 1989, Iam a huge Packers Fan and it kinda pisses me off when he is not mentioned in the conversation of Packer Greats

[@guysumpthin2974]

DON MAJKOWSKI ONE OF THE BEST EVER TO PLAY THE GAME

[@toma.4808]

In an era that breed Other names like kelly,marino,aikman and moon? Don was definitely one of the best. Shame he couldnt stay healthy

[@wankertanker1813]

Sad that too many fans take the "couldn't stay healthy" as a blame on the individual player. As if it were their fault and not the result of the game and circumstances during play time. Sometimes strength & conditioning. But that is secondary to the other two mentioned.

[@michaellong3836]

1989 was the first season that the Pack had a winning record in double digits since I started following Green Bay in 1976. Remember believing that Majkowski, Sharpe, and Infante would lead the Packers to long-awaited glory. Sadly, it wasn't to be. But 1989 will always be memorable. Thanks, Magic Man!

[@kylemarzion2814]

Michael if you started following the pack in 76 those were tuff times. I started in 74. Yeah 75 , 76 , 77. They were not very good , they went through a lot of starting QB,s in that time. Seems like a different one every game.

[@michaellong3836]

@@kylemarzion2814 Lynn Dickey was QB for most of those early seasons that I followed them. When he broke his leg, Dave Whitehurst filled in. 1978 saw the Pack go 8-7-1, actually tying for 1st place in the NFC Central, only to lose the division championship to the Vikings in a tie-breaking rule.

[@kylemarzion2814]

@@michaellong3836 between dickey getting hurt and Whitehurst. They went through a bunch of backup trash. Including hadel disaster , Whitehurst didn't start until 78. He had 1 good year. If it wasn't for Lofton. And Middleton they would have struggled again. But Lynn that guy was good. Too bad broke his leg. Knee problems, he just wasn't Mobil. But man he could throw.

[@aspiceronni4462]

Unbelievable QB with great vision, a strong arm, and a set of wheels. He was my favorite player as a boy. I really think he would have been an awesome fit in the West Coast offense.

[@marklanfier8287]

Idk about the West Coast. He was the Majik man, he threw the deep routes. Vertical offense all the way but imagine with an Edgar Bennett & Dorsey Levens in the backfield. They could pound the ball underneath & then open up the deep shots for Don.

[@toma.4808]

Drew bledsoe getting hurt opened up an opportunity for tom Brady and he became a legend. Similar scenario with the Majik man and favre. Favre takes an open opportunity. And becomes a legend as well. Sometimes i wonder had don not gotten hurt what the future wouldve looked like for the packers with Don still at the helm

[@crikker9447]

Funny you mention Bledsoe cause after the Patriots he went to the Cowboys with a little known back up named Tony Romo

[@wilnerolivier7971]

​@@crikker9447 Not the same because Bledsoe was in his prime & just coming off a Super Bowl appearance a few seasons beforewhen Brady supplanted him as the Pats starter!! In Dallas it was different because Bledsoe by then was pretty much done when he was replaced by Romo.

[@manhalen7046]

In all honesty he probably would have continued to get hurt because he wasnt a big guy at all.

[@victorreyes3029]

How just one great year for having show case #7 made a big difference in Packer Nation that lit a confidence in Packerland. imagine they beat the bears, cowboys twice and sb champs niners in ‘89 👍that in itself was a good achievement and stepping stone from mediocrity to elite level!

[@DavesMx6]

I don;t think many people realize the Qbs that were in camp in that timeframe. Ty, Mark, Warner etc

[@ronnyvonallmen6892]

Loved the “Majik” Man Era….

[@redmustangredmustang]

As the top comment said, when Majik was healthy he was a top 10 QB. Even in 90 and 91 he went down with injuries. The thing going in the 92 season, the Packers were already 0-2 going into the Bengals and were heading for 0-3 by the time Magik went down. So when Majik when down and Favre came in ,Favre knew he really had one last shot to prove everyone that he wasn't a bust. So when Favre came and pulled that last drive to win it, you knew that it was trouble for Majik. The sad thing is that not many people knew after winning the Steeler game Favre lost 4 out 5 games and were sitting at 3-6. Then something clicked where Favre and the Packers won 6 straight games and were heading to a must win against the Vikings. Win and they are in, but sadly the Packers lost to the Vikings. The next season the Packers were in the playoffs and won a wildcard. After that for the next years from 92 to present day 2022 the Packers have had 2 QB's, Favre and Aaron Rodgers.

[@manhalen7046]

Things didnt really click for Favre until probably, 1994. He was basically Bubby Brister in 1992 and 1993, a QB with a cannon for an arm and loads of potential but who was a gdamn reckless idiot.

[@mpbMKE]

@@manhalen7046 Was going to say the same thing. Right up until mid-season in 94, there were *lots* of people who wanted to see what Ty Detmer or Mark Brunell could do (and Brunell obviously had a fine career of his own). In training camp that year, Green Bay also had a kid named Kurt Warner slinging passes around. So absolutely nothing was set in stone regarding Favre yet, until the back half of that season where you could argue only Steve Young outplayed him in the entire league. Then obviously the next 3 years cemented his legacy.

[@manhalen7046]

@@mpbMKE Yep, exactly.

[@victorreyes3029]

I’d like to think that Bart Starr was the pioneer of great packer QBs Don majkowski paved the way for the new age QBs in GreenBay!👍🙏

[@ThreePhaseHigh]

I watch Don a a few packers watch a game the Viking needed to lose for the Packers to make the playoffs but the Viking won. But the fun part was back in the day there was a wild feed you got on the old 10+ ft. Satellite Dish. You could watch Don and other players talk on a open microphone as the game was being played. That was something to see😂

[@kruncytheklown]

Class act Magic Man.

[@guysumpthin2974]

This is where favre learned to scramble and the effective run-fake

[@thomasnorman9536]

When he runs he looks like Montana

[@k.p.5736]

You were good Don , I was in my late 20’s when magic gave me hope after so many bad seasons

[@andrewzenn1719]

Majik gave me hope that the Packers wouldn't be 4-10 anymore.

[@CyGea]

When anyone says the Packers have had great quarterbacks since Brett Favre, I always say, "Bullshit, it started with the Magic man, Don Majkowski."

[@mpbMKE]

I couldn't help get sucked into the news ticker. The day Urban Meyer quit at Florida! 😅

[@King5150Ed]

It's a shame we didn't get to see him play longer

[@ryanboldt7751]

so true, he brought the excitement back to the pack.

[@Gabagool99-v8c]

#1 best mullet in Packer history and #2 best known for the instant replay game and sticking it to Ditka and the Bears, one of the best moments in Packers history #3 badass nickname Majikman. This man is a legend.

[@pokor5791]

I remember the t-shirt: "Upon further review the Bears still suck" With a bear suckling Wisconsin on a map.

[@UnitedStatesofAmerica.44]

Query's was good, too.

[@jeffreywhitlock4882]

I followed his career at UVA and then Green Bay. He led UVA to the Peach Bowl before being drafted by the Packers. He was an exciting player with the "it" factor.

[@photog1529]

You can say the same about Drew Bledsoe...got injured, and in came Brady. And the rest is history. Always liked Majik back in the day, but unfortunately injuries happen, but it seems like he's adapted and is doing well. Nick Collins, Sterling Sharpe...two very promising careers also shortened by injury. Its a tough game.

[@barbaracaroll]

Difference is Drew bledsoe played in a super bowl and had more than just one good year before getting injured

[@photog1529]

@@barbaracaroll True, but irrelevant to the point I was trying to make. Majkowski went down and Favre came in and stayed in for the next 15-16 years, ditto for Bledsoe/Brady.

[@wilnerolivier7971]

​@@photog1529 Exactly!! What's amazing was that Brady supplanted a guy in Bledsoe who was a #1 overall pick in the draft, became the face of the franchise, led his team to a Super Bowl appearance & signed a long term contract that was worth $100 million dollars. Need I say more.

[@TraceSteffen]

The analogy is the guy who replaced the guy who NEVER missed a game. Favre owns the NFL iron man award… just like Gehrig (Call Ripking JR passed it). Brady barely made it, what couple seasons??? before coming out of a game lame. But high five for these guys figuring out how to turn this into a platform for Patriots bragging! 😂😢

[@NoName-fx9zi]

His highlights look a lot like Mahomes. I do remember when Bob Costas interrupted whatever game i was watching to announce that injury....the way Costas said "Brett Farve", you could tell he thought the Packers were doomed.

[@HunterTiberisBojangles]

Love the Magik man!!

[@mspionage1743]

The Magic Man was legit.

[@einzelganger6664]

Nobody else gonna mention how that kid just casually coughed up blood and didn't even care? Lmao

[@marcusanderson4652]

Hall of Fame DE Howie Long had this to say about Don Majkowski when he once played against him, "He's a Houdini, he threw the ball from every conceivable angle of his body, under his armpit, through his legs, falling down." This sounds like he was the closest thing to Patrick Mahomes before Patrick Mahomes.

[@rogerbunnell8769]

I know. Howie Long says that in one of my other videos. I think it's Packer Raiders highlights from 1990.

[@Fireyninjadog]

Houdini, was a Wisconsinite

[@SHOWROOM9201]

Majik was definitely the man before Brett! Love them both...and Lynn Dickey!

[@pokor5791]

A t-shirt my dad had: "You can beat our Pack, but you can't lick our Dickey"

[@iamanamerican7936]

Sterling Sharpe made good QBs look great.... That guy needs to be in the Hall.....

[@TheUnatuber]

Majkowski has never cheated poor Mississippians out of their money.

[@f1hotrod527]

I don’t think packer fans only remember him for being the guy before Favre. I remember him as being a very good quarterback. I remember him being very good improvising and throwing on the run outside the pocket. It is a shame he had that injury.

[@55Reever]

I remember being in a bar when Don Majkowski had gone down with the injury and Brett Favre replaced him. In subsequent games Favre didn't look so good, and that morning in the bar where we were watching the Packers, an argument started and a fight broke out between Packer fans. It was an eighty year old man that yelled in a drunk Packer fans face that the guy that should be the Packers QB is in Detroit.

[@m.s.7397]

Still to this day my favorite Packers QB. I still believe if he had a line an coach like Favre had he'd be considered one of the best to play

[@lbcoach2295]

Underrated qb

[@stevenalvarez3074]

Get your son ready to follow Love🤷🏽‍♂️ GPG!

[@leedavid6543]

He was the beginning of the winning we had from when Majic started till Rodgers leaving, had lots of injuries who knows if he would have been a hall of faimer

[@notmarealnameboi]

I didn't realize he was that good. I was a kid. I thought he was just a flash in the pan.

[@mra57]

He was called the polish Rifle and they were the Cardiac Kids.

[@jcdova29]

I wonder what his career would of been if he played four years under Holmgren.

[@robertbowles5156]

If he stayed healthy Farve would have sat until traded again, and some other team would have gotten better. The majik man was that good

[@paulpokorny1238]

Doubt that.

[@mjjoe76]

It’s hard to say, given that Wolf and Holmgren went out to get Favre. But who knows?

[@davidmurray5399]

Ask Drew Bledsoe about being a "Wally Pip". One hit, and it was twenty-plus years for Tom Brady.

[@mjjoe76]

Not the same. Brady didn’t have the consecutive games streak, mainly because of 2008.

[@JWD1992]

Drew Bledsoe: "Hold my beer."

[@wilnerolivier7971]

Drew Bledsoe is now Wally Pipp!!

[@brettcahan4167]

Farve was excellent in college too!

[@daviddorger6916]

I dont know who the fuck Wally Pipp is, but I know Don Majkowski was a damn good quarterback. He didnt lose his job to Favre because he sucked, he lost it because he got hurt, but I think he was a Superbowl waiting to happen. Dude could ball.

[@stacydornan9765]

The year I became a Packer fan,always remember the Manic man#7

[@mjjoe76]

Wolf and Holmgren went out and got Favre as their QB of the future. But I wonder if Don Majkowski could have kept Favre on the bench if he had stayed healthy.

[@dalegribble1560]

That mullet tho!!!

[@montana-dm1uq]

It was the time's,everybody had one in those day's

[@kendallevans4079]

Class-wise Majkowski was head and shoulders over Favre. Don was Frasier Crane to Farve's Jethro Clampett.

[@guysumpthin2974]

Don was also on the receiving end of ugly payback from the chicago bears because of what greenbay did to jim mcmahon , packers did one of the most ugly cheap-shots of all time, WAY after the whistle, driving jims throwing shoulder into the ground . Don got similar treatment from the bears

[@crikker9447]

I’m not saying what Charles Martin did to McMahon was alright, it was a brutal and very ugly cheap shot but back in the 70s and early 80s every time you watched a Packer Bear game you knew at some point that fists were gonna be thrown. I put a lot of that blame on Forrest Gregg… he was a terrible coach for the Packers

[@Tilosender]

His Son will be playing for the Pack... And he will be a good one

[@rogerbunnell8769]

I don't think Don will let Bo play football. Too dangerous. Don has had 22 post playing surgeries from football.

[@user-go3rc3fy4i]

that title now belongs to drew bledsoe

[@dougamundson6836]

He had A good year. Gee.

[@mjjoe76]

Yep. Injuries got him after that. If he had the chance to actually play under a quality coaching staff and had stayed healthy, who knows?

[@guysumpthin2974]

OMG !! If only Don had the same unlimited O-line holding that rodgers gets !!! Don would have 10 rings ...

[@IDL716]

Depew 💯

[@davidsimmons586]

I think Majkowsk would of taken us to the super bowel

[@johnperrigo6474]

In one of those highlights at 1:25 Majik throws a pass and it's against the New Orleans Saints. The game must have been at Lambeau, but the Packers are wearing their road whites uniforms. Strange....

[@rogerbunnell8769]

It was game 2 of the 1989 season. It must have been warm that day so the Packers being the home team decided to wear the cooler whites.

[@danhildebrand8291]

Majikowski!

[@ronwallace6273]

draft magic man Jr on packers

[@ThreePhaseHigh]

The packers needed the Viking to lose a game to make the playoffs . butthe Viking won . But I remember watching some of the Packer team watching that game

[@johnletendre3292]

No, I think Drew Bledsoe was the NFL's Wally Pip!!!

[@mjjoe76]

Favre had the consecutive games streak. Brady didn’t. That’s the difference.

[@johnletendre3292]

@@mjjoe76 Brady won 7 SB's and Appeared in 10. End of Story!!!!

[@edgar214ER]

And bret Favre ruin his legacy for being a scammer

[@cs292]

Drew Bledsoe.

[@mjjoe76]

Brady didn’t have the consecutive games streak. That’s why they compared Majkowski and Favre to Pipp and Gehrig