Joe Namath: A Football Life - The Guarantee

"A Football Life: Joe Namath" chronicles one of the most famous events in NFL history, "Broadway" Joe's guarantee prior to Super Bowl III. NFL Films goes behind the scenes and documents Namath's audacious promise.
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[@charlesjoyce6331]

this most crazy thing is that he is still the jets all time leading passer

[@Gump-tion]

+Charles Joyce And that says a lot!

[@JetsCentral]

+Razor Smith hahahah forreal 😂😂😂 go jets

[@hankhill701]

How's that crazy man? Have you followed the Jets over the last few decades!?! LMAO!

[@sodaking6858]

Charles Joyce not really the day his jets passing record is broken is when they win the super bowl

[@00tonytone]

Charles Joyce why is it crazy. the Jets have sucked since and hasnt had a franchise QB. since.

[@josephpurdy5899]

That picture of Joe Namath putting his finger in the air is the background on my PC

[@TL2354]

Wow

[@josephpurdy5899]

@Brady Cox 😂

[@michaelleroy9281]

After 51 years this is still a moment for the ages

[@inbredagogo]

If Don Shula pays you a compliment , that's quite an honor.

[@kelvinkloud]

Shula= class

[@TL2354]

Why?

[@TL2354]

@@kelvinkloud except when he intentionally leaves the tarp off the field prior to the 1982 AFC Championship Game

[@tracemcsorley6368]

rip 🕊

[@andrewpadaetz5549]

That game led to Shula going to the Dolphins just 13 months later.

[@KingAnime101]

The way he throws the ball is so beautiful man....

[@colonelangus5437]

+Jonathan Kenley Quick release..he threw it hard.

[@tommythetrain4288]

super fast my ass... hard?? come on

[@MattyUwU69]

Yeah he throws the ball so well.. you threw it so well for that 173-220 td to int ratio

[@wvu05]

@@MattyUwU69 Plenty of QBs had more INTs than TDs in that era. Imagine these QBs with the interference and roughing the passer rules of that era.

[@1999glock]

Joe changed the game forever in so many ways. God bless you "Broadway" Joe.

[@Njbear7453]

phil lamonica yes he did

[@jankylegz4331]

In what way? I’m curious seemed like a cool guy

[@1999glock]

@@jankylegz4331 Primarily by signing with the AFL and making it a legitimate league competing with the NFL on an equal level. His ability to command the biggest contract in sports history (at that time) started a "bidding war" that threatened the NFL, leading to talks of an AFL and NFL merger, today known as the AFC and NFC. By delivering on his promise that the AFL was equal to and better than the NFL when the Jets bet the NFL Colts in Super Bowl III, the Jets proved that the AFL and the NFL were on equal grounds, validating the merger as we know the NFL today. Joe was not the geatest QB in football history, not by a long shot. But he won the game that counted. IMHO, Joe Namath (football) and Tiger Woods (golf) each, did more for their respective sports than any 2 athletes ever.

[@Njbear7453]

my dad always told me that joe namath was awesome to watch. he said he preferred the AFL because it was all passing. people always say that joe namath is overrated or not that good but if anything he's underrated. he made HISTORY. first qb to pass for over 4000 yards and also the first AFL qb to win the super bowl leading to the merger.

[@TL2354]

The leagues already agreed to merge for the 1970 season, they had a joint draft in 1967. Why would they play each other if they didn’t agree to merge?

[@InertBrian]

TL2354 what he meant to say was that this super bowl cemented keeping the merger together. There was believe that the leagues were unequal and if AFC teams kept losing then the merger would fall through

[@dylanmuller7769]

He was also not the first. Super Bowl IV was won by Len Dawson and the Chiefs.

[@dantesinfernopurgatory7826]

@@dylanmuller7769 You might want to revise your statement. Len Dawson and the Chiefs won Super Bowl 4. Joe Namath and the Jets won Super Bowl 3 a year earlier. So Joe Namath was the first.

[@justindecker9282]

TL2354 they were talking about 2 NFL team in a super bowl

[@burtmaclinfbi3993]

Can't say that Joe Namath was overconfident going into this game. If anyone was overconfident, it was the entire Baltimore Colts team due to them not adjusting and changing the way they played.

[@davedivelbiss]

Baltimore was so over-confident that they really didn't prepare by studying the film's of the Jets. You can tell they were unprepared for this game. Shula saw signs of that and tried to warn them against it. But you can't make men listen.

[@IcedEarth426]

If you watch the America's Game episode of the Baltimore Colts it is so apparent that the SB3 loss broke so many of their brains. Many of them have stated that they will never get over that loss.

[@burtmaclinfbi3993]

@@IcedEarth426 Well, they won the Super Bowl two years later. Can’t say I have much sympathy for the players that lost this game.

[@unwanted107]

no.. no.. "WE" are the king of the hill brother

[@furstenfeldbruck]

You won't hear that out of Cam Newton's mouth.

[@dafttassia1960]

he gives his team props all the time

[@MrJimmy3459]

"Its funny hearing a female talk about routes" - Cam Newton

[@billytheconqueror5803]

MrJimmy3459 he's right. You don't hear that often.

[@alightthatnevergoesout]

Broadway Joe, one of the most influential players of all time. God bless this great man.

[@windyhillsss]

I was thirteen years old, it was July and my dad took me to a Jets Practice at Hofstra University. The Jets offense scrimmage their Defense, people in the stands weren't paying that much attention, players were talking on the sideline, the Jets QB I forget who it was was just lobbing the ball to his receivers missing them a couple of times. Then the the playing stopped, players were substituting in and out, the I'll never forget what happened next, this player with a knee brace and hunched over jogs out on the field, dead silence in the stands and on the field, I have always said to this day that it was like Christ himself had just stepped on the field. This QB walked up to center takes the snap and freaking zings the ball down field with precision accuracy, I was freaking impressed, I said Dad who is that, Dad said that's Joe Namath, I became a big fan of his that day and he still remains my all time favorite football player to this day.

[@colonelangus5437]

+David Van Bomel Amen

[@alightthatnevergoesout]

👏

[@alightthatnevergoesout]

John Steudler No.

[@MadHoosier]

John Steudler How is Joe Namath overrated? Nobody ever puts Joe Namath into the top 10 quarterbacks of all time. We can always say he's one of the greats, because if he and the Jets did not win that game the AFL would have never merge with the NFL. And that game show that the AFL can compete with the NFL teams. No one could beat the Colts that year and it took an AFL team like the Jets to beat them.

[@alightthatnevergoesout]

Mad Hoosier Kids these days know absolutely nothing about our game.

[@RedElephantStampede]

No, he didn't win 4 Super Bowls...he won THE SUPER BOWL.

[@mattdon2164]

+RedElephantStampede Could not agree more. This was by far the most important Super Bowl ever. Had Namath and the Jets been defeated by Baltimore, the laughingstock status of the AFL would have continued. By winning this game, and playing the NFL style game and literally beating the Colts and the NFL at their own game, Namath and the Jets proved the AFL was big league and the equal of the NFL.

[@Gump-tion]

+RedElephantStampede He won "a" Super Bowl, the same way Trent Diffler did, not "the" Super Bowl.

[@secdefprime5290]

+Matt Don I agree with you

[@albertoramirez5977]

I'm a patriots fan, have been my whole life I cannot argue with your statement! That was THE SUPERBOWL! And for him to say I'm not king of the hill we are king of the hill! Namath is one of the best ever!

[@user-sz5nk2uf3t]

RedElephantStampede agree but as a Jets fan, I'm still waiting for the sequel to the Broadway Joe Show in super bowl III. Maybe Josh Allen brings us the sequel? (Could be wrong about him, but I really like him and hoping we get him in the draft.)

[@lordburlap4514]

Just the greatest passing motion in the history of the game....

[@eaglefang8656]

Qbs throw from the side.. Namath tossed from the center which i wonder why QB's don't do it anymore

[@sodaking6858]

its gonna be sad when he passes away he was the greatest jets player that ever played and one of the best quarter backs the game ever saw I just pray he will live to see that jets win it again

[@VMan29397]

@FuckingHateTwilight he didn't sell his soul cause when you do you are doomed to die young robert johnson died at 27 tommy johnson (not related) died at 60 Niccolò Paganini died at 58 Jonathan Moulton died at 61

[@jqowens777]

@@VMan29397 yea sike some live until they look like goblins aka Rockefeller and Rothschild lmao

[@eaglefang8656]

Legends never die

[@briggscharleton6139]

Joe was the leader of a fantastic team. Love how he said, "We're the king of the hill. We as a team." Pretty amazing that he was going up to the line w/o a play and just picked the Colts apart.

[@DarKKnightt07]

This was one of the most legendary sports event ever.

[@marcjohnson4385]

We got the TEAM brother

[@keithbiggs440]

He was the man back in the day. We love you Joe here in Alabama.

[@seanlaterz1871]

He's a real team player

[@00tonytone]

sean laterz when he said no no we #1 we got the team. is what every other player tries to match. Namath didnt win the Jets won. Amen.

[@lendrury2771]

@@00tonytone Namath was drunk during the game

[@valkor73]

joe namath was a badass selling the game before prime time

[@crusader4273]

Joe Willie...was ultimately the game changer for so many reasons in the game of football. He is an icon and a legend to the game of football.

[@GCDissapointment]

The Colts dominated so many teams because they played a lot of zone defense, which was foreign to most NFL teams at the time, but commonplace in the pass-happy AFL. This gave Namath and the Jets an advantage, as they knew how to attack zone defenses, whereas NFL teams did not.

[@KaurSingh-bo6gq]

That’s how they intercepted the ball in the end zone and even near the end zone.

[@gregford2103]

Namath and the Jets also watched films of the Colts' only two losses over the 1967 and 1968 seasons, and developed offensive strategies from those games. In 1967, the Los Angeles Rams beat Baltimore 34-10 with Roman Gabriel audibling quite a bit at the line, something Namath also did in the Super Bowl. In 1968, the Cleveland Browns beat the Colts by running Leroy Kelly at the right side of the Colt defense. The Jets did the same with Matt Snell and Emerson Boozer.

[@thomaswolf723]

No I try

[@thomaswolf723]

Namath played well and did not make any mistakes, but he was mainly a very good game manager. MVP should have gone to Matt Snell. GOAT horns should have gone to QB Earl Morrell and kicker Lou Michaels (two missed FG, one from only 19 yards out). In the next year's Super Bowl Chiefs QB Len Dawson won MVP, but he was also more of a good game manager than a star.

[@macofalltrades6396]

The other half of zone defense is the blitz. Joe Namath wasn't a genius at reading zones; he was a genius at beating the blitz, and he did that with stunning regularity throughout 1968-1969. The Colts ran into their perfect storm in Namath, because he knew how to audible against it. He threw 5 TD passes in a game against Miami that year, and all five came against the blitz. In his own autobiography, Joe noted that Baltimore only had one ex-AFL substitute, and that the one thing everyone knew in the AFL was: do not blitz against New York.

[@Bountyville424]

This is why I love my jets. Born in raise on Los Angeles, CA but this is what had me hooked. The jets always showed heart too me.

[@lazr2106]

Not bad graphics for the 60s

[@Jiltedin2007]

One of the few people in the World that can talk shit and back it up!

[@dennisstewart1115]

Joe looked better.. more classic in that white jet uniform than any other super bowl QB the cool face mask the dark lines under his eyes , the white shoes ! He was the man !

[@user-so9gw2po7n]

it's 2024 and I still love this. Thank you, Joe willy!

[@1993majinvegeta]

People say that he didn't really do anything significant, that he is probably more known just for guaranteeing a victory in a game, than actually being a great player. Thing is, he did so much more than that. To boldly declare that you are going to win against a team that is 15-1, that has publicly destroyed their NFL opponent in the match prior, that were 18 point favourites, wasn't courageous or confident, from a professional's perspective. You laugh at it, you dismiss it, and you bring it up just for the drama of the game. But Namath did it. He backed up his word and went on to beat a team that should have been able to beat them handily. All stats, all reason pointed to it. Yet, Namath and the Jets defied logic. They defied destiny. That's not a small thing to accomplish. Plus, they helped the NFL to become what is today by establishing the competitiveness of the AFL. These are small feats, but definitely significant. Because, we would be talking about a very different league had the Colts won that day.

[@craigdiascd]

+1993majinvegeta Cassius Clay was championed for it.......Namath is largely forgotten for it and his job was harder because he's got to rely on the rest of the team!!

[@dwightlove3704]

Vegeta the real MVP of this game was Matt Snell not Namath!!!!!!

[@danielkelegian5306]

+1993majinvegeta He called every play in a Super Bowl!!! Can we name any other QB who called every play in a Super Bowl?? Incredible.

[@Njbear7453]

Also first quarterback to pass for 4000 yards in a season

[@00tonytone]

the guy still bleeds green. gritty and as tough as they come

[@altonwilliams7117]

One of the greatest Super Bowls for sure!🏈

[@ronjeremy65]

Joe Namath was a hell of a leader, when he bacame team captain.

[@TheDhruvraj123]

truly the goat

[@johnnymahsrow7704]

This was a big win for the Jets, but also for the American Football League.

[@patbateman69420]

3:59 look at the release and arm strength. Very impressive

[@elevenb1933]

Still to this day. My favorite athlete of all time. Joe Willie Namath.

[@one4allall4one91]

Namath and that one win catapulted the Superbowl to new heights. Sad his career was short lived yet it paid huge dividends for the rest of his life.

[@chrisoxford4026]

Get em Joe

[@turk5832]

Epic game, epic football player! I remember when he came to NY, he was like all 4 Beatles rolled up into one! He owned NY and he transformed the greatest game in so many indescribable ways. One of the greatest sports legends, memorialized in the pantheon of great athletes like Babe Ruth and Michael Jordan!!

[@barbarajordan3145]

Absolutely, I miss that time. Joe made the games so exciting even to this day. Watch the films when he was at Alabama! Ruggedly handsome man, very honest and is who he says he is! I saw him one time in interview but could not get close and he didnt look up. I wish he had! LOL!

[@uofa82]

There are a lot of things that can be said about the greatness of Namath, but the bottom line is he was a team player. It was not about him; it was about the team. THAT’S WHAT CHAMPIONS ARE MADE OF! He learned that from the BEAR! LOVE THE JOE!🐘🛩️👏❤️‼️

[@scottjackson163]

As a 10 year old Alabama fan in 1968, I idolized Joe Namath. I still do.

[@toomuchgames1thegoat]

if only I could have been born earlier to watch this beast QB

[@raypetree9372]

He wasn't really that beast...

[@colonelangus5437]

+Ray Petree Ever caught a pass from him? It'd split your damn hands.

[@Njbear7453]

+Ray Petree wasn't beast ? He was the first qb to pass for 4,000 yards in a season, oh and he also was the first AFL qb to win the super bowl so you can thank him for what we now know as the NFL

[@raypetree9372]

I never said he was bad. God damn lol

[@PsychoValidation]

Breen Machine Thanks to the devil, apparently he admitted that he sold his soul to the devil to win this game😄😄

[@lordburlap4514]

So great....period.

[@Dietpepsivanilla]

About talking to the press. Not entirely true. Joe was willing to talk to the New York and AFL writers because they were the ones who thought the Jets could win. He didn't want to talk to the NFL or national writers. He eventually did.

[@davidr5961]

The afl championship game they played against the raiders two weeks earlier at shea, was the great game that year, 27-23, back and forth. he threw a pass about sixty yards to maynard late that set up the winning score.

[@danlaman1000]

No. .no ... we're king of the hill. We got the team brother. Brilliant 👏

[@flopbusch5839]

broadway joe is a legend

[@joeleicht5764]

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.

[@macofalltrades6396]

I've probably watched this game ten times over the years. Joe knew what he was talking about: their game plan hit the Colts at their weakest points and punished them. Their defense played solidly, and they got one huge break right before halftime when the sun blinded Earl Morrall right when the Colts had called a trick play that definitely would have tied the score at halftime. The Jets came out for the second half believing completely that they could win, and dominated the rest of the way. The real genius behind the guarantee was Weeb Ewbank. He was the architect of the game plan, and Namath was the master builder who not only executed it, but improved on it through line-of-scrimmage audibles that adjusted to the Colts' set for that play. Shula was overmatched in his first two Super Bowls, but after that, he also adjusted and proved he was as good or better than Ewbank. The 1972 Dolphins were only one byproduct of this game. Bottom line for me is that Super Bowl III was the most pivotal game in NFL history, and the sun coming out on the Colts' pre-half flea flicker made that the play of the century. The entire league's history turned on the vagaries of clouds in front of the sun.

[@MarkHoward660]

Joe Namath The man could out coach the coach

[@footballlegends1285]

He would of Probably Not Made the Hall Of Fame if he didn’t win this game, I think he is in the Hall cause of his Guarantee

[@adamJKpunk]

Back when America was cool.

[@matthewdavis6838]

NAMATH IS A HIPPIE

[@americasariessun5536]

America is STILL cool - it’s the stupids living here that are not!

[@americasariessun5536]

George Vida Cuba is calling your name if you don’t like it here - no one holding a gun to your head lil boy

[@SantiagoTM1]

I grew up in that America! We had music, crazy ass politics, movements, the AFL, Vietnam, & the Space Program called Apollo...Oh, Boxing too.

[@adamJKpunk]

FuckingHateTwilight Dude. You’re misreading me. I didn’t say it was a perfect utopia, I said it was cool.

[@OldChanCharlie]

Yeah I’m gonna be Joe Namath for Halloween. Dude is too cool

[@markteixeira3161]

If there was ever the right guy, at the right place, at the right time, for the right job, it was Joe Namath quarterbacking the NY Jets in Super Bowl lll.

[@georgehiggins6358]

love you Joe...

[@tyrondavis6727]

55 years later 🤔🏈🇺🇸..... time flies.

[@adandelgado4069]

this is awesome

[@peteraustinnoto142]

Namath rules

[@3roxxxy]

Jets called 80% of their plays at the line...…..Blue 10, Five One Right, Ready, Set

[@jasperhalsey8574]

Buster Bellm love when i heard that. Hurry-up offense, way ahead of its time.

[@geneticfreak2411]

Namath had the easiest and quickest release maybe ever, i'd put him and Marino in that same category.

[@dietpepsivanilla3095]

Joe is the legend.

[@nk5350]

No...No....Were the king of the hill... We got the team brother! Joe Namath

[@chrisbrimhall6323]

Name a cooler cat in the history of the NFL than Broadway Joe.......pure passer

[@dennisstewart1115]

Joe Namath one of the greatest ever

[@deeely7176]

To me Joe Namath will always be the best Quarterback & he will always be my favorite. . I was so happy when The Jets won the AFL Championship & I was so happy when they won the Superbowl. I loved it when Joe always said the Team. I have loved Joe Namath since the 1960s & I still do. Plenty of times when Joe was injured he stayed in the games.. I will always love Broadway Joe 🏈💚❤

[@ginpok6640]

The key to this whole thing is that Joe was SMART and CONFIDENT!

[@RetroRider6689]

Joe Namath played 3 years longer than he should have. There were rumors that he would either retire or jump to the WFL following the 1974 NFL season but Namath re-signed with New York when the Jets made him the highest paid quarterback in the league. Namath took a physical pounding in 1975 & 1976 playing for two very bad N.Y. Jets squads and as a result his interception totals ballooned. By the time Chuck Knox brought him to the Rams in 1977 he was basically finished. However, it is a testament to Namath's courage and dedication that he played 13 years with knees so badly damaged that he was given a 4-F rating and a deferment from military service after coming out of Alabama. Jets team doctor's said he would be lucky to play 4 years. While Namath would miss 28 regular season games between 1970 and 1973 due to injuries, it is his body of work between 1965 and 1974 that made him a Hall of Famer: 1965 - AFL Rookie of the Year (UPI, SN) - AFL All-Star Game MVP (offense) 1966 - 2nd Team All-AFL QB (NEA) 1967 - 1st Team All-AFL QB (NEA) - 2nd Team All-AFL QB (AP, UPI, SN) - AFL All-Star Game Co-MVP (offense) - First AFL/NFL QB to throw for 4,000 yards in a single season - a feat that wouldn't be equaled until Dan Fouts did it in Week 16 of the 1979 season 1968 - 1st Team QB AFL/NFL Combined All-Pro Team (unanimous) - 1st Team All-AFL QB (unanimous) - AFL MVP (AP, UPI, Pro FB Weekly, SN, PFWA N.Y. Chapter) - AFL All-Star Game selection - AFL Championship Game MVP - Super Bowl III MVP - N.Y. Jets Team MVP - Hickok Belt Award Winner (Most Outstanding Pro Athlete) 1969 - 1st Team QB AFL/NFL Combined All-Pro Team (NEA) - 1st Team All-AFL QB (NEA, Sports Illustrated, N.Y. Daily News) - 2nd Team All-AFL QB (AP, UPI, SN, PFW) - AFL MVP (Associated Press) - AFL All-Star Game Selection - N.Y. Jets Team MVP - George Halas Award (Pro Football Writers Association) - Selected as First Team QB on the All -Time AFL Team by the Pro Football Hall of Fame (Jan. 1970) 1972 - Consensus 1st Team All-NFL QB (NEA, Pro Football Weekly, Pro Football Writers Association) - 2nd Team All-NFL QB (AP, Football News) - Consensus 1st Team All-AFC QB (UPI, Pro Football Weekly, Sporting News, Newark Star-Ledger) - NFL Pro Bowl Selection 1974 - NFL Comeback Player of the Year - 2nd Team All-AFC QB (Newark Star-Ledger) - N.Y. Jets Team MVP Playing in windy Shea Stadium, Namath finished as the AFL's 2nd All-Time ranked passer (1970 Official AFL History manual published by the Sporting News - page 112). It was a different era when Namath played. Only 3 of the top 9 all-time AFL rated passers threw more TD's than INT's and only Namath and Len Dawson finished with completion percentages over 50% (1500 or more attempts). The current passer rating system does not take in to account qualities like courage, dedication and leadership - all traits that Joe Namath possessed. An added note regarding passer ratings (from the NFL website): "It is important to remember that the system is used to rate passers, not quarterbacks. Statistics do not reflect leadership, play-calling, and other intangible factors that go into making a successful professional quarterback." Namath quarterbacked the Jets to the most significant triumph in pro football history. It was a game changer that finally brought credibility to the upstart American Football League. In June 2019 Joe Namath was selected by Pro Football Journal as Player of the Decade for the period covering 1965-75: nflfootballjournal.blogspot.com/2019/06/players-of-decade1965-75.html?m= Recommended reading: www.footballperspective.com/joe-namath-has-become-footballs-most-misunderstood-quarterback/

[@straightouttacomicbook]

Legendary man, Namath with his “ guarantee” 🔥🔥

[@jeffthewhiff]

Joe was a great quarterback and he will also always be one of the most popular football players of all-time!

[@3roxxxy]

People forget Jets had the number one defense that year in the AFL.

[@josecolon4248]

As a JETS fan since day one I was sick on the day of the Super Bowl but I was healed and the end of the game what a year Mets JETS and Knicks

[@Sc-ld7os]

Most swag in nfl history

[@charlesoliva8174]

“We’re king of the hill, brother!”

[@charlesoliva8174]

Zach Wilson take note - this is what a team leader looks like. His teammates would have faced machine gun fire for Joe.

[@elwin38]

I missed this game...was only 8 mos old! :(

[@Stacie45]

What really made this game was the ineptness of the Colts offense. Namath and the Jets offense were solid against a very talented Colts defense, but 16 points should not be an impossible number for a championship offense to keep pace with. The Colts blew easy chances for at least 2 more touchdowns. I would actually give more credit to the Jets defense than their offense for holding the Colts to just 7 points. But in reality the Colts had their chances on offense and they just blew it.

[@Sheridan1423]

+Stacie45 I think Joe knew that too and thats what was on his mind when he was saying "were king of the hill we got the team"

[@99somerville]

The Jets defense played well, as they had all year. The Jets were very conservative on offense, settling for three short field goals. Joe managed the game as he saw fit. Too bad QBs can't call their own plays any more.

[@jerryhazlet375]

I see you looking at your fingers during your medicare Comerical . Just wanted to know where's that big SUPER BOWL RING ? " "Wear it proud" You The Man

[@futuremath08]

When Namath said "WE are the king of the hill," he wasn't just referring to the Jets. The AFL had been ridiculed and disparaged by both the NFL players and coaches and the press. This win was an affirmation that the AFL was the equal of the NFL, and the next year the Chiefs removed any doubt by blowing out the Vikings

[@unnanointedonesufi]

His passing looks so modern. He'd be good in today's game.

[@robertrafford6068]

Brilliant execution of a perfect team. Joe Namath.

[@anthony8451]

If anyone has Joe Namath A Football Life Part 2 please post .Thank You

[@Hupomone]

"No, 'we're' king of the hill. We've got the team, brother." That what a lot of people who only know Namath from the flashy photos with fur coats and models and so forth don't realize...yes, he was "Broadway Joe", but was he a team-first guy? Absolutely.

[@XYouVandal]

I hope the Jets are making it a point to teach Zach Wilson about the significance of this man and this game and what it means to the fans. There will never be another Super Bowl that comes close to the significance of that one, you'll never see such a lopsided favorite like that again, but if he can be the guy they've been searching for since Joe Namath, that alone is an accomplishment that people have been waiting a lifetime to see

[@Dietpepsivanilla]

Mike Curtis is still mad about this, you can tell from his gestures. Curtis was a total non-factor in the game. They all thought the AFL was inferior when in reality it was the NFL from that point on that was inferior.

[@1999glock]

Several years ago Mike Curtis was asked about his career. He said he would have traded every award, the Super Bowl V ring and trophy, all the regular season wins, everything "If we would have just beat the Jets in that game". Oh yeah, mad Dog is still Mad.

[@yankees29]

This is the greatest win ever in Superbowl history. Namath called all those plays from the line and defeated the vaunted Baltimore defense. The ground and pound was a very effective weapon.

[@robert_joseph_speaks]

I can’t help but wonder why didn’t the Colts start Johnny Unitas that game??? Not sure if would’ve made a difference, maybe it could’ve been a closer game, but really?

[@civlyzed]

The Jets aren't my favorite team, but Namath is my 2nd favorite QB of all time. When I was a kid, I had a hand me down Joe Namath signature football...my friends and I used that ball until it disintegrated.

[@leogonzo7]

Biopic with Jeremy Allen as Namath would be fireee

[@GeorgeVreelandHill]

Joe Namath did more for football than Tom Brady ever did.

[@lloydkline7245]

First afc quarterback to led the a super bowl win, first 4000 yards in a season quarterback, great college career, etc etc

[@chandlersbryant4047]

Whats Brady got do with this Video? Namath never Completed the Greatest comeback in Super Bowl history

[@aldixon1977]

@George Vreeland Hill: Why bring up Tom Brady, this is about Joe Namath...

[@ronswoboda8310]

@@chandlersbryant4047 Namath and the jets didnt cheat..Patriots have been fined for cheating how many times?...coarse no real action been taken.because nfl is rigged..

[@chandlersbryant4047]

@@ronswoboda8310 Sure old man, already been debunked but keep crying

[@patrickreynolds6861]

In a day when sports had class.

[@00tonytone]

Martin J. Eckworth i agree Football is now propaganda and media controled. this was football roughing the passer or unnecessary roughness didnt exist in NFL. in those days.

[@Am-Not-Jarvis]

Joe Namath did a lot of things during his career that would be considered unclassy even by today's standards. Look in the title of this video for one.

[@SL-vi4tk]

There's something majestic about a quarterback who's equally good at baseball...

[@chrisza9782]

1:01 from now on that’s how I’m going to follow up any overconfident conduct: “Sir you do realise you ran a red light at 80mph…” “It’s just football sense”

[@robgordon885]

Namath wasn't being cocky. He was confident. He had looked at the tapes of the Colts defense that week and realized that they were good, but not invincible. The Jets were overlooked because they were an AFL team and the Colts were overrated. Namath was very good in the Super Bowl, but what many people forget is that the Jets had the #1 defense in the AFL and their defense shut down Baltimore.

[@dnasty312]

Not overrated, OVERCONFIDENT

[@seymourbutts4654]

The Nathan ia a Hippie poster is funny as heck. lol

[@tooterooterville]

Namath has always been a class act. Can't say that about the vast majority of today's NFL players!

[@wlupolice1762]

I really don't think Weeb Ewbank ever got enough credit for the game plan . He had that Baltimore zone figured out perfectly and he knew the Colts personnel as well as anybody. Weeb knew he couldn't have Namath throwing 40-45 passes in this game. Joe's statistics for the game were pretty pedestrian, but it was one helluva a brilliant quarterback performance.

[@vangillis]

he national championship in college and super bowl in NFL only two other players did this Montana's and STABLER

[@TL2354]

Bill Gillis Plenty of players did it, what are you talking about?

[@normanhayward3990]

I love the shot at 5:28

[@someonenew439]

Is it just me or is 4:36 just a badass line. Great respect for Johnny Unites and he could of won the game but that interception in the end zone made it difficult.

[@mikeyoungblood1642]

People say Namath is the worst QB in the Hall of Fame. They are MORONS. Namath called his own plays. He could have put up more stats, but he decided to try and win games instead.

[@traviscummings9178]

And so, the NFL we all know and love today was born