Joe Namath Talks About Leaving The Jets and Going to The Rams on Carson Tonight Show - 01/07/1976

[@joeverbosky424]

Met Joe several times and he’s still such a great man to talk to

[@bamagirl218]

Such charisma and class. I’m sorry but I still can’t look at Joe Namath without my mouth watering!

[@ryanellis4474]

Citizen Free Press brought me here Johnny Carson is the greatest late night host of all time May his name live on in highest honor forever! I will pray for America. Please pray for me. God Bless you. That Joe Namath fellow is an American treasure! Both men are DYNAMITE together on camera Excellent chemistry Johnny knew just how to make you look good This was a lovely watch! Thank you for posting this!

[@kelvinkloud]

carson really like namath like a big brother.... whats interesting about watching namath here is how confident & cool the guy was in his own skin. people talk about charisma & star quality a lot, this guy is exhibit in re to just having it innately.

[@Michelle-pn9xt]

I just did a google search. Carson was much older than him. How could he have seen Namath as a bog brother? That makes no sense at all!

[@brendasears8668]

My brother went to the Joe Namath restaurant in Birmingham and people came up to him an asked for his autograph . He told them he was not Joe an they thought he was kidding...He is really better looking than Joe....but Joe was no slouch.

[@deeely7176]

I loved Joe when he started playing football , & I still love him . A lot of times when he got injured he stayed in the game . To me Joe Namath is the best & he is my favorite 🏈💚❤

[@7beers]

Joe seems like a really great guy.

[@bobnelson4776]

Very straight forward clothes for Broadway Joe. Johnny on the other hand couldn't resist the loud plaid jacket, which I love of course.

[@cindydufala7646]

Bob Nelson I'm watching too. Tonight

[@kayumochi]

Johnny had his own clothing line for men. Did Namath? Dunno.

[@gavanhillebold3131]

“ I Guarantee It “ 69 Super Bowl MVP. Joe could sling it man

[@tdunph4250]

There was nothing or no one that Joe couldn't, as you put it, "sling"

[@AllPro777]

Namath could sling it to the other team better than anyone else.

[@tdunph4250]

@@AllPro777 he predicted the result, his team was the underdog and came through and won the big game! Period. He had a great career but injuries set him back.

[@pac401]

Joe is such a humble guy. Much different than the public persona of a guy who likes the spotlight.

[@Squirrel36]

And sexy!

[@brainsareus]

They can be part of the same person, ya know. Enjoying being about is not evil.

[@Squirrel36]

@@brainsareus Pardon my ignorance, but what do you mean by, "Enjoying being about is not evil"?

[@mrchopsticks3]

Reminds me of Andre Agassi, who was painted by the media as this pretty boy showboat, but in reality he hated the spotlight and was incredibly shy.

[@michaeltootikian4402]

“Broadway Joe” Joe Namath great quarterback and a great person

[@iris_stern3726]

the greatest uncircumcised QB to ever play the game!

[@johnm2617]

PA loves joe willie

[@MapleSyrupPoet]

Great together ❤ Johnny & Joe

[@brainsareus]

Good guy, Joe.

[@allenwatkins4972]

No wonder he was so popular in his day.

[@gargantuaism]

"Dear Mr Namath, my name is Bobby Brady and I am writing to you because I am very very sick."

[@groofoot]

The game they're talking about was the NFC Championship Game, which was played on Sunday, January 4, 1976 --- the Cowboys beat the Rams 37-7 In the L.A. Coliseum .... then, 11 days after this episode of The Tonight Show, the Steelers beat Dallas 21-17 in Super Bowl X, which was an Awesome game!

[@earheadsix4119]

Exactly. He played one more season with the NYJ and Lou Holtz before finishing up as a Ram. Was it 4 starts before they went back to Haden? IDR anymore.

[@elvicare35]

If you're a Steelers fan!!!!!!!

[@rogerwhiting9310]

Quarterbacks back then were HAMMERED by the defense. Joe talks about it in interviews. It was a totally different game... and the hits and after tackled physicality were not penalties. They took a lot of real pounding play after play. Joe also is quoted "Johnny Carson was a mean drunk."

[@kmslegal7808]

they were drinking buddies. Namath said Johnny was drunk one time and slapped Jets linebacker Ralph Baker. Johnny was lucky Baker didn't take him apart

[@jacksmith5692]

Didn't stop Bart Starr who was 9-1 in the playoffs with a QB rating of 104.3 and 15 tds and 3 picks. He averaged 8.23 yards per attempt in 10 playoff games and had 5 titles in 6 attempts losing 17-13 in 1960 falling short at the 13 yard line driving as time ran out! He played in frigid Green Bay and look at those numbers in the 1960's! A QB rating of 104.3 over 10 playoff games. With today's rules Starr may have not missed a pass he was so good and clutch! Namath in the 1969 playoff game at home against the Chiefs was 14 for 40 for 169 yards and 3 picks. His QB rating was 17.6. Bart Starr amazing in the playoffs and Joe Namath lived on one game forever and didn't even throw a TD in SB 3.

[@daleschroeder-jm9gu]

johnny carson was a mean drunk true story😁

[@msr1116]

Carson admitted he changed while intoxicated, and not in a good way either. My ex husband was the same and why I can't abide anything beyond light social drinking.

[@marcsonnenberg623]

Broadway Joe became Hollywood Joe.

[@daleschroeder-jm9gu]

joe namath will always have the best throwing arm ever in the nfl 😁and terry bradshaw also the football would whistle in the air hes a class act and could back up his word😁

[@jameskelly5672]

I'm excited for joes new start with Rams,they got a good shot at making the Superbowl.

[@3roxxxy]

He was the first QB to throw 4000 yards in a season.

[@AmericasChoice]

He was great in his prime. 7 step drop, strong and accurate arm and great vision. AND called his own plays.

[@SteveMikre44]

It was strange to see Broadway Joe wearing a LA Rams during his last season...

[@davidrice3337]

I'd love to meet Joe

[@heliotrope3345]

I just remember those incredible twinkly, green eyes of his.

[@brandonneely9982]

Wonder if Joe was a little bit boozie? But I love the guy, if his knees didn’t go so quick, man he could have been much much greater. But still a football great.

[@brainsareus]

Pain and beat up [football] bodies, ya need some sedation..... Pot and booze are pref to painkiller pills.

[@Zarina1634]

Sweet Joe.

[@clarkgable4113]

Watching this now, it's nice that some men back then didn't have to lower their voice falsely. Some men have higher voices and there's nothing wrong with that!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@brainsareus]

are we hormonal...?? lol

[@1369buddy]

Broadway Joe . Ballsy prediction on the Super ball with the Colts

[@vambo13257]

173 TDs, 220 Ints, had a couple of good years

[@SingleTax]

Mostly for mediocre teams, and before all the pass-friendly rule changes were implemented.

[@natewynn344]

Great guy

[@johnbrennan4449]

Joe Namath didn't leave the Jets for the Rams until after the 1976 season. he only played one season for the Rams in 1977. this episode of the Tonight Show was from January 7th, 1976, so the title of this video is misleading.

[@MikeCee7]

Thanks. I thought so. So this title is Clickbait.

[@viralbuthow000]

10:46 David Kopay is the ex football player Johnny's referring to.

[@frankzito1660]

The most important player in league history.

[@vambo13257]

lol

[@johncirillo9544]

The most overrated player in league history.

[@Crusader1815]

Publicity-wise, you're probably right.

[@brainsareus]

If Joe played under today's QB protection and hands-off receivers rules, he would have had killer sats. The duMbass naysayers don't get that.

[@kenperk9854]

Your damn right. Joe and a lot of The QBs from that era. Would throw for 7 or 8 hundred yards a game to day.

[@kenperk9854]

Don't underestimate how much greater he would be due to the advancement in injury care . In his day, a knee injury ended most careers or left their legs looking like Frankenstein's monster. Can you imagine Joe Willie with good knees sitting back there with the offensive line holding for him, saying, let's see, should I throw to this open receiver or that open receiver, then fires a bullet 65 yards downfield for his 8th TD of the game, benefiting from his, no longer damaged knees and Rolling out like he did for Alabama and using his renewed speed to beat the defense to the corner. Yep, the idiots who think the QBs of that time weren't as good as today because of the stats can go suck a hawg dick. With today's rules, if a QB can't throw for 6 or 7 hundred yards a game, he/she should hang it up...meaning football would be done because they can't.

[@spg1026]

When guys of his era describe his arm and throwing he would have been one of the best today. His throws weren’t just visually spectacular; the sound his ball and even arm made as he threw it were spectacular. 1st qb with 4000yds in the old 14 game season. Jets doctors game his 4 years to play after his surgery before he played his first Jets game. They signed him knowing his knee was hurt. He was that great. Stories my dad told me were true based on my research. Stats don’t tell the whole story.

[@jasoncrandall73]

I do not totally disagree but on the defensive side of the ball the players there also are better athletically plus the different ways coaches now scheme. Defenses still can dominate games even during all these rules favoring offenses.

[@corleone908]

Ken Perk k relax

[@crowtservo]

Lou Holtz was hired by the Jets for the next season, he was a disaster for the team and he quit after 13 weeks. They spent the next five years rebuilding and finally got back to the playoffs in 1981. They made the playoffs four times in six years from 1981-86.

[@howardcosell2022]

Lou Holtz offensive schemes are made for college. He has never had a QB succeed in the NFL and his disciple Urban Meyer who uses the basics of the same offense will be the head coach in Jacksonville next season. This will be interesting

[@gjmaztr7]

The rams running game of Cullen Bryant and injured Lawrence mccutcheon was boring...with pat Haden at qb..until Billy waddy caught a pass against Dallas to get to the 1979 super bowl.

[@stewartsnape2936]

My big three ,, Joe, Brett Favre, Dan Marino

[@jefflivengood1860]

The colts were great that year thee. The game was fixed the colts were the best team in the NFL that year

[@justinroark88]

Joe's voice used to be higher

[@sappermade6012]

JOE WILLIE!!!!!

[@jamesfarrington9030]

To rogerwhiting, I agree. No sympathy for the QBs. With the pass crazy offenses today, many of the starting QBs wouldnt last very long back then. Bradys career would have been over after 10 years if he was hit like Namath was.

[@MissisChannel]

I have the Joe Namath Beany Baby jets bear SuperBowl Series

[@rhgamecock1]

As a "heads up", this is mislabeled. This is January 1977 - not 1976.

[@forteanglley2345]

It's accurate cause Dallas won the NFC championship in Jan. 76, though a year later Namath signed with LA.

[@rhgamecock1]

@@forteanglley2345 You are right. I stand corrected. Thanks

[@AllPro777]

@@rhgamecock1 You done messed up.

[@انت-صلي-عالنبي-بس]

Johnny’s Suit keeps distracting me 😝👔

[@NadeemHayek]

Cassius Clay/Muhammad Ali invented the prediction habit in boxing in the 60s predicting the exact round he’s gonna win then it spread among other sports including football about who’s gonna win the game.. the Jets or the Rams.. Actually Ali invented and pioneered many things including rap

[@dremyofit6719]

Retirement X Joe was ahead of X!

[@Flussig1]

Mantle men and Namath girls, a lot of similarities between the two.

[@jefftheparodyguy5166]

This was back in the good old days. A guy like Aaron Rogers would be absolutely crucified if he was asked a question like that and then jokingly acted gay.

[@brainsareus]

''He's coming on time''...oops accidental dirty double entendre by Johnny.

[@oddvardmyrnes9040]

Two drunks. One mean & one good drunk. Guess who is who.

[@jacksmith5692]

Namath was 1-8 for 7 yards against Dallas who sat Staubach and played Longley who sucked and they beat the Jets 31-21.

[@paml.6101]

I'm positive he had a haram of willing women.

[@kenbrohere]

Probably a few fellows too.

[@paml.6101]

@@kenbrohere Pretty sure he is straight.

[@kenbrohere]

@@paml.6101 I'm talking about the other guys who were willing.

[@alanstrong55]

I tried his Ovaltine chocolate mix. It was too strong of a vitamin taste. Joe may have my portion.

[@ronflatter1235]

“The most brilliant quarterback playing the game today”? Namath threw for 15 TDs and a league-high 28 INTs that season, when the Jets went 3-11. Fran Tarkenton was MVP. Ken Anderson, Roger Staubach, Jim Hart, Terry Bradshaw and Dan Pastoring joined Tarkenton in the Pro Bowl. Namath was no better than 10th in passing yards and 19th in completion percentage.

[@geoffwallick]

The rams were strug-ul-ling.

[@lendrury2771]

Broadway Joseph loves his liquor. Big time coke user too . The ol boys likes the nose candy too

[@drbonesshow1]

Namath with the Rams (4 games 3 TDs 5 INTs) was worse than Roman Gabriel with the Eagles (53 games 47 TDs 37 INTs). However, equally as bad as Johnny Unitas with the Chargers (5 games 3 TDs 7 INTs).

[@jacksmith5692]

Noone considered him a brilliant QB in 1975. He sucked throwing 28 picks and around 48%. He was awful! There has never been a guy who got more from one game than Namath did!

[@petecross22]

You are simply wrong. Namath was an icon. An incredible arm.

[@jacksmith5692]

@@petecross22 173 tds and 220 picks and a QB rating of 65.5 and a completion% of 50.1 is not great or even good! It stinks and he has no business being in the HOF! It's a joke! Icon for what? 220 picks in only 3,762 passes and barely over a 50% passer! His highest QB rating ever was 74.3 and he had four seasons over a QB rating of 70! That SUCKS! The 1969 playoff game against the Chiefs at home was a disgrace! 14 for 40 for 169 yards and 3 picks! A QB rating of 17.6 as the Jets lost 13-6. Namath choked up Shea Stadium scoring 6 points and completed 35% of his passes on 40 passes! That SUCKS! Joe Gilliam had an incredible arm also. Didn't make him a good QB. Jim Hart had a powerful arm also. Didn't make him a great QB. The irony is Jim Hart had better numbers than Namath and yet he's not in the HOF? Hart threw 209 tds and had a QB rating of 66.6 and hit 51.1% of his passes and yet Namath is in the HOF for one game! Hart with 209 tds to Namath's 173 Hart at 51.1% to Namath's 50.1% Hart with a QB rating of 66.6 to 65.5 Hart with 34,665 yards to 27,663 Namath must of paid someone off to get into the HOF! That playoff disaster against the Chiefs at home was a disgrace!

[@petecross22]

@@jacksmith5692 you seem very passionate about the topic. Perhaps consider there is more to a sport than statistics. Bill Walsh and John Madden and many others called Namath the purest passer of all time. His supporting cast was substandard and the Jets totally relied on his arm to win football games. You are too young to realize what an impact Joe Namath had on professional football. But please feel free to provide more statistics. And be certain to include multiple exclamation points.

[@jacksmith5692]

@@petecross22 If you like 14 for 40 for 169 yards and 3 picks in a 16-6 playoff loss to the Chiefs in 1969 at home so be it or a 50% passer with 173 tds and 220 picks great! I don't! I prefer a Bart Starr with a QB rating of 104.3 in the 1960's in 10 playoff games winning five NFL Titles and the first two SB's being named MVP both times. I'll take 15 tds and 3 picks with a 8.23 yards per attempt in the playoffs in 1960's NFL, not 2023 NFL rules! Imagine Bart Starr now with these rules? Namath had a 54.8 QB rating in the playoffs, Starr had a 104.3 QB rating! 104.3 QB rating would still be excellent today and Bart Starr did that in 10 playoff games in the 1960's! What does purest passer mean? Steve Dalkowski was always said to be the hardest thrower of a baseball ever, ever according to people like Earl Weaver and Pat Gillick or Boog Powell and yet how many MLB games did Steve Dalkowski win? NONE! Nolan Ryan had an amazing arm and was 324 and 292 over his career! He won .526% of his games! A guy like Whitey Ford never had the speed of a Nolan Ryan or the arm talent and yet he was 236 and 106 and won 10 WS games and was always up against the ace of the other team and yet he won 69% of his games and won 6 WS titles! I'll take guys like Bart Starr and Whitey Ford and you can be in love with so called arm talent!

[@jacksmith5692]

@@petecross22 Gerry Philbin the all pro left end told Namath in 1968 if he kept throwing interceptions and losing games we should of won he would kick his ass. After 5 games, the Jets were 3-2 and in the losses to Buffalo and Denver, Namath threw ten(10) interceptions. The Broncos game was at home and Namath was 20 for 41 with 5 picks and no tds! Philbin also said we all knew "There were two sets of rules on the team - one for Joe and one for everybody else." Regarding SB 3, Philbin spoke of FB Matt Snell and said on offense we relied not on the arm of Namath, but on the legs of powerful running back Matt Snell. Although Namath completed 17 of 28 passes for 206 yards, he didn't throw a touchdown pass, and didn't throw any kind of pass in the fourth quarter. But he didn't have any interceptions, while Snell pounded for 121 yards and a TD on 30 carries. "He just ran over people," Philbin said. "He probably should have gotten the MVP, not Namath." Gerry Philbin said we won in spite of Namath.

[@TheeJeffrocco]

Namath was sooooo overrated. They won a super bowl against a washed up Colts team. Check Joe's career numbers, he was pretty much a bum. He was 62 wins 63 losses, 220 INT. and 173 TD's, 50% completion pct., what a joke.

[@viralbuthow000]

You're missing the point, I think. He was the pop culture icon that football needed. The Super Bowl the Jets won helped merge the two football leagues together. And, despite the interceptions, no QB had the passing game he had at the time. It was evolutionary. Not all about stats.

[@brainsareus]

Receivers were allowed to be mauled back then, and QB's were pummeled. He would have killer stats under today's rules. You'd be a fool if you can't see that!!

[@brainsareus]

@@viralbuthow000 You are so right. He was so much more than just a player; plus, as I say above, he was hampered by the rules of the time.

[@soundwavs1961c]

Shut up loser! LOL I LOVE JOE!

[@meyou3362]

Bear Bryan said Joe best naturally gifted payer he ever coached!!!! That says it all!!!!! Joe won at every level high school , college, pros!!!!! He’s a winner!!!!’n

[@ShadowCloneJutsu97]

Namath is pretty arrogant for a guy who threw as many interceptions as touchdowns and had multiple seasons were he didn’t even complete 50% of his passes. This guy is honestly the most overrated QB in the history of football

[@howardcosell2022]

Considering the time and eras in which they played along of how the game was played during their time, I would take Joe Namath over let's say someone like Peyton Manning

[@ShadowCloneJutsu97]

@@howardcosell2022 and that’s why you’ve probably never had any type of career in, around or anywhere near sports management. Peyton is a top 5 all time QB and Namath doesn’t crack the top 30. Edit: www.google.com/amp/s/www.nfl.com/_amp/top-25-quarterbacks-of-all-time-patriots-tom-brady-leads-list-0ap3000001035041 Didn’t crack this websites top 25. Plenty QBs in his era did.

[@meyou3362]

Yes but of all the QBs he’s the one on Carson and doing endorsements still today!! Don’t even remember the other guys from his era!!!! He took advantage of his situations and he still around even today!!!!!

[@acutiepieb2011]

This is so disrespectful. He put the AFL on the map by destroying the NFL team that was supposed to win in SB III. He is a SB champ that United the AFL and NFL creating the NFL of today. He was a great guy that believed in integrating the league and was a huge champion for the black players. And unfortunately he had to retire by 26 because he was beat up so badly, in those days they could murder the QBs. In the second half of his career his knees didn’t work, pretty damn hard to play then and the reason for that interception record. It was a different time and he really broke a lot of stereotypes back in the day. Your statement is disgraceful!!

[@ShadowCloneJutsu97]

@@acutiepieb2011 the whole Jets team won the Super Bowl but Namath is the only person y’all give any credit. Joe Flacco, Nick Foles and many other mediocre QB’s have been carried to Super Bowl champions too Namath ain’t the only one. Namath is and always will be a bum pro QB

[@EzraStyles-b6n]

so cool total class...why cant players today look at him and act like that