John Elway recreates 'The Helicopter': 'I'll never forget the feeling of looking to our sideline'

[@PMorton130]

At that moment I KNEW we were finally going to win a SB. I still feel that tingle after all these years!

[@anthonysaponaro6318]

Me too! after all of those years of choking on that apple . I knew, absolutely knew we were going to win !

[@mikerose5690]

@@anthonysaponaro6318 hahahahhahaha!!! "we"

[@scottnepereny8170]

@@mikerose5690 Yes, we. We fans are the biggest part of Bronco Nation.

[@mikerose5690]

@@scottnepereny8170 HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAA!!! OMG, what a fuckin dork! "We're a nation!" Such a sports geek. And right---you're the "biggest part" of what they do. I can just see inside an executives meeting in Denver back in 2014: "Okay guys, we can either add 10,000 more seats to the stadium to get more fans---because everybody knows they're the most important piece....or we can sign Peyton Manning?" You would've voted more seats.

[@MarlonWalker]

I'll never forget this play.

[@teamsteed1]

Nope.

[@babydaddy1930]

Yeah I freaked out until he popped up and fired the team up....

[@frankk.7761]

As a life long bronco fan it’s hard to see Elway age. He will always be my hero. Always be my favorite player.

[@jayoh2k]

This era to me is what the Broncos are. The 2015 Superbowl was nice but 97-98 was beyond special...

[@zachp5701]

Dude....Iconic af! I’ll never forget the feeling of this play and the victory! Suffered through my childhood with the awful SB losses whilst displaced here in Browns country getting made fun of like crazy. That victory came and it all disappeared! Thanks for your dedication, Mr. Elway! GO BRONCOS!!✌🏼

[@ddbronco1873]

Dude…. I been here in Wisconsin my whole life. Caught orange crush fever in 77’ and never looked back. Listened to packer fans give me crap for all the SB losses. They can’t say bleep to me anymore 😜

[@overthewebb]

I'm British and 46 years old and Elway made me become a Broncos fan. When the NFL was shown in the UK, I loved Elway and how he played the game. I sat up as a 9 year old kid in the early hours watching Broncos games due to Elway. I saw us lose so many Superbowls and to see us get there when we won them finally with John, I have to admit I cried across the pond. Twice well, icing on the cake. I've sat up watching our highs and lows, recently, I say recently, but you know what I mean with Peyton and other QB's. As Broncos fans, nothing comes easy for us, we make it tough, but it's why I love the club. I've never been to Mile High or the States, but I'm hoping someday to go to a game. I love the Broncos and the fans

[@tgriffin3059]

If you're a foreigner, I can assure you, I've watched the game my whole life-54 years-and John Elway was in a class by himself. I've seen every Hall of Fame qb since the early 70's, and only Staubach and Montana can even be MENTIONED in the same class(and Johnny Unitas from the earlier era).

[@johnkriete2152]

I died 5 times during that play. Go Broncos!!!

[@Archersforeal]

Still get chills everytime

[@craigroeser181]

Thank you for the great memories Mr. Elway you are the greatest Bronco of all time!

[@AltezzaGang15]

Terrell Davis carried him.

[@tgriffin3059]

@@AltezzaGang15 Really? The year after Elway retired, they came back with Davis and started 0-4 before he was injured. But WITHOUT Terrell Davis, they continued to be among the league's best running teams...but never a serious winner. Gosh, wonder why that was? Davis flourished when he was part of the best offense in football. For most of his career, Elway WAS the offense.

[@Mike-xj6pi]

Man I was so happy for elway the 3 losses when I was young hurt but elway was and is always my favorite player and bronco

[@MontviewBlvdBabiez]

Gives me goosebumps every time!

[@zachp5701]

Right?! Such a beautiful thing!!

[@letsrevieweverything144]

This is my hero as with many. Lived and died with the wins and losses. He was the greatest. This play...defined who he was and what he was about. Winning

[@dryptobot]

The best QB of all time

[@sheilalaszar2354]

Still get teary-eyed whenever I see that play

[@Dh-is5ro]

This was the very play that captivated me into loving this team. This was the first game I ever watched and I picked the Broncos because of their colors, I have loved this team ever since. Elway will forever be Legend

[@JoshSimpson47]

The real G.O.A.T. Elway is the reason I became a Broncos fan

[@jamescsjrwork9516]

Same

[@user-ih6kc1rb7t]

brings tears to my eyes...ate a lot of cheese kurds and drank a lot of homebrew that day....🏈💙🧡

[@perryanderson5642]

My Favorite Play in Superbowl History!!!!!!!

[@sonnypassarelli4954]

My biggest memory from that super bowl, was when we met the team at Mile High and Elway raised the Lombardi and said this one for you!

[@keithphillips6111]

This video was awesome. Elway you and Payton and Von Miller will always be my favorite players!!!!! Each one of you three exemplify what the best will always be!!!!!!

[@shannonburns2525]

one of the best qbs there is

[@jamescsjrwork9516]

*The Best

[@flynbil]

What a team and my favorite QB ever!! We need that stuff back in Bronco land!!

[@ChristianCentury2000]

I was so happy that the Denver Broncos had finally won the Super Bowl especially after Super Bowl XXIV. (I am a SF 49ers fan.) John Elway winning the Super Bowl in his last two seasons in the NFL is like a fairy tale ending. That Green Bay Packers teams in Super Bowl XXXII was quite a strong team!

[@Local_Laydee]

Watched this SB with my dad. It was the greatest game I had ever seen. Especially how Fire Brett Favre was coming out, the game was the Best

[@ree214]

Im not from denver but I love John Elway and the Broncos.

[@sheilaandrews8834]

not only the best Superbowl ever but the best play of the Superbowl 💙🧡🏈

[@rwoAsasyN]

What a game! My first ever team I LOVED. Long live Elway and the Broncos.

[@carpediem8892]

I was at the game seated on the field level row 23 and the play was right in front of us. Incredible play that showed his determination to win.

[@AridGems]

I still have this SB and the 98 Season SB against the Falcons on vhs. My high school days. Been a Bronco fan since 89. That's still my favorite SB victory for the squad.

[@J.A.Robertson]

The greatest to ever play the game. Watching Elway play was always a thrill. You always knew the next play could blow you away. The quarterbacks today don't have half his toughness. If he had played under these rules, all of his stats would be doubled. Even watching the old highlights, I still feel the excitement. He was just fantastic.

[@blackthought6133]

I respect this man sooo. Much. He was up in age as a QB but still took his lick to get that 1st down !!

[@scottgibson807]

The biggest play on the biggest stage by our biggest player. We all KNEW that the Lombardi was ours after that play. What a moment, thank you John.

[@horusksa1983]

That play made me a Broncos fan, especially when I learned about all his previous attempts

[@enterthecarp7085]

I watched this play with my Dad and Grandfather. I walked out of the room and choked back a few tears… Vista California Anza Ave

[@katewalker9621]

I Miss freaking out over you John Elway lol I freaken Ioooove You!

[@patrickharrington1022]

He is the GOAT of Broncos Nation & then sum!!!

[@Smith-l5e]

Thanks for all the memories John, you have brought so much happiness in my life, N' I'm glad you are doing well, and happy! 💯🧡

[@savier643]

I was 7 and still remember watching this play

[@IrvinVanderbilt]

GO BRONCOS 🏈🐎

[@Sunflowrers]

My Son got my a Elway 7 jersey I’ve been a fan since I was a teen I’m 50 now ..

[@carlnash7200]

One of the greatest moment of my life too

[@altorres7043]

Johnny that was the greatest play in the Denver broncos history the greatest play of your career and the greatest player of NFL history thank you thank you thank you Johnny

[@davidoliver1642]

Alot of people thought he was hurt. But his adrenaline was high, best victory in Bronco history. Ride a mile high.

[@newjackgaming88]

greatest denver broncos qb ever !!

[@dvldwg8961]

Pure determination

[@LouisZanotti]

John Elway is the goat

[@LouisZanotti]

I will never forget😊

[@NatureGirl]

My favorite moment in all of football!!

[@clintonreisig]

I saw John make that play and the reaction of the team, then I knew it was going to be a Super Bowl win

[@patton303]

This was the moment that every long suffering Broncos fan knew we were gonna finally get that ring. I’ll never forget watching it and thinking, “Elway is not going to lose this game”.

[@TheEricHaugenGroup]

A true leader of a QB

[@Technosphile]

I’ll never forget how it felt, either. Sitting there with my mom, after we had suffered with the team for years..I wasn’t sure they were going to win until the very last play, but man did it feel like it then. Always felt like Shanny took a timeout just for us all to bask in the moment.

[@cappy2282]

Elway was great competitor 🙏

[@derhandtrommler]

I was the world's biggest Bronco fan at this time. I remember laughing as Packer defensive Lineman Gilbert Green hauled his bloated frame after John, without even coming close. I got to know John as a sports reporter in Denver in his early years. He was a terrific guy; a natural leader. John should own the team outright by now.

[@senraq6332]

The GOAT

[@ernestosolano8966]

Epic game

[@johnthompsonnunu2556]

Elway back to back Super Bowl wins, retired Super Bowl MVP what other QB can say that.

[@BethReed62]

Broncos were never out of a game with John at QB. Today's QB’s are too focused on their social profile and their brand. I’ll never forget the helicopter and the feeling of that first Super Bowl Championship! Great game…legendary.

[@legitbowler9877]

It’s the outright best qb run in Super Bowl history to me

[@luisgordillo1695]

Wonder at what point He looked at all his fans and the world and not just the sideline and realized He just became Immortalized 🤔🤔🤘🤘

[@denvernuggets007]

Goat 🐐 ❤

[@jamesdougherty2884]

I was at a pre-season game during his rookie year as a youth and the man's arm was a cannon

[@HSA-]

Nobody: Elway: Russ: Broncos country Lets Riide ;)

[@philcool1968]

Heart. Heart. Heart. Making me cry again 25 years later.

[@williamgalvan9557]

Best all around Qb of all time,As far as Arm Strength and Charisma!

[@ParanormalResponse]

Bronco Country.... Lets ride.

[@Jefff72]

I had two reasons to support Denver. I have been a Broncos fan since watching Elway as a teen. The other is that I grew up in Minnesota following the Vikings. One of my teams, the Broncos, facing a team that I hate, NFC Central/North rival, the Packers. I watched this Super Bowl and I was stoked that the Broncos won and the Packers lost.

[@babydaddy1930]

Lol Brett Farve said pre game when I win this game it will cement me in the hall of Fame and among the greatest q.b's of all time...got his ass whipped....broncos were a total team owner coaching run game receivers defense and the great John Elway!!!!

[@nameuser4406]

Today that would of been a helmet to helmet, defenseless receiver, or etc. Shows how tuff you had to be as a QB. That one is for John! From a Raider Nation citizen.

[@tgriffin3059]

Oh, it was a different world...Ironic that you'd be a Raider fan. I was just watching an old game on dvd. It was the big win Denver got against the Raiders in 1995. And to look at the score-27-0-you'd think it was easy. But Elway took a beating in that game that most of today's guys simply could not deal with. He had a big night throwing the ball, but spent half the game on the ground. It was a man's game back then, and nobody was any tougher than John Elway.(though to be fair, your team had a really tough qb on the field that night too in Hostetler)...

[@Ra7111]

And my heritage is being given to the animals of the world. ....

[@KCTShark]

Cheers

[@Dozier133192]

A walking 2min Drill. Comeback King 👑

[@jamsterwrx4976]

This is what we need. We all remember this play, we all remember Peyton. This season had been a joke.

[@davequ]

I remember that sportscaster extraordinaire Ron Zappolo concluded after this game, and then the next year's Super Bowl win that (for Bronco fans) - "these ARE the good old days." With all due respect & gratitude to Peyton Manning, Zappolo was right.

[@BrianMarshak]

Elway is my fav athlete of all time. And this also highlights how lame the broncos currently are. Remember way back in the 90s when we had a good team, a good QB and weren’t a laughing stock? Yeah let’s ride

[@rickvolcano6017]

This is much better to watch then todays game eh?

[@ronniecreason7870]

very iconic we should put elway in we will beat the Jets this week

[@BillyDool]

The greatest seven yard run in football history. Edit: 8 yard run. My bad. Lol.

[@DarinTadlock]

😬🚁😁🙌

[@ramsesgarcia8461]

I thought it was Bill Parcells at first

[@Dabolina916]

We got this. Bret will start the wins against the jets!

[@jpmartinez6608]

"recreates" I clicked to see 70 year old man go airborne and helicoptered.

[@olyokie]

How bout that trade he pulled off for Wilson?!!!!!!!! Let's ride......ha

[@victormendoza9724]

Es el wey 😅

[@Jimbo7641]

Let the man suit up next game.

[@Racer997]

Nat Moore did a helicopter. Elway did a half helicopter at best. 🙄

[@jpmartinez6608]

Steve-O getting old.

[@PharticusMaximus]

I am a Miami fan, and this play and ability to do this is why he won and Marino did not.. People don't realize its these little things that are the difference between a champion or not. Not super stats and the best release or whatever else, you need to make this type of play at some point in a season to win a playoff game or superbowl and be a champ. Elway was able to do it even at age 37

[@BrianReno-qy9wk]

Your right but he did this his entire career. Whatever it took to win ... Look at his punt yards and he's also been a receiver a few times.. it's his smarts and never say die. If Jim McMahon was as tough and athletic as elway he would have won 2 more Superbowls... elway beat McMahon in Denver and McMahon had a 28game win streak come to an end 31 28broncos but. McMahon passed for I think 500yrds ..I'd still take elway with the 98broncos against any team in history....

[@billbobagginsbonham9239]

He is the reason Tim Tebow doesn't play football, he gets them to the playoffs after the starting QB gets hurt, then Elway decides to cut him. P.O.S. Elway.......I'm glad his 💩 is out

[@jasonedwards640]

Helicopter play = back when you could actually HIT the QB! Today that play would be a "roughing the passer"/"targeting" 15 yd penalty call on Green Bay. And those 3 Green Bay defenders would be ejected from the game. How times have changed!

[@jamesdougherty2884]

I know about the divorce and the shameful legal system in Colorado I wish you would have just stayed with he Colts.... Colorado has the best law in the country but it isn't applied. I love you Elway

[@tellurmomhi632]

Elway stops and boots…….. I mis hearing that….. boots…. Just saying. I’m open for a coaching guid if you need it

[@theflyingempanada]

And now we have Ciara and her footlongs for 7 years

[@howdareyouexist]

lmao

[@crypttonite]

great times & memories but man Mike’s game plan style was aggravating. Get a huge lead & then take the second half off, watching the other team slowly catch up because he’s protecting the ball? Punting is turning the ball over. How about turning up the defense for a shut out & playing all 4 quarters!

[@dominicbozonier2892]

We need will fuller john ross and kevin king from free agency Hinton and Cleveland aren't doing the job, cut gordon and sign jordan Howard he's a free agent, play jalen virgil

[@김도근-s7m]

He ages terribly

[@AltezzaGang15]

Meh. Terrell Davis better

[@AlwaysHalloween000]

Look at the beginning he can barely walk and he's only 60 in this video.. Tough playing back then