Meet the Quarterback who made his first start in the Playoffs

[@jFudgy_]

Connor cook was definitely not good during the playoffs, but my goodness how many drops can they give a 3rd string guy already having a tough game?!

[@CarlosRivera-eo5yh]

I remember this game vividly and was actually not too worried about him starting because I knew his potential from his time at MSU. It was frustrating that they were counting him out before he had even started!! I thought he played really well for a third string rookie, but the WRs definitely shit the bed this game. It would have been a completely different game if it hadn’t been for all those drops!

[@sparkyfister]

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[@icarusmarioFAN]

Moral of the story: Make sure your receivers have hands during a playoff game

[@kendallevans4079]

Yup....Lot's of drops!

[@jimmyomalley9693]

The man won 3 bowls, including the Rose and Cotton Bowl, and won the conference championship twice, hard to consider this guy anything less than successful despite the unfortunate baptism by fire in the playoffs

[@justmaxproductions]

he should've at least gotten a second chance

[@jimmyomalley9693]

@@justmaxproductions I wonder what his QBR would've been if his receivers didn't drop so many passes in that playoff game

[@bcolerl8915]

@@jimmyomalley9693 I remember watching the game, tbh it wouldn't of been too much better. he had like 3-4 turnovers or something

[@lemonator8813]

@@bcolerl8915 it could've been close again, but you can tell he's not NFL viable when you watch him. Should've tried to go CFL before he got too old but he probably saved himself a lot of CTE and other injuries

[@tdotchen2436]

Spartan student and fan all through this era and holy this video gave me chills. I was working at the restaurant that I served Connor at regularly while watching The Cotton Bowl win and I'll never forget sprinting around like a maniac when we completed that comeback. Thanks for the awesome video!

[@Beefstuder13]

i feel like 2014 was our chance but we choked 😭

[@AlexBigShid]

I remember when Connor Cook made his first start at MSU, I was there, I watched this man grow into a college superstar, and then completely fold in the NFL, I miss him so much as state man, I still have his jersey to this day, I wanted to see him succeed in the NFL so bad dude :/

[@woahmaffy]

this video is very good. i didn’t know who made it at first but i assumed it was a big channel with something like 300k subs. if you keep doing these kinds of story’s of one off players you will be big. best of luck to you.

[@jacobb213]

Same bro

[@bluester02]

I was at this game. It was my first and only NFL game ever as a Raiders fan. Despite the loss it’s an experience I’ll never forget

[@justmaxproductions]

I was also at the game and the 3 things I remember most were the Clowney interception, Osweiler rushing TD, and the punt return that didn't count overall pretty solid day

[@MarioMan1296]

Been a Spartan fan my whole life, the period you covered was by far my favorite years of college football ever. Thank you so much for covering Cook and MSU from this prosperous period in program history. Can’t wait for the program to get back to where they were during those years!

[@RickyPro888]

Love the chapter intros classic Jon Bois style 🙌

[@scizorbullet8185]

Connor Cook's college career was magical.

[@emili0r3y46]

i know a jon bois jazz song when i hear one. also this video is really well done, it feels clean and concise without feeling monotonous. making me intetested in a player i have never given a second thought

[@jcampsnb]

This is absolutely grade A+ production value. Keep up the good work kid!

[@jordanramirez1491]

Connor Cook was amazing at MSU I miss him

[@King_Immanuel]

24:11 TEXANS LEGEND T.J. YATES APPEARANCE

[@thetexanshurtme]

As a Texans fan, I loved 2016 wild card Connor Cook

[@xandergaskill2075]

As a raiders fan, I did not

[@GigaChadDuPlessis]

youre dirty for that🤣

[@gregwessels7205]

Looks like you should love the hands-of-stone receivers more.

[@r0cketm4n34]

Will Fuller drop hurt everyone

[@Anno023]

I feel like this story has 0 happy endings really Michigan State went 3-9 the season after Connor Cook left Connor Cook never made another NFL start The 2016 Raiders went 6-10 the next season and Jack Del Rio was fired The Texans got trampled by the Patriots in the Divisional, and Brock Osweiler was traded and faded into irrelevancy very quickly.

[@justmaxproductions]

moral of the story: sad

[@reidwilliams3659]

I am a huge Michigan State fan and I remember watching Connor Cool growing up. When I first watched him in person it didn’t feel real.

[@martino5742]

"and he scoo-hors! On the last play of the ga-haame!" is one of the greatest voice cracks in history. more than justified

[@justmaxproductions]

I've listened to that announcer before, and apparently his voice cracks like all the time when he gets excited

[@sammcelhone2836]

I remember this so vividly . I’ve always liked carr so I was sad when he got hurt. I was in the hospital after a snowboarding accident and had nothing better to do than watch this game.

[@KornKobb]

This feels like a Jon Bois video but about someone no one would have come up with

[@thenumberquelve158]

Isn't that half of Jon Bois's content anyway? :P Still, a deserved comparison, and that's definitely not a bad thing. I can't think of a better KZbin content creator to take inspiration from.

[@michaelcarrig627]

I love these post-Secret Base sports channels. Your channel is great.

[@ridgeeisele9060]

I love all these new NFL and NBA analysis/storytelling channels, and this is another great one! Keep it up bro!

[@hihunter7]

Your channel deserves a much larger following. Your content is 1 mil subs quality. Keep up the good work and you'll blow up. You're videos entertaining, thoroughly conceived, intelligent, and told well. You'll definitely find a large audience and have your days in the sun. Good job, man, unlike the Washington Name Redacted, you're destined for greatness 👏 :)

[@jacobb213]

I thought you were some random fb KZbinr with lots of experience when I clicked on this video. Then I looked at your subscriber count after and it’s damn impressive how good this video is for someone with that little following and experience.

[@andrewhavens5685]

I’m seeing a Jon Bois inspiration behind this vid. Nice work super clean

[@jakecompton9699]

Didn't expect a Andrew Maxwell name drop. Local legend from Midland, Michigan

[@NoahEurich]

Honestly. The quality of this video is so much higher than I ever expected.

[@jvgaming7348]

Raider Fan here, time for more pain along with this season

[@BigMarmaduke]

Great video! I remember watching this game live, the raiders were doing so good that year it was a bummer.

[@bestytvideosyes9462]

The block on the baylor kicker in the cotton bowl part had me dying😂

[@justmaxproductions]

bro did not sign up for that

[@jermainereyem7635]

30+ minute video about a fringe NFL player and I was hooked the whole time, what a feat! I see a lil bit of Jon Bois influence in here ;D

[@imkeegan]

This really was a wonderful video to watch. Great job man

[@Stinky_Steven]

This really summarizes the futility of football. Almost nothing ever ends happily, you just enjoy it while it lasts

[@justmaxproductions]

insane how a guy with that much college success gets about 30 seconds to make or break his career

[@Stinky_Steven]

@@justmaxproductions against an elite defense in the playoffs none the less

[@ThaClancyFam2]

24:20 you forgot a couple of backup QBs starting playoff games. From the top of my head: Jeff Hosteler (for Phil Sims) and Frank Reich (for Jim Kelley)…but these were in the 90s if I’m not mistaken.

[@justmaxproductions]

yeah and I think there's at least one other one

[@lionsfan7500]

Doug Williams in the Superbowl for Jay Schroeder I think for the old Redskins.

[@davidpeters2625]

For some reason, this makes me so nostalgic for a team that no longer exists.... even if the city treated them like garbage... as to Connor Cook, classic example of a guy letting his ego and pride get the best of him and it cost him possibly a decent NFL career... side note: I remember being in sports mgmt. class and the playoff week of this game and, I wanted the Raiders to win, but I was kinda uneasy about it.... and my gut proved me right, and as a result, Connor Cook's career flamed out faster than a Burger King Whopper

[@Reggieuchiha1992]

Connor cool definitely was one of the best quarterbacks in college history sucks that it didn’t work in the nfl

[@tylermcfarland6555]

24:49 - Jeff Garcia did win a playoff game in 2006, the Eagles beat the Giants 23-20 in the Wild Card before losing to the Saints in the Divisional Round.

[@wilbert3842]

As an MSU fan I’m biased, but it’s interesting to look at Cook and Prescotts careers. I’m not saying Cook is better than Dak, but both had almost identical stats in college and were drafted in the fourth round of the 2016 draft. The difference is one went to a dysfunctional raiders team and the other went to the cowboys with a top 5 oline and rb. It’d have been interesting to see how Cooks career turned out if he went to pretty much any other team Also, the rose bowl winning team was the year MSU had a chance at the championship. Notre Dame got so many PI calls in their favor that kept the Spartans from being undefeated, and with an undefeated FSU and one loss Auburn there was no chance MSU jumped them in the BCS era. The teams after that we’re not as stout on defense, but it poetic MSUs first trip back to the Rose Bowl in 30 years ended in dramatic Superman tackle fashion

[@justmaxproductions]

there was a cut section of the video where I brought up how Dak led the Cowboys to the NFC's one seed and how the Raiders could have had him instead, but I scrapped it because it didn't really fit in

[@eeliot2961]

New favorite channel

[@thenumberquelve158]

I just really like the fact that this story inspired you to make basically 75% of a Football Life episode about someone very few people outside college football know about (Hell, I'm a Raiders fan and I even forgot the dude's name, I just blocked that playoff game out of my memory :P ) I also like how the music switched from the SB Nation selection to TOO BAD! WALUIGI TIME! once he turned pro. :P Nice little whiplash there. And hey, Connor Cook goes down as the only Raiders quarterback to play a playoff game in the 2010s. That's something.

[@zachs_way2749]

Man, I remember that blocked punt. I was at my cousin's wedding watching the game on my phone and freaking out when it got picked up and scored.

[@justmaxproductions]

literally the Allstate commercial

[@DC-pb6xq]

I really like this video. It seems like those really early Jon bois videos before he had a budget.

[@justmaxproductions]

Google Earth Pro is an intimidating adversary

[@justanotheryoutuber1997]

I don’t like hyping mid white qbs because there are so many of them but Conor never got a fair shake, having your first start in the playoffs had to be tough

[@thatguyfromak5190]

It's crazy how college players can become damn near demigods with what they do for their schools but then can immediately bust in the NFL and be forgotten. This kind of retrospective was informative and great, hope more of them can come.

[@How2TutorialsLOL]

most underrated channel on youtube.

[@jjgarza]

The refs absolutely hosed the Texans in that Mexico game.

[@justmaxproductions]

pew pew I'm a laser pointer

[@phillippalmer5962]

Great video, Steve Nash Productions. After seeing this video, I subbed automatically. Keep up the great work!

[@michaelkkrasting]

I just happened to come across your Philliesvideo, very impressive stuff!

[@brandon3096]

well done production man! Keep going!

[@Alfaroluvsyou]

Great video I remember when I was in high school watching Alabama playing Michigan. Holy smokes how time flies. Also I love the music you used can I know the songs please ? :)

[@Pine.appl.e]

By personaly being a Michigan State fan and also being named Conner, I liked Cook.

[@kwempy90]

music transitions top notch

[@justmaxproductions]

are they?

[@adamania31]

Jon Bois influence def shows man but this is a fantastic video. Keep it up man

[@callme_astro2111]

I remember thinking Cook was gunna be maybe the next underrated QB like a chance to make Goff and Wentz look picked too high, sucks he never got a real chance to be developed into a system made for him

[@Keale142]

Bro that Baylor field goal kicker 😂😂😂. I’m sure that’s how most of us would look like on a college field

[@streetcheeses9234]

Back to back vids on my favorite teams? yea I'll stick around

[@justmaxproductions]

lol I didn't realize I was making back 2 back Oakland videos

[@DW-es3iy]

Ive been binge watching your vids, easily my new fav channel 🔥Subbed strictly off the chapter titles lmao

[@Z64sports]

I thought this was real until you said the team FCS NE. The editing is so good it really does seem real

[@justmaxproductions]

I'm as real as real is real

[@johnharris6655]

I blame the play calling for this game. Connor Cook had an absolute cannon for an arm, the Raiders should have went deep on every play.

[@justmaxproductions]

might as well have after trailing early on

[@BlackTrunksPodcast]

💯

[@Vader-qz5hk]

When I subscribed to you, I was your 157th subscriber and that was a couple weeks ago. Now you're at 1K, good job bro

[@OGDeepStroke]

These videos are so good.

[@justmaxproductions]

are they?

[@Alisdairneighbors]

Remember this comment when you reach 100 k I'm here y'all 5.69 k

[@CadChamberlain]

prime jadaveon clowney was a beast

[@juanserrano3628]

how are you so underrated?!?!!

[@justmaxproductions]

not sure

[@camerontuck5379]

Definitely an avid Jon bois watcher

[@DjPyro2010]

Since you like the secret base soundtrack so much can you play it works by nicolo bardoni?

[@kiyanharchegani2588]

lots of jon boi vibes. nice

[@SRMkay]

9:07 What an absolutely cursed final top 5

[@justmaxproductions]

What a CFP that would've been

[@TryPuttingItInRice]

Raiders would've been superbowl champs that year if Carr didn't get hurt. A shame.

[@e93sports80]

Just subbed.

[@DuckAvenger]

Interesting tidbit on the Derick injury I live in his home town and my old boss went to his church. The church said they prayed for injured leg and they said that his leg was healed before the play off game. They said it showed up healed and everything on the X-rays after days when the injury was supposed to take weeks. Some wondered why he couldn’t play in the game.

[@justmaxproductions]

god is a Texans fan

[@Slapped]

Given the injured OLine, the crazy Defense, and the WR's dropping everything. He overall played a lot more average than you would think.

[@gkdunch]

i will always love this guy for beating ohio state so much. i will always hate him for that game vs michigan

[@justmaxproductions]

technically he only beat OSU once

[@gkdunch]

@@justmaxproductions but he did it in such a spectacular way

[@kylesmith6306]

Loved this video, except for the Cotton Bowl part. Gave me PTSD

[@justmaxproductions]

which one lol

[@kylesmith6306]

@@justmaxproductions the Baylor one, when our kicker tried to impersonate a helicopter

[@gill2069]

For the record, Cook was a 3 star recruit coming out of high school and was never offered a scholarship from Ohio State

[@justmaxproductions]

in hindsight, including that detail would've established that OSU slighted Cook which could've been great, but since he wasn't the one to lead the upset in 2015 it would have been an anti-climatic ending

[@jharp08]

To be fair his receivers did not do him any favors. Like he drop a few pretty good dimes out there for a back up too

[@chachwa9970]

It sucks that the shoulder injury seemed to really ruin Connor cooks career he never was the same

[@williammontjoy]

This is the definition of the worst situation

[@Skiller71Studios]

24:51 Taylor Henicke

[@dillon9760]

I went to Walsh jesuit same with mike vrabel

[@TheSkylerMack]

Question. Why say FCS northeast when it was Youngstown State he played in 2013 lol. Makes me think I'm looking at a EA NCAA schedule

[@justmaxproductions]

that was the reference I was going for

[@scottyclayton2501]

No way man actually said FCS NE instead of Youngstown State who they actually played P.S. FCS NE was a placeholder team made in NCAA Football 14 to mean any FCS team

[@Tomohasen]

i had to stop watching after i heard him say that ngl

[@sonnyanderson3366]

@2:45 why you hating on Youngstown St??

[@themonologuer]

I never watched that Texans playoff game, but my goodness did Cooks team not help him

[@Sagdog77]

I can tell you watch Jon Bois lol

[@idkeverything7384]

The Mark Kiger of the NFL

[@synyster_172]

Looks to me his WRs were more to blame for that playoff loss than he was

[@justmaxproductions]

especially when you consider they had 2 1000 yard receivers

[@synyster_172]

@@justmaxproductions all those drops 😱

[@justmaxproductions]

@@synyster_172 it's like he hopped on Madden for the first time and chose Hall of Fame

[@opviper3245]

2314! From monsters inc lol

[@Joemama..]

If Derrick Carr wasnt injured in 2016, the Raiders might have won the superbowl

[@justmaxproductions]

they certainly would've beaten the Broncos and gotten a bye, AFC Championship appearance at least

[@kendallevans4079]

And the DC of 2016 never came back. We got another version

[@anonymousanonymity2815]

Love the video but Jon Kitna did not start that game in 2005, Carson Palmer did.

[@justmaxproductions]

that list is super wrong btw, it's missing a few QBs and now this

[@dab05]

connor cook went to my high school lol

[@TheeJareeve]

One of my favorite MSU QBs. Shame his only NFL start was being thrust into a playoff game. I do believe the Raiders didn't dress him for a majority of the regular season, and that's probably why he struggled even more than most 3rd-stringers. Great video!

[@justmaxproductions]

correct, he was inactive until Week 17

[@SuperDfar]

Your videos remind me of Pretty Good.

[@justmaxproductions]

funny cause they are Pretty BAD

[@Dbomb81]

What song is that around the 11:30 mark?

[@justmaxproductions]

Thinking Different - Alexis Smith, Joe Henson

[@jackbenun246]

regarding the backup qb win stat: Nick Foles?????

[@justmaxproductions]

that was 2017, the year after Cook

[@alancooper5895]

Can you do one on the eagles team who won the super bowl

[@justmaxproductions]

I'll put it on the list

[@soulofthemedley]

as an msu fan, Cook was good for what we needed him to be. Good qb (but not Kirk Cousins)

[@itionggvintiu6658]

12:15 the holder got sent to Jesus

[@justmaxproductions]

even worse that was the kicker, the position famous for not really needing to do football things

[@TheZachyzoo]

Go green!

[@OCs_And_Stories]

If Carr was healthy this team could have made a deep run