Kenny "The Snake" Stabler | A True QB NFL Legend

[@raidershistory351]

THE ASSASSIN | Jack Tatum The Hardest Hitter in NFL History➜kzbin.info/www/bejne/n2KWnZxta9GnZq8si=y9F0Kx0CnjWaekG1

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THE ASSASSIN | Jack Tatum The Hardest Hitter in NFL History➜kzbin.info/www/bejne/n2KWnZxta9GnZq8si=y9F0Kx0CnjWaekG1

[@loilt5091]

@@raidershistory351 I was a BIG Madden era Raider fan, but Dick Butkus could’ve put Tatum into the afterworld.

[@matthewbrice6202]

⁠​⁠​⁠@@loilt5091True, but Dick Butkus was a big MLB. Tatum was probably the hardest hitting DB.🏴‍☠️

[@allenbeck4308]

Both paled when put up against Earl Campbell.

[@matthewyocom56]

☝️💪🛡️☠️🏴‍☠️

[@frankfischer1281]

Ken Stabler, and the then Oakland Raiders, provided many exciting moments in the '70s at a time when NFL football had few superstar QBs throwing the ball with accuracy. With Stabler leading the Raiders, the team was always capable of changing the script and win games that seemed lost. RIP, Snake.

[@markadkins9290]

They will always be the Oakland Raiders to me!

[@DavidDykes-dm9lc]

Greatest Raider QB!!! 😎😎

[@douglaswegener9086]

No their was a script they stuck to it ! Absolutely obvious as hell now not so much then. It's real until it isn't. My 76 Broncos threw that game or st least Craig Morton did. A 10 year old who absolutely knew the game and could tell when people stopped trying during special game changing plays. Still was all in until the broncos lost to Seatle.

[@blastfromthepast185]

Stabler should have been a first round HOF induction. The snake was GREAT!

[@nelsonperez5289]

Its all politics.

[@DavidS19551]

I was a Raider fan back in the day. I grew up in Atlanta but I couldn't wait to watch Kenny play. He threw one of the most beautiful spirals, I have ever seen, the ball seemed to float in the air. I read his book, it was very interesting . He could be up all night and play the next day. I hated to see him play after leaving Oakland but he still had it. He was an amazing, magical player, to me the best of all time. R.I.P SNAKE!!

[@urbangorilla33]

I have been a fan for decades but had never realized he was so good at baseball (and basketball).

[@randyhanson4973]

I hung out with Snake for about 15 minutes at Ricky’s in San Leandro right after his patch things up meeting with Al Davis in 2009. I was an assistant coach with the Raiders at the time. We talked about the team and his conversation with Al Davis. As a fanatical Raiders fan since birth, naturally Stabler was my hero growing up so it was a great honor and a dream come true to be able to meet and spend time with him in person. He was the coolest Raider that I ever met and I have been fortunate enough to meet 100s of former players from the 60’s on up to the players that I was fortunate to coach. Stabler was exactly the person that you would envision him to be. He was very humble, polite, and kind to everyone and yes. He was drinking Johnny Walker Red and chain smoking cigarettes.

[@chuck_huh]

my favorite athlete....a rebel......RIP Snake.

[@rickmave7607]

I had a chance to meet Mr. Stabler in Denver at a book signing shortly after he had retired. Just a super great guy and will always be hero to me.

[@iamrichrocker]

i grew up as a Bills fan, but my family loved the Snake...he was a rock n roll level star..hard drinking and next day thro beautfiful left handed spirals to Freddie B..Raymond Chester..Casper..Cliff Branch..and on and on..and the black and white Unis..Facienda narrating the greatest lines in the NFL...what a time to be a football fan..RIP gents..you were epic..

[@billmoran3219]

Don’t forget the legendary Bill King calling the games and some of best of the 70’s. Made you feel though the radio that you were in the stands watching it all… Holy Toledo !

[@luisbohorquez7096]

Kenneth"The Snake" Stabler, my boyhood idol and the reason I became a Raider fan... Rest easy "$nake" 🍺🤙😊❤️🙏🏈😃🤙🍺

[@haeuptlingaberja4927]

As a Steelers fan in the 70s, I hated the dirty Raiders, but I always liked Stabler (and old Blanda). Kenny was the prototypical longhaired country boy. It ain't easy being a hippie in Alabama.

[@dannystranahan1004]

I was born in Oakland California and went to every home game from 1972 up until they went to L. A. I got to watch kenny stabler, play against terry bradshaw on monday night at the open coliseum as a kid. But one thing I have to correct you on the raiders were not dirty and they never cheated.

[@michaelslack4937]

Steelers were just as dirty!

[@mycat447]

Ben Davidson????? @@dannystranahan1004

[@JulieDavis-h8k]

he had some kind of COOL style that has never been matched. he was the SNAKE!!!

[@AtreyuHuxley]

Sometimes, one has to Die to truly Live....On that is. Legends get Made as They Do. Legends Live On, even after that Last Ride. R.I.P. Mr. Stabler. An Alabama Great!

[@johncrouch347]

I think Mr Kenny Stabler the snake should have been inducted into the Hall of Fame way before he was he should have gotten his recognition while he was alive and could have enjoyed it

[@RonaldKrokel]

My favorite QB He was a rookie when I became a Raiders fan that of line was the best that best I ever seen Stabler couldn't be better the receiver's were great and the tight end Casper was great plus the defense was awesome it always was super bowl or nothing but we aways had the best record that was the best of times

[@billmoran3219]

You keep talking about his off field antics but in the 70’s that was pretty much the whole team if not the league itself. The fact of the matter is Stabler could ball , hungover, injured or seconds to go on the clock there was nobody as qualified as he to get the job done. With how many times victory was snatched away by Bradshaw and the Steelers (look at his off field antics as well ) the Raiders were still the team to beat in the 70’s ! Just Win Baby ! Godspeed Snake 🐍

[@atomicwedgie8176]

Donnie Shell Steelers db, said nobody beat the Raiders... they beat themselves (penaltys).

[@obbor4]

@@billallen8998 They would have beaten Denver if it weren't for that BS call on the Lyttle fumble! Tatum drilled him at the one, knocked the ball out of his hands, and Big Ole Mike McCoy was headed toward the opposite endzone. Assuming they make the extra point, that was a fourteen-point switch. A Raiders/Cowboys Super Bowl with Roger "The Dodger" against Snake could have been one for the ages, unlike Dallas putting The Broncos away with very little fight.

[@EdMendence]

As a young boy, my dad & I attended Oakland Coliseum home games as season ticket holders from 1968-1981. I witnessed Snake Stabler prove to be the most exciting & the finest QB in Raiders history! His countless Q4 come from behind victories consistently electrified the Oakland home field fans & resulted in roaring cheers + absolutely thunderous foot stomping that truly sounded & felt like large earthquakes under the stadium ! I will never forget how & why legendary announcer Bill King ecstatically referred to the 1970s era Oakland Coliseum as the House of Thrills, largely owing to Snake Stabler’s spectacular QB performances. Ken absolutely deserved to be in the NFL Hall of Fame many years earlier. May Kenny rest in peace in the presence of our Lord Jesus, I pray.🛐

[@larryholland1466]

My coach allowed me to try out as quarterback, because I left handed. Snake was my inspiration. I became the starting quarterback for the team

[@CraigSmithII]

What pissed me off was the year before he passed away, he was supposed to have been inducted into the NFL HOF. After he died, the NFL inducted him in the HOF, which pissed his daughters off greatly & I don't blame them

[@timarnold9868]

Same bologna happen to Cliff Branch

[@Guydog07]

Slap in the face

[@rangerkyle6681]

😭

[@CharlesNolanArt]

@@timarnold9868 Stupid politics. Snake was truly one of the best.

[@clarencecarter960]

REAL FOOTBALL! A thing of the past?! Ah, I miss it soooo much! I'm 60, I played it, loved it and mourn the loss of it!

[@robertreisner6119]

I've alway admired the 1970's Oakland Raiders. When a team played at Oakland they didn't have injures, they had casualties. The Raiders had a feared defence and a charging offences line that wore out many other defences that many team folded under. They were not my favorite team, but I always watched them when they were broadcasted.

[@keithcooke3154]

I had 3 posters on my bedroom wall in the 70's. Ken Stabler was one of them. My favorite NFL player since I was 11and still is today...I'm 61👍

[@GaryFake-l2z]

He was my favorite quarterback in the NFL my favorite quarterback of the raiders #12 ken the snake stabler

[@Robert-fs6ge]

He's still my favorite qb

[@richardwilliams6843]

The kid from Alabama.

[@steveravely6708]

As a kid he was my favorite. Mr cool.

[@matthewbrice6202]

@@steveravely6708Yeah, the snake and Biletnikoff. Raiders use to dominate MNF. They were 21-1-1. What a great run the silver and black had on MNF.

[@stevemehan7276]

He’s the main reason I became a Raiders fan!

[@daudder]

Our greatest QB, and epitomized the Raider way. How great would he have been if he played in the modern era...!

[@Guydog07]

I have my jersey and his book ,the best is what Madden said about him “snake gets bored so the best thing is to be behind in the 4 quarter cause he thrived on pressure “

[@bigbadredsox]

Studied the playbook by the light of the barroom jukebox.

[@righteyeartistry156]

He was one of my favorites as a kid.

[@patrickjordan7547]

Kenny stabler came to my junior high when I was a kid he was playing for this Spokane shockers and he was a speaker at our boys federation meeting along with Roman Gabriel who was there too it was pretty cool to see these two Giants in the game of football

[@trevor8493]

The man was money in big games and a 1 of a kind free spirit . Great video , keep 'em coming

[@MarkHermann-u5p]

1976 was just incredible 27 tds 66.4 completion percentage wow

[@larrychannell7056]

This guy was awesome!!

[@frednugent2310]

Kenny came to play for the Houston Oilers in the early 80s and he opened a club called the Diamond Back on the southeast side of Houston. My mom got his autograph for me and he signed his name on a drink coaster from his club. My mom said he was very flirty and very buzzed but was still very respectful. Rest in peace Kenny "The Snake" Stabler.

[@riddlemark7009]

Thank God Al Davis listened to John Madden on the worth of Kenny Stabler

[@craigkemmerzell5741]

My number one Raider Snake 12 😊

[@garyhoward2490]

Love them. .or hate them... The Raiders of that era, were the most dominant team...in the fun department! Always nutty and fun things going on with them. And...they were BadAss players. Madden gave them the freedom to be individuals, but brought them all together, as brothers in arms. Respect....by all of these pirates.... for Madden...is why it all worked.

[@nelsonperez5289]

Lots of rules were changed because of them including foward fumbles .

[@constipatedinsincity4424]

I spent some of my most formative years with Ken Stablers cousins. I met him in the 90's and he was a cool 😎 dude. We had intense conversations. I took him out to get our grub on catfish all you can eat

[@erniemartinez3075]

I watch Ken Stabler at Alabama my favorite ❤️ then at Oakland Raiders winner Superbowl to Houston Oilers to NOLA go Snake 🎉❤😊

[@timarnold9868]

One of the greatest!

[@martinhonan9588]

Nothing like reading the playbook by the light of the jukebox. All Aces in my book. Miss you Snake.

[@13_13k]

Great video showing the positive impact Ken had on the NFL and Alabama. Truly a very gifted athlete and would have done well playing any of the three that he chose. I am from L.A., but was a Raider fan when they were in Oakland before L.A. . I believe Al Davis is the reason that Stabler never got inducted into the Hall of Fame until after he died. Al Davis was a hateful, and spiteful man and got worse with age. He tried to ruin Marcus Allen's career by benching him for a full season because Marcus dated Davis's daughter which Al Davis went crazy over. To make things worse, or better, depends on how you look at it, Marcus Allen still broke rushing records and other stats records even with being benched for a full season. That pissed Al Davis off even more. So I believe Davis, who had a lot of pull in the league made sure Stabler didnt get Hall of Fame while he was alive

[@billmoran3219]

Al could never handle bigger personalities than he !

[@JeromeGardiner]

Asked by a local reporter, " Do you prefer the new artificial grass over regular grass. His reply has stayed with me for decades. " I really don't know: I have never smoked artificial grass."

[@timarnold9868]

Hilarious 😂

[@kevinoleary9227]

Classic! Though I’m not a smoker

[@TimurSzynkiewicz]

😂😂 Made my day to hear that again .

[@nelsonperez5289]

I liked the Raiders since the 60s, but never heard of that joke. LOL

[@raynardabraham7831]

I would have loved to have seen the Snake win a few more Super Bowls. Just think that if the Raiders won the Super Bowl in 1973, 1974, & 1975 he would have 4 rings.

[@SKULL-DUGGERY-2]

Sorry! Bob Griese and Terry Bradshaw didn't allow that.

[@obbor4]

@@SKULL-DUGGERY-2 Griese had nothing to do with it. Handing the ball to Csonka didn't take much effort.

[@DougP-f2k]

The reason he was blacklisted from the Hall of Fame is that he told the truth in his 1985 book. I believe it hurt some people close to him and the sports press took it personal and forever held a grudge and were never going to let him in the Hall of Fame while he was alive. He was a great person who came from a humble beginnings and made a name for himself. Many of the press people who looked down on him passed judgement on a life they could not understand.

[@jca4la]

Snake was awesome to watch live, like I enjoyed at Super Bowl IX 😎 Finally got the chance to meet him and get his autograph during his last season in Anaheim after he got pulled late in a loss to the Rams. He was down but gave me a big smile when I thanked him for beating the Vikes in that Super Bowl. Please, for the sake of all who wear the Silver & Black, ditch the AI scripts and voiceover - it truly blows Broncos.

[@HermanJones-tj2gb]

God Bless You Lester!!! I am praying for You. We are waiting to be ....Football NFL Hall of Fame Herman San Francisco, CA

[@Shirley_-zn8kl]

HE WAS GREAT WE LOVED HIM

[@traviskeeler5655]

I remember reading Snakes autobiography when I was in my 30's and thought he was an absolute legend on and OFF the gridiron...lol....Different breed of men in those days.

[@kc0lif]

great quarterback & personality.

[@rburnett6266]

He used to live on Ono Island in Florida...next to Kenny Rogers.

[@davidjames1175]

I always wondered why Kenny wasn't inducted sooner.(HOF) Statistically he was much better than Namath,Dawson & many others. My Dad insisted it was because he had been caught gambling.(Not on Raiders)! Part of the plea deal he agreed to was no induction to the hall while he was alive.I never found out if this was true but it seemed believable. Many yrs. later I met Kenny at a card show in upstate N.Y.& he was very friendly with great stories.I wish todays players had the charisma the will to win that the " Snake" had. R.I.P Mr.Stabler! A true classic!

[@davidmccaffery7977]

Loved the Snake 🇺🇸

[@donhunt2902]

The snake was my hero and my friend thanks Ken stabler thanks for remembering my name when I was a little kid😊

[@icewaterslim7260]

Some of Stabler's 4th quarter come from behind performances are what initially made me a Raider fan even before living in California. I don't think of football's HOF as being all that relevant to the game because of the people that aren't on their roster. The game isn't necassarilly all that subjective. It has measurements in stats that less famous players who aren't nominees for the HOF have earned. When it is subjective it has an example in that era's safeties that controlled the quarterbacks game in whether he passed down the middle or not for fear of his recievers being knocked out of the game. Jack Tatum is one such safety that is missing from the HOF roster.

[@Robert-fs6ge]

I remember a Monday night game versus Cleveland and the Raiders were down 24 to 0 in the 4th quarter and the Raiders and the Snake won 28 to 24

[@georgegreen1191]

The best biography of Stabler that I've seen......gg

[@allergyahead8128]

The Stablers ,Plunketts ! They made great football movies after those personalities .

[@richhava]

John Madden said with confidence on high..... If you want to win a super bowl and your down 4 it's with a minute to go, take Montana or Brady..... If you needed to win to save your life, take the SNAKE If you need to win a game to

[@MJDial]

With pinpoint accuracy, he was a real leader🪱

[@rburrows7786]

The Oakland Raiders were one of the greatest teams ever. They were the bad boys of the NFL. Football was exciting to watch back then with teams like the Steelers, Miami, Green Bay, Dallas. Now it’s like watching a bunch of overpaid primadonnas

[@Donathon-f6f]

Man...I honestly didn't know that the Snake had passed....he also played for the team I followed the Oilers....RIP Snake 🐍

[@markadkins9290]

He was and is my favorite QB of all time! RIP SNAKE! Strange they didn't mention the cheating by the ref's, and Steelers, and broncos. I miss the good old days of football!

[@michaelfiaschetti2574]

I met Mr. Stabler in orangebeach Alabama 😊

[@Jay-n262]

Stabler should've been inducted in the hall of fame before his death. Carl Weathers should've also gotten his star on the Hollywood walk of fame years ago as well.

[@richardcomer8805]

He made it look like fun

[@MarkHermann-u5p]

Best. Left handed. Qb ever completed. 66.4 percent of. His. Throws

[@davekemo9683]

I read his book the Snake was a good ole boy who could really ball

[@jimlow6824]

All the sports casters from the east coast voted for east coast players (Steelers players were always voted in right away). Cliff Branch and Stabler were totally disrespected.

[@twinheatingairconditioning135]

The best of the best

[@CalvinCooper-ry8sr]

Because he's A Raider Snake 🐍 On RNFL RNFL RNFL

[@nicholascollora6709]

They both possesses LOVE...juxapose al ken and Madden to. It this is a wonderful team so far😊😊😊😊😊

[@bartholomewnathaniel807]

I was a prod Raider ‘fan’ from 1968- and watching The Raiders was always thrilling- despite almost everyone around me here in Connecticut Never liked Oakland! When I grew up and transferred to SAn Jose State in ‘75- Man- Sun shine State- beaches- California Girls & The Raiders- yeah!

[@reginaldtisdale8907]

Kenny was always disrespected because of his lifestyle . He was a no brainer first ballot hall of famer just like two time super bowl champ Jim Plunkett! Sad state of affairs for nepotism hall of fame !

[@c.e.anderson558]

The Snake is a legend.

[@thomasreske4628]

Really good video. Good memories. Only one minor error. Houston’s quarterback’s last name is pronounced ‘Pastoreenee.’

[@wallstreet1863]

Stabler was very good at QB Football, sad he didn't see his name in the Hall of Fame.

[@bradleybrown8399]

My gosh, I stole those fancy spoked Cadillac hubcaps back in the day.

[@spamvigilante]

I was fortunate enough to shake his hand twice. Once at his Diamondback Saloon in Houston, off the Gulf Freeway, behind the Alameda-Genoa Mall and once at my restaurant in nearby Pearland. My assistant manager Rhagunath Chitragurgan (all 4'10" of him) somehow mistook him for Kenny Rogers.I guess the white hair and beard did it. He says, "Mister Stabler, nice to meet you. I have all of your records." Snake shoots back, "And I have seen all of your pro basketball games."

[@Robert-fs6ge]

My favorite football player of all time.

[@kensantiago132]

Nice facts. Thank you.

[@davidfuentes1038]

I have his posters and pictures I love Ken he will live on.

[@kevinkhoy7171]

Just like all the Great 🏴‍☠️ The NFL drag's it's feet? Because of Al Davis Who went up against those Bastards & Won! 💪🏻 🏴‍☠️ Raider Nation

[@tdavis4278]

I’ve always referred to that play as the immaculate deception!!

[@usnavy-retired9800]

Good for you, but Not as far as my Steelers and myself are concerned...I guess this matter all depends on one's point of view. From a Raider Fan's POV it hit a Steeler first and was an illegal reception, but from my point of view it sure hit Tatum first and was totally legal. Well, I'm sure your point of view and mine will be held sacred by the both of us and all fans, on both sides, until the day we die and, on our death bed, both of us will hold that out point is correct and is sacred. Therefore, here's to the "Immaculate mystery and may it ever live in infamy!"

[@coreystanley1771]

Yep

[@freebootercinema9157]

"Cry me a river, matey! Arrrrr!"

[@p.j._staten]

Yeah so did the Raiders themselves especially George Atkinson

[@frankburklin1116]

Remember being a kid and listening to Pittsburgh and raider games on the radio at night.allways a come to Jesus moment. Ha ha

[@stevemartinez117]

I truly believe he wasn't put into the HOF earlier. Was his rebel life off the field and betting and hanging with bookies. Also his playing for the Raiders didn't help. Since Mr. Rozell wasn't liked by the Raiders and Al Davis. Kenny is my all time favorite Raider and the greatest southpaw ever 🏈. I miss him so much. RIP Snake

[@zipzonker1576]

I’m always amazed when people say that Bear Bryant had trouble developing quarterbacks. Bart Starr, Ken Stabler and Joe Namath would disagree.

[@melissalydon3681]

LEGEND

[@jonathanstapleman2112]

Raiders vs. the NFL

[@gooser__43]

Ken Stabler passed 🏈 out a pro-set at Alabama, under legendary coach Paul Bear Bryant; he didn't run out of the Wishbone.

[@loilt5091]

It’s S N A K E drop THE ⬇️

[@Backtothe80s564]

Because he's A Raider Snake On RNFL RNFL RNFL

[@richardyoung871]

In this part of the video he talks about Kenny Stabler,or by his nickname THE SNAKE, but I remember when he was playing for the OAKLAND RAIDERS, as QB ,man could he throw the football as the RAIDERS are my most best NFL team ever other than the GIANTS, playing out of NEW JERSEY but when I watch the NFL DRAFT many elite players are coming into the league and now you have another league called the UFL, and many of them are formed NFL players and I remember years ago when I was working in construction a fellow worker played in the UFL,and he was black but this guy was huge big body and full of muscles, so I told him to go back into the league even if it meant that he was a 2nd or 3rd string line man because in the NFL they get paid very well because football is not a easy sport very physical that's why they have so many pads

[@constipatedinsincity4424]

This was a great presentation 👏

[@lecleland1]

Stabler, Lamonica and the old man just won.

[@robertbeuck7556]

I seem to remember The Snake throwing a can of motor oil in a spiral for Penzoil

[@carloswhomusic]

The SNAKE was amazing. But he threw A LOT of INTERCEPTIONS WOW! 20-30 INTs in a season? He did that multiple years. That's hard to imagine now. Imagine as a fan today ... your franchise QB throws 25 INTs per year??? It's TRUE haha.

[@spamvigilante]

I was fortunate enough to shake Ken's hand twice. Once, in his Diamondback Saloon behind the Alameda-Genoa mall in Houston and once in my restaurant in nearby Pearland.

[@milesclifft8099]

Note they say he never picked up a football in the off season. One of my all time favorite’s ROLL TIDE

[@drunkwolf2477]

another raider who got into the HOF AFTER HE DIED, when lesser players get in every year.

[@douglaswegener9086]

I'm so glad I got to enjoy football in the 70's it's hardest playing decade. I learned in 77 that it was sports entertainment after Denve (Craig Morton) threw the game. WWF scripted bullshit. It's real! Until it isn't.

[@rickwhitson2804]

The raiders were always hated. I just wish she could have got in before he passed. But he got in and that is what counts