NFL Primetime: 1996 Week 8 (ESPN October 20th, 1996)

Chris Berman, Tom Jackson, and Bill Pidto host ESPN NFL Primetime's highlights of NFL Week 8. The lead story is the surprising performance of the Washington Redskins, who after years of futility were about to go 6-1 to start the season and sweep the New York Giants. Of course, they would end up not making the playoffs that season.
**Up until recently, I've been downloading my personal VHS collection. However, the collection is obviously limited. I started a Patreon page to better find and purchase old VHS videos on EBAY and other websites, as well as at garage sales and other locations that might have VHS available, so I can upload them for all to see and share for free. See it here: / tombombadil
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[@SethACampbellMusic]

LOOOOOOOOVE old school Primetime!! Thanks so much for posting!!

[@jasonwalker9091]

❤

[@adamking6645]

The famous rant that marked the end of Jim Mora's tenure with the Saints as he quit the following day.

[@atworkstation]

I remember that.

[@BallinNQnz]

Not as famous as his "playoffs" rant.

[@pronkb000]

Mora blasts his coaches (and probably included himself in that statement) but among the coaching staff were Bruce Arians, Jim Mora Jr., and Rick Venturi...guys who you think would know what they were doing. Maybe they just weren't ready for prime time yet.

[@thomascrowley9122]

5 years before "Playoffs"

[@gluserty]

@@pronkb000 I just hope all three men made it home for this episode of PrimeTime, and they were ready for that (to be fair, the Saints roster was a thin as a Belvita, and just as soft: it took until 2000 for the Saints to have a respectable roster). I think it's funny, but it was also Mora being genuine.

[@Capecrusader79]

Prime time in the 90s was great, great show, and loved the music during the highlights. Great memories for me cause I was in high school.

[@jfliguy]

Loved this cause they talked football and not about a certain player.

[@jasonwalker9091]

That's real ass commentators Football night in America take fuckin notes! Seriously 😐

[@bradjames891]

that's when ESPN was a sports network, good friend.

[@jfliguy]

@@bradjames891 amen brutha

[@Celtic305]

Agree 😢

[@bigwes2020productions]

1-800 collect commercial wow! Good memories!

[@jasonwalker9091]

Wesley Hollingsworth we don't get good commericals anymore.

[@thema1998]

@@jasonwalker9091 There are still *some* good commercials.

[@jasonwalker9091]

I love Jim Mora rants at the end 😃. WE SUCK!

[@bennyrobinson1935]

we just got our ass totally kicked

[@jasonwalker9091]

Must see TV in the NFL😁. Him and Mike Ditka

[@Bart848]

The diddly poo rant is a classic

[@charismatic9904]

He quit the next day

[@jasonwalker9091]

charismatic9904 yep and Rick Ventura became intern head coach. Ugh

[@charlesconner9044]

Great upload!!! Takes me back to my childhood

[@jasonwalker9091]

Charles Conner Must see TV for true NFL back then. With the music and exciting highlights....Adrenline Rush. Football night in America on NBC is too dull.

[@charlesconner9044]

Jason WAlker great time to be alive. Late games would be at the last minute or even over and I would switch to ESPN so quick to watch Boomer and TJ. And on Mondays Primetime would come on after I got out of school at 3. I miss those days. After Boomer and TJ left the show I was done

[@jasonwalker9091]

Charles Conner If u had NFL Sunday Ticket back then. When it 1st came out.

[@charlesconner9044]

Jason WAlker I was like 11 years old when I first got NFL Sunday Ticket and that was 2005 prior to that I had Time Warner so I was lucky to get 3 or 4 games a week

[@jasonwalker9091]

44:37 Terrell Owens rookie year in 1996 way before the "T.O." fame 😊.

[@jasonwalker9091]

And he caught his 1st touchdowns in the comeback win against the Bengals 😊. I remember when he did a pre " Bankhead bounce " after his TD.

[@Nickrj3]

Jim Mora sounded like they lost the game 90-7.

[@jasonwalker9091]

Nick Johnson Diddly Poo 😁😁 lol

[@ancyentfathoms]

Got their "asshole kicked."

[@bruceleeroy8302]

Hey, that loss hurt their chances at making the playoffs...

[@joerules829]

@@bruceleeroy8302 playoffs? You kidding me?

[@tommorris3035]

Thank you for uploading so many great memories

[@jeremyc9229]

Back when espn was espn

[@thema1998]

Today is the *23* year anniversary of when this episode aired on TV. 🤓 EDIT- 1:18 P.M.: *finishes video 1 hour and 17 minutes later* It's a shame that we don't get good NFL Primetime episodes like these anymore.

[@gordoncosta]

"We didn't do diddly poo"

[@jeromeashley9972]

Lol😂😂😂😂😂

[@jessicamcneill2463]

New Orleans Saints got their butts kicked alright. Carolina Panthers were on a roll in 1996; Panthers shredded the Saints at the second half 19-7

[@dalesmith5370]

Thank you so much for these.

[@chrisuncleahmad]

1:25 A surprisingly high number of late games

[@devinlowe3495]

Love this…taken from my local broadcast. I remember car shopping with my mom at Mullinax Ford

[@gluserty]

Dedrick Dodge is another one of those players that I remember from the 1991 WLAF season; with fellow World League alumnus Anthony Parker in this highlight package as well, the WLAF is well-represented here.

[@ballthemblack]

Jim Mora Rants are Classic

[@jasonwalker9091]

Adewale Akanji Coaches these days talk like statues these days. In the days coaches didn't give a fuck.

[@thomasderouin72]

"PLAYOFFS"? " PLAYOFFS"? "YOUR TALKIN ABOUT PLAYOFFS"!!?

[@STP43FAN1]

“You think you know but you DON’T know and you never will.” 😁

[@Rovr0]

Glad to see a good old-fashioned Jim Mora rant. Also glad to see that my favorite team was responsible for it. Ah, the old NFC “West” between 1995-2001 with only one team (San Fran) anywhere west of the Rockies. Rare uniform matchup notice: Orange Crush Broncos hosting the B-Shield Ravens.

[@kyle1910]

Back when everyone called the Jags receiver Keenan MICK-CAR-DUHL

[@kyle1910]

Thus Berman "Jaggy Wires"

[@esaunders07]

Why can't this still exist?

[@encycl07pedia-]

I started paying attention to the NFL in 1997, when the Bucs and Broncos got good uniforms. It is so damn weird to me seeing Testaverde as a Raven, Chandler as an Oiler, Curtis Martin as a Patriot, and Alstott as an RB. So much changed in a year. Also I think Harbaugh was only on the Chargers for a year or so.

[@jasonwalker9091]

encycl07pedia It will always be Oilers to us, fuck the Tennessee Tratiors and Houston Turncoats 😠😠 oops.....meant Titans & Texans . Houston will always be Oilers town. I hate the Tratiors and Turncoats name their colors, logo ugh ! We can thank Bud Adams, may he rest in hell with Art Modell. I still have Oilers stuff in my closet even though i dont watch this new era at all it all pussy shit . Oilers! Oilers! 😁🏈.

[@johnharris750]

Harbaugh was the Ravens QB in 98☆He was the Chargers QB in 99-00 as a backup to Erik Kramer and Craig Whelihan when they were purposely throwing the ball to the wrong person☆

[@jman46241]

36:13 ugh.. Spike the ball!

[@johnharris750]

I love the guitar solo at 8:42

[@sportscardsreportcards]

NFL Game Day in morning and NFL prime time in the late afternoon. They both need to comeback along with the swami and Tom Jackson

[@jasonwalker9091]

Oscar Marquez FUCK football night in America it's Boringggggggg!

[@jasonwalker9091]

Redskins should made the playoffs that year and it was Terry Allen's breakout year rushing and pro bowl year.

[@californiaman4000]

That's why Norv Turner got fired as Redskins Head Coach during 2000 season

[@StFidjnr]

week 9 has the 2000th NFL Primetime highlight can you please upload it

[@baxter1896]

Odd that they use the same song for Pats-Colts and Bucs-Cards

[@dp233332]

Diddly POO!!!!!!!!priceless this is gold jerry

[@andrewferriell8246]

that famous jim mora take..we sucked!

[@_theporkchopexpress]

I would give anything for espn to go back to being exclusively about sports

[@chrisuncleahmad]

17:12 I honestly don't think Philly was a DONUT GAME for the Dolphins. The Eagles had the same record as Miami. I think a donut game applies moreso when the hole in the schedule is against a bad team.

[@jasonwalker9091]

Chris Kreager Try the Bengals vs 49ers game Cincinnati blew that game and Steve Young came back strong in the 2nd half. The Falcons and the Cowboys was a classic"Donut " game. A true tug of war back and forth.

[@chrisuncleahmad]

Jason WAlker 49ers had played on a Monday night at Green Bay and had 5-2 Houston next, so this is a Niner donut game. Not so for Dallas, they had just played another poor team in ATL the prior week.

[@CoreyT127]

Because it was only Detmers 2nd start is the only reason I came even think of that they would call it that? But even then they had the same record like you said and Philly made the playoffs the year before!

[@gluserty]

@@CoreyT127 Eagles were playing Detmer,, while the Dolphins had Craig Erickson & Bernie Kosar. 7nusual circumstances in this game, but I'd like Philly in this spot.

[@aaronswitzer275]

Wasn't that colin powell on the intro?

[@scottaznavourian5791]

12:44 some things never change

[@GoHeels2024]

omg these commercials lol!

[@charlesconner9044]

Chris calling the Ravens the Colts...smh damn lmao

[@G0Chiefs]

'96 was the Ravens first year in Baltimore.

[@jasonwalker9091]

I miss those old Ravens uniforms. I got my 1996 Vinny Testaverde Champion Ravens jersey the year he made the Pro Bowl, he went off throwing all them yards. 😊

[@Bart848]

Dave Shula was fired after the 49ers game

[@pearcewilliams5297]

John G I would have shown his ass the door too... you go 3-13 at least twice in your career then your best record is 7-9 (a building stone to make the playoffs the next season) and you start 1-6?! Man I would have sent him home after BLOWING the game... Blake throwing three interceptions yep... bye Dave don’t let the door hit you in the ass on the way out..

[@atworkstation]

Pearce Williams I would’ve done the same thing.

[@Bart848]

Pearce Williams he should have been fired after the 94 season

[@jasonwalker9091]

John G 19:18 Jimmy Johnson was thinking inside his head" why am I here, maybe I should have stayed on the " NFL on Fox" for Eagles nation it was personal revenge on Johnson all the years when he was Cowboys coach and tortured us with the " Triplets" Poetic Justice

[@CoreyT127]

I dont know how he lasted 5 years? Never finished better than 6-10! I think

[@FireLightning16]

30:08 8,000 Ravens chasing him!

[@jefferyrobertson7520]

I like NFL primetime from 1987 through 1993 era see the highlights of Atlanta Falcons Dallas Cowboys Houston Oilers Los Angeles Raiders and Los Angeles Rams 23 other NFL team he could go all the way touchdown hosted by Chris Berman & Tom Jackson

[@jasonwalker9091]

Jeffery Robertson There were some good games that year on NBC considering the AFC was a some what of a down year. The Shootout between Elway and Testaverde and the Ravens in Mile High with a cease fire when the wet snow kicked in at the end with a minute to go. The Colts upset the Super Bowl Champion Cowboys in Dallas. The Oilers going toe to toe in the Astrodome after the brawl with the only largest crowd that year. Philadelphia eagles getting revenge of Jimmy Johnson all the year he torchered Eagles fans by beating the Dolphins. John Elway comeback to the beat the Vikings in Week 13. The Steelers and Ravens rivalry is born .Steve Young and the 49ers comeback to win and beat the Bengals. Terrell Davis runs over the Patriots in Week 12.

[@jessiehenry5405]

Dude , this episode happened in nineteen ninety six And yet you have a fascination with nineteen ninety three So do us a favour get off Of KZbin You fucking idiot

[@roguegust8832]

Man Ricky Watters was good. Shame he let his ego overshadow his performance.

[@jasonwalker9091]

RogueGust The Eagles should have gave him the ball more.

[@bradjames891]

people critique me. For who. For what? /s/ Ricky Watters

[@randomanton]

He fumbled a lot

[@benjaminpeters6729]

Isnt this the game where tony Danza tried to kick a 70 yard field goal?

[@joshk.1642]

Hold me closer Tony Danza

[@CoreyT127]

The garbage picking field goal kicking Philadelphia phenomenon! Lol. That was two years later i believe?

[@benjaminpeters6729]

@@CoreyT127 I think they used footage from this season for that movie because the jerseys match. The eagles didnt play the dolphins in 97 and when they played dallas they wore green.

[@JGarrison51285]

Its almost like the entire 96' season Jim Harbaugh was getting hit and leaving games every other week 🤣🤣

[@kapo2012fb]

11:00 Panthers

[@Bart848]

Keyshawn Johnson,just throw me the damn ball

[@jasonwalker9091]

John G I deftinely miss the old Jets uniforms the Kelly green days. " Just end the season "

[@benjaminpeters6729]

@@jasonwalker9091 well they changed their jerseys and they look closer to this era jets uniforms.

[@allenantonio4389]

Jim Mora !!!!!

[@benbrislawn4029]

After seeing the highlights I don't see it worthy of a Jim Mora rant like that. Nonetheless, it was pretty funny and that is underappreciated because people only remember Mora for playoffs.

[@markharris4756]

Jim Mora's crazy and nuts and cussing out & pissed off Crack myself up.

[@STP43FAN1]

Ravens-Broncos light up the scoreboard. Smells like the 2012 divisional playoffs.

[@kevinburke6055]

Bill Pidto was there to do the shit games Falcons Colts type games. Lol

[@CoreyT127]

Just like Robin before him.

[@scottaznavourian5791]

Why are they censoring sucked?

[@jasonwalker9091]

Scott Aznavourian When their aired the Jim Mora " Didddly Poo" segment on Sportscenter that night they didn't censor that word.

[@toxicpersonalityincorporat3137]

It was a different time.

[@lukebadurski6165]

Skip to 26:54

[@dondouville5054]

11:29

[@user-bd2no6zq2j]

11:29 thats how you keep it real. Players these days would've wanted a trade. Fk sports 2023

[@firstnamelastname3558]

Oh man I miss those days. Analytical paper notes on the game in front of Berman; great discussion; no talk about anything except the play by play action and analysis. These days all we hear about is a girl singer dating a player. Total BS.

[@bradjames891]

I love creamsicle Bucco Bruce.

[@middlefingermotionpictures4772]

Started the Colts' downfall that year (to the shitty patsies, of course...)

[@UncleJavi]

11:30 diddly poo

[@davidmoreno3588]

The east coast bias is really real!

[@jeffblack8874]

11:25