The CRAZIEST Roster Cut in NFL History

Prior to the start of the 1982 NFL season, the Atlanta Falcons cut former Baltimore Colts defensive end Greg Fields. However, Fields did not take the news well; in fact, he took it so poorly that the Falcons needed to get the police involved just to get Fields away from the team facility. And somehow, afterwards, the story gets even crazier
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[@fharmuth1969]

He had yet another incident after the ones you covered. He played for the San Antonio Gunslingers after the Express. After not being paid for 3 games, he tailed the owner, Clinton Manges, to his house. Fields, with a baseball bat in hand, confronted the owner outside his front door; demanded pay and received $17,000 cash from the owner, then drove off.

[@donaldpaluga]

DAMMIT, I KNEW SOMEONE WAS GONNA BEAT ME TO IT! 😂😂😂😂😂

[@danielschmude]

"Manges soon emerged from his home with $17,000 in one hundred dollar bills in order to avoid a beatdown." That begs the question: Who the hell has $17,000 in hundred dollar bills lying around his house?

[@tillitsdone]

@@danielschmude A guy who was eventually convicted on federal bribery charges. Probably had a lot of cash lying around, lol.

[@Blessed2bFresh]

@@tillitsdone unless I read it wrong, it was $100 bill. Still a stack though

[@dmanigo77]

@@danielschmude It was the 1980s. I don’t think ATMs were around yet. Or maybe that owner was into money laundering. 😆

[@levikatriel]

Earlier in the season, the falcons won their opening day game in a miraculous way that Official Jaguar Gator 9 made a video about.

[@daBEAGLE1017]

Where does he find these strange stories?

[@markbrian7179]

Hey, He did a great job standing around after the play was over.

[@CarlosSanchez-bg4wf]

Yeah let's do push-ups between plays.

[@gluserty]

Yeah, he must be a beast when it comes to waiting in lines, right?

[@dmanigo77]

How else do you expect him to show off his 6’6” frame? 😆

[@gluserty]

@@dmanigo77 This is true!

[@TheBandicootNerd131]

You should do more USFL stories

[@Bruce12867]

Fields would have been better off doing nothing but spiking the ball into the ground on every single play. BTW, congrats on 20K subs!

[@lindalealphamale]

We’ll said frequent viewer. Before we get into that, we need some context

[@alvinlee2968]

@@lindalealphamale you two are killin' it! I often feel like I was ripped off if I don't here those two statements.

[@edalder2000]

Speaking of The USFL, there is a fantastic book called "Football For a Buck" this is a good history of that league.

[@donaldpaluga]

AND the 30 for 30 doc Small Potatoes

[@hitdawg64]

@@donaldpaluga Small Potatoes was ok, but it was basically a hit piece on Donald Trump.

[@mykull666]

@@hitdawg64 How else do you tell the story of how the USFL failed without pointing a finger at the one person who caused it? He deserved all the blame and that doc came out in 2009, so, it can't even be associated with how the media handled his political career. It was the story of one man's failed power grab due to his narcissism and greed, so, I'm not sure what you expected it to be about when everyone has known since it happened in 1986 that Trump was to blame.

[@johnwade7963]

@@hitdawg64 how else do you tell the story of how that league failed without pointing the finger at the individual who was most responsible for the league failing. I mean the guy had a one on one meeting with the NFL commissioner where he basically threw the USFL under the bus.

[@saj8]

@@johnwade7963 Yep. Trump actually thought that lawsuit would force the NFL to accept some of those teams since the suit was filed in New York instead of Houston, which is what the USFL wanted.

[@hrtvfan2870]

And my guess is that the Colts only signed Greg Fields to begin with was due to John Dutton leaving for the Cowboys after Too Tall Jones decided to try his hand at boxing

[@mick40jb]

I think it was nice of the Falcons to cut him after the team breakfast__imagine how much worse it would've got had they cut him before breakfast🙃

[@Rzo139]

Right?! No one wants to deal with a hangry person.

[@glenwest1911]

Congratulations!! I've seen this channel grow from 2k to now 20k subs!! Outstanding content!!

[@MarquisdeSuave]

How in the hell do you find highlights from such obscure players?

[@nasetvideos]

First, let's start with a huge congratulations to you as you hit 20,000 subscribers. So well deserved and it's only going to get bigger. This is an awesome channel and every fan of football and football history should subscribe to it....as for today's video, another stellar example of fantastic story-telling. That was one unreal situation. I don't remember this one so this was a really insightful video for me. As always, great job....and again, congrats on the 20,000.

[@krisherdown]

After all of this, he ended his professional career with a team called the Gunslingers.. That sounds about right.

[@bbeen40]

They folded the whole damn league so nobody would have to cut him, lol.

[@nickmontanabass]

Classic example of When Keeping it Real Goes Wrong.

[@johnchedsey1306]

My takeaway is that Fields is someone who would have greatly benefitted from better mental health care than what existed in that time. A bit sad more than anything. Glad it never amounted to more than scuffles

[@j.peters1222]

What an absolute headcase. Things certainly would have gotten interesting if he had been cut again instead of the USFL folding.

[@donaldpaluga]

Considering WHERE Fields ended up I'm shocked Neuheisel hadn't got killed when the checks bounced (which SHOULD be a subject for JG9 to explore)

[@davidrivera9743]

@@donaldpaluga absolutely. The joke there was run to the bank. If you were slow your check was no good.

[@lawrencetaylor4101]

Politely disagree. This is football. I think it was Dan Reeves as Denver coach that said he didn't mind if he had to go to the Denver County Jail to get his player, he wanted him playing on Sunday. And Ray Lewis.

[@marcus813]

I'm not sure what the Gunslingers were thinking when they decided to bring Fields aboard. He had some screws loose!

[@darincornell5896]

Hard Knocks Classic...1982 Falcons

[@brianpatrick7411]

Just watching him mill around on the field something seems off.

[@robertperrella4194]

congrats to jaguar 9 on hitting the 20,000 subscriber mark !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!,,,,,,,,,, if there was a you tube hall of fame "jaguar 9" would be on my short list !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!,

[@SeahawksBamBamKam]

Good Video I never heard this before, the Def Linemen are a different breed of Crazy throughout football history and today some of them are just downright nuts Charles Haley , LT a bit Nuts the list goes on an on its really a Huge part of the mentality of that position for many of them.

[@briankleinschmidt3664]

It's the concussions.

[@SeahawksBamBamKam]

@@briankleinschmidt3664 I beg to say these are the angriest people on the field chasing after a Bigger Pay Raise.

[@briankleinschmidt3664]

@@SeahawksBamBamKam I was referring to his lethargy and his "Joker" gait after each play. Hands on hips. Its not fair tho'. They were repeating the same clips. Maybe I'll just shut up so I stop making a fool of myself.

[@briankleinschmidt3664]

No, I won't do that.

[@tm-cv3qt]

I love your videos and look forward to another piece of football history from you each day. Well done, and keep them coming!

[@christophersadler2930]

Wow, the craziest video I've watched on here. Dude was nuts

[@mosessupposes2571]

Overly emotional males are often very dangerous people.

[@rustykuntz94]

Hey at least Greg got a mention as the topic of a Jaguargator9 video

[@trekfortruth2841]

Really well done story telling...sure your channel will continue to grow.

[@mr.willie9578]

Why would anyone cut this guy alone and these most be desperate for pass rusher

[@ronaldbaldwin4505]

I can hear it now. When the league folded be probably said..."you just think you're folding" lol

[@anthonyrisola6144]

In the immortal words of the great Norm MacDonald,"He was a real jerk!"

[@pyrusane]

I love these videos, but the hype is hilarious. "This is the story of the craziest cut in NFL history - and another one a few months later that was even crazier than that". Wait, what?

[@MrRyan-wu4jx]

Do you know of any roster cuts that were crazier than this though? Seems like a fair assessment.

[@pyrusane]

@@MrRyan-wu4jx lol not at all, I was just laughing at calling it the craziest cut ever, then immediately following that by saying "another one a few months later that was even crazier". But then I finished the video and realized that the other one wasn't actually in the NFL, so fair game

[@bubbafug00gle51]

@@pyrusane I guess OJG isn't familiar with the word "craziester"

[@joenintendo]

You say "psychotic", I say "fun to be around" 😂

[@bubbafug00gle51]

I have to question how many actually psychotic people you have been around. As a veteran of a psych ward and the high school they send you to when you get kicked out of high school... "fun" isn't the term I would use

[@joenintendo]

@@bubbafug00gle51 It was a joke, but I do work with EC kids at a high school, so there's that

[@bubbafug00gle51]

@@joenintendo I hope I didn't sound like I was seriously criticizing you. Just joking about my experiences. On a more serious note... you're doing important work, if you do it well you can make a huge difference. Hope you find it rewarding.

[@dmanigo77]

I hope San Antonio gets an NFL team soon.

[@stevenbauer4799]

Speaking of hot heads do a video on charles haley as a niner who in a fit of rage decided to relieve himself on the desk of an ass't coach.

[@JetFire9]

30 seconds of info in 12:30! Congrats!

[@davester1970]

The good news for Greg Fields is that he got another chance with the San Antonio Gunslingers. The bad news is that the team was owned by Clinton Manges who couldn’t afford to pay his players by 1985. I would have loved to see Fields reaction the very moment Fields’ paycheck bounce. 😂

[@mrmoose6619]

Thankfully, no one told him about the CFL (though I wonder if he would be qualified to enter Canada) and the Arena Football League wasn't quite ready for prime time.

[@bens5661]

The AFL was -5 years old in 1982

[@mrmoose6619]

@@bens5661 Yes, the concept of Arena football was invented in 1981, but there were no actual games that counted towards leagur standings until 1987.

[@chadwickwhite6107]

Instead of cutting Fields the Indianapolis Colts should have SPIKED HIM into the ground on EVERY single OFFENSIVE play!!!!

[@beast1160]

That’s is crazy he did all that!!!!! Wow!!!!!

[@Joemama..]

Its fucking ridiculous that Jon gruden was fired for some random email that was sent ten years ago,but this guy was still allowed to play football, instead of getting arrested.

[@IceColdWater]

That was like 35 years ago. Gruden's racist ass would not have been fired in 1982. There's no way in hell that guy would get a second chance today.

[@daveycrocket4873]

He's not athletic at all he's just big and Doppy. I noticed he's always the last one to stand up. Then after he does stand up he acts like it's a chore to walk and move. He reminds me of the guy who's always bringing up the rear. After watching his videos you can tell he's just odd. I completely understand what the coaches seen in him and wanted to cut him.

[@michael1downs]

Thanks!

[@ciesaro]

The information you find on this channel!

[@mayduck1]

Its great that you reached 20 000 subscribers and reports like this one which I had never heard of is why this site is growing. This report and others showed the troubles of the NFL in the 1970s and 80s such as drug abuse bad coaches and organizations domestic and in this case workplace violence and racism but Pete Rozelle and the media covered it up which really means the good old days were really not good.

[@Grandizer8989]

You should remind people of the craziest #1 Draft Pick by the Vikings. A guy by the name of Demetrius Underwood. Never played a down for the Vikings because he had some kind of mental issue. The Vikings tried to get a compensation pick for him, too Edit: someone already did kzbin.info/www/bejne/fqO0en2pfdSKpMU

[@briankleinschmidt3664]

If he played in the modern era, he'd be on concussion protocol every play.

[@lindalealphamale]

He seems to just walk around with his hands in his hips

[@davidlivingston2754]

All I had to hear was "San Antonio Gunslingers" and I started dying laughing. Only they would take a chance on a guy like that

[@ronpeacock9939]

I grew up near where the Bills held their training camps back in the 80's. I heard a story from one of the Colleges employees that when, during lunch one lineman was told that he was being cut, the threw his roast beef sandwich through a tempered glass window in the dining hall... tempered glass is not easy to break that way.. so to do it with a roast beef sandwich... he should have moved to baseball...

[@bubbafug00gle51]

Sorry, but I have to question the physics here. Even if the weight was sufficient I doubt the structural integrity of a sandwich would hold up. I think it would just splatter. (God do I love the phrase "structural integrity of a sandwich")

[@ronpeacock9939]

@@bubbafug00gle51 I'll be honest, at first It was BS.. I'm assuming it was tempered glass because that's the building codes for the building type and area.... still, the person I heard it from actually was working there at the time and I have no reason to doubt him. Sadly, years later they moved to St. John Fisher and a long way away from us... still it was purported to have happened in the early 80's back to just before or during the 2-14 years that netted them the likes of Bruce Smith and Jim Kelly.... Whether it really happened.... I wasn't there... but again, the person I heard it from was so I'll have to trust him... (man, that's a long time ago now... )

[@alfjgist]

Fields holds the NFL record for the longest hold in…

[@DMS-pq8]

The 80s were a different time

[@john-hill]

This is the most wild story ever lol

[@samc0815]

How in the fuck did Jon Bois gloss over this

[@Staceyatkinson4496]

Just get your playbook and go see coach

[@williamcoolidge9884]

CRAZY!

[@ProfessorGamez]

Utter insanity

[@HurricanePatrick]

In 2023, you wouldn't get another chance when you threaten ppl and a facility

[@chrisbarcklay5821]

He looked very tired all of the time. I think he needed more cardio in his training.

[@thedude7099]

Yeah, I see that too. They trained them like shit back then, ran you into the grd in summer camp , No water, no gator aid yet, repetitive shit over n over. Better knowledge today. Guys built for the game man, proper grooming he could a been great , I think.

[@DrFrankensteam]

He should have saved that aggression for the game. He would have never been cut by the Colts, and most likely would have gone down in football history as one of the best defense players.

[@Davepool-hs7vr]

Well said

[@diaz5292]

Good Lord. You know your defensive line aucks when John Dutton is your best lineman. Good God. That guy stuck to blocks like stink sticks to s--t.

[@84sp84]

Actually Dutton had a 17 sack season with the Colts earlier in his career, but later on with the Cowboys was more of a run stopper type lineman.

[@hitdawg64]

You should do some USFL videos.

[@jamesharbin8848]

I like his passion and want him on my team plus the guy is freaking huge

[@GetBenched2010]

Didn't this happen in Dallas in the 70s as well?

[@davidozab2753]

OF COURSE it was the Falcons 😄

[@tommclain2835]

All the clips of him standing around reminded me of Groundhog's day, one of my least favorite movies.

[@josephmiller9424]

Surprise GB didn't at this time but good he got to play a form of pro football.

[@bigj6143]

Did anyone ever meet his Mama? That could have said alot about this lunatic. "Boy you never take no for an answer you feel me?" While she whips him.

[@johnreese3797]

Back then, mental health awareness wasn't what it is now.

[@mosessupposes2571]

Interesting video but dude you talk almost faster than I can listen. Are you an auctioneer by trade?

[@thedude7099]

Yeah , hard as F*ck to listen to this guy , I wanted to turn it off based on his muffled weird cadence mickey mouse tone alone...

[@d0nKsTaH]

Fields and his 3 fans disliked this video.

[@dmanigo77]

Tim Tebow and Terrelle Pryor have been cut multiple times. They were mature enough leave without the police.

[@chicagojeff]

Football for a Buck.. My dude Greg Fields aka 'Big Paper" the interview with that guy in the book was hilarious.. My dude Paper didn't play!!!

[@luisreyes1963]

I'm gobsmacked that Ryan Leaf didn't think of that! 🤣

[@donaldpaluga]

Or Johnny Football

[@bubbafug00gle51]

I think Leaf couldn't wait to get out the door. Just wasn't wired for a high profile and high pressure career. As for the comment about Manziel, it would not have taken an armed escort to toss his tiny ass out the door... and I suspect several of his former teammates might have volunteered for the job (though I don't specifically recall any of them trashing him)

[@CarlosSanchez-bg4wf]

What else you gonna do when the play is over: PUSH UPS. come on now

[@msarzo]

Fitting that the San Antonio Gunslingers signed Greg Fields if we're being honest.

[@denisceballos9745]

The USFL must’ve been desperate for players. Fields should have been suspended. I never watched the USFL back in the day. They just didn’t seem to be a serious sports league and didn’t last long.

[@Mike-aka747]

Serious enough to take the nfl on. Did you know the worst nfl drafts in their history were when the USFL existed. Nfl rosters were watered down. USFL was stealing all the blue chip rookies. They had TV contracts with abc and espn. Offered games vs nfl teams for which the nfl never nibbled I wonder why? Probably because nfl would’ve lost some of those games. Out of all those failed alternative leagues. USFL put the best product on the field and if not for a misguided decision in the courtroom plus the impending nfl strike only a year later. Who knows what Happens. There would’ve been a mass exodus of top Nfl stars to the USFL. Before you say the league Wasn’t a serious product. Check your facts. Maybe watch some of the game on KZbin. And also last but not least. Over 200 USFL players made it onto nfl rosters after it was folded in 1986.

[@stevenbauer4799]

usfl was good football on par with the nfl. They stole lotsa nfl talent by opening up their checkbooks and doing away with the three year draft. Herschel walker, steve young, reggie white, jim kelly, anthony carter all went the usfl route. Over expansion, going into nfl cities, and too much debt kil-led the usfl. It had nothing to do with the level of play. And some teams in nfl markets out drew their nfl counterpart. mich.panthers out drew lions in the silverdome.

[@stevenbauer4799]

@@Mike-aka747 yep. aaf, xfl 1 and 2, nfl europe. All the leagues since then were not on par with the usfl. usfl was legit.

[@donaldpaluga]

Two words-Donald Trump

[@stevenbauer4799]

@@donaldpaluga Four words...nfl hates rival leagues. nfl was never gonna let trump and nj generals into nyc market.

[@christopherengel7436]

I choose D everytime! Make them work for it.

[@josephmiller9424]

Train harder ask for practice squad or CFL and train lift eat train like your depended on it

[@ralphsanchico2452]

I’m almost afraid to ask what he’s doing now, since he has delegated himself to be UN Fireable!

[@jsivco3sivco785]

How did I know that it was a black player who made the threats? Hmmm. BTW... I never heard of Greg Fields, but we could guess his ethnicity! (Not racist, but a statement of fact.)

[@marcusmosiahgarveysr4310]

D

[@vinkuruc3807]

Announcer dude, get to the point.....you talk way too much.....

[@thedude7099]

Exactly , Thank you !

[@BronxBastard730]

And this Ladies and Gentlemen is why you can now go to prison for making terroristic threats (in person , on the phone , email or snail mail) thanks to good old Mr. Greg Fields

[@darrylhaynes]

Crack

[@adampender2482]

AOC said she remembers hiding thinking her life was on danger when that coach got punched 👊

[@weaselworm8681]

And he has a “god given right” to own guns. We’re nuts.

[@WTMNNJR]

🤡

[@dmanigo77]

Dude must not have had a backup plan in case football didn’t work out.

[@OBESPRING1982]

Kevin Greene was told to get his playbook and go see John Robinson. The HC told Greene the RAMS needed to get him on the field more and they discussed how to utilize him. Kevin, God rest his soul, is in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

[@dantankboy4155]

He's the skinniest DL I have ever seen

[@arrowdave646]

2nd comment

[@dendarii2.045]

Slow down and enunciate please. Your videos are great, but your speech is fast and you run your words together. Its hard to understand.

[@SuperHorseSense]

That's some serious roid rage

[@scottconner7930]

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