New York Giants vs Cincinnati Bengals 1985 1st Half Week 6

[@tmghui888]

This was the greatest NFL pre and post game show ever.

[@scottbrown7497]

Back when a half hour pre game show was enough

[@elwoodblues3342]

Great to see Jimmy the Greek again

[@beeemm2578]

8:04 Terry Pendleton over the shoulder grab in foul ground..wow!

[@aledaandytaylor2613]

Best nfl pre game morning show ever

[@ryanstrnad8442]

You got only a half hour NFL Today (as it was back then) and for the first 40% of the show they hardly talk about the NFL (they talk about the SF baseball Giants wanting to move TO OAKLAND?!; their then college football top 10 and an interview with the baseball NLCS managers). YET, the show stilll manages to provide more pertinent NFL information than you can ever get with today's hour long NFL Network pregame shows. I.e. babbling Bradshaw or all of that play on words stuff.

[@BaddogSports]

There was NOTHING like hearing Madden and Summerall covering a Giants football game! Great time to grow up

[@bhmch39]

Right? Can you imagine how much better football would be if we could have them vs some of the terrible ones we have now?

[@josecolon2201]

85 giants gd squad that yr

[@cfoster81]

Or any game involving teams from the NFC East

[@cfoster81]

@@josecolon2201 Them and Dallas along with Washington were all tied at 10-6 at the end of the season. Dallas and the Giants won tiebreakers over Washington for the division title and Washington missed out on a wild card by losing to San Francisco

[@beeemm2578]

2:21 RIP John Robinson 11/11/24

[@keithcerniglia4989]

you do a fine job Richard, great vid quality here

[@ShawnC.T.]

@18:07, "Mike's On"...

[@ShawnC.T.]

Bengals Safety Bobby Kemp was a holdover from the Forrest Gregg head coaching regime, he was a solid NFL DB, may he R.I.P. always...

[@passitonmatt8131]

You are looking live!

[@brianbachmeier34]

Reggie Williams #57 of the Cincinnati Bengals played from 1976-1989. During his career he recorded 16 interceptions and 23 fumble recoveries and 62.5 sacks. In his final two seasons with Cincinnati, he was appointed to an open seat on the Cincinnati City Council in 1988 and was elected for a second term in 1989 on the Charter Party ticket. Although he was a starter for 14 seasons, Williams played most of his career on a bad right knee. He has had 24 knee surgeries since his career ended. He had the first surgery in 1979, plus knee replacements as well as multiple infections. He played in super bowls 16 and 23 NFL Players Association's Byron R. (Whizzer) White Humanitarian Award in 1985 NFL Man of the Year for 1986 Sports Illustrated Sportsperson of the Year 1987

[@crawford371]

RIP Irv Cross

[@davidb5728]

fascinating, bob lurie bemoaning candlestick park in 1985, 15 YEARS!!!!! before they got the new stadium, thats how long it took!!!!!! and goes back further, the giants were trying to get out of there in the mid 70's!!!!!!!

[@shanetrimble9265]

Was it that bad?

[@kevinhughes4194]

Thanks again for the great upload Richard and all you do! Any chance of week 10 from ‘85 Giants-Rams? Again, thank you.

[@jenyakostak2155]

Yea, wait for it

[@survivor5044]

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[@survivor5044]

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[@spryfolII]

Brent Musburger and Bob Costas are the best sports host of All Time. As straight forward as CBS was in the Corporate '80's, it was amazing that Brent got off the NFL slate, College Footbal, and 5 STRONG mins talking San Francisco Giants, their stadium situation, piggybacking from the 49ers and Bears clash later, and then Whitey Herzog and Tommy Lasorda all in the first segment of the hard core NFL Today. The only other professional I believe could do that as effortless as Brent would be Bob Costas. I remember this episode and I felt back then, CBS was above NBCs coverage and studio show, and this episode showed The NFL Today was on another level. I liked John Brodies stint at NBC with Curt Howdy and then Don Criqui. They did some of the biggest and best games of the 80's and it was a surprise seeing him in New York at the Tiffany Network. I wonder what happened at NBC.

[@shanetrimble9265]

I loved Brodie. Tiffany network?

[@ShawnC.T.]

SS David Fulcher, Arizona State, who would be drafted in the 1986 NFL Draft, would be the start of the Bengals fielding a championship level defense, to match the offense...

[@johncaparulo4800]

James Brooks was practically unstoppable in the mid-80s.

[@brianbachmeier34]

He was awesome! He could do it all and was as tough as it gets. My favorite player during that time.

[@cfoster81]

This game had two former Maryland Terrapins who were teammates in the early 80's. Kicker Jess Atkinson who would finish his brief professional career with the Washington Football Team and QB Norman "Boomer" Esiason

[@shanetrimble9265]

Washington football team? He played for the Washington Redskins.

[@Jiltedin2007]

When was Jimmy the Greek fired from CBS Sports?

[@daverubertone5574]

Always wondered why pat and John didn't do the bears 49ers game

[@kidmack1121]

Thanks RW! I finally get to see one of two times in the '80s that Muñoz walked Taylor around the stadium like he had him on a leash. Man! Cinncy really brought the wood everytime on the tackling. I see McDonkey get thoroughly body slammed face first and more, other than the NFCDC against the Bears, I never saw the g-men get manhandled like this.

[@jenyakostak7639]

Tasty one, thank you Rich, i cannot be more thankful than right now) You are keeping make me happy

[@zacchaeuswilson6116]

John Madden called the Bengals' first play on the SPOT. That's why he's the BEST EVER. #RIPJohnMadden

[@Fireyninjadog]

Phil simms threw for over 500 yards in this game, and the giants still lost

[@dalemobius1378]

Now this is what I'm talking about.... professional looking people with a purpose of conveying sports journalism. Fox with their buffoonery and slapstick antics is revolting. Man I wish the tide would turn ( although the current CBS does a decent job). But my team is usually carried by Fox so blech! Some will say well Fox is trying to be entertaining, appeal to the common man. Yeah, well on some (a very low) level, you could say that about cock fighting also.

[@shanetrimble9265]

Well articulated

[@aledaandytaylor2613]

Rip tommy lasorda

[@chrisuncleahmad789]

Strange sight seeing John Brodie on the NFL Today considering he had been on NBC for many years

[@shanetrimble9265]

Definitely

[@paulanderson6634]

Odd matchup for Summerall and Madden. They pass on Bears-49ers for the 2-3 Giants vs the 1-4 Bengals.

[@magicmike5879]

Agreed. I think I saw somewhere they covered the New York Giants more than any other team

[@smg1665]

Paul Anderson I will bet it has something to do with madden being afraid to fly and traveling in his cruiser. the week before they worked in Atlanta and the week after this game in Cincinnati they were back in New York. That would’ve involved two cross country trips in three weeks and I am pretty sure that Madden would not have wanted that. On top of that it is still the New York market and there will be plenty of viewers because of that every week. When in doubt they put Summerall and madden on one of the New York teams. In fact, the year before the only time they worked the 15 and 1 San Francisco 49ers was in the NFC title game.

[@shanetrimble9265]

​@@smg1665plus Madden had an apartment at The Dakota in Manhattan.

[@rjpsuh06]

A current day NFL Today matchup between Boomer Esiason of the Bengals and Phil Simms of the Giants. 23:50 Boomer Esiason to Cris Collinsworth. One gets along with Al Michaels and the other doesn’t.

[@aledaandytaylor2613]

Now the sf giants baseball team is really good 👍

[@toniccoker]

He was dead wrong on the bears and 49ers 26-10 DA BEARS!!!!

[@rjpsuh06]

Sad that Phyllis George (RIP) would not come back to The NFL Today after the 1984 season. I wish she stayed and not replace Diane Sawyer on the CBS Morning News. After 1985, she would do some broadcasting and never return to sports and The NFL Today. We’ll miss you, Phyllis ❤️

[@gregjones2376]

Fun fact: I almost choked to death on a piece of orange hard candy during this game.

[@DIMP11]

Not that much fun I would imagine.

[@kidmack1121]

So did the giants.

[@ShawnC.T.]

Just think, if you had've, we wouldn't have known that you almost choked on a hard piece of orange candy...

[@ShawnC.T.]

@@gregjones2376 I know you're glad you're still here to be able to share that. I know I've had some near death experiences I'm more than glad to share with whomever will listen...

[@charleswilliamsjr2095]

Can you please do the 1985 New Orleans saints games if any?

[@survivor5044]

I have two Saints games from 1985 in my playlist. Just look for New Orleans Saints games.

[@dalecooper4614]

Boomer would slice up the modern nfl like a hot knife thru butter.... you rarely see throws like he's making against of the best of all time.

[@johnvisconti9848]

I remember it well. Phil Simms passed for 10,715 yards!

[@biozio186]

Looking for Rams vs giants and rams vs eagles 89 playoffs

[@cominghometorome811]

👍

[@emo4126]

jimmy the geek !

[@jcyt0511]

Irv Cross a Zombie? Those eyes.....