The DRAMA Surrounding the 1979 Miami Dolphins | Bob Griese vs. Duriel Harris

Miami Dolphins wide receiver Duriel Harris is best known as the man who pitched the ball during the 1981 divisional against the San Diego Chargers in the hook and ladder play. But two years before that play, he wanted absolutely nothing to do with Miami, as after an incident that happened during a Monday Night Football game against the Houston Oilers, he demanded a trade, and was frustrated with Bob Griese and Don Shula. This is the story of the drama surrounding the 1979 Dolphins
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Members of the 1979 Dolphins:
George Roberts
Uwe von Schamann
Guy Benjamin
Don Strock
Bob Griese
Neal Colzie
Tony Nathan
Delvin Williams
Tim Foley
Gary Davis
Norm Bulaich
Steve Howell
Mike Kozlowski
Bob Torrey
Larry Csonka
Norris Thomas
Ed Taylor
Don Besillieu
Glenn Blackwood
Gerald Small
Charlie Babb
Larry Gordon
Rusty Chambers
Mel Land
Bob Matheson
Ralph Ortega
Earnest Rhone
Steve Towle
Kim Bokamper
Jeff Toews
Cleveland Green
Jim Langer
Mark Dennard
Ed Newman
Larry Little
Bob Kuechenberg
Eric Laakso
Mike Current
Bob Baumhower
Doug Betters
AJ Duhe
Carl Barisich
Jon Giesler
Jimmy Cefalo
Duriel Harris
Vern Den Herder
Bruce Hardy
Jeff Groth
Ronnie Lee
Nat Moore
Don Shula (head coach)

[@markbrian7179]

Look, losing to the New York Jets twice in one year will drive anyone crazy.

[@DolFan316]

From 1978-80 the Jets were 6-0 vs Miami and 14-28 VS everybody else. Only explanation I can think of is that they changed unis in '78.

[@nasetvideos]

I remember the hook and ladder play very well....but never heard of the story you reported from 1979. That was really interesting. Amazing how you find these stories and present them with such incredible detail. This is a great KZbin channel. Keep up the great work.

[@johnbrowntheprophet]

It’s called the “Hook and Lateral” not the “Hook and Ladder.” The receiver runs a hook route and then laterals the ball to the running back.

[@DolFan316]

Even *I* never heard of this 1979 Harris drama 😲😲😲

[@brianivey73]

Love the videos. Keep up the cool work!

[@tookmyjob]

I need a top ten list of most drama-filled teams of all time.

[@SteelerFanInRI]

Oh my god, this would be amazing! This team, the '93 Oilers, those mid '90s Cowboys teams, the 2018 Steelers...I'd love if just one football channel made this list, even if it wasn't JG9.

[@stevenbauer4799]

the coke head racist cowboy teams of the 70's. or the roid head raider and steeler teams of the 70's.

[@SteelerFanInRI]

@@stevenbauer4799 was there a ton of notable drama within those Steeler/Raiders teams? Yeah, Bradshaw didn't like Chuck Noll, but other than that, I don't think there was any lack of chemistry or a ton of recounts of players constantly snipping at each other that would be endemic of a drama-filled team on either squad, though I wasn't around at the time so maybe I'm wrong lol.

[@stevenbauer4799]

@@SteelerFanInRI the raiders loved drama type controversial players back then. they won with them.

[@DolFan316]

@@SteelerFanInRI In '77 Mel Blount actually sued Chuck Noll. That deserves a video methinks...

[@marcus813]

It was clear that Griese was close to the finish line and Don Shula almost didn't yank him soon enough. I don't think Harris should've revealed his beef with Griese to the media, but I understand why he was pissed off and frustrated.

[@karlcooper8460]

I remember those goofy glasses greise wore.

[@ianwallace3082]

Love the block by the running back at 11:47.

[@jackmessick2869]

A lot of it was the AFC East teams had all improved greatly (well, maybe not Baltimore Colts), and the intra-divisional play was vicious. The black and white "51" seen on the helmet was in memory of LB Rusty Chambers, who had passed away during the summer of 1981 (auto accident).

[@maskedmotorsdiy3575]

Rough period for the Dolphins on a human level. They had THREE funerals for players from 1981 to 1984, which is insane really. LB Rusty Chambers, LB Larry Gordon, RB David Overstreet.

[@Lawomenshoops]

@@maskedmotorsdiy3575 Yeah two auto accidents and Gordon died of a heart attack, which they later suspected was caused by cocaine!

[@stevep8445]

@@Lawomenshoops Gordon was jogging in the desert and collapsed and died at a hospital. Cause was heart disease. there were no drugs found in his system during autopsy.

[@ShiggyMiyamo]

Keep the 'Phins videos coming, and I'll always be here. They never get any love from other NFL channels.

[@DolFan316]

Sports media has hated the Fins ever since the unbeaten season when SI actually said they'd lose to the *Redskins* by 3 scores 😲😲😲

[@marcus813]

@@DolFan316 I knew those Fins didn't get a lot of respect, but I didn't know that! That's crazy.

[@boothguru807]

62-7

[@kevinanderson967]

Dick Anderson and Jake Scott 👍

[@bjchit]

@@kevinanderson967 Both should be in the Hall of Fame.

[@elwin38]

That Dolphins 79 team somehow managed to win in spite of the hidden chaos on that team. It backfired when they were hammered in the playoffs against Pittsburgh. I watched that game and the final score doesnt reveal the ass kicking the Steelers put on them. This was Larry Csonka's last year.

[@jimhogan5388]

Interesting tidbit about that one sided playoff game against Pittsburgh. Miami’s first TD was Griese to Duriel Harris. Made it 20 to 7.

[@stevefowler2112]

Csonka's second "last year"...and yes they were way overmatched against the Steelers in '79. Griese who beat the steelers in Pitt in '72 AFC Championship game to go on to complete the perfect season was definitely looking old in '79.

[@deansch6089]

You seem to have an infinite supply of topics but I'll suggest one. In 1973, the jest played pittsburgh. Surprisingly enough, they lost. Imagine that. Nonetheless, at one point they managed to drive 41 yards for a touchdown. They were aided by 48 yards in penalties. So yes, they managed to score a TD on a drive where they had -7 yards in total offense. I realize this is the jest and by their standards it's kinda minor (given the team it's a surprise they scored at all), but it's just quirky enough to be worth a dive.

[@stephenyarber2708]

I like your idea!

[@DMS-pq8]

A NFL QB wearing glasses, Don't see that anymore

[@Rockhound6165]

Don't recall another QB wearing them but several other players did. Chuck Muncie, Billy "White Shoes" Johnson, and Eric DIckerson come to mind.

[@haroldmccoy6748]

@@Rockhound6165 LC GreenWood

[@diaz5292]

The much needed context: 1:10

[@canesfan29]

But what about the passer rating?

[@stew6662]

What I member about Harris was reading in the paper after he got traded how he use to sleep in the team meetings.

[@miamimartin2195]

I believe it was that year I met him in Mario's pizza in North Miami with a friend of mine..... We both asked him if he was Duriell Harris and he said no..... So we didn't want to bother him any more...... When he was done eating he walked up to us And gave us 2 napkins with his signature and # on it 👍.... I had that thing for years but don't know what I did with it now...

[@shannonrhett3304]

What's with that maudlin background music?

[@csonkafan39]

Just a side note from a long time Dolphins fan,who grew up in South Fla. in the 70’s and 80’s,and was actually AT that MNF game in the Orange Bowl against the Eagles,mentioned at 11:50 in the video.See him go in to do the dunk over the goalpost at the end of the TD play? He actually injured himself doing that,twisted his knee or ankle or something when he landed awkwardly - as you can see him limping in the following clip…and had to sit out the next two games.Betting Shula wasn’t real happy.Loudest game I’ve ever been at,the Orange Bowl was a magical place back then.

[@scottconner7930]

42 Years Ago

[@ecembrew]

When did the hook and lateral become the hook and ladder

[@johnbrowntheprophet]

Unfortunately, that’s a common mistake many people make when describing that play. It’s called the “Hook and Lateral” not the “Hook and Ladder.” The receiver runs a hook route and then laterals the ball to the running back.

[@jonniez62]

It's actually a backwards pass, by rule

[@ecembrew]

@@jonniez62 .... I know what a lateral is, what I don't understand is why people are saying hook and ladder and not hook and lateral, because hook and lateral is what the play is...

[@jonniez62]

@@ecembrew can't say but I've heard it since the 70s.

[@ecembrew]

Well since the first time it was ran was in 1982 so not sure how you've heard it since the 70s... but the call was always hook and lateral.... period...somehow recently people are saying ladder...like what does a ladder have to do with football at any given point

[@montychambliss6254]

Imagine had the Dolphins not fucked up and got Joe Theismann. God forbid another career ending injury, they would've been set for the 70s and 80s

[@Rockhound6165]

Not for nothing but the play that was supposedly the straw that broke the camels back, Harris clearly slipped or was tripped and the pass was perfectly thrown. Had he not fallen he scores easily.

[@michaelkoszowski3716]

Maybe griese needed new goggles .

[@karlcooper8460]

Now that was real football.

[@jackmessick2869]

Best Dolphin play: Jake Scott interception SB VII.

[@scottmitchell3641]

Excellent choice. Another one I like is in 1970 when Csonka is running upfield full speed near the sideline, in front of the Miami bench. As Buffalo Bill's free safety Pete Richardson comes up to try to tackle him, Csonka veers directly at Richardson and deliberately smashes Richardson violently upside his helmet with a massive forearm blow. The refs actually flagged Csonka on the play, charging HIM with a personal foul for unnecessary roughness. Richardson was knocked way off his feet, and knocked out as well .......

[@67marlins81]

Respect for Shula making a difficult decision to bench Griese. Harris should have handled it better though : complain behind a closed door, not to reporters.

[@saj8]

Where was the energy for Harvey Salem when he complained to the press about the Oilers?

[@genekelley7579]

🛑🛑 The Miami Play was NOT called “The Hook and Ladder”!! The Play is called “The Hook and Lateral”💯👍

[@ckobo84]

I always thought Duriel Harris was more famous for injuring himself celebrating. 11:45 he does a 180° jump spike and wrecks his knee.

[@stevenbauer4799]

griese didn't have much left by then. he never had the strongest arm to begin with. it was soooo weak by '79 season. It happens to qb's. peyton went noodle arm his last two years. big ben can't get the ball deep anymore as well. brees struggled last season too. and what does the play from the hook and 'lateral' play two years later from strock the favorite shula back up with woodley now the phin qb have to do with what happened in '79 season? clue: david woodley is now phins qb two years later.

[@johnbrowntheprophet]

Correction: It’s called the “Hook and Lateral” not the “Hook and Ladder.” The receiver runs a hook route and then laterals the ball to the running back.

[@mcray0309]

I’ve genuinely always heard “hook and ladder” but honestly this makes more sense. From Wikipedia, “The hook and lateral is a trick play in American, Canadian football & indoor American football, often colloquially called the hook and ladder play”

[@johnbrowntheprophet]

@@mcray0309 - Yeah, that’s how many people say it, but the name of the play is a literal interpretation of the play’s scheme: A hook route by the wide receiver, and a lateral to the running back.

[@DolFan316]

I've always called it the hook and ladderal 😎

[@johnt.kennedy3856]

Trust me, I get that.....I’m the same when some says “Hike the ball”....you don’t hike it, you SNAP it.

[@Rockhound6165]

It's called both.

[@vickrunalza8057]

Mercury Morris?

[@DolFan316]

I swear I don't try to catch OBJ9 being inaccurate, but at 10:51 he doesn't mention that in the second Colts game Strock did start, but completed just 3 of 6 passes for 50 yards. He did throw a TD pass to Harris, but even if all three completions were to Harris that still would've been less than half his catches and yards for the game. Griese came in and was 9-17 for 128 and 2 TDs. Strock must've left that game with an injury because he did start the next game VS the Pats and was a measly 3-12 for 62 yards and 2 picks before Griese came in and completed 8 of 10 for 101 yards and a TD as the Fins reeled off 27 unanswered points to win. Griese started the next game, a win over the Lions that clinched everything Miami could possibly clinch playoff-wise, before Strock started the now meaningless finale (and lost to the Jets).

[@mayduck1]

DolFan 316 you are spot on as Griese recovered somewhat after his benching but as a long time Dol-Fan myself that playoff vs Pittsburgh was a disaster.The Dolphins fell behind 20-0 and 34-7 and looked like a high school team vs the Steelers who were in route to their 4th Super Bowl win in 6 years.The Steeler debacle was Larry Csonka's last game as a Dolphin as well and the problem here that Griese and Csonka who were key players in the turnaround season of 1970 were starting in that Steelers disaster on the next to the last day of the 1970s as it was clear Griese and Csonka were over the hill.I do not blame Harris in this deal and give Coach Don Shula credit for not getting rid of Harris as the smart coach Shula was probably saw that Harris was right and Griese who I liked was washed up.

[@stevep8445]

Griese was not benched for the rest of the season. He started He would start a game and come off the bench in two more as Strock was awful in the last 4 weeks. Strock would go 32-59 for 434 yards with 2 TD and 5 ints after the Cleveland game. Griese went 24-39 for 458 yards with 5 TDs and 1 pick in the three games he appeared in after the Cleveland game.

[@MichaelMartin-qe5ye]

Spot the Gabbert at 4:10

[@BrendonChase2012]

@ 4:11

[@Boomhower89]

I remember watching this game. Strock could’ve been Very Good if given an opportunity to play.

[@curtismcneil8695]

He did get the opportunity. He always played better off the bench as a backup. Everytime he had the chance to become the starter for multiple games he didn't play as well. He often came off the bench for David Woodley after Griese but just wasn't as effective when he was the starter.

[@stevep8445]

@@curtismcneil8695 He started 22 games in his 14 year career. He was 16-6 as a starter. In 1978 he started 7 games, going 5-2 with 12 TD/6Int. Pretty effective if you ask me....

[@curtismcneil8695]

@@stevep8445 I like Strock and yes he played well in relief and he could have had more success if they had stuck with him no doubt. The Dolphins were a talented team but he had chances after Griese retired and Shula went with David Woodley. I think Shula was more comfortable with Don coming off the bench. Don Shula liked Woodley's mobility and athleticism but no Woodley wasn't as accurate of a passer. Don would have been good for a lot of teams and sought after but free agency wasn't like it is today back then.

[@stew6662]

@@curtismcneil8695 exactly strock was way better coming off the bench, then starting.

[@davanmani556]

Griese shoulder was gone.

[@brettpatterson404]

Say the line Bart 4:10

[@SteelerFanInRI]

Wow. Griese not owning up to his mistake reminds me of Ben Roethlisberger calling James Washington out for not catching a ball that HE overthrew on a day where HE threw two picks to lose the game, then went on his radio show the next day and doubled down on calling Washington out. You know it was bad if you can draw parallels to the 2018 Steelers.

[@kimblandino]

Maybe if we had a head coach who challenged guys, it wouldn't all fall on the HoF QB. See; Aikman on Barry Switzer. I personally can't wait for #7 to retire, although it has been a joy to watch him play for 16 years. I relish a day when Ben cannot be scapegoated for everything wrong with Tomlin's Sleepwalkers.

[@SteelerFanInRI]

@@kimblandino Lmao he literally threw a pick to a defensive lineman on the goal line after ripping the ball from James Conner's hands; you can claim scape goat all you want, but this specific loss to the Broncos that I'm talking about was indeed 100% his fault and he refused to be a leader and take responsibility for it, instead choosing to throw his rookie receiver under the bus for a pass he laid out for to try to catch. It was that moment that I was done with him. He makes bad decisions at the worst possible times (him airing dirty laundry on his show being one of them), and this fact is inarguable; it's a pattern he's shown throughout his entire career. He's the Brett Favre of his generation in that retrospect.

[@SteelerFanInRI]

@@kimblandino Plus, the fact that Tomlin has a winning record in games that Ben didn't start kind of negates the whole "Ben carries Tomlin" narrative.

[@slimischillin7753]

@@SteelerFanInRI I feel like you just needed to vent about the Steelers really quick lol

[@kimblandino]

@@SteelerFanInRI Seems like we only put together coherent gameplans once people start getting injured. The gameplanning on defense with Rudolph and Duck at QB was next level. Then the HoF QB comes back and Tomlin and the coaching staff go back to just winging it every Sunday. Everybody in sports media covers for this clownshow head coach and trashes the HoF talent at QB. It's sickening, woke sports celebrating mediocre Mike with his 3 playoff wins in 10 years with a HoF QB that his staff can't put together a coherent gameplan of complementary football. The man is out of his league, and the overwhelming talent the Steelers have on both sides of the ball covers that up most of the time. Go watch the Tebow playoff game, or the Bortles playoff game. Tell me dogshit, dirt worst you have ever seen coaching didn't lose those games. You bring up the Denver game from 2018 and put it all on Ben when AB ran a lazy route at the goaline. Don't forget, Conner fumbled with nobody around him as he's about to go in for 6. Xavier Grimble is about to go in for 6 and fumbles out the back of the endzone for a touchback. The only reason we are even in that position at the end is Ben's beautiful pass to JuJu for 97 yards and a TD. This team is comprised of selfish, showoff players, whiny drama is all you hear throughout the halls of a Steelers locker room. Mike Tomlin fosters an environment of failure, excuses, and low expectations.

[@big8dog887]

I'd like to see a video of the Dolphin's QB situation between Griese and Marino. Why didn't Don Strock ever win the starting job? David Woodley got them to a Super Bowl. Who is he, where did he come from, and what happened to him afterward? Was the QB situation so bad that they needed Marino, or was it a case of, wow, this guy's still available, how can we not take him?

[@mayduck1]

Don Strock was one of the best relief QB's ever as he could quickly read a defense but he was not mobile and would get sacked a lot and injured as well so he did not do as well playing a full game. David Woodley was a 8th round draft pick out of LSU in 1980 and became the Dolphins starter that season because Griese and Strock got hurt.Woodley was the exact opposite of Strock as he could scramble and run and Don Shula who I believe is the best coach ever used both Strock and Woodley in the 1981-82 seasons and that combo is called Woodstrock. Woodley who had troubles reading defenses and lacked leadership qualities could go 17 out of 22 passing in a playoff win vs the Pats but three weeks later completed 4 out of 14 in the Super Bowl loss to the Redskins and is rated as one of the worst QB's in Super Bowl history .Don Shula months after that loss saw Dan Marino on the draft board and picked him and by midseason of 1983 Marino was the starter and David Woodley would be a Steeler by 1984.

[@desertmonsoon1]

David Woodley went to Pittsburgh.

[@SteelerFanInRI]

Yeah, like a commenter above me already said, Woodley's performance in SB XVII was horrendous; his one TD pass came off a busted coverage very early in the game. They probably didn't need a QB as badly as the team whose city produced Marino in the first place (nice whiff, PIT), but just about any QB in that draft would have been an upgrade, let alone having Marino fall into their lap

[@stevep8445]

Woodley didn't "take them" anywhere. Their defense and running game did.

[@bjchit]

The answer to your last sentence is yes.

[@randyhanson4973]

Harris was DBL Covered in the Houston game. You don't know what you are looking at. The Oilers played C2 on the play where you say Harris was wide open. He was double covered & Bob never should have ever attempted to throw to him on that particular play. Same on other plays where you say Harris was open. No he wasn't and Bob was correct when he said he was taking what the Def gave him which wasn't much since the Oilers were playing a lot of C2 that night

[@markoakes8620]

In 1979, Bob Griese was washed up. He was unable to see the field anymore.

[@levikatriel]

1. This isn’t the last time a receiver argued with their qb about not being targeted as this also happened with the 1988 bills kzbin.info/www/bejne/Zna8eY2Omd6Ya6c 2. In the 1976-77 offseason, Bob Griese almost got traded to San Francisco. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rp6yd6ZqfK5rbck

[@shannanmay9388]

Do some vikings videos

[@OfficialJaguarGator9]

A story on the gutsiest game of Ahmad Rashad’s career: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nHKanpSOiLOtiZI A crazy story on the time the Vikings drafted Bob Lee: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y5XRnXqQhMmVd7M A story on Darrin Nelson refusing to play for the Vikings after they drafted him: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eXylq5mNZ8lko5o A story on a game the Vikings lost in 1984 because of a face mask penalty that never should’ve happened: kzbin.info/www/bejne/p37FiImAZ8aWjc0 A story on the worst coaching decision ever made by Bud Grant: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rXaxq6huaLplbLc A story on the Vikings winning the first ever overtime game to be decided on a safety: kzbin.info/www/bejne/q3iomquLmcejetk A story on one of the craziest plays of Joe Kapp’s career: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fYWbh3yXbsiaaNE A story on the time the Vikings almost moved to Birmingham: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZmK1lIppfMiCZ5I

[@karlcooper8460]

Maybe he stuck around because Bob greise had left.

[@miamimercenary9623]

Can we talk about Greise‘s glasses tho?? No wonder he couldn’t get the ball out, he can’t see with those coke bottles on😂

[@ckobo84]

He looks like Lucas (Corey Haim) from the movie "Lucas"

[@karlcooper8460]

Strock may have been the greatest backup qb of all times aside from maybe Earl Morrall.

[@kgreene317]

Completely not related but I was wondering if you recalled a certain game that I am having trouble locating. It was one of the worst games I've ever seen and I SWORE it was a Monday Night Football game between the Giants and the Chiefs. That's how I remember it anyway. It was a series of missed field goals in a game that nobody seemed to want to win. I thought it was Giffird-Cosell-Meredith on the call but can't find it. Ring any bells?

[@scottmitchell3641]

It was the 1983 season, week 8. New York Giants at St Louis Cardinals on Monday night football. The full game is currently available on KZbin, in two parts, for watching. There is also currently a 29 minute condensed highlights version of the game on KZbin as well. 7-17-2021

[@kgreene317]

@@scottmitchell3641 Ah, it was the Cards!!!! Ok! That's why I couldn't find it. Memory is such a tricky thing. Thank you!

[@chadwickwhite6107]

It wasn't MUCH of a CONTROVERSY. It didn't STOP the Miami Dolphins from winning 2 Super Bowls in the 1970's.

[@kevindouglas5333]

By the mid 70s the Dolphins were average at best

[@haroldmccoy6748]

This controversy happened after that dynasty had expired .Durriel Harris was drafted in 1976 ,the Dolphins last SB appearance and victory inthe 70's was 1973 .

[@driffle5b1]

One thing that really stands out is how long Griese held the ball. He was one of the greats, but this film shows him with a weak arm, poor accuracy, poor timing, and poor field vision.

[@ronsmac]

Harris was a decent player but not good enough to be complaining so much.

[@jimking623]

Didn’t Griese eventually end up starting again by the end of the season that year? I remember seeing him play in the divisional playoff game against the Steelers, how did Griese eventually get back his starting role in the 1979 season?

[@Bruce12867]

In a Thursday night game against the Patriots, Strock started the game but struggled. Griese came in in the second half and had a monster game in leading the Dolphins to a come-from-behind 39-24 win, then Griese started the rest of the season. For the record, Harris was held without a catch in the Pats game.

[@miamimartin2195]

I was at both those games in 1979...still amazed my parents let me stay up so late....probably got home like 1-2 am and back to school in the morning 😅...I was 15 that year

[@stevep8445]

@@Bruce12867 Strock started the final game of the season. Griese outplayed Strock by a wide margin after the Cleveland game..

[@angelsfancrc1]

8:39 should've been "He had a passer rating just above 40, which is still better than if you took the ball and spiked it on every play."

[@CTubeMan]

1. At 11:45 you show Harris catching a touchdown, then limping soon afterwards. What you don’t see is the fact that he hyperextended his knee while leaping and spiking the ball in celebration. So he pulled a Gramatica 20 years before Bill did. 2. Harris didn’t actually leave the team then come back? Isn’t that a prerequisite for these videos? 3. Watch at 4:04, then watch kzbin.info/www/bejne/qoWpZZqEa72bfJI

[@diaz5292]

Drew Pearson of the Cowboys once did the same thing, in a game against the Giants. I don't remember what year. Maybe '78.

[@Bruce12867]

@@diaz5292 It was Week 14, 1979. If I'm not mistaken, he missed the last two games of the regular season.

[@diaz5292]

@@Bruce12867 oh okay, right. I remember it having a real impact, which is a shame because he was just celebrating in an exuberant fashion and he got hurt, lol. Such a dumb thing to happen. But that's how it goes sometimes.👍

[@miamimartin2195]

Yup, and I believe he missed the rest of the regular season, and came back for that playoff game vs San Diego....

[@Rockhound6165]

A hyperextended knee is a couple of weeks tops. Gramatica blew out his ACL. I once asked him about that when he played for the Tampa Bay Storm of the Arena Football League and he just chuckled and said, "C'mon, man." But say what you want but he and his brothers are really good and charitable guys.

[@stevenbauer4799]

funny thing about that oiler game in '79. phins learned how to stop earl campbell after he ran all over them for 199 yds. on mnf the year before. and that phin team was basically the remnants of the sb teams of the earlier '70's. they flashed some of that greatness once in a while but were just like griese...basically a shell of their former selves. phins were lucky becase colts were lousy at 4-6 meaning bert jones was out with injuries once again. they sukked without jones at qb. and harris should have been traded. to cold weather gb or minn. just for his constant complaining. at least he got to play one year with marino who could get him the ball. too bad by then moore, duper, and clayton were ahead of him on the wr depth chart.

[@kevindouglas5333]

We took what they gave us? He was wide open in the end zone,Bob!!!

[@Lawomenshoops]

WTF? It's not the hook and ladder, it's called the hook and LATERAL!

[@paulweston8408]

I've always thought that Bob Griese was One of the most over rated Quarterbacks in the NFL. No way should he have gotten into the HOF. If he was on almost any other team I doubt many would even remember him.

[@bjchit]

You clearly never saw any film on him ever. The winningest and highest rated QB of the 1970's is overrated and not HoF worthy. Holy shit.