The FORGOTTEN COACHING That SAVED The 1985 New England Patriots | Bills @ Patriots (1985)

In week 6 of the 1985 NFL season, the New England Patriots were trailing 3-0 at halftime to the Buffalo Bills, with the offense in complete disarray, and with starting quarterback Tony Eason having gotten injured and replaced by the veteran backup, Steve Grogan. With their season on the line, Patriots head coach Raymond Berry decided to do something bold during the halftime break that no one, not even Grogan himself, saw coming. And the result saved their season. This is the breakdown of some of the best coaching and halftime adjustments in Patriots history that you might not know about
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Members of the 1985 Patriots:
Tony Franklin
Rich Camarillo
Tony Eason
Steve Grogan
Rod McSwain
Robert Weathers
Raymond Clayborn
Greg Hawthorne
Jim Bowman
Mosi Tatupu
Fred Marion
Craig James
Tony Collins
Roland James
Ronnie Lippett
Ernest Gibson
Larry McGrew
Brian Ingram
Johnny Rembert
Ed Williams
Don Blackmon
Andre Tippett
Steve Nelson
Pete Brock
Garin Veris
Ron Wooten
Tom Condon
Trevor Matich
Paul Fairchild
Steve Moore
Art Plunkett
Lester Williams
John Hannah
Guy Morriss
Brian Holloway
Kenneth Sims
Irving Fryar
Stephen Starring
Derwin Williams
Cedric Jones
Julius Adams
Stanley Morgan
Lin Dawson
Derrick Ramsey
Toby Williams
Ed Reynolds
Dennis Owens
Ben Thomas
Raymond Berry (head coach)
Members of the 1985 Bills:
John Kidd
Vince Ferragamo
Bruce Mathison
Scott Norwood
Frank Reich
Joe Cribbs
Don Wilson
Steve Freeman
Van Williams
Jim Perryman
Rod Hill
Charles Romes
Greg Bell
Derrick Burroughs
Anthony Hutchison
Mike Pruitt
Booker Moore
Rodney Bellinger
Martin Bayless
Anthony Steels
Lawrence Johnson
Eric Wilson
Larry Kubin
Jim Ritcher
Guy Frazier
Will Grant
Eugene Marve
Jim Haslett
Darryl Talley
Lucius Sanford
Anthony Dickerson
Mark Traynowicz
Justin Cross
Tim Vogler
Joe DeLamielleure
Greg Christy
Joe Devlin
Dale Hellestrae
Ken Jones
Don Smith
Fred Smerlas
Ben Williams
Bruce Smith
Dean Prater
Jerry Butler
Mitchell Brookins
Eric Richardson
Andre Reed
Chris Burkett
Jimmy Teal
Eason Ramson
Pete Metzelaars
Ulysses Norris
Steve Maidlow
Sean McNanie
Hal Garner
Hank Bullough (head coach)
Kay Stephenson (head coach)
Videos Mentioned:
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[@nurserock77]

I’m glad you brought this to attention. I’ve been telling this story for years. The ‘85 Patriots were a great football team, but they didn’t hit their stride until Grogan took over the role of starting QB/offensive coordinator. Having gone 6-1 in the 7gms in which he played, Grogan suffered a broken leg, yet continued calling plays for starting QB Tony Eason. This made the patriots team to be reckoned with and led them to the playoffs, where they beat somme damn good teams on the way to an AFC Championship

[@bigD5172]

Grogan was from another era where QB's were used to calling there own plays. They started going away from the QB doing that in the '80's.

[@andrewpestotnik5495]

I don't think Lombardi, Ditka, or Walsh let their QB's call their own plays from the start.

[@bigD5172]

@@andrewpestotnik5495 McMahon would audible quite a bit as he had acrimony with Ditka quite a bit. The game where Drew Bledsoe had 70 attempts against the Vikings in the '90's, it was his playbook to turn that game around as Parcells gave him full autonomy. Lombardi only had 18 to 21 plays in his playbook & Walsh scripted the 1st 15 to 25 plays of the game for his offense.

[@Walczyk]

He looked great in a neck roll too

[@mrmoose6619]

If nothing else, this proves why having a solid veteran backup who may not know/be able to execute every play, but at least the plays he likes and is most comfortable with.

[@shawngreene1225]

I love the New England content

[@ThePrufessa]

There logo in the thumbnail is the best version of their logo.

[@jaywmeinen]

I always liked Steve Grogan. He was a class act. I was unaware of Coach Berry’s amazing decision. Thank you for the history.

[@brianevans6328]

Steve Grogan threw the only TD Pass in Super Bowl XX.

[@Jesterjester17]

Like in most of your videos, I did NOT see that move coming. I've said it before but your videos are truly amazing. You really do know your shit.

[@DavidBrown-jx3mq]

I was at this game. Grogan single handedly turned the game and the season around. The players and fans had no faith in Tony Eason. Grogan's leadership, ability, and guts were phenominal! After winning this game, with Grogan at the helm, the Pats won an additional 5 games in a row. Grogan was voted team MVP in 1985. Unfortunatly he suffered a season endng broken leg against the Jets in week 12 .

[@awfpunisher]

Tecmo legend Steve Grogan

[@jake-in_yt80]

I have the 85 version

[@lesliebell4189]

Steve Grogan played at Kansas State from '72 to '74.

[@mikegillins4992]

Always liked Raymond berry as a coach Winning season in his first four full season as pats coach

[@soxbigdog]

Steve Grogan, pre-Neck Roll

[@richardsiemion5903]

“Knees are weak, palms are sweaty” 😂🤣

[@Born8etter]

Vomit on his uniform mom’s spaghetti

[@richardsiemion5903]

@@Born8etter right. How did no one get that.

[@dangeiger9796]

And this was the last time the Patriots would be saved by a backup quarterback

[@carloscolon3331]

They got bulldozed by the Bears in the Super Bowl

[@brianevans6328]

Those bears gave up 10 points total in the postseason. 3 of them because Walter Fumbled in their own territory and the other 7 came after the Bear were already up 44-3. Perhaps the most dominant defense of all time.

[@marcus813]

Grogan is proof that you had better have a capable backup QB because if your starting QB goes down, you can't let your team go down with him. Grogan helped save the Pats' season and they definitely wouldn't have made the Super Bowl without him.

[@67marlins]

Agreed. He still had some magic left in that right arm.

[@ReveiwKing999]

And of course, the Patriots proved that yet again 16 years later when their All-Pro QB Drew Bledsoe went down early on in the season...

[@CTubeMan]

@@ReveiwKing999 I’ll bet he was replaced by some bum off the street…

[@teen_laqueefa]

Jon Kitna when Carson Palmer was hurt really killed us in 05

[@davidlafleche1142]

Grogan reminds me of Carl Yastrzemski. When Jim Rice was injured in 1975, the Red Sox coaches asked Yastrzemski (then age 36 and with a bad left shoulder) if he could go back to left field. He said, "Ha! I can play left field in my sleep!" Yastrzemski played like a maniac and drove the Red Sox into the World Series.

[@mikegillins4992]

Good video and content that was a amazing decision and rarely do you hear about it when the 85 team comes up I always wondered if pats would of won three straight road games if Grogan was QB

[@steveroies1494]

As Eason was shown leaving the field up the runway Patriot fans were pelting him with various objects incredible i remember it well

[@thatsmrtguy4935]

9:24 would be the last time a team fumbled a routine snap in a game involving the Bills

[@CTubeMan]

I’m looking at Mac Jones in shotgun formation tonight in the 1980s uniforms and I swear I’m seeing Tony Eason.

[@charliethegiant6821]

WE WENT TO THE SUPER BOWL THAT YEAR GOT SMASHED BY THE BEARS BUT WHO WAS BEATING THEM AND MY DAD WAS HAPPY AS A BEARS FAN

[@RichV20]

If Miami didn't lose to the Patriots, they were the only offense that could beat the Bears 46 Defense.

[@Walczyk]

Did one of the Super Bowl wins had a better half time adjustment? I still can’t believe they beat the falcons

[@teen_laqueefa]

Falcons beat themselves with poor play calling/clock mismanagement and lack of execution throughout the 4th quarter

[@RCVictoryLane]

6:23 for one of our favorite catchphrases

[@e93sports80]

Happy December 1st.

[@CTubeMan]

This unofficial Official Jaguar Gator 9 historian will remind everyone you made a video about an incident before the season that threatened to tear the Patriots apart but ended up bringing them closer together.

[@eulissbenoit816]

Someone should have saved them from those horrible blue jerseys

[@scottfarmer8758]

1985 is not a season worth remembering for the Buffalo Bills

[@DaddingAllDay]

Just to think that the Patriots could have Dan Marino... oh well. Eason was a bust. Heck, Ken O'Brien had a good career

[@Fireyninjadog]

The bills nearly beat the pats in buffalo that year

[@antimike11]

Season was save just to be crushed by the 🐻 😂😂😂

[@stevenbauer4799]

loved those pat days. ne was the siberia of the nfl where no players wanted to play as pats played in their h s stadium and played fourth fiddle on the boston sports scene with pat stories on the back pages of the sports section. then bears laid a s b whooping on pats. good times. and stop hating on grogan. pats blew it with mr. small and fragile tony eason.

[@YTPFLIMS]

U know Eason didn't even complete a single pass in the super bowl. Also I never thought about It like that, people were proud to be red Sox and Celtics fan but the pats no way they sucked

[@stevenbauer4799]

@@YTPFLIMS yep. very true. pats were like third citizens in those days.