The Rebel QB Who Partied Hard But Played Harder

[@frankies9465]

My fav player of all time and my hero growing up. Played hard and partied harder. RIP Snake. Thanks for that super bowl vs vikings . You gave a 13 yr kid his biggest sports thrill

[@nflunveiled]

an NFL icon 🙏

[@charlesrazo7246]

He played on the Raiders when the Raiders were the Raiders

[@AllenMichael-pl6ps]

Definitely 😊

[@robertfrederick4714]

Anen

[@nflunveiled]

so true

[@chrisbacos]

Yep. The Raiders in 2024 might as well be a Sunday School class.

[@Qbert2803]

Exactly, as a youngster growing up & watching Stabler, he's the reason I became a fan

[@russbeard3665]

As a kid I watched Stabler and the 'real' Raiders from the stands at Mile High stadium back in the 70's... The NFL's finest moments, rivalries were rivalries, and teams had larger than life personalities. I'm glad I got to see the era where football took over the country!!!

[@andrewbird57]

I was 19 in Jan 1977, when I decided to move from the town where I grew up and drive up to Lake Tahoe to get a job. I drove my 1966 MGB over Carson Pass on Hwy 88. Before reaching South Lake Tahoe I stopped for gas. There was a brand new Caddy at the pumps. The man standing next to it was Kenny Stabler. It was like a day or two after the Raiders had just won the Super Bowl. Al Davis was close friends with the owner of Harvey's hotel-casino. Davis had rented like half of a floor of rooms for the team as a celebratory reward. When I got to Tahoe I landed a job within a day or two - at Harvey's (as a cook). The first week I worked there I saw lots of Raiders players around the hotel and casino.

[@nflunveiled]

that's awesome - did you speak to any of the guys?

[@michaelatkinson6730]

cool story!

[@NickDonnetelli]

I was a teenager fan of the Raiders in the Stabler days, then Plunket. Loved those 3 super bowls they won.

[@nflunveiled]

such iconic Raider teams

[@pedroV2003]

Ken was a favorite of mine. In fact I can remember reading a bio of his back in the day. He exuded a certain coolness under pressure and confidence that he could get it done that all great QB's have. He deserves to be in HOF.

[@chaseleopold]

Snake was awesome. That’s when football was football!!!

[@emilrwolanski]

I love the "Snake" flirting w/the Denver Bronco cheerleaders.

[@nflunveiled]

haha it's a classic

[@stoveguy2133]

You couldn’t date cheerleaders on your team. So, he went for other teams girls.

[@heffphilat]

Those girls were called "The Pony Express" they got themselves into trouble for prostitution, Denver went without a cheerleading squad for 13 years (1980 -1993) . Added note: a few of them also posed for Playboy before they disbanded.

[@tubx3805]

Stabler's best years were with the Raiders. He's a Raiders great. When Stabler went to the Oilers and Saints, he didn't have much left in the gas tank. The return of Stabler as a color analyst on Sundays was something to behold. Or rather, I should say, something to listen to. That southern accent was music to the ears. 😄

[@LaviniaTortuga]

Snake wrote the book on being cool. You are born with that. Can’t be taught. My personal favorite.

[@davidmccall4776]

The one and only "Snake." He was an original and did things his own way!

[@nflunveiled]

the man!

[@drunkwolf2477]

The NFL should be ashamed of themselves for not putting him and cliff branch in the HoF when they were alive.

[@johnleeson6946]

"The Ghost to the Post" set up the GAME WINNING field goal. Nice videos of him at Alabama.

[@nflunveiled]

oops my bad, thanks for the correction

[@Nhamp2000]

Snake couldn't exist today. 24 hour TV, Social Media, Talk Radio would blast him.

[@nflunveiled]

absolutely, he'd be shredded by the talking heads

[@IAAP.]

And wouldn't care. People of substance could care less about their status on SM.

[@devilsadvocacy]

Snake co-invented the two minute drill, and there was no one else you wanted with the ball on your own 20 with two minutes to go and needing a score. He was cool under pressure both on and off the field, and his book Snake was a fun and entertaining read. Especially the parts about Tooz

[@nflunveiled]

Snake & Tooz…what a combo

[@johngalt9737]

Coolest guy to ever walk the face of the Earth

[@nflunveiled]

Ken was the man! Modern athletes just don’t compare to the characters of those old school legends.

[@MattPurvis-gt3ww]

Elvis might have something to say about that.

[@scottcousins9038]

I met him once in Gulf shores Al, super nice guy. Real dude and friendly.

[@nflunveiled]

love to hear that!

[@michaelyorey5341]

1 minute 45 seconds to go, down by 20 , with the snack at the helm, Raiders never out of the game.

[@Cmon-Man]

Nice video. Many memories. I grew up in Concord during this time. My dad and Grandpa were big Raiders fans, so of course I was too. Went to many, many games. My dad worked in San Mateo. Some bar he went to, several Raiders players were there a lot, he was friends with Ben Davidson, would bring me and my brother gear all the time. Took us there a couple times and we got to hang around them. Stabler was there a couple times. Really great guy to me and my brother. I was 10 - 11 years old. I remember how huge they all were.

[@nflunveiled]

that's incredible - getting to spend some time with those guys must have been surreal

[@Newbomb_Turks_Punch]

Back in the NFLs hay days! I’ll never forget as a kid when he played for the saints. You used to be able to go down to the locker rooms and wait for the players to come out and they’d sign autographs. The Snake came out and graciously signed for us and he and my dad started chatting and we ended up walking out to the parking garage to Stabler’s Caddy where he popped the trunk and had a styrofoam ice chest full of Budweiser 😂 he and my ol man had a beer together and he split. He was the absolute coolest! RIP Snake.

[@nflunveiled]

that is freaking amazing!! RIP 🙏

[@skybarwisdom]

He had a club in south Houston called the Diamondback we used to party at when he played for the Oilers, he also partied at the famous Gilley's Club in Pasadena and many clubs and topless bars during that time around Houston. Legend

[@nflunveiled]

that's awesome - living the high life on and off the field!

[@michaelatkinson6730]

I read about the Diamondback. Absolutely true!

[@12BITSOUL]

THE SNAKE !!!!!! RIP✊🏾

[@PaulFormentos]

Loved the forward fumble play against Chargers.....

[@chrisbacos]

The best known bad boy in the NFL both on and off the field.

[@nflunveiled]

bad boy for life 💪

[@rufuspipemos]

My favorite all-time athlete. Nobody looked cooler and no QB ever had so many comebacks with famous titles.... Holy Roller, Immaculate Reception, Sea of Hands, Ghost to the Post.

[@nflunveiled]

The man was an icon

[@otiselledge1876]

Tatum was an assassin , this team was no joke

[@RandyPowell-vv5gm]

The snake❤❤❤❤❤

[@michaelatkinson6730]

So fascinating to study on the legend of Ken Stabler. I don't remember his playing days. He was long retired when I started watching football, I was born the year he won the Super Bowl. My favorite college team is Alabama and my favorite pro team in the Raiders. So naturally I heard of the "Snake" . I read his book and was captivated by his story. He lived a life they could make a movie about. So many ups and downs. Even his Hall of Fame Induction was controversial. As he said in his own book, he was told he would not enter the Pro Football Hall of Fame until he died. That is exactly what happened. He should have been enshrined 5 years after he retired. He was involved in the greatest memories in NFL history, the ghost to the post, the holy roller, the immaculate reception would not exist if Stabler didn't drive the Raiders down for a touchdown in the closing minutes. Games with names as they say, usually "the snake" was front and center.

[@nflunveiled]

couldn't agree more

[@THE-HammerMan]

As a born & raised San Diego Chargers fan, we loved to hate the Raiders. LOVED them and HATED them equally. Kenny was a thrill to watch, especially besting our other nemesis'.

[@jbstonesfan]

Dolphin fan who loved the “ Snake” despite his ending our 70’s run. Rip 🐍.

[@herpiegerbstick6808]

Snake is an awesome book.

[@stevecloney68]

El Rancho motel in Santa Rosa was their training camp in the 70's. Stabler had a black Caddy with a Cpt America chopper on a trailer behind it.

[@antrygis1]

Loved him on Married with Children.

[@quanchi1795]

Stabler the snake 🔥🔥

[@martytaylor8742]

"Life shoud not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming.... WOOOO HOOO, what a ride."

[@nflunveiled]

wow - great quote!

[@robertfrederick4714]

Met him in canton Ohio at hall of fame. I think when madden got in nonetheless Shockingly one of the coolest people I ever met! Shockingly is sarcasm btw I said man I hate to say this but loved you as a kid As he’s signing our kids hats and shirts! We laughed as he said how old it made him feel! Genuinely one of a kind!

[@nflunveiled]

that's so cool! RIP Snake 🙏

[@psidvicious]

I still say Stabler’s knee was down, just before that playoff TD pass that sent the Fins home. Arrrgg I hated that but still always secretly admired The Snake. Lefty QBs are a rarity and a bit strange to watch. Today we’ve got Tua w/the Dolphins throwing ‘wrong-armed’.

[@sandspurpatch]

Hail to the Snake. He was a great Raider. Got us our first Super Bowl. Hall of Famer. But not better than Plunkett. He won 2.

[@mitchcolburn1216]

Plunkett rode off a great team. As a QB it’s Stabler and it ain’t even close.

[@Yaz-pn9py]

He would be be my best quarterback to start a team.

[@ThumperT51]

I got a #12 jersey at 6yo...I wore that thing until the numbers washed off😂

[@nflunveiled]

love that 🤣

[@marksienicki1253]

Studied the playbook by the jukebox light.

[@rickyeager5460]

Stabler's Snake venom cola had my share of them, one of kind south paw

[@sunriseboy4837]

Shit, if a lot of those dudes played today, the line at the hospital would have been a mile long...LOL!

[@pjw1016]

League hasn’t been the same since.

[@RoofDoctorsJoanne]

I grew up a Dolphins fan in the 1970's & hated the Raiders. Lol...i love Snake now. They don't make guys like that anymore! RIP

[@nflunveiled]

Unfortunately they’ve gone extinct

[@rondoughhowell6442]

Damn it's strange hearing a British guy covering an American sport that's not soccer

[@weaintfree]

Back when football was football. Today’s nfl is a Joke.

[@johnhoward1904]

Nothing says NFL lore like when a British narrator reads the script. I guess I'll be doing the history of Manchester United?

[@nflunveiled]

😂 please do, soccer puts me to sleep

[@badbeatbilly8997]

I got his autograph one time at a 7-11 in Pasadena, Texas just down Spencer Highway from Gilley's Club. He pulled up in a Cadillac Eldorado convertible full of women and bought some beer. When he came back outside I got his autograph. 😁

[@nflunveiled]

amazing 😂

[@BjornJohansen-cm1sb]

Still have his jersey

[@JohnHogue-y5h]

From the pics early in this vid, i have an idea where he got the name snake.

[@nflunveiled]

ahaha

[@nexigram]

Skipping practice on Veteran’s Day because he’s a veteran in the NFL is hilarious. 😂

[@nflunveiled]

I know right haha

[@frankflanagan7388]

Just WIN Baby

[@nflunveiled]

🏴‍☠️🏆

[@jamesbolling6681]

Cruisin with the Tooz. in the book John Matuzak would kidnap Kenny , take him to strip clubs and get hammered. The Oakland PD were involved on numerous occasions. I was fortunate enough to see him play several times growing up in the Bay Area.

[@nflunveiled]

crazy 😂

[@Rebellpanzer]

Physicality bordering on felonies…….yeah !

[@terry7937]

I was a “raider hater” during those days, but I defy an current team to go up against them…the Raiders would crunch them.

[@nflunveiled]

the game would stop every other play with all the flags that’d be thrown lol

[@CornPop2]

Alabama dudes are different

[@nflunveiled]

lmao

[@jamesleahy265]

When men were men

[@hounddog946]

Wrong type of voiceover voice for a story about a real man

[@nflunveiled]

fair enough 😂

[@barryminor6245]

That part!

[@petertenaglia1709]

Needs footage of the snake smoking cigarettes on the sidelines!

[@nflunveiled]

Haha you’re right

[@weeknders]

The first half of his biography is wild.

[@jandbyoung1]

The fields look to be in terrible condition back then

[@JeffreyBrown-f4e]

Sonny Jorgenson.

[@georgegraham9206]

His backup blanda was cooler

[@K.Dwizzle]

Did he always look 50 years old?

[@nflunveiled]

lol...all that partying took its toll

[@lawrencefranck9417]

Threw more games than touchdowns 😂

[@MRick-cd1kr]

In today's NFL those Raider Teams Would Be all in Jail for Murder

[@nflunveiled]

lmao yes indeed

[@bradtaylor4765]

He was not a bad ass by any means. He couldn’t fight which is part of being a bad ass

[@tommyb897]

Men

[@richbaritone67]

Just think if Stabler wasn't dru nk 24/7. Super overrated.

[@jonathanhollier3314]

Judging by your accent, your research on nfl and football is purely “academic”

[@luzpintero1088]

Calling Stabler "NFL's Bad Ass" when he died of colon cancer, is a terrible thing

[@nflunveiled]

dude what? I read countless articles in researching for this video that referred to him as a “bad ass”. What you said was not even something that crossed my mind and is not intended to be disrespectful.

[@luzpintero1088]

@@nflunveiled - It was a joke dude, no offense taken.

[@nflunveiled]

@@luzpintero1088 well I am an idiot sorry. Despite being British, I can’t tell what’s serious/sarcastic online 🤦‍♂️

[@70saerosmithrules24]

My five fav qb's of all time: 1. Ken Stabler 2. John Elway 3. Josh Allen 4.Brett Favre 5. Dan Marino

[@luzpintero1088]

@@nflunveiled - No you're not an idiot, nflunveiled. I shouldn't have made a "joke" about someone dying of colon cancer. Your videos are excellent, keep up the good work. The fact you're from the UK and know so much about American football from the 1970s is impressive!

[@Matt-oy7pz]

stop glorifying debauchery

[@Christopher-jk9bj]

Buzz off Maxi-pad😂

[@Matt-oy7pz]

@@Christopher-jk9bj Jesus loves you

[@Jameywells777]

ROLL DAMN TIDE

[@freemanpense2782]

Why?

[@RudyJob-o9w]

Lol please stop he was a hillbilly hack