Wallace Francis was from Franklin, Louisiana. It's close to New Orleans, so that might be why he mentioned the Saints.
@jackmessick28692 жыл бұрын
Those gray and red Falcon uniforms looked great.
@MrBreeze662 жыл бұрын
I can’t stand their logo and uniforms now.
@Oliviacaptain2 жыл бұрын
"I'm sorry... WHAT?!?!?" is moving swiftly up the list of JG9's best catchphrases!!!
@slainteron40272 жыл бұрын
I swear that patriot logo took up half the field. Still looked sharp along with those red and white uniforms and helmet
@chrisa46959 ай бұрын
I was a young Falcons fan in 1982. I had no idea about any of the drama after he was cut. I remember the rumors that the Falcons would release him after the season. I remember him saying to a reporter, “I one more year, just one more year”. It seemed as though he was asking the team to keep him one more year and let him retire.
@michaelmarino81502 жыл бұрын
JG9, thank you for the reminder that my beloved Saints sucked during the early years of our franchise (a time which I call the Dark Ages)
@CTubeMan2 жыл бұрын
This unofficial Official Jaguar Gator 9 historian will remind everyone you made videos about the following: 1. How Eddie LeBaron retired as a player in 1958, yet played until 1963. 2. How TE Walter White fled to a cabin in New Hampshire after the Chiefs traded him to the Cardinals. 3. How WR Walter Murray changed his mind three times as to whether to cross the picket line during the 1987 strike.
@JWex-jy7sk2 жыл бұрын
Walter White fleeing from someone and going into hiding We’ve never heard that story before 😂
@toneoftones70532 жыл бұрын
Heisenberg played football?
@karlcooper70162 жыл бұрын
He probably had family in New Orleans that's not the greatest of excuses but athletes are pretty crazy people at times.
@82dorrin2 жыл бұрын
He was from Franklin Louisiana, which is pretty close to New Orleans.
@karlcooper70162 жыл бұрын
@@82dorrin See I figured there had to be a connection somewhere.
@DolFan3162 жыл бұрын
7:22 I was on Francis's side all the way until I saw him listing the Saints as one of the teams that wanted to win. Like, seriously dude?!?! To list them as a team that wanted to win in '81 was a joke. The only explanation I have for Francis even saying this is that the Saints had just hired Bum Phillips so they must've "seemed" serious about winning to him. OJG9 was absolutely right to go off about this. I actually paused the video to comment on how absurd that statement was before hearing the rant BTW.
@eugenedenbrook3222 жыл бұрын
I had the same thought, about bringing in Bum
@82dorrin2 жыл бұрын
He was from Louisiana, so he likely had family in New Orleans.
@BuccaneerBruce2 жыл бұрын
The Falcons should be in these uniforms.
@DolFan3162 жыл бұрын
I hated it when they switched to the all-lacks in '90, and I still do now.
@tomtalley21922 жыл бұрын
You could do a ton of these stories about the Billy Sullivan era Pats. One of the worst owners in sports history. Some of the low lights: He borrowed $10,000. to buy the original franchise. Never had the money to operate it. John Hannah and Leon Grey, all pro left tackle and guard. Didn't realize how underpaid they were until talking to the other linemen at the pro bowl. Demanded to be paid like other all pros. So they traded Grey. Cowboys rb Duane Thomas traded to the Pats. After one practice quit because the coach wanted him in a three point stance, and he refused. And the best of all, Billy's son financing the Michael Jackson tour. What they didn't realize is Jackson's stage took up about 20,000 seats for every concert, thereby bankrupting the Sullivans, and forcing a sale.
@matthewdaley7462 жыл бұрын
To be fair, Duane Thomas was a diva that submarined a, possible, HOF career, total fool.
@bruiser63872 жыл бұрын
Back then QB wasn't throwing the football alot he was deadly his Son was my teammate in high school franklin High 🐝 WR Ray Francis "Gooster"
@floodsterssportszone38142 жыл бұрын
The greatest play in Falcons history is Gary Anderson's miss in the '98 NFC Championship 😅
@robertwilloughby80502 жыл бұрын
So, what was the best bit of encouragement given by a coach to a player ever, turning a bust into a star, or if they stayed a bust, at least off field turn them from a bum to a decent member of society. That would be wholesome and quite fun too!
@chrisa46959 ай бұрын
The Falcons had a great trio of receivers in Francis, Alfred Jenkins, and Alfred Jackson. Their replacements were simply not as good. It wasn’t until the late 80’s/early 90’s that they rebuilt the receiving corp.
@vg4522 жыл бұрын
Side note: The 1977 Falcons had one of the greatest defenses in modern NFL history. Unfortunately, their quarterbacks played not 1, not 2, not 3, not even 4, but 5 games that were worse than if they did nothing but spike the ball into the ground the entire game, including four from Steve Bartkowski…in a 14 game season. No, I am not making this up.
@matthewdaley7462 жыл бұрын
Tragically, surprising, yet, not.
@dannys34762 жыл бұрын
Hence why the Falcons went 7-7. Their offense was atrocious. Their defense was the greatest of the Super Bowl Era and is still largely forgotten.
@matthewdaley7462 жыл бұрын
@@dannys3476 Zero balance, disaster ensued.
@josephhouk67032 жыл бұрын
Francis, of course, was from Louisiana, explaining why he wanted to go to a "winning team" like New Orleans.
@gordtron2 жыл бұрын
dedicated wildman. choosing Saints may've been part of a misinterpreted higher calling. would love to hear what this guy considered a religious retreat when he vanished for a while.
@bruiser63872 жыл бұрын
Franklin Louisiana Native ❤️
@Broken_Soul942 жыл бұрын
Falcons played in the NFC west... huh i didn't know that
@matthewdaley7462 жыл бұрын
Rivalry, preservation, like, baseball.
@slainteron40272 жыл бұрын
yep and so did the saints
@denisceballos97452 жыл бұрын
Solid NFL career for WR Wallace Francis (89) out of Arkansas AM&N (now UAPB). Two kickoff returns for TDs his rookie year on OJ Simpson’s record-setting rushing year (1973). Bills weren’t doing a whole lot of passing the two years he was in Buffalo. A lot of big plays as a Falcon.
@ciesaro2 жыл бұрын
Maybe Francis wanted to play for Bum Phillips
@DolFan3162 жыл бұрын
Ron Meyer's quotes made what Francis said about the Saints wanting to win look sane by comparison 😳😳😳
@thewetzelsixx90092 жыл бұрын
He came to my high school around 2007 or so. Good guy.
@rjsweda2 жыл бұрын
maybe he lived or had family near new orleans
@buhbuhjaychampagne17062 жыл бұрын
Because of their terrible past, no one wanted to join the Saints. They signed the best of the cast offs and made due. When Bum Phillips came on board, he had a winning attitude. He just needed solid players around him. Francis could have added a new dimension to that offense. They may have actually had a winning season.
@matthewdaley7462 жыл бұрын
Reality had other plans.
@teen_laqueefa2 жыл бұрын
I respect the man, he was willing to take a step of faith
@richardadams49282 жыл бұрын
As a Falcons fan, I love this guy. When they had both him AND Alfred Jenkins, along with more than serviceable backups Alfred Jackson and Billy Ryckman, it was good times for the passing attack....
@karlcooper70162 жыл бұрын
He no doubt could have played in this era.
@Trillyana Жыл бұрын
Francis wanted to go to the Saints because he liked the religious imagery
@CTubeMan2 жыл бұрын
Steve Garvey and others had clauses in their contracts that paid them their full salaries during the 1981 baseball strike.
@matthewdaley7462 жыл бұрын
He wound up winning the World Series, guess everything worked itself out.
@Xix13262 жыл бұрын
LOL Just ask Archie Manning about those winning Saints.
@gluserty2 жыл бұрын
The biggest problem for the 1981 Patriots is that they forgot how to win: 14 losses, and only a negative point differential of -48, which I feel is quite uncommon. Grogan only played in 8 games and struggled when he did, the defense was soft, and there were questions of leadership in regards to coaching and management. This season was an aberration though, and in every other season between 1976-1988 they were a factor (now the Baltimore Colts of the same era post-1977 were annually a bad team).
@matthewdaley7462 жыл бұрын
They never recovered, (and, ultimately, moved), after the self-inflicted disaster, that was, "Ghost To The Post."
@matthewdaley7462 жыл бұрын
@@gluserty Bingo, the Raiders didn't take the Colts seriously, at all, and, their luck ultimately ran out against the Broncos, the week after.
@gluserty2 жыл бұрын
@@matthewdaley746 The officials blew the whistle at that AFC Championship Game though, in the Broncos favor just as it went for them against the Chargers in that 2008 game (Broncos love those whistleblowers).
@matthewdaley7462 жыл бұрын
@@gluserty Who cares, the Raiders were only playing in that later Game because the Colts let them, John Madden gets way too much credit for 1976, the real MVPs, were, Ted Hendricks, and, The Football Gods, Tom Flores won twice as many SBs, with, objectively worse teams, coincidence, I think, not.
@matthewdaley7462 жыл бұрын
@@gluserty Yeah, they were the only teams they gave full effort against, and, it usually wasn't enough, anyway, fortunately, four things happened, first, the Dolphins fell apart after, Csonka, Kiick, and, Warfield, got greedy, second, Ted Hendricks arrived, third, The Stars Alligned perfectly in 1976, fourth, the Steelers went from experienced to old in 1980.
@mrmonty862 жыл бұрын
I want to see a video about Shawn Knight because he was one of the worst drafts picks in NFL history.
@markmoseley57592 жыл бұрын
New Orleans in the 70's and 80's.... yea, I get it. As to him joining the ministry... Dude, being a Christian, I understand.... sometimes The Lord calls ya..... and you HAVE to answer... and trust me, in our belief, The Lord knows where you are, no question. So, yea, I get that, too.
@nasetvideos2 жыл бұрын
The JG9 Store is amazing--Excellent new merchandise....as for today's video, this was great. Wonderful story-telling and laying the context of how this all happened with Wallace Francis. What an incredible saga of the 1982 off-season.
@OhThankKevin2 жыл бұрын
4:40 two people only Ahmad Rashad and Wallace Francis ... they were teammates on the 74 Bills (75 Rashad missed the entire season) and by 76 the Bills were no longer winning games
@82dorrin2 жыл бұрын
I listened to this three times. Easily one of the most entertaining videos you've done recently.
@karlcooper70162 жыл бұрын
See talent is talent it doesn't matter what era they played in my point is that athletes nowadays aren't that much better than back then it's all relative.
@CTubeMan2 жыл бұрын
New merch with what you said at 7:43?
@bruiser63872 жыл бұрын
89 all day
@karlcooper70162 жыл бұрын
He should have gone to Oakland but he did what made him happy good for him.
@CutterHistorical2 жыл бұрын
The issue with 1978 playoff game was that the Eagles easily couldve won it with no time left but missed a simple FG
@matthewdaley7462 жыл бұрын
They wouldn't have beaten the Steelers, anyway, simple, that's that.
@CutterHistorical2 жыл бұрын
@@matthewdaley746 but I think the Cowboys would've got them first
@matthewdaley7462 жыл бұрын
@@CutterHistorical Either, way, no, Championship.
@jackmessick28692 жыл бұрын
And missed an extra point, IIRC. Kicker Nick Mike-Mayer had been injured and they attempted to use their punter.
@matthewdaley7462 жыл бұрын
@@jackmessick2869 It hasn't worked out.
@stevewarren48132 жыл бұрын
You don't like New Orleans either. Skol!!
@matthewdaley7462 жыл бұрын
Adrian Peterson fumbled five times in that Game, losing three, if anything, Brett Favre saved his legacy by throwing the Game away, All Day, Fumbler, period.
@stevewarren48132 жыл бұрын
@@matthewdaley746 I watched that game live and cursed both Peterson and Favre. Er...Keenum to Diggs...Skol!!
@matthewdaley7462 жыл бұрын
@@stevewarren4813 I blame the defender for showboating when he should have gone after the WR, but, the Saints would have beaten the Eagles, and, the Patriots would have taken them seriously in the SB, so, everything worked out in the end.
@chadwickwhite61072 жыл бұрын
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