The UGLIEST DRAMA in Wild Card Round HISTORY | Chiefs @ Jets (1986)

In the 1986 wild card round of the NFL playoffs, the Kansas City Chiefs lost 35-15 to the New York Jets, thanks in part to an awful game by quarterback Todd Blackledge, who threw two interceptions. And after the game, his teammates, especially wide receiver Stephone Paige, had no problem letting him know how much he stunk out there
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Members of the 1986 Chiefs:
Lewis Colbert
Nick Lowery
Bill Kenney
Frank Seurer
Todd Blackledge
Deron Cherry
Sherman Cocroft
Greg Hill
JC Pearson
Albert Lewis
Mark Robinson
Kevin Ross
Larry Moriarty
Lloyd Burruss
Boyce Green
Jeff Smith
Mike Pruitt
Herman Heard
Bruce King
Chris Smith
Rick Donnalley
Whitney Paul
Tim Cofield
Louis Cooper
Dino Hackett
Tom Baugh
Gary Spani
Mark Adickes
Adam Lingner
Bill Maas
Jim Rourke
Art Still
Kit Lathrop
Brad Budde
Dave Lutz
Brian Jozwiak
Pete Kock
Irv Eatman
John Alt
Rich Baldinger
Anthony Hancock
Stephonne Paige
Paul Coffman
Jonathan Hayes
Emile Harry
Walt Arnold
Carlos Carson
Henry Marshall
Gary Baldinger
Eric Holle
Ken McAlister
Aaron Pearson
Scott Radecic
Leonard Griffin
John Mackovic (head coach)
Members of the 1986 Jets:
Pat Leahy
Ken O’Brien
Pat Ryan
Dave Jennings
Davlin Mullen
Dennis Bligen
Freeman McNeil
Lester Lyles
Russell Carter
Carl Howard
Johnny Lynn
Nuu Faaola
Marion Barber Jr.
Robert Ducksworth
Johnny Hector
Kerry Glenn
Rich Miano
Harry Hamilton
Jerry Holmes
Bobby Humphrey
Tony Paige
Bob Crable
Rogers Alexander
Jim Sweeney
Troy Benson
Charles Jackson
Lance Mehl
Kevin McArthur
Matt Monger
Kyle Clifton
Dan Alexander
Bill Bain
Ted Banker
Guy Bingham
Joe Fields
Reggie McElroy
Jim Stuckey
Gordon King
Joe Klecko
Derland Moore
Elvis Franks
Ben Rudolph
Barry Bennett
Mike Haight
Billy Griggs
Mickey Shuler
Jo-Jo Townsell
Michael Harper
Wesley Walker
Kurt Sohn
Al Toon
Rocky Klever
Marty Lyons
Rusty Guilbeau
Tom Baldwin
Jerome Foster
Mark Gastineau
Joe Walton (head coach)

[@jab1289]

KC's only moment between the 1971 Christmas Day loss and Martyball.

[@SurgingSpecs]

Given that the Chiefs didn’t draft another QB in the 1st round until Mahomes, I’m fully on board with the theory that Blackledge scared them out of it lmao.

[@donaldpaluga]

When JOE FREAKING MONTANA can't get you over the hump......

[@davidlafleche1142]

The Patriots got stuck with Tony Eason.

[@ChefBojack]

@@davidlafleche1142 Eason took them to the bowl

[@davidlafleche1142]

@@ChefBojack Grogan carried them most of the season. John Hannah said, "Eason should have played the Super Bowl in a skirt!" Grogan admitted they were overmatched, but he would have put up more of a fight.

[@DNSKansas]

@@davidlafleche1142 No, they could have drafted O'Brien or Marino. Or they could have waited until 1984 and drafted Esiason or taken a chance that Steve Young would sign.

[@anthony0358]

The Jets are my favorite team. I remember this season . 10-1 , lose five straight to end the season. Seattle and Cincinnati were more worthy of the playoffs that year but lost out on tiebreakers

[@donaldpaluga]

Three words-JOE BLEEPING WALTON

[@pronkb000]

And they were still one dumb Mark Gastineau penalty away from going to the AFC championship (though I don't see them beating Denver in Mile High).

[@eugenedenbrook322]

True. Seattle beat both SB teams that year, but were garbage mid-season. That was supposed to be the Subway Super Bowl, especially after week 11. Only the Giants held up their end of the bargain

[@erichaynes7502]

I became a Chiefs fan in 1975. From 1975-2016, a period of 41 years the Chiefs won 3 playoff games. And 2 of those playoff wins were in 93 with Joe Montana.

[@jjgreen5206]

This decade has made up for all that pain growing up as a Chiefs fan. I’ve been a fan since 1982

[@ShrexyGuy]

Hard to think of a time where the chiefs were stuck with a Blackledge or Grbac (granted he made a pro bowl), or worse, since they've had some absolute dawgs in their history

[@bafa7353]

In the last game of '86, the Steelers statistically dominated but the Chiefs scored 3 TDs on special teams. That's what got them into the playoffs.

[@Walczyk]

sounds like pats v bills this year

[@bafa7353]

In the game I refer to, Steelers had 28 first down to the Chiefs 8. Chiefs won 24-19.

[@Briguy75]

@@bafa7353 I had to look up the stats. 515 yards to 171. Oof !!

[@jasonfischer8946]

That's an example of why it slightly annoys me when so-called experts put so much stock in statistics, like time of possession and first downs. If you score an 80 yard TD in one play that lasts 10 seconds, but the other team has the ball for 6 minutes and turns it over on downs, it looks like the first team is playing poorly, but they are winning the game. All that matters are the points on the board.

[@ryanjacobson2508]

@@jasonfischer8946 Bill Parcels was once asked at a press conference if his team was better than their record at the time. Bill scowled and said, "you're only as good as your record says you are".

[@pronkb000]

Marv Albert's intro to this game is one of the funniest things I've seen in playoff history. In his trademark Marv Albert-ian delivery he informs us practically verbatim: "The Jets, losers of 5 straight, will go with Pat Ryan over Ken O'Brien at quarterback, and the Chiefs, who haven't been to the playoffs in 15 years, haven't yet announced whether their quarterback will be Todd Blackledge or Bill Kenny." Does that get your blood pumping for playoff football or what? I always keep that intro in mind whenever people want to overly romanticize the NFL from the past. We remember the Montanas and the Marinos and forget loser match-ups like this one.

[@harlanseago4876]

I think quarterbacks of today are much better, at least statistically . But that’s just my opinion

[@ericthomas917]

Todd Blackledge is a great college football commentator

[@dennisbessey5161]

He was a good QB in college too

[@scottstevens9533]

As I recall, the original rule that forced a team to take a time-out in the final two minutes when one of their players was injured stemmed from a Chiefs game in which Stephone Paige faked an injury to stop the clock. In fact, for a while, it was known as the “Stephone Paige Rule.” His single game receiving yards record was broken a few years later by Flipper Anderson and that record still stands to this day.

[@stevenbauer4799]

paige set that record against the air coryell bolts well known for not playing a lick of d. wr's ran wild on them.

[@MarloSoBalJr]

@@stevenbauer4799 So nothing has changed for the Chargers I assume

[@stevenbauer4799]

@@MarloSoBalJr no because mahomes and kelce torch bolts now.

[@mgb4692]

Joe Nash trick knee as well, though that had more to with subbing

[@Rabbi_Rabbs]

Lesson learned: Don't draft Penn State quarterbacks no matter how much hype they received in college. In the run-up to that NFL draft, I remember the media comparing PSU's Blackledge to Pitt's Dan Marino. What a joke. Other than Kerry Collins, I can't recall any PSU qb lighting up the pros.

[@mgb4692]

Gonna guess that's probably not a ringing endorsement of Sean Clifford Of course the only way he was lights out was by making you shut your TV off

[@Rabbi_Rabbs]

@@mgb4692 🤣😂 His Sports Illustrated scouting report reads like Blackledge's career: "Clifford does not possess NFL arm talent ... He also does not do well with reads. He constantly locks eyes with his top target and very rarely moves from there." (Even when Paige is wide open) LOL!

[@JedForge]

Hindsight is 20/20. I'm old enough to remember the Pitt (Marino) and Penn State (Blackledge) rivalry. This was long before today's scouting combine. I think K.C simply was too influenced by the fact Penn State won against Pitt and didn't look enough at other factors that are hyper analyzed today. Not everyone had Hall of Fame caliber scouts working for them back then ;)

[@coralsnake8777]

We all have days where we should just spike the ball and ground on every single play

[@CTubeMan]

Fun Fact: Blackledge led the Chiefs to a win over the Chargers in the season opener the next year. That was the last Chiefs win started by a quarterback they drafted until Patrick Mahomes.

[@sjdrifter72]

Whenever I hear him say the words "because this is the story" I always expect it to be followed by "about a man named Brady."

[@silverback7675]

If you had told me that the 1995 Chiefs said the same thing, I would believe it. Steve Bono was abysmal. He was lucky Lin Elliott was worse and took all of the blame.

[@gymcoach15]

And now the Chiefs have Patrick Mahomes. The next Tom Brady

[@timphone3718]

As much as he is the Best player in the league now, I dont think he will win another super bowl as a chief.

[@saj8]

​@@timphone3718 This didn't age well.

[@DanStrayer]

Blackledge’s throwing motion is so distinctively upright, which in turn, makes it verrrrrry slow. Easy to say now, but you can tell it wouldn’t work in the NFL.

[@ryanreiter576]

THIS. He had terrible mechanics and threw a bad ball. Can't believe any scout could compare him to Marino.

[@WaltGekko]

I remember this very well. The Jets started that year 10-1 and with the Giants surging (eventually finishing 14-2, winning nine straight to close out the regular season), there was a lot of talk about the two teams that have played in The Meadowlands since 1984 playing each other in Super Bowl XXI. The Jets then lost five straight and finished 10-6 yet not only made the playoffs (as the first team ever to lose five straight but still make the postseason) but actually hosted this game. The Chiefs were not a very good team at all, it was their special teams that won them a ton of games to get to 10-6. Ownership knew the Chiefs were not very good at all and fired HC John Mackovic right after this game. The Jets after this game would then go to the Cleveland six days later and take on the Browns at the old Cleveland Stadium. The Browns, the #1 seed and favored to win the AFC were taken to double overtime by the Jets before finally beating them but that game took its toll on the Browns. Even remaining at home for the AFC Championship Game against the Broncos AND having an additional day of rest before that game (Browns played their game on Saturday, Broncos on Sunday), playing an extra full-period plus against the Jets eventually took its toll on the Browns and that showed up late in the game against The Broncos and likely was responsible for "The Drive" that allowed the Broncos to tie the game and then finish off a gassed Browns defense in overtime to win the AFC Championship Game, subsequently losing to the Giants in Super Bowl XXI, the first of four Super Bowls to date for the Giants. JaguarGator9 should do a video on that Jets-Browns game, the game that set up "The Drive" a week later for the Broncos as the Jets game clearly took its toll on the Browns as we would see eight days later.

[@denisceballos9745]

The Marathon by the Lake; an exhausting game emotionally and physically for both teams, with Cleveland winning by a FG in double overtime.

[@MichaelPiz]

I was a senior at Penn State for the 1982 football season. We _adored_ Todd Blackledge. After all, he, Curt Warner, and Joe Paterno took us to our first national championship, beating Heisman Trophy winner Herschel Walker and #1 Georgia in the Sugar Bowl. Like everyone else, I had high hopes for Blackledge's NFL career. (Same for Warner, drafted by the Seahawks, who ended up with limited success because injuries.) It was a big disappointment to see Todd bust the way he did. But we Nittany Lions are nothing if not loyal and we still love him today. P.S. Nice Grinch reference.

[@cardphins68]

Curt Warner was actually a really good RB until he blew his Knee out in 1984. It's a shame ACL Surgery wasn't in 1984 that it is today.

[@davidlafleche1142]

@@cardphins68 The Kingdome had a rotten Astroturf surface, too.

[@cardphins68]

@@davidlafleche1142 I bet it was basically just Carpet laid over concrete! It's a wonder more people did not get hurt.

[@davidlafleche1142]

@@cardphins68 "If cows don't eat it, I don't want to play on it!" (Bobby Bonds). The Giants outfielder demanded its removal from Candlestick Park and got it.

[@ryanreiter576]

He's equally as hated in Chiefs Kingdom.

[@Michael-sb8jf]

This draft scared kc for so long it took till 2017 for them to draft a qb Also that play at 12:00 looks awfully familiar to a Tyreek Hill play in the chiefs v steelers playoff game in 2017 too

[@Chiefs_fan1595]

Mfw when people say the chiefs get lucky. Chiefs had to deal with bs like this for DECADES

[@ryanreiter576]

THIS

[@rngfootball759]

Those were some dark times in KC until Marty arrived. After that game I think the HC got canned and replaced with Gansz

[@DNSKansas]

The players lobbied for Mackovic's firing and Gansz' hiring. Be careful what you wish for...8-22-1 in '87 and '88

[@ryanreiter576]

Held a player-led coup at Nick Lowery's house is the rumor I heard.

[@vg452]

11:07-11:14 …except Sam Darnold last week.

[@anthonyjkenn6319]

Or any opposing QB against the suckage that is the 2022 Saints offense. #FireDennisAllenAndPeteCarmichael

[@cheeseboy2251]

10:15 the moment we know and love

[@Jason_Maier]

Yeah, the Chiefs were a lolcow (credit to UrinatingTree for that phrase) franchise from after the Christmas Day game until 1989 (Carl Peterson and Martyball)

[@mrmoose6619]

I remember watching this game... wondering why on earth the Chiefs were so bad.... and the Jets looking so good after falling like a rock into the WC.

[@ajk]

The way Todd played kinda makes me think he threw the game honestly.....stuff like this seems stupid otherwise.

[@aVerveQuest]

Overall Carlos Carson was the better WR with a better career, but the were a great duo for awhile. Its amazing that Carson (497) Paige (829) and an aging Henry Marshall (652) had great yard totals that year with sketchy QB play

[@ryanreiter576]

Absolutely agree.

[@MilsurpMikeChannel]

Blackledge was not good... but I also believe Mackovic would have ruined any QB from that draft not named Elway. The carousel between Kenney and Blackledge ended up ruining both. 1986 is the first season I really remember watching the Chiefs, and we all wondered why the hell they started Blackledge over Kenney for the playoff game.

[@donaldpaluga]

Elway would've rather play for the Yankees than The KC Royal Screwups

[@Mrwillie95]

This guy is the same Todd blackledge who talk about QB play in college football 🏈 🤦

[@ryanreiter576]

Ridiculous, right?

[@Mrwillie95]

@@ryanreiter576 yep lol

[@mgb4692]

Of course we also live in a world of Dan Orlovsky too

[@ryanreiter576]

@@Mrwillie95 I wouldn't let a junior high player take instruction from Todd Blackledge.

[@chrisfatta9479]

Just out here watching the sack exchange commit like 32 modern penalties

[@ATCguy1973]

👍 10:17 for my favourite QB stat line from our host 👍😁

[@johncate9541]

The Chiefs should have spiked Blackledge to the ground on every single play until the coach took him out--long before he finally did in the fourth quarter.

[@nicp2344]

Didn't know that the top receiving game was from Flipper Anderson. Never heard of him before.

[@ryanjacobson2508]

Wonder if his career was hampered by too much nose candy. It was the 80's after all.

[@ryanreiter576]

Flipper Anderson was a good wide receiver with the Rams for quite awhile.

[@coreylevine8095]

From the early 1970's -1990's both the Chiefs and the Packers only been to the Playoffs once the Packers in 1982 and the Chiefs in 1986

[@RetroJR3379]

Guess KC was better off drafting the seasick crocodile

[@marcus813]

You should specify which California State University member institution Paige played at (Fresno State in this case) because so many of them have football and even more of them had football back then. As for his frustration, I get it. Blackledge threw to a receiver who was covered by multiple Jets defenders instead of Paige, who was wide open down the seam. When you have a weapon as potent as Paige was back then, you have to use him. I can't believe how big of a bust Blackledge was!

[@jmlapedis49]

I've never heard of a school being referred to as just "Cal State University." LOL!

[@dpjacobs28]

@@jmlapedis49xactly! Fresno State is the school. Come on JG9!

[@Fireyninjadog]

Jets were 10-1, and lost their last 5 thanks to their atrocious defense and turnovers

[@mgb4692]

Starting with a 45-3 whooping on MNF by the 8-8 Dolphins

[@Fireyninjadog]

@MGB a dolphins team that had given up 51 to jets in the week 2 game. Miami somehow finished with a positive point differential, the jets? Negative

[@RicoBurghFan]

He was a Steeler at some point. Good lord between Bradshaw and Ben, we had some really craptastic QBs.

[@newenglandsun4394]

I went to school with Blackledge's nephew.

[@dennisbessey5161]

It also seemed like his offensive line did him no favors either

[@Davepool-hs7vr]

Todd Blackledge. The worst quarterback of the 1983 draft class.

[@kenbattor6350]

Chiefs could have had Marino. I'm glad they didn't, because they would have destroyed his career

[@donaldpaluga]

Well, they COULD have drafted that guy out of Pitt in 83......

[@davidlafleche1142]

The Patriots drafted Matt Cavanaugh out of Pitt, but he didn't amount to much.

[@donaldpaluga]

@@davidlafleche1142 not THAT guy.....

[@joevanlear7566]

He sucked yea but did you happen to see Klecko, Gastineau et al KILLING him? Carlos Carson? Paige? Cmon man

[@luisvaldes1568]

Where's Carlos Carson?

[@luisvaldes1568]

Just watched game on you tube. Blackledge did run for 3 first downs in the third qt. Lead team down field on 67 yard drive that ended on jets 15 when they failed on a 4th and one. The next drive Blackledge scramble for one of those first down then on the next play threw the int , when Paige was wide open down the middle.

[@stevenbauer4799]

blackledge was definitely the worst of the '83 qb class. just looked good playing for stacked psu nat. title team despite the weak arm and would only be a 'game manager' qb at best in nfl. bill kenney was a better qb. kc sure blew that pick when they just like all the other teams could have taken marino including jets who picked the starter o'brien over marino as well. at least o' brien was productive in college. once he got pressured and took some hits he turned into an nfl turnover machine.

[@Salvatore1268]

But Todd was the starting QB for a National championship team

[@KWCline91]

Yeah, but sometimes, that doesn’t translate to the NFL.

[@davidlafleche1142]

@@KWCline91 Doug Flutie was a great college QB who could have been great in the NFL, but he never got a fair chance.

[@DNSKansas]

How did Heisman winners Terry Baker, Gary Beban and Pat Sullivan work out in the NFL? Hmmmm....

[@Salvatore1268]

@@KWCline91 understand but in the 2 head to head meetings with Dan Marino, Todd won both games

[@67marlins]

So it's a story when an irrelevant, prima-donna wide receiver who probably can't block whines after a loss about someone else? I guess he's used to being frustrated- celebrating after every play and then pouting over his irrelevance.

[@FerdinandCesarano]

3:21 - "...between **him** and his wide receivers". For the object of a preposition, you need an object pronoun.

[@oubrioko]

Punctuation goes *_before_* the quotation mark, not _after._

[@FerdinandCesarano]

@@oubrioko - Not in most of the English-speaking world, which, in contrast to the perverse and unsightly American practice, employs what has come to be known as logical punctuation. With logical punctuation, a punctuation mark goes inside the quotation marks only if it is part of the quote. Thus we write: "I can see", said the rational person, "that this is the superior method." Note that the comma is outside the quotation marks because it is not part of the quoted sentence "I can see that this is the superior method", while the full stop (the period) is inside the quotation marks because it is part of the quote.

[@oubrioko]

@@FerdinandCesarano ??? _"that this is the superior method."_

[@FerdinandCesarano]

@@oubrioko - I was calling attention to the correct prepositional phrase "between him and his wide receivers", not embedding a quote in a sentence. The period is not part of the prepositional phrase.

[@oubrioko]

@@FerdinandCesarano That period is not a part of _anything_ that makes any sense.