This Week in Pro football September 21, 1969

For entertainment only. All rights belong to the NFL
Pat Summerall and Charlie Jones host the weekly highlight show.
Late 90's ESPN Classic broadcast.

[@impassable]

That Rams / Colts was perfect...The old Rams in the blue and white, the Colts playing outdoor football, Gabriel vs Unitas...No dome stadium here

[@robertsaul234]

Colts unis are great. Rams should go back to these.

[@mr.ramfan8100]

Amen!!!

[@larryaldama1673]

👍🇺🇸🏉🏉

[@KeyoRacing]

Maybe it was because I was 12 but THIS is when football was fun!😉

[@ronsmac]

Every era was the best when we were 12.

[@TheTurk56523]

I was 6 Years Old and was first introduced to Football. The following spring I was on the Pee Wee football team.

[@Johnlock19]

I love the professionalism of the announcers the fields the uniforms the rules of the game way Superior football in those days the lack of hype needless stories just the football games with some conversation take me back!

[@wesleyamancio3686]

That's why today it changed the NFL to independent leagues (LAL and ECFL). Real games without forced balance and fake endings

[@t4texastom587]

I'm a Tom Landry-era Dallas Cowboys fan, and I started watching in 1964. Not speaking for anyone else, but this era of pro sports, particularly pro football, is far superior than what passes for football today. IMO, domed stadiums, plastic grass, free-agency, unnecessary rule changes, and enlargement of the rosters have totally changed the game....... and certainly NOT for the better. God bless our pro football heroes from a bygone era.🏈

[@cyzdot1918]

I agree. Remember that thing called "sportsmanship" ? It no longer exists. It's corporate world now.

[@69FOSTER]

Thanks for posting, "This Week in Pro Football." I grew up watching this every Saturday. IMO, this is the best football highlight show ever, to this day. The way it was narrated and with the music that went along with the highlights, it is the best!

[@G0Chiefs]

Glad you enjoy them. Sorry for the poor quality. Wish I had more to upload.

[@69FOSTER]

Quality is just fine.

[@alfonsocarrasco8805]

LIONS 67 bingo

[@depaola63]

4 SURE !!

[@rudolphguarnacci197]

Quality is fine.

[@tommythompson7941]

thanks for the blast from the past. I wasn't born til 74 but to see Broadway Joe was cool. Going to see the Jets against the Pats this Thursday. Have a great weekend everybody.

[@timburr4453]

Jones and Summerall had some of the best voices for play by play 2:09 - Gene Washington. The size and the lankiness...he looked like 60's Randy Moss out there 3:15...an early recorded SPIKE of the football

[@sd31263]

Gene was Randy Moss without the drama. Players back then followed Jim Brown's lead and didn't dance around like idiots after every touchdown. They flipped the ball to the ref and got off the field. Barry Sanders was the last guy to do that.

[@timburr4453]

@@sd31263 Yes. Sanders was such a humble human being and one of the few guys you could confidently point to and tell your son...yes, be like that guy.

[@melbias5046]

i miss hearing summerall and jones calling football games. there is not a announcer that can compare to the two in todays game. none!

[@chrisbacos]

+mel bias Today's announcers are lame compared to these guys. Summerall and Jones were the NFL and AFL.

[@thetruthissweet2847]

I always liked Ray Scott, Dick Stockton and Frank Gleiber calling games.

[@sst568]

Kevin Harlan isn't bad at all.

[@tkousek1]

Bring back that music today for sports highlites please. I love it :-)

[@Woodrow3170]

Great Music

[@mikeystheone]

grew up watching twipf and always loved the music

[@cojaysea]

Man what memories....football seemed so much better then

[@jamesgrinder2491]

When I hear Charlie Jones voice I always think of the old AFL.

[@bufnyfan1]

Mr. Jones was the original play-by-play announcer for the Dallas Texans (before they moved to Kansas City and became the Chiefs) Mr. Jones was also an accomplished lawyer and served two years in the U.S. Air Force.

[@SuperIliad]

How I miss the days when touchdowns were not followed by showboating circus acts.

[@ronsmac]

I guess different tastes. When I was a kid I loved Billy white shoes dance and the spike was an art in the late 70s- 80s. I think my overall favorite was Butch Johnson of the Cowboys td celebration.

[@SuperIliad]

@@ronsmac go on and scare me For no reason I know, the moment I awoke today, the name Billy "White Shoes" Johnson ran across my mind. Crazy.

[@larryaldama1673]

👍🏉

[@chriscurtis8344]

It’s so embarrassing to see these guys prancing around like Beyoncé or Pink . It looks stupid and is stupid. They must be showing off for women because that’s who they look like .

[@TaborTalk]

Really? I think the showboating is FUN

[@daviddickey1994]

Pat and Charley, 2 Arkansas boys. Pat played football at Arkansas and Charley was born in Ft. Smith and graduated from UA law school. One of the all time best broadcasting duos.

[@seveglider8406]

I didn't know Charlie Jones was from Arkansas. He was a great broadcaster. Thanks for posting.

[@robertsprouse9282]

​​@@seveglider8406, PAT who was not born PAT, twas a nickname the son of divorcing parents received from his new guardians= his aunt and uncle because they thought their biological son and P.S. were so sympatico they called them PAT AND MIKE after the candy and the movie featuring K. HEPBURN AND TRACY; no..PAT SUMMERALL was born GEORGE ALLEN SUMMERALL JR. IN LAKE CITY, FLORIDA, and grew up there before going to college in ARKANSAS. He was not a native ARKANSAN.

[@seveglider8406]

@@robertsprouse9282 I believe Your comment should have been directed to daviddickey1994. I still appreciate the information. Thank You.

[@jackwhitsett6682]

I remember just about every player and I miss those days. The excitement and drama were, I guess, largely a product of my 12-year-old mind, but not completely. The game was better, if only because everything wasn't about naming stadiums after cell phones and seeing how many playoff games we can squeeze in since they make more money. Pat and Charlie, we need you now.

[@BillMorganChannel]

Who was your favorite team? Your favorite player? My favorite team in 1969 was the Bills and Butch Byrd my favorite player because he went to my church and was great.

[@JayDogTitan-he6wo]

27:45 Sonny could throw with the best of em and he proved it here.

[@kargs5krun]

my childhood revisited. Tks +GOChiefs

[@steven2212]

Seems like a world away, great narrator and memorable players.

[@ianfirth9300]

Geeziz, I remember those games on the baseball ⚾️ field and the goalposts were at the front of the end zone 😅Jack in Ottawa 🇨🇦

[@Alan-lv9rw]

The production is outdated, but this is so much fun. I was just 7 and living in the Chicago suburbs. Go Patriots!

[@depaola63]

I was just 6 years old on this day and loved my " Vikes ".....they broke my heart for the next 40 years !!! ......*.it was great growing up in the east bay in this now classic era !

[@barroningram7286]

i was 16 in 69 i remember these players i'm a colts fan from 9 til now

[@AmericaSpeaks1]

Who’d have thought that the Kicker, Fred Cox would go on to be one of the inventors of the NERF football?

[@G0Chiefs]

NFL films did a piece on that. On KZbin somewhere

[@terrydavis1205]

i like how the endzones were painted back then you dont see that anymore

[@exchequerguy4037]

They even painted one endzone the colors/logos of the visiting team.

[@edwardgarea7650]

I think Denver is the only team that kept their end zone design.

[@lukehauser1182]

The music! Listen to the rock behind 22:30 - then it bursts into a Best of Polka ad at 22:55 - I want that album!

[@thetruthissweet2847]

I called and ordered the Everybody Polka. "Who Stole The Keishka"..... I was comparing '19 football to '69 football. There is still a lot I like about '69 football. The NFL should move hashmarks back to '69 football. Would increase running and help young qbs coming into the NFL.

[@xeutoniumnyborg1192]

I need that CD!

[@robertsprouse9282]

Who DID steal it? They and their greasy hands and assaulted aorta and veins, ought to be ashamed of themselves. Darn Kishka koppers..

[@richwood1522]

Why can't they have shows like this during the season, instead of listening to them B.S. Loved the music.

[@bishlap]

1:21 Giants great safety, Spider Lockhart on specialty teams making a BIG HIT !!! OLD SKOOL BABY.

[@timsullivan3715]

Wow. Pat Summerall without gray hair. I miss him & John Madden so much. I spent decades of Sundays with them.

[@robertcombs55]

SO NICE to see White Players in the NFL..THIS was the WEEK I got home from Vietnam....

[@bufnyfan1]

in the Chiefs-Patriots game (49:57)-Chiefs QB Len Dawson injured his right knee-in Hank Stram's book "There Playing my Game"-he described how Dawson's knee swelled to almost twice its normal size--at least 3 orthopedic surgeons recommended surgery for an ACL partial tear--Dawson realized that that would mean the end of his season-something he wanted to avoid as he felt 1969 could be the year the Chiefs would go back to the Super Bowl-he was told by another surgeon that he could rest the knee and gradually practice again-and that's what he did-and ultimately went on to lead the Chiefs to SB IV

[@Woodrow3170]

At (49:49) the Chiefs are in the huddle and No. 77 Jim Tyrer is there to the left, he unfortunately ended his life by suicide, he shot his wife then himself with a gun or rifle, in 1980, so tragic.

[@muffs55mercury61]

Fortunately Leonard healed in time for the Super Bowl

[@krusty6246]

Great memories with the background music

[@keithmotsinger918]

THKS!

[@spider_hoss]

The names of the players back then. Tombstone Jackson. Big Cat Ernie Ladd. Big Hands Johnson. You don’t hear names like this anymore.

[@lancehurley9743]

What if greg cook hadn’t got that shoulder injury..

[@andrewpadaetz5549]

The 78 yard TD pass at 21:50 shows just how good Cook was before he got hurt. Escapes the pressure, spins around and fires a bomb to Bob Trumpy (yes, the same Trumpy who was a long time TV analyst after his career was over) for the touchdown.

[@markblaine2294]

the end zone dance was done by Elmo wright#17,the first end zone dance ever,otis taylor wore #89.god bless o.t.

[@mitchellbaker9434]

Ben Hawkins of the Eagles always left his chinstrap undone. a lot of the kids imitated that. You can see it on that td catch. /he must have averaged about 20 yards a catch.

[@allenatkins2263]

No 15 min dance show after you make a routine tackle?

[@tomsauer3830]

The Chiefs won the Super Bowl that year, but I don't know how the Cowboys didn't make it there.

[@6400az]

Held for Tom Dempsey's 63 yarder 32:07

[@bufnyfan1]

Fred Dryer (former LA Ram and star of "Hunter") has complained that highlight films should be treated the same way as TV residuals--players who are highlighted should be paid a residual just like actors are from TV shows are---I believe this is actually going before the courts

[@RandyTheWildHorse]

www.foxsports.com/nfl/story/federal-appeals-court-backs-nfl-films-in-3-players-lawsuit-022616

[@stephenfowler9652]

I don't know if there is football in heaven but if there is, it is played on grass, during the day, as you see here.

[@STP43FAN1]

Steelers vs. Lions. The Lions defender picks off the Steelers but the ball bounces into the hands of the Steelers receiver. Just how Lions is that?

[@Stacie45]

Am I missing something? At 43:00 Classic Sports says Green Bay finished 2 games ahead of 2nd place Chicago for the Central Division title in 1969. In the universe I live in Minnesota won the Central Division in 1969 with a 12-2 record. Green Bay was 3rd with a record of 8-6. Chicago was 1-13. ???

[@Woodrow3170]

I guess Classic Sports isnt so classic

[@bunpeishiratori5849]

I was at that Eagles/Browns game!

[@lloydkline1518]

Gene Washington; ❤️ wide receiver from Michigan state

[@bowzer7500]

George Blanda was reading defenses before most of the Dolphins were reading anything lol

[@Woodrow3170]

I believe it 😃😃😃

[@sixtythreekraft2608]

ESPN detracted from the show by adding these inane comments. This one - 43:01 - is just plain wrong.

[@G0Chiefs]

Had to be a Viking hating Packers fan for sure. 1967 was the year they were referring to. www.nfl.com/history/standings/1967

[@sludge4125]

Packers, 8-6. Bears, 1-13.

[@alephtav9415]

@ 36:26 Pat Summerall’s “Stacked Defense” commentary as the blonde with the “Tig ‘O’ Bittys” stands up....coincidence? I think not lol

[@Woodrow3170]

Its actually at (26:32) and I don't think too many guys were paying attention to what Pat was saying. Lol.

[@RodericSpode]

So Joe Namath drives the team all the way down the field for a touchdown that puts them 2 down, then they put in Babe Parilli to go for the 2 point play. What am I missing here?

[@RodericSpode]

+Matt Pizzano Yeah, sure seems like it.

[@richrol58]

Uuuugly "pass" from Babe...!

[@gregglasby7446]

Babe was the holder for Jim Turner so likely trying to catch Denver off guard.

[@robertsprouse9282]

​​​@@gregglasby7446, how? They needed two to tie or win/lead, right..? How much time was left?

[@gregglasby7446]

@@robertsprouse9282 If they saw Namath on the field they would have sent in the regular defense. By sending in Babe and Turner Denver was less likely to send in anything but the Extra point team. It has been a long time but I don't remember it being a last second thing where the Jets absolutely had to try the 2. Analytics weren't big then and trying for the 2 wasn't automatic.

[@kayper54]

RIP Sam Spence.

[@colorman4490]

Oh Pat! 26:26. Redskins were ‘stacking’ their defense!

[@yusufu9]

Not only was the game more fun back then, so was the commentary! There were great writers for those highlight shows, but his "stacked" line was surely one of the best.

[@jsbc1988]

Sorry Charlie Jones, Mike Haffner played only two more years and in to obscurity. A name to forget

[@robertsprouse9282]

Hafner had injuries, was forced to quit in the 1970's and became an NBC network TV analyst right away with a voice that sounded very similar to NBC's CHRIS MARLOWE the Olympic volleyball announcer and former player.

[@sludge4125]

Note to Blair Walsh; Fred Cox had to kick the laces on that first field goal.

[@exchequerguy4037]

Staubach had such a great NFL debut ... how was it that Tom Landry, genius that he was, waited another 2 1/2 years before making Roger the Dodger his regular starter?

[@smitskee]

Craig Morton, played solid for Dallas in those days. Got them to SB5, where both he and Unitas, played poorly. Boring as hell Super Bowl, and anti-climatic with the first merger Super Bowl being two teams from the old NFL.

[@smitskee]

@CJ Dillon West Point or Annapolis. Players from those schools are a quick study.

[@lancehurley9743]

Greg Cook would’ve been a Super Bowl Champ

[@Stacie45]

Torn rotator cuff stole his career. If he had modern medical technology available he might have played for 15 years. Same injury Drew Brees had early in his career when he was with the Chargers.

[@lloydkline1518]

Wow" Fran tarkenton wow quarterback for the NY giants

[@tomb4575]

Floyd Little from New Haven Ct. Last of the great Syracuce RBs Jim Brown, Ernie Davis then Little.

[@Donny3420]

Ever hear of Larry Csonka?

[@saralemirande3504]

Larry Csonka also

[@markblaine2294]

and the fact that otis taylor isn't in the h.o.f.,well they shouldn't even have one.what a disgrace

[@herbpetrillo163]

He was great.played in a run happy era,on a run happy team with not the greatest passer either.

[@kickahaw]

everybody polka !

[@6400az]

Unfortunately we forgot his name shortly after this catch 7:53

[@thanksgiving191]

Everybody Polka was dope! @23:00

[@timothyarts8969]

Some teams -Players names not on shirts - Awesome!

[@BrotherApexx]

Wish the Bengals had Greg Cook in 2018. No offense to Andy Dalton but Cook was really something special. The Bengals could have had a dynasty if Cook had stayed healthy and if Paul Brown had promoted Bill Walsh to head coach smh

[@exchequerguy4037]

Greg Cook was one of the great "could have beens" in NFL history.

[@davanmani556]

That was the best team of the 60’s but George Allen became a distraction in the playoffs.

[@georgehahn6149]

The blonde at 26:30.😜😘

[@robd2721]

+George Hahn Whoa! Quite a babe! Not Julie Newmar, is she? haha.

[@mylesjs5326]

It looks like Nancy Sinatra, Frank's daughter and also a singer. But I'm not sure if it is.

[@kennethbrady]

Audio track behind the image "Behind Washington's STACKED defense." Nice.

[@johnperrigo6474]

who cares about a blonde

[@mylesjs5326]

Broadway Joe cared about a lot of them, apparently.

[@fawnlliebowitz1772]

No TD celebration or look at me after scores. That was before they went feral and just did their jobs.

[@karlc2869]

God, please give us back Pat Summerall and Charlie Jones and take Tucker Carlson and Sean Hannity in return. Thanks. #RIPPatAndCharlie

[@mycolortv1]

Myles Schachter I ment Sam Spence

[@ghytgb]

44:15 👍🏻 45:33💪🏻

[@dietpepsivanilla3095]

AFL!!!!

[@TaborTalk]

This comment can even be construed as racist. “Dog Whistle” - Who’s doing the “showboating “ ? Can you even name a white dude who showboats?

[@jeffs3752]

Mike Haffner ended up being quite forgettable.

[@davidcobb2693]

Homer Jones, #45 for the Giants, inventor of the spike.

[@tommylitz4543]

Actually the league invented the spike when they started instituting player fines. I remenber Roy Jefferson spoke on this in the late 60's when he was a guest on the local weekly Sonny Jurgensen show. Touchdowns were typically celebrated by players by throwing the ball up into the stands. But... More and more fans began refusing to return the balls back into the field of play and would instead smuggle them out past the ushers trying to keep them as game souvenirs. The league thought this was a costly nuisance and began to fine the players $250 - and soon as much as $500 for each additional occurrence. So players changed their celebration behavior by slamming the ball down into the turf instead (in part a celebration but also as a protest against the league and their stupid fines) You may notice some players throwing the ball high up into the air after a Touchdown - but straight up - so as to not reach the stands and thus avoid the fine. Big name and well paid players like Charley Taylor continued to throw the ball into the stands for a while at first but eventually even he changed his move into just holding the ball up with his arms signaling a Touchdown giving the Touchdown sign. The league also added nets behind the goalposts. NFL = No Fun League even back then.

[@davidcobb2693]

@@tommylitz4543 Actually AND FACTUALLY, it was Homer Jones who coined the term " spike " in 1965!

[@davidcobb2693]

@@tommylitz4543 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homer_Jones_(American_football)

[@tommylitz4543]

@@davidcobb2693 Naw, I invented it during recess at Meadowbrook Elementary School in 1964. But Homer took all the credit. Lol.

[@davidcobb2693]

@@tommylitz4543 Don't quit your day job if you have one because comedy won't be a successful career move. You were in Meadowbrook Elementary School in 1964? That explains why you graduated from Meadowbrook High School last year! LOL.

[@bishlap]

The NFL and Rock music are both DEAD

[@walkergillette3918]

Redskins always had ugly helmets

[@bradleysides7526]

Loved Charlie Jones. I thought he was one of the most underrated announcers of all time.

[@oscarl.ramirez7355]

The Voices of both the AFL & NFL.

[@tommeyer5991]

I’d watch any game announced by Charlie Jones.

[@BillMorganChannel]

And Albert John DeRogatis

[@bufnyfan1]

I always remember his call of the 1993 Oilers/Bills playoff game when the Bills came back from a 35-3 deficit to win in OT 41-38.

[@BillMorganChannel]

@@bufnyfan1 I love that you brought that up, because I am a Bills Fan! I had season tickets for 17 years to the bills. We were watching the game on TV, with my in-laws, and they were getting killed and we wanted to leave and go look at the Rose Bowl floats in Pasadena, instead of watching that disaster. Fortunately my sister-in-law said “I want to take a shower,“ and she took forever so we got to watch the come back. Thank goodness for slow sister-in-law’s.

[@bufnyfan1]

Kansas City Chiefs HC Hank Stram expected the Chief players to conduct themselves accordingly when off the field as well as on--he had his personal tailor design suit jackets for each of the players with the Chiefs emblem emblazed on the breast pocket and the suits were to be worn on the team bus/hotels they stayed at or where they ate etc

[@tommyparkerparker]

Two great annoncers RIP.

[@bufnyfan1]

Charlie Jones was an accomplished lawyer before he became a broadcaster. Will never forget his coverage on NBC of the Buffalo-Houston 1993 playoff game that the Bills won after they fell behind-35-3 (and ultimately won in OT 41-38). Thanks for the memories Mr. Jones RIP

[@sludge4125]

Golden voices.

[@JohnSmith-op1tc]

@@bufnyfan1 I remember him calling the track and field on the Olympics coverage, like Ben Johnson's jaded 100m run in Seoul in '88. Lots of talent.

[@kennethshaw9577]

Tommy Parker \

[@chuckufarley8513]

I remember that Cuozzo was Unitas' backup qb in Baltimore in 1965. Unitas got injured, Cuozzo got injured, so they had to rely on Tom Matte, a running back for their qb for the rest of the season

[@jamesgrinder2491]

Fair Hooker of the Browns. One of the all time great names in pro football....lol

[@robertsprouse9282]

DANDY DON said on the first ABC MNF broadcast, that he "never met one."= FAIR HOOKER.

[@airforceveteran71]

Have these highlights on 16mm and still watch them downstairs in my man cave with some popcorn and a good beer...thanks for sharing this one..plus I was a big LA Rams fan..Gabriel MVP that year.

[@tanmaxwell4599]

CHARLIE JONES, had the voice of NFL games - and this show .His voice was entertaining .

[@bufnyfan1]

Mr. Jones was born in Houston and became a very successful lawyer as well

[@williamjordan5554]

There were 2 Gene Washingtons in the league. What are the odds?

[@ronaldzent4845]

"Stacked" defense, just as the beautiful blonde stands up to cheer!

[@walterseverin607]

And he says “thrust” too lol

[@stevewilliams1582]

I definitely loved this era I grew up during this time awesome football

[@BillMorganChannel]

Do you love the baseball infields? I did.

[@choward5430]

I loved the NFL during this time

[@mycolortv1]

I can't believe the NFL let this come on...such great memories

[@mylesjs5326]

+mycolortv1 I don't think they did. This was filmed off a TV.

[@G0Chiefs]

It was recorded on VHS.

[@hoss73ford]

thank goodness for VCRs and DVD recorders or these would be lost to history as the NFL apparently has no interest in making these available.

[@sludge4125]

This was the espn classic rerun.

[@rayoyler7382]

Mark Muffs screw the nfl

[@ChildOfThe1970s]

Charlie Jones and Pat Summerall. It's hard to find a better pair of play-by-play announcers in the same room anywhere.

[@Richard_K1630]

I love this. The NFL of today is shit.

[@TheMrzero35]

I'm with you brother.

[@hoss73ford]

me too

[@josephedwards9645]

Richard K Yes!!!

[@hoss73ford]

When football and the players were a great game and off the field issues were quite rare. Yes some rivalries were often bitter but teams were well disciplined. It was common to see an opposing team player help up one of the other team after a play, black players would congratulate white players and vice versa. I'm so glad YT has all these old college and pro games and programs such as this & that I have an unlimited data plan in which I can watch these. Today I read the scores and that's pretty much about it.

[@karch139]

I agree

[@t4texastomjohnnycat978]

NFL in the 1960s...... THE GREATEST ERA OF PRO FOOTBALL.🏈

[@jamesg.vickers6323]

The 70s was the greatest era...

[@larryaldama1673]

🏉👍🇺🇸

[@3243_]

The 1960s and '70s.

[@bufnyfan1]

It was during the Chiefs/Patriots game (49:56) that KC QB Len Dawson tore his left knee’s medial collateral ligament. Five of the six orthopedic surgeons Dawson consulted recommended surgery. Dawson was determined to play in 1969 as he felt the Chiefs had a very good chance of returning to the Super Bowl. After missing 5 games and resting his knee Dawson returned to play and he and the Chiefs won the AFL Championship and then SB 4.

[@erestube]

26:25 Washington's "stacked" defense!

[@larryking1108]

HTTR...

[@Cotronixco]

George's wife.

[@tommeyer5991]

The packers did not win the central division in ‘69. They went 8-6 finishing 3rd.

[@robertsaul234]

Ah, when they were allowed to pkay defense.

[@whocares6283]

2018 NFL sucks

[@bluetickfreddy101]

This was when i truly loved the game. Sad was has happened to my once beloved sport.

[@Stacie45]

Greg Cook should have had a 15 year career.

[@bobscott7440]

Yes. We can only wonder what might have been. But,then again, Cincinnati struck gold a couple of years later with Ken Anderson who had a solid career.

[@bufnyfan1]

Extremely tragic story--Bill Walsh (who was QB coach for Cincinnati when Cook was there)-had said Greg Cook had more raw talent than anyone he had ever coached (including Joe Montana)-Mr. Cook's rotator cuff injury was misdiagnosed and he kept playing with it--the shoulder degenerated despite some off season surgery-he essentially was never the same after that and ultimately retired. Bob Trumpy (TE for the Bengals then) remained friends with Mr. Cook and said that mentally he never got over the end of his career right up until the time he passed away

[@Stacie45]

@@bufnyfan1 I may be wrong but I think Drew Brees shoulder injury before he was traded from the Chargers was pretty much the same as what Cook had. Talk about a different outcome and what might have been.

[@bufnyfan1]

@@Stacie45 Orthopedic procedures had advanced by the time Mr. Brees had his injury--and he also was quickly diagnosed--Mr. Cook on the other hand was misdiagnosed and by the time it was found the damage had gotten worse and again the orthopedic science wasn't as advanced so not much could be done

[@andrewpadaetz5549]

Cook doesn't get hurt and the Bengals likely use the pick on someone else instead of Anderson. #12 is the ultimate what if in Bengals history.

[@82ghall]

1969 i was 9 years old - started following football big time always enjoyed the playbacks also followed College football this was the year a lot of teams had 100 on their helmet

[@cfoster81]

In the Jets/Broncos game, Jets Punter Steve O'Neill still holds the record for the longest punt of 98 yards, which I don't think will come close to being broken anytime soon. I wonder what is the actual record at sea level if you take altitude out of the equation

[@steveswangler190]

not trying to be a smartass, but google it. very easy to find out. (Shawn McCarthy booted a 93 yarder for the Patriots in Buffalo in 1991.)Randall Cunningham's 91 yarder was in Giants Stadium in 1989. ThePackers' Don Chandler (1965) and the Giants' Rodney Williams (2001) each booted 90 yard punts.

[@exchequerguy4037]

I wish they had shown the punt. If the returner lets the kick roll, then the total roll is added to the yardage of the punt. I recall Luke Prestridge kicked a 90+ yard punt at Foxboro against the Jets in 1984, but at least 30 yards of that was roll. (It still pinned the Jets back to their goal line.)