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These big north/south fullbacks would physically wear down a defense - like the Dolphins with 11 straight runs culminating in the end zone. You don’t see that too often anymore, with the pass so dominant now. I remember when some teams would kill you with ball control on the ground. Washington, Miami, Buffalo in the 70’s come to mind.

Jack Lambert was a scary, scary man. He was right to go after that Bengal(?) who cheapshotted the Steeler QB (Kruczek?) out of bounds. Other Steelers should have let Lambert go. Liked! Subscribed and saved for future viewing.

Carson broke his ankle early in a playoff game with the Steelers and was never quite the same. But I mightily admire his work/struggle to recover and looked good in a Cardinals uniform.

Vince Lambardi called it " A rinky dink game played rinky dink teams . The Packers played the Cardinals 63 or 64 ? I miss the college all star game also . Super Bowl Campions against the College all stars .

Jack Tatum should have been permanently banned from the NFL for the cheap shot on Daryl Stingley in a meaningless preseason game that left him paralyzed for the rest of his life.. it was as dirty as it gets but nothing about the Raiders wasn't dirty. It was great to see Steve Grogan and Vataha again. Where have all the years gone... WOW.

I watched Football back then, as it is harder to watch this crapola now. OOOOOOOH DON'T TOUCH OUR EXPENSIVE OVERPRICED QB !! OH DEAR. 250 MILLION DOLLARS. LOLOLOLOLOLOL ! HA HA HA ! I'LL TAKE TERRY BRADSHAW. ROGER STAUBACH. FRAN TARKENTON. BERT JONES. ARCHIE MANNING. KEN ANDERSON. Over the choices of today. OH, and the rules and Defenses Pryor to the Mel Blount rule.

So graceful, fluid and fast. My favorite all time wide receiver.

I never knew Bubba Smith's given name (Charles). Very interesting trip down memory lane.

dan fauts and air correyel was awesome too!

I remember harold jackson. If he played today ---he would get $40 million per year. Way tougher than these cupcakes today.

forgot to add the long pass to Jerome Barkum at the end that freaked out all the bettors, thinking they'd lose on points

The NFL is staring at a 18 game schedule soon and I came up with this rule addition that would help keep the idea of a 1,000 yd season more relevant while, also, and more importantly, being implemented for player safety: NO PLAYER can start more than 16 games and/or play a total of 64 quarters (OT not included). I imagine this will never happen, but it really is reasonable. It will give teams pause to rush a player back from injury (not permitted to play 18 games, anyway, and players tend to sit late in the year when already made playoffs, et cetera ... )

That generation of men and women were tough like their parents and grandparents.

Underrated rb he was Dope 🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈🔥🔥💯✌🏿

Dan fouts... John Jefferson and Winslow and joiner was super DOPE 🔥🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈💯

Real football!! Kool!!

Bob Avellini STUNK. He was the epitome of the Bears not knowing who to draft at Qb. When he wasn't standing in the pocket like a statue, he was tripping over his own feet. Sixth round pick. FOR YOUR QB???? He was no more successful in his off the field life. It was full of DUIs, bankruptcy, and jail time.

His 1981 and 1982 seasons were even better. Even when the Chargers were on the downside of Coach Coryell's tenure, Fouts played lights out (83-85)

When NFL was a man's sport

guys today would never make it 6 decades ago.

Fouts did appear in the AFC championship game in 1980 and 1981.

Fouts definitely belongs in Canton, he was also pretty good on MNF too 👍

I still remember that playoff game against Miami. I was a kid back then but I remember watching it with my Dad and brother

Always like your videos, but did you purposely omit The Juice!

You forgot the MNF game against Pittsburgh last game of the season. Dan Fouts was a mediocre QB definitely not headed for Canton Ohio when as noted Don Coryell took over for Tom Prothro game 5 And that hire turned Fouts career around. Fouts career Winning percentage was well below .500 pre-Coryell. Fouts was a tremendous regular season QB with a career playoff record of 3-4. In 1979 The Chargers destroyed both the Steelers and Rams in the regular season and choked at home against the Oilers. Fouts threw 6 interceptions. Houston was playing without Earl Campbell,Dan Pastorini,Ken Burrough. Chargers were beaten by Gifford Nielsen. Didn’t Fouts have 3 interceptions against Oakland 1980?? 1981 playoffs Epic win against Miami on the road then the debacle in the “Ice Bowl”. Fouts throws another 3 or was it 4 interceptions. 1982 Great win against Pittsburgh on the road. Then a meltdown against Miami another several interceptions for Fouts. His apologists would say “The Chargers defense was terrible”. Fair enough, but the front 4 were awesome with 3 Pro Bowlers Louie Kelcher,Fred Dean, Gary Johnson,Leroy Jones,and Wilbur young and Charles Dejurnett in reserve. When Gene Klein sold or traded Fred Dean to the 49 Ers in 1981 that killed the defense. Note who won the Super Bowl that year over the Bengals. The 49 Ers. It’s amazing g what drafting Mike Singletaryor Ricky Jackson in 1981 would have meant to the Chargers Franchise instead of James Fumbleitis Brooks. Who did have a great career but with the Bengals.

Probably my two favorite NFL seasons; 1980 and 1981. The NFL was king.

Charlie Joyner is my favorite.

i didn't know who Dan Fouts was until that 1980 season ,really. all of a sudden he was on the cover of Sports Illustrated and every other football mag. in America ,

I know the tendency is to wax nostalgic when you see these great old films, but none of these guys would be the least bit competitive in today's NFL.

Cool video. Fouts was phenomenal back then; three straight 4000-yard passing seasons (1979-81). Back when that was a real accomplishment.

Was that Herman Edwards defending against Charlie Joiner at 9:25 ?

Thank you for featuring a great quarterback. He deserves to be remembered and honored for his greatness!

Truly a fan of Fouts when they weren't playing Oakland. I was at Plunkett's first start in week 5 and Raiders beat SD. So many weapons for Chargers. Really admire those teams.

Don Coryell's Offense Was No Joke. Dan Fouts Had Weapons. John Jefferson, Kellen Winslow, Lionel "Lil' Train" James To Name A Few. I Was Very Young (6 ), But I Remember Watching Those Teams With My Dad And Big Brothers.

Love the Eagles, and was a Dolphin fan as a kid..............much love for Leroy Harris! One of the best blocking backs ever played for the late 1970s-early 1980s Lions...............a guy by the name of Horace King. He didn't get too many touches, though, he wasn't a great runner (but was a pretty decent receiver). But man, could he throw a block. I remember on 'NFL Today' or one of those old pre-game shows someone asked Billy Sims who Detroit's best lineman was, and he said "Horace King".

Unfortunately the Chargers never had a defense to go along with their explosive offense.

I still remember a couple of bad weather games, 1 in Detroit in old Tiger Stadium and another in Kezar Stadium in SF. After one quarter, both teams' uniforms were black from mud, the colors and numbers obscured, and the only way to tell who was who was the helmets. Domes and Astroturf made all that obsolete.

Dan put up Dan-like numbers that year. Dan Marino that is. Fouts has a lot of similar traits to Marino. Quick release, can wait until the last second to give time to receivers, and both are determined and aggressive leaders. And both are HOF'rs with both having never won a Super Bowl. Fouts never even got to play in one. Still, a damn talented guy who, along with his coach, knew how to use the opportunities of the great players around him.

Outstanding footage again Mark! Can you check on something? Are you to confirm that Russell Wilson’s father tried out for the Chargers in 1980? Thanks!

Can’t believe Fouts was fifth in the MVP voting. He was way better than the other QBs on the list, including Sipe.

Patriots Raiders playoff game from 1976, the one with the bad call toward the end

Tutored under Johnny U. I was a big Chargers fan in the early 80s. Coryell just couldn't find the playoff magic.There is a great story about the Cardinals and Chargers playing the first NFL game in Tokyo in 1976 the Mainichi Bowl

Sir, are you a Chargers fan? I see you in a Chargers jersey a lot! Enjoy the music as well as the shoe. Being born in July of 1991, these are still before me. But , thoroughly enjoy your channel. Joey in Cleveland .

Air Coryell, Fouts, Winslow, and all the badass receivers! Was the Original greatest show on Turf ! Dan Fouts was lights out Legend !

My Favorite team in the 80’s , Fouts my Favorite QB and Don Coryelle my Favorite coach along with that O-line . Best offense I’ve ever seen ! Fouts asking in the huddle “ How many plays do you want to run before we score ? Because once we start who knows when we’ll stop !” A true leader !

🛑🛑 The sad part about all of this is that in todays game Foust would even make it into the field, with all the Running Backs playing Quarterback these days. I truly miss the Pro Style Offense, when there was over 300 yards of passing offense during games.

"After viewing"this "visual"report..."Mark".."I concur" that "Dan" was absolutely slept" on🔥🔥

Number 14/11 did appear in 2 AFC championship games. ☹️ Vs Oakland and Cincinnati respectfully.

It says Fouts never played in a AFC champ game. Dan played in 2 v Raiders & Bengals (Freezer bowl)

he was a good Quarterback.