"Jurgensen is a great quarterback. He hangs in there under adverse conditions. He may be the best the league has ever seen. He is the best I have seen."--Vince Lombardi, on Sonny Jurgensen
I met Sonny J after an informal Redskins preseason practice. He is the most down to earth superstar ever. Chstted w him about all things Redskin before the 1969 season . My favorite Redskins player of all time and the best loved Redskin veteran in Wash DC area of all time.
Brown was great as well, incredible courage and determination. Too bad George Allen ran him into the ground when he should have mixed things up more with the great Redskin passing game, featuring Charley Taylor, Jerry Smith, Roy Jefferson, and of course Sonny's "radar-equipped canon" (as Tom Brookshier memorably described his golden arm). Owner Jack Kent Cook once expressed his frustration with Allen's hyper-conservative offensive style: "George, we've got a half-million-dollar air force. When are you going to use it?"@@dajosee
@@w41duvernay NO. Baugh practically evented the quarterback position. He was such a tremendous athlete he led the NFL in interceptions one year as a defensive back to go along with being the best punter in the league. His QB play back when is what most teams are looking for in a quarterback in today's game-Athleticism
That is frankly amazing. I've seen him in practice sessions goofing around, throwing behind the back passes for good distance, but never in a game and under pressure. A bit of a free spirit, from what I understand.
He also completed a couple of passes left-handed, shifting the ball over at the last second when a defensive lineman was about to hammer him on the right. Another specialty was a running jump pass whenever he needed more clearance. You can find a few examples on some of the game highlight reels here on youtube.
I've seen the NFL films clip of him doing the behind the back throws on the practice fields. It was perfect spirals. The dude was made to throw a football.
I sure wish Sonny wasn't hurt before they played those undefeated Dolphins in the Superbowl. I know full well if he played in that game, the team would've had their first trophy and the Dolphins would have no perfect season to brag about. Christian Sonny Jurgensen is the MAN! Thank you so much for bringing us so much joy, Sir Sonny!🏉🏉
If the perfect Dolphins had a weakness, it was in their corners-Foley and Johnson. Roy Jefferson and Charley Taylor would have exploited them with Sonny
@@mongoosesnake7311 Yeah, both were great, though Joe gets the greater recognition because of his incomparable playoff successes, whereas Sonny was generally stuck on poor teams, especially defenses. You may recall that Kerry Byrne of Cold, Hard Football Facts produced a fascinating series a few years back comparing QBs in the Dead Ball era and those in the Live Ball era (starting in 1977, when the many rule changes enhanced the passing game and shackled defenses). Sonny was rated the top passer of the Dead Ball era. Byrne concluded with this observation: "If we're looking at individual performers, you can call Jurgensen the greatest passer of all time in full confidence that the Cold, Hard Football Facts have your back and that nobody has enough ammunition to dispute you."
@@mongoosesnake7311 Jack Clary in the book Pro Football's Greatest Moments had this to say about Jurgensen: "In his prime, Sonny was the finest passer in the league. He consistently threw the ball farther, straighter, and with greater accuracy than Johnny Unitas, Bart Starr, Fran Tarkenton, or Len Dawson ever did." But Sonny also threw with great touch, and could actually make the ball curve into a brief clearing behind the linebackers -- Billy Kilmer talks about this somewhere on youtube.
Sonny used to demonstrate this behind-the-back pass in practice. It’s said that when Lombardi saw him doing it in practice one day with the ‘skins, he said “That guy has the greatest arm I’ve ever seen”.
In one of the NFL Films about Sonny, he does one of those "behind the back" pass in slow motion and he threw it at least 30, 40, and maybe even 50 yards. ruclips.net/video/56Q8ZqFkET8/видео.html
Vince Lombardi would later tell Pat Peppler of the Green Bay Packers head office that, "If we would have had Sonny Jurgensen in Green Bay, we’d never have lost a game.”
I've seen practice films where Sonny used to do that all the time, and he can throw a ball far and accurately from behind his back. And it's a perfect spiral.
Sonny was a winner as a quarterback ,when your looking to win a game , a universal quarterback will think of anyway he can score for the team! That's why he practiced this play (as Blackbird said) in his practices.
Precisely!! I can't believe the rules that exist today. Stopped watching all sports around 2015 when the knee/BLM nonsense started. Now? I understand that MLB won't allow the infield to shift any longer? Seriously? Stage racing in NASCAR, Lebron James and other prima donna's in the NBA, etc etc etc "I think they should put skirts on all of 'em" The Great Jack Lambert
The epitome of the old school QB’s . This is my team and I’ll do whatever it takes to win. Today’s coaches wouldn’t have stood for that, even if it lead to a TD.
Sonny would practice that pass during pre game markups. He would 30/40 yards, with cheese! He was a great quarterback. All the great ones don't play in today's game.
Old man now who grew up watching Sonny do stuff like this all the time. He was amazing. I'd put him up with Brady in the two minute drill. He never had enough talent on his teams. Otherwise he'd be more well known.
And the Eagles traded him to the Redskins for Norm Sneed. Who recently passed away. Eagles stunk for years after that terrible trade. Not easy being a philly sports fan
You know why he practiced those passes , it is because he didn’t want to take a sack if he was sundenly turning into a lineman trying to tackle him just like in this video I posted . It could mean the difference in a win in a game , even if they had ever gotten to a Super Bowl. This one little trick he pulled might get him another 7 pts on the board. Also, could give him a boost in his pay. Ponder that, Quarterbacks.
Too bad it seems like ESPN and NFL Network forget there was football before the 2000's and it was the best and what is imitated, not originated, today.
Amazing play! I only caught the tail end of Jurgy's career, and do think he may be in the discussion of greatest "pure passer". For me, it probably comes down to Marino or Rodgers...with Mahomes working his way into that conversation. I won't argue against Sonny, though.
Well, I didn’t know posting this one play from one of the quarterbacks that was my favorite quarterback, would get all these comments. although I had other favorites, Tarkington, Stabler, and of course, Montana…
oh yea! cuz back then in practice jurgensen used to throw behind the back passes, and left hand ones with rights also to his receivers. So don't know if it was the normal thing for an announcer to see with him or what!
yea, Ken, I guess back then it was what ever you could do to bend or add to the game to win, if you got more bullets than your apponent, you gonna win. Little did they know, that were looking at it now with amazment!
In today's NFL, there would be three flags on that play, one for holding by the offense, one for offensive pass interference, and one for offsides by the offense.
@@rickeuler5792 No, it wasn't a "pre-season" NFL game. It was a separate entity. It was The College All Star Game. The NFL sent a team (current NFL champion) to play in it each year; I think the last one was played in 1976 or so.
"Jurgensen is a great quarterback. He hangs
in there under adverse conditions. He may
be the best the league has ever seen.
He is the best I have seen."--Vince Lombardi, on Sonny Jurgensen
If Lombardi said that.........
Enough said!!!
Can you imagine if Josh Allen or Patrick Mahomes did that today in a game? The number of peoples minds that would melt
Mahomes is practicing it in OTAs, it’s going to be insane
@Noctem_pasa even he probably won't do it in the middle of getting tackled
They’d be saying Mahomes is the only one who could ever make a throw like that.
@@jameskinchen2148 ??? It's not that hard lol
Mahomes just did it😭
I met Sonny J after an informal Redskins preseason practice. He is the most down to earth superstar ever. Chstted w him about all things Redskin before the 1969 season . My favorite Redskins player of all time and the best loved Redskin veteran in Wash DC area of all time.
I like Larry Brown
Brown was great as well, incredible courage and determination. Too bad George Allen ran him into the ground when he should have mixed things up more with the great Redskin passing game, featuring Charley Taylor, Jerry Smith, Roy Jefferson, and of course Sonny's "radar-equipped canon" (as Tom Brookshier memorably described his golden arm). Owner Jack Kent Cook once expressed his frustration with Allen's hyper-conservative offensive style: "George, we've got a half-million-dollar air force. When are you going to use it?"@@dajosee
Who are the Redskins? Are they a Canadian league team?
@@ppumpkin3282 Back when America was a proper country....
The best 'pure passer' in the history of the National Football League
i think so too,totally forgotten in qb history
next to Sammy Baugh....
@@w41duvernay NO. Baugh practically evented the quarterback position. He was such a tremendous athlete he led the NFL in interceptions one year as a defensive back to go along with being the best punter in the league. His QB play back when is what most teams are looking for in a quarterback in today's game-Athleticism
That is frankly amazing. I've seen him in practice sessions goofing around, throwing behind the back passes for good distance, but never in a game and under pressure. A bit of a free spirit, from what I understand.
He also completed a couple of passes left-handed, shifting the ball over at the last second when a defensive lineman was about to hammer him on the right. Another specialty was a running jump pass whenever he needed more clearance. You can find a few examples on some of the game highlight reels here on youtube.
I've seen the NFL films clip of him doing the behind the back throws on the practice fields. It was perfect spirals. The dude was made to throw a football.
I sure wish Sonny wasn't hurt before they played those undefeated Dolphins in the Superbowl. I know full well if he played in that game, the team would've had their first trophy and the Dolphins would have no perfect season to brag about. Christian Sonny Jurgensen is the MAN! Thank you so much for bringing us so much joy, Sir Sonny!🏉🏉
If the perfect Dolphins had a weakness, it was in their corners-Foley and Johnson. Roy Jefferson and Charley Taylor would have exploited them with Sonny
Thanks for "telling it like it is" yet again, Howard! I've been missing your voice all these many years.@@howardcosell2022
AMEN!!!
Best pure passer in the history of the game! Incidentally, Sonny completed a few passes left-handed as well.
Jurgensen , my opinion, was the greatest quarterback, the game has ever had besides Montana. Both were my Favs.
I couldn't think of a word to describe Jurgensen , and you just said what I was thinking,....PURE
@@mongoosesnake7311 Yeah, both were great, though Joe gets the greater recognition because of his incomparable playoff successes, whereas Sonny was generally stuck on poor teams, especially defenses. You may recall that Kerry Byrne of Cold, Hard Football Facts produced a fascinating series a few years back comparing QBs in the Dead Ball era and those in the Live Ball era (starting in 1977, when the many rule changes enhanced the passing game and shackled defenses). Sonny was rated the top passer of the Dead Ball era. Byrne concluded with this observation: "If we're looking at individual performers, you can call Jurgensen the greatest passer of all time in full confidence that the Cold, Hard Football Facts have your back and that nobody has enough ammunition to dispute you."
@@mongoosesnake7311 Jack Clary in the book Pro Football's Greatest Moments had this to say about Jurgensen: "In his prime, Sonny was the finest passer in the league. He consistently threw the ball farther, straighter, and with greater accuracy than Johnny Unitas, Bart Starr, Fran Tarkenton, or Len Dawson ever did." But Sonny also threw with great touch, and could actually make the ball curve into a brief clearing behind the linebackers -- Billy Kilmer talks about this somewhere on youtube.
Give me Terry Bradshaw in his prime for just pure passing ability. Nobody had a better arm.
Sonny used to demonstrate this behind-the-back pass in practice. It’s said that when Lombardi saw him doing it in practice one day with the ‘skins, he said “That guy has the greatest arm I’ve ever seen”.
In one of the NFL Films about Sonny, he does one of those "behind the back" pass in slow motion and he threw it at least 30, 40, and maybe even 50 yards.
ruclips.net/video/56Q8ZqFkET8/видео.html
Vince Lombardi would later tell Pat Peppler of the Green Bay Packers head office that, "If we would have had Sonny Jurgensen in Green Bay, we’d never have lost a game.”
Jurgenson, Sammy Baugh and Bobby Layne were the first "gunslingers" and they lived their personal lives like it was the Wild West too! ;-)
I've seen practice films where Sonny used to do that all the time, and he can throw a ball far and accurately from behind his back. And it's a perfect spiral.
Commentator brushed it off like it was nothing lol.
Who would have stones---let alone the talent---to attempt a stunt like this today? In a GAME? With WITNESSES?
Maybe Patrick Mahomes. The guy that's touted as a future GOAT.
Sonny was a winner as a quarterback ,when your looking to win a game , a universal quarterback will think of anyway he can score for the team! That's why he practiced this play (as Blackbird said) in his practices.
Mahomes has been practicing for the past few yrs. Let's hope we eventually get to see it.
I'm surprised that they didn't legislate that pass out of the league.
@@CastroJr92he did it
When real men played football !
Precisely!! I can't believe the rules that exist today. Stopped watching all sports around 2015 when the knee/BLM nonsense started. Now? I understand that MLB won't allow the infield to shift any longer? Seriously? Stage racing in NASCAR, Lebron James and other prima donna's in the NBA, etc etc etc
"I think they should put skirts on all of 'em" The Great Jack Lambert
Jurgensen was nice with it. Revisiting this after Mahomes did his in the preseason. Not sure I’ve seen it another time
I never knew he was a broadcaster , would have been nice to hear him on all NFL broadcasts.
I remember Jurgensen as a fine broadcaster. I looked him up just now and found he is still living. He reached 89 last August.
I think he was the best pure passer I ever saw.
The epitome of the old school QB’s . This is my team and I’ll do whatever it takes to win. Today’s coaches wouldn’t have stood for that, even if it lead to a TD.
I grew up in Maryland. We loved Sonny!!!!!!! Heck, we loved Billy Kilmer and his wobblies too. But mostly John Riggins the DIESEL!
Sonny,Sammy Baugh Thiesmann, i l suspect it would be hard for any team to put their all time top 3 QBS and beat the Redskins
Sonny would practice that pass during pre game markups. He would 30/40 yards, with cheese! He was a great quarterback. All the great ones don't play in today's game.
Warm-up not markup
This should be amongst the greatest passes of all time.
Old man now who grew up watching Sonny do stuff like this all the time. He was amazing. I'd put him up with Brady in the two minute drill. He never had enough talent on his teams. Otherwise he'd be more well known.
I remember that play. I saw it on TV. I thunk they were playing the college allstairs..
They were, and teammate and future friend Billy Kilmer was the QB of the college team!
Confirmed my memory. Knew I saw it on TV and was pretty sure it was against the college all -stars
Sonny Jurgensen played college football at Duke (1953 - 1956)
He was amazing
Sonny was one helluva passer!
And the Eagles traded him to the Redskins for Norm Sneed. Who recently passed away. Eagles stunk for years after that terrible trade. Not easy being a philly sports fan
He did this all the time in Redskins practices.
It shows!
You know why he practiced those passes , it is because he didn’t want to take a sack if he was sundenly turning into a lineman trying to tackle him just like in this video I posted . It could mean the difference in a win in a game , even if they had ever gotten to a Super Bowl. This one little trick he pulled might get him another 7 pts on the board. Also, could give him a boost in his pay. Ponder that, Quarterbacks.
Too bad it seems like ESPN and NFL Network forget there was football before the 2000's and it was the best and what is imitated, not originated, today.
Brickhouse on the call 🎙️📻
Amazing play! I only caught the tail end of Jurgy's career, and do think he may be in the discussion of greatest "pure passer". For me, it probably comes down to Marino or Rodgers...with Mahomes working his way into that conversation. I won't argue against Sonny, though.
Well, I didn’t know posting this one play from one of the quarterbacks that was my favorite quarterback, would get all these comments. although I had other favorites, Tarkington, Stabler, and of course, Montana…
oh yea! cuz back then in practice jurgensen used to throw behind the back passes, and left hand ones with rights also to his receivers. So don't know if it was the normal thing for an announcer to see with him or what!
i saw it all...will never forget SJ....
Forgotten in all of this is who caught the pass. Talk about 'right place, right time'!
If you don’t practice, there is a margin for error as they say,”Practice makes perfect”.
who’s here after mahomes?
we meet at xxvi Minneapolis reached for the same desert at the same time nice guy
I had heard about this but I didn't know it was on film.
yea, Ken, I guess back then it was what ever you could do to bend or add to the game to win, if you got more bullets than your apponent, you gonna win. Little did they know, that were looking at it now with amazment!
what a fking boss. holy shlt
Amazing
Here cause of Mahomes 😤
HAIL TO THE REDSKINS!! Jurgy to Taylor!
In today's NFL, there would be three flags on that play, one for holding by the offense, one for offensive pass interference, and one for offsides by the offense.
That's a good one. How true
Pat Mahomes WISHES
Wishes DO come true. 🌠😘❤
@@SabinHD LOL he finally did it. Except it was in a preseason game and went like 2 yards.
Who’s here after seeing Patrick mahomes doing that ?
Yessir
@@bryanalexander5561and again
Wow, sweeeet!
Ball So Hard University, early graduate
And making peanuts compared to QB’s today
if Mahomo even just attempts that all of Mahomo's fans will be creaming their pants
🤫
Still I would rather have Jurgensen , I bet that a lot of owners would feel the same wa. Jurgensen didn’t have to think it was instinct.
Jack Brickhouse announcing?
This was the College All-Star Game; not NFL.
Actually, it was a pre-season NFL game with the College All-Stars facing the previous year's NFL champs, the Eagles. Jurgensen was the Eagles' qb.
@@rickeuler5792 No, it wasn't a "pre-season" NFL game. It was a separate entity. It was The College All Star Game. The NFL sent a team (current NFL champion) to play in it each year; I think the last one was played in 1976 or so.
WOW.
Are they playing the Cowboys?
Actually, it was a pre-season NFL game with the College All-Stars facing the previous year's NFL champs, the Eagles. Jurgensen was the Eagles' qb.
@@rickeuler5792 Thank You Very Much!!!
The College All-Stars never occurred to me!
Thank You!
No doubt about it C
I expect to see Mahomes do this in the Super Bowl. Go CHIEFS!!!!!!
Pat mahomes just wishes he was sonny jurgensen
Take that Mahomes ! LOL
Or that
Who cares?
Probably a dirt field