Jones doesn't get talked about enough in terms of one of the great pure throwing arms in NFL history. A true rifle. And he was a big and athletic player
Fantastic era for the Colts.....fun and exciting....just could not get over the Steelers/Raiders standing in their way. I always enjoyed them and the 1974-1977 Cardinals who similarly had the Cowboys and the NFC regulars stamping out dreams of a Super Bowl.
I’m now 60 and remember when 📺👀 it was fantastic 🏈even though I loved the snakebit Vikes 💔 it was a wonderful time to have been young during those times ✨✨✨
You and me both I miss you I can one say honestly that I was at that 1977 game against the New England Patriots we've been losing the halftime and came back one in the second half I never forget that man never forget that thank you Bert Jones Baltimore colts I love you not Indianapolis Baltimore ♥️
You and me both man it should be no Indianapolis clowns it's the Baltimore colts I never get that daily stolen in the middle of a snowstorm 1984 never forget it that's why I'm glad they ain't won but one super bowl since they moved out of town I can't blame Indianapolis for what they did just like I can't blame Cleveland getting mad at us for taking a Ravens but it is what it is I understand that eventually you have to build a new stadium and I it's just the nature of what earthsea did and how you lied about it that's all
You and me both it just took out team in the middle of a snowstorm believe it or not that's crazy 🤣😧 in the middle of a snowstorm 1984 and definitely the Robert irsay
Brought back a lot of great (and some painful) childhood memories. Cannot believe those teams went 0-3 in the playoffs. I remember so looking forward to Saturdays when "This is the NFL" would come on and Sundays for those 2:00 p.m. games at old Memorial Stadium. My gosh, Jones to Carr, especially in '76, was a good a deep-ball combination as I can remember. The '76 playoff loss to the Steelers was stunning - that was the year they could have gone all the way. And, the crazy '77 2OT loss to the Raiders - which was blacked out locally and I had to listen to on radio - ended that great run. It all came apart in '78 when Jones got hurt in preseason, which marked the beginning of the end of the Colts in Baltimore.
That sums it up quite well. I'd also have to add Irsay started trading away talented offensive and defensive veterans instead of paying them. The '77 season was basically the end of Baltimore Colts
I think the 1977 was the best they had because the defense was better. The issue was the injury to Roger Carr. If he is healthy they defeat Oakland. The Raiders had no one at that point who had the speed to cover Carr.
@@fromthefarside As I'm sure you know, that playoff game against the Raiders was a donnybrook. From what I remember, it was a low scoring game for much of the first half. But the offenses ruled the second half in a back and forth contest. I wish the Colts could've taken more time off the clock on their final scoring drive in the 4th quarter. Probably wouldn't have made a difference. "The Ghost to the Post" from the Snake to Casper was one of the top clutch plays in NFL playoff history. How do you think the Colts would've fared against Denver? Orange Crush defense gave the Colts fits in the regular season game from what I remember.
@@fin8glr Marchibroda sat on the ball in the 4th & it cost them big time. They should have kept pushing it as they did the week before against the Pats. Hard to say about the Denver game, but the players to this day feel the 77 team should have been in the Super Bowl. Bert Jones & Lydell Mitchell said as much a few months ago.
Marchabroda was a horrible coach with a very talented team. Decent coaching would have gotten to the SB. His game plan was not to lose the game instead of winning the game
Love the blue and white and the horseshoes, especially from Memorial Stadium. I've loved the Baltimore Colts since I was 9. I'm 52 now. Heart felt thanks to you fromthefarside for your videos. Watching them makes me feel like a kid again. Thanks again!
Jack Lambert said that whenever the Steelers played against the Raiders before the game started he would always ask "Are we playing by the rules or outside of the rules"
Best underrated Colts teams and in the NFL around the mid 1970s. Bert Jones, Lydell Mitchell, The Sack Pack, and coach Ted Marchibroda musical fluid and physical. Miracle on 33rd Street miss this era of football
Horribly coached team, a QB with a lot talent but no head for the game. One of the most talented teams in NFL during that era yet went 0-3 in playoffs.
Success is what ruined this. great franchise star with Joe Thomas he gets fired in 77 asshole irsay turns into a cheapskate and Bert's injury we we're all devasteided
Section 34 upper deck, season ticket holder......loved my Baltimore Colts.....watched the 1958 championship game with my grandfather and great uncle.....will never forget the excitement of watching Johnny U......
Bert was the best QB in the NFL during those seasons (1975-77)--he really was the "original" John Elway (as another post so accurately phrased it.) The Colts had a very good team--but their Achilles heel was a weak secondary. They had a great pass rush which could cover up the flaws on the back-end against lesser opponents--but when they had to face high-powered passing attacks like the Steelers and Raiders the defense got smoked!! They could never advance beyond the 1st round in the postseason--and their leaky pass coverage was the main reason.
Agree with everything you wrote, but I do believe it could have held up in 1977 if Roger Carr had been healthy. Oakland had no one at that point who could have matched up with Carr. I really believe they are playing Dallas in SBXII if Carr is healthy.
@@fromthefarside Great point about the loss of Roger Carr--the Colts offense definitely wasn't the same without him. That being said the Colts still put up 31 points against the Raiders in the 77 playoff. Two TD's were via interception and kickoff return, but no matter how the points got on the board 31 should be enough to win regardless. Oakland put up 37--and anytime Stabler needed to make a clutch pass he was able to do so. A classic case of the Colt secondary not able to make plays against teams with great passing games.
@@nyterpfan Lyle Blackwood was injured earlier in the game & he would have been on Casper on that play. His inexperienced back-up screwed up. Oakland knew he was in the game and attacked the weakness. The Colts were out-coached as Marchibroda admittedly sat on the ball after they took the lead.
I watched this game when I was a kid & watched Bert Jones throw the ball at least 70 yards in the air to Roger Carr and still to this day the longest pass & catch I've ever seen!
@@fromthefarside lol!..Yeah there were numerous ones I could have picked from but it was actually the game against the Chargers in 76' and I tried my damnedest to find it on RUclips or anywhere else and can't..It was just like the other 3 but when Bert first let the ball go I was thinkin there's no way in hell anyone is gonna catch it!.. thinking he just over threw it & to my joy & amazement Roger Carr ran under it bout the SD 20'.. but I know Bert threw from bout the 12' yardline or so! I'll never ever forget it!!
Back in 1976 Bert's mvp year his book the battling colts at lsu years before he threw a football at tiger stadium from midfield and missed by 10rows maybe close to 100yards what a cannon
I am only just starting watching this video but what a great compilation. Not a Colts fan but a Dolphins fan and therefore an AFC East fan and enjoying this much
@@fromthefarside thanks, priceless footage. I wish that whole game was available. That was just awesome. Love Bert Jones to death. That game was just a little before my time but most of the players were still playing when I started watching so I consider this the golden age. Why could I not start watching just a little sooner
I really wish we could have colts name back, I know we have Ravens, and they are great, but I want colts name back, not the team just color and helmet back
To me, I can only think of six or seven quarterbacks better than Burt Jones was throughout his career. Prime Johnny Unitas is one of them. If we could combine the best coaches, quarterback, receivers of all eras, I would take Bert Jones over Peyton Manning. Only Baltimore Colts fans who were there what understand this.
If Bert Jones didn't take a weekly beating he could have played 15 full seasons at QB instead of just 5 (and won 3 or 4 MVPs instead of of just the one). Look it up.
He played 10, but it seemed like 5 since he only played in 3 or 4 during years 6 & 7. Years 8 & 9 were pretty good, but he didn't do much in year 10 with the Rams.
Dwight love3704 the colts had a pretty decent offensive line george kunz,David Taylor good tackles ,ken huff ,Elmer collet at guards ,center ken mendenhall ,all solid ,but their weakness showed in the playoffs ,Bert got sacked quite a lot,the Steelers game was brutal no run game ,jack Lambert was unblockable,MLB ,the raider game was the last grasp of greatness that game kills me to this day ,Baltimore will survive you got the ravens
17:23-cornerback Jim Hill. He retired after this season and went to KNXT (now KCBS) news in Los Angeles. Over forty years later, he is a Southern California broadcasting icon and legend.
So do I! Went to opening game 1982 when Colts played the Broncos! Colts knocked Elsa’s out of his first ever game but the Broncos scored 2 4th quarter TDS to beat us😕
Didn't draft smart enough to be a legit Super Bowl contender. The defense had soft spots that opponents exploited consistently, the secondary in particular. Mike Washington was the only DB taken in the first four rounds in the 1973-77 drafts, and he never played with the Colts. Was an eight-year starter with the Buccaneers. But boy oh boy, was Bert Jones and that offense fun to watch or what?!
It was a great time in pro football man! Ya think ol mr deflate and Tuck tom brady would have survived and thrived in this era? Uh......naw. cool seeing Bill Belichick in the OT huddle @ 42:11
@@fromthefarside There is also a misconception regarding, as someone argued, "Exists' and what is available to the general fan. As time goes by and the NFL continues to change their NFL Films business model more footage that "exists" will be locked deep in the vault. What good is that for the fans?
The Baltimore Ravens are not the Baltimore Colts. The Indianapolis Colts are not the Baltimore Colts. No more than the St. Louis Rams were the St. Louis Cardinals.
From the far side is john Dutton still persona non grata in Baltimore he left on bad terms the sack pack loved sacking Broadway joe espically joe ehrmann a helleva front four wished they blitzed more in playoffs
@@fromthefarside Elway wanted no part of playing for the Colts.Boomer Esiason on his radio show (WFAN) NY said that he talked with ex-Colts GM Ernie Accorsi and Accorsi told him if he was still with Baltimore they were going to draft him in the first round in '84.Esiason said that he was a fan of Jones in the '70s.
Colts had a great run with Bert jokes one tough SOB one said by Jack Tatum Oakland raiders colts could never beat the Steelers when it counted the most played RAIDERS real tough best jones got hurt too early in his carrier
I was too young to remember these glory years but it appears as if the defense (in 1977) was beginning to fall apart, giving up big plays and loads of points. Perhaps someone else with more personal knowledge could break it down more appropriately (?).
The 1977 team was the best of that era...if Roger Carr was healthy they probably represent the AFC in the Super Bowl. It was also the best defense they had over that three year period. A much better secondary over 75 & 76. Special teams were not very good & cost them in Week's 13 & 14 & the Raiders playoff game.
Aging hipster bkshead my opinion not enough talent on the defense no shutdown corners or blitz scheme a very good defense and maturing at the right time losing Roger Carr hurt big time as well the last great game in Colt history losing to Oakland them dirty dogs
23:49 if there was any running back, that I would say, is a top five running back, that no one talks about, it’s Lenny Moore. Yes, Gale Sayers, Jim Brown, or more celebrated, but Lenny was a monster of a back
36:08 I doubt there any player today, including Patrick Mahomes, Tom Brady, Peyton Manning would be able to survive long enough to have the 1970s equivalent of great passing percentage of 60%. If Bert Jones would have played in today’s game, he’d probably approach 85% completion
Jones doesn't get talked about enough in terms of one of the great pure throwing arms in NFL history. A true rifle. And he was a big and athletic player
1976 I was 13 and it was wonderful to have been young in that bicentennial year 📺💫❤️👏👏👏👏Burt Jones was as great as anyone!
Fantastic era for the Colts.....fun and exciting....just could not get over the Steelers/Raiders standing in their way. I always enjoyed them and the 1974-1977 Cardinals who similarly had the Cowboys and the NFC regulars stamping out dreams of a Super Bowl.
If Roger Carr doesn't get injured in 1977 than that would have been their best shot. Along with Cliff Branch he was the best deep-threat in 🏈.
I’m now 60 and remember when 📺👀 it was fantastic 🏈even though I loved the snakebit Vikes 💔 it was a wonderful time to have been young during those times ✨✨✨
I miss our Baltimore Colts. 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻🇺🇸🇺🇸.
You and me both I miss you I can one say honestly that I was at that 1977 game against the New England Patriots we've been losing the halftime and came back one in the second half I never forget that man never forget that thank you Bert Jones Baltimore colts I love you not Indianapolis Baltimore ♥️
You and me both man it should be no Indianapolis clowns it's the Baltimore colts I never get that daily stolen in the middle of a snowstorm 1984 never forget it that's why I'm glad they ain't won but one super bowl since they moved out of town I can't blame Indianapolis for what they did just like I can't blame Cleveland getting mad at us for taking a Ravens but it is what it is I understand that eventually you have to build a new stadium and I it's just the nature of what earthsea did and how you lied about it that's all
You and me both it just took out team in the middle of a snowstorm believe it or not that's crazy 🤣😧 in the middle of a snowstorm 1984 and definitely the Robert irsay
The City of Baltimore refused to build a new stadium.
My team was over when Irsay started showing up on the sideline during the game! He was a buffoon.
Grew up in Baltimore wonderful time as a kid colts orioles bullets clippers were all great the whole city felt great what happened
Bert Jones was a beast
Yeah, if only he could have stayed healthy, history would have played out differently
I remember that "THIS...IS... THE N-F-L!" tune and chant every Saturday afternoon in autumn of 1975. I was 8.
Brought back a lot of great (and some painful) childhood memories. Cannot believe those teams went 0-3 in the playoffs. I remember so looking forward to Saturdays when "This is the NFL" would come on and Sundays for those 2:00 p.m. games at old Memorial Stadium. My gosh, Jones to Carr, especially in '76, was a good a deep-ball combination as I can remember. The '76 playoff loss to the Steelers was stunning - that was the year they could have gone all the way. And, the crazy '77 2OT loss to the Raiders - which was blacked out locally and I had to listen to on radio - ended that great run. It all came apart in '78 when Jones got hurt in preseason, which marked the beginning of the end of the Colts in Baltimore.
That sums it up quite well. I'd also have to add Irsay started trading away talented offensive and defensive veterans instead of paying them. The '77 season was basically the end of Baltimore Colts
I think the 1977 was the best they had because the defense was better. The issue was the injury to Roger Carr. If he is healthy they defeat Oakland. The Raiders had no one at that point who had the speed to cover Carr.
@@fromthefarside As I'm sure you know, that playoff game against the Raiders was a donnybrook. From what I remember, it was a low scoring game for much of the first half. But the offenses ruled the second half in a back and forth contest. I wish the Colts could've taken more time off the clock on their final scoring drive in the 4th quarter. Probably wouldn't have made a difference. "The Ghost to the Post" from the Snake to Casper was one of the top clutch plays in NFL playoff history.
How do you think the Colts would've fared against Denver? Orange Crush defense gave the Colts fits in the regular season game from what I remember.
@@fin8glr Marchibroda sat on the ball in the 4th & it cost them big time. They should have kept pushing it as they did the week before against the Pats. Hard to say about the Denver game, but the players to this day feel the 77 team should have been in the Super Bowl. Bert Jones & Lydell Mitchell said as much a few months ago.
Marchabroda was a horrible coach with a very talented team. Decent coaching would have gotten to the SB. His game plan was not to lose the game instead of winning the game
Love the blue and white and the horseshoes, especially from Memorial Stadium. I've loved the Baltimore Colts since I was 9. I'm 52 now. Heart felt thanks to you fromthefarside for your videos. Watching them makes me feel like a kid again. Thanks again!
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Man the Raiders played dirty ball back in the day
Jack Lambert said that whenever the Steelers played against the Raiders before the game started he would always ask "Are we playing by the rules or outside of the rules"
Best underrated Colts teams and in the NFL around the mid 1970s. Bert Jones, Lydell Mitchell, The Sack Pack, and coach Ted Marchibroda musical fluid and physical. Miracle on 33rd Street miss this era of football
Horribly coached team, a QB with a lot talent but no head for the game. One of the most talented teams in NFL during that era yet went 0-3 in playoffs.
@@martym2694 Max Baughn was a good DC. Ted Marchibroda stunk. Defensive backfield stunk. Linebackers sucked after Hendricks and Curtis where traded.
@@sammyvh11 That coaching staff had someone named BELICHICK
They had the talent, but there secondary was burned way too many times. It was sad to see Jones get injured in 78, that arm was second to none.
Success is what ruined this. great franchise star with Joe Thomas he gets fired in 77 asshole irsay turns into a cheapskate and Bert's injury we we're all devasteided
Great Baltimore Colts teams of the mid 70s
NFL Films has no equal. Something like this would work today or in any era.
those were the days of Colt Football
Section 34 upper deck, season ticket holder......loved my Baltimore Colts.....watched the 1958 championship game with my grandfather and great uncle.....will never forget the excitement of watching Johnny U......
Glad you enjoy the video's 👍
Bert was the best QB in the NFL during those seasons (1975-77)--he really was the "original" John Elway (as another post so accurately phrased it.) The Colts had a very good team--but their Achilles heel was a weak secondary. They had a great pass rush which could cover up the flaws on the back-end against lesser opponents--but when they had to face high-powered passing attacks like the Steelers and Raiders the defense got smoked!! They could never advance beyond the 1st round in the postseason--and their leaky pass coverage was the main reason.
Agree with everything you wrote, but I do believe it could have held up in 1977 if Roger Carr had been healthy. Oakland had no one at that point who could have matched up with Carr. I really believe they are playing Dallas in SBXII if Carr is healthy.
@@fromthefarside Great point about the loss of Roger Carr--the Colts offense definitely wasn't the same without him. That being said the Colts still put up 31 points against the Raiders in the 77 playoff. Two TD's were via interception and kickoff return, but no matter how the points got on the board 31 should be enough to win regardless. Oakland put up 37--and anytime Stabler needed to make a clutch pass he was able to do so. A classic case of the Colt secondary not able to make plays against teams with great passing games.
@@nyterpfan Lyle Blackwood was injured earlier in the game & he would have been on Casper on that play. His inexperienced back-up screwed up. Oakland knew he was in the game and attacked the weakness. The Colts were out-coached as Marchibroda admittedly sat on the ball after they took the lead.
I watched this game when I was a kid & watched Bert Jones throw the ball at least 70 yards in the air to Roger Carr and still to this day the longest pass & catch I've ever seen!
Which game? Bills, Bengals, or Jets?
@@fromthefarside lol!..Yeah there were numerous ones I could have picked from but it was actually the game against the Chargers in 76' and I tried my damnedest to find it on RUclips or anywhere else and can't..It was just like the other 3 but when Bert first let the ball go I was thinkin there's no way in hell anyone is gonna catch it!.. thinking he just over threw it & to my joy & amazement Roger Carr ran under it bout the SD 20'.. but I know Bert threw from bout the 12' yardline or so! I'll never ever forget it!!
@@frederickjohnpicarello1909 Jones was the forerunner of John Elway.Strong arm with quick feet.
@@frederickjohnpicarello1909 I purchased a ROGER CARR jersey
Back in 1976 Bert's mvp year his book the battling colts at lsu years before he threw a football at tiger stadium from midfield and missed by 10rows maybe close to 100yards what a cannon
I am only just starting watching this video but what a great compilation. Not a Colts fan but a Dolphins fan and therefore an AFC East fan and enjoying this much
Check 4:00 in... ruclips.net/video/RaUXTusrNpo/видео.html
@@fromthefarside thanks, priceless footage. I wish that whole game was available. That was just awesome. Love Bert Jones to death. That game was just a little before my time but most of the players were still playing when I started watching so I consider this the golden age. Why could I not start watching just a little sooner
Loved this show!
I really wish we could have colts name back, I know we have Ravens, and they are great, but I want colts name back, not the team just color and helmet back
Irsay wanted a new stadium and the Colts said good bye
A shame drunk Irsay destroyed this team
At 20:53&24:54 was why Roger Carr was one of the top deep threats of his era.
fast for a white guy
thanks for posting this is a great time machine
Joseph McFarland 👍🏼
This is when I became a Colts fan...and I still am.
Bert Jones would be making 5O million a yr in todays NFL
To me, I can only think of six or seven quarterbacks better than Burt Jones was throughout his career. Prime Johnny Unitas is one of them.
If we could combine the best coaches, quarterback, receivers of all eras, I would take Bert Jones over Peyton Manning.
Only Baltimore Colts fans who were there what understand this.
If Bert Jones didn't take a weekly beating he could have played 15 full seasons at QB instead of just 5 (and won 3 or 4 MVPs instead of of just the one). Look it up.
He must have had a weak O-LINE
And OUR COLTS would still be here in BALTIMORE
@@johnnadolny3470 Now you have (had) Lamar Jackson who has a face made for a helmet.
He played 10, but it seemed like 5 since he only played in 3 or 4 during years 6 & 7. Years 8 & 9 were pretty good, but he didn't do much in year 10 with the Rams.
Dwight love3704 the colts had a pretty decent offensive line george kunz,David Taylor good tackles ,ken huff ,Elmer collet at guards ,center ken mendenhall ,all solid ,but their weakness showed in the playoffs ,Bert got sacked quite a lot,the Steelers game was brutal no run game ,jack Lambert was unblockable,MLB ,the raider game was the last grasp of greatness that game kills me to this day ,Baltimore will survive you got the ravens
Thank you so much for posting! 👐🙌👍
17:23-cornerback Jim Hill. He retired after this season and went to KNXT (now KCBS) news in Los Angeles. Over forty years later, he is a Southern California broadcasting icon and legend.
@@robertsprouse9282 sorry, no.
This era, football was a pretty rough sport. QB's weren't protected, there was no sliding, you can use your helmet as a weapon, etc.
certain matchups I love to see like Colts/Rams, can't explain why
I love it , 1969 BALTIMORE COLTS APPRECIATION day. Celebrating super bowl three..
If the Baltimore colt owner could not have abandoned Baltimore they still would be the colts
Bert Jones one of my alltime faves.
So do I! Went to opening game 1982 when Colts played the Broncos! Colts knocked Elsa’s out of his first ever game but the Broncos scored 2 4th quarter TDS to beat us😕
Injuries to Jones, Carr what could’ve been…
Raiders/Colts playoff game a classic.
1:14:18 New York Jets first game at Giants Stadium in the Meadowlands 1977
Didn't draft smart enough to be a legit Super Bowl contender. The defense had soft spots that opponents exploited consistently, the secondary in particular. Mike Washington was the only DB taken in the first four rounds in the 1973-77 drafts, and he never played with the Colts. Was an eight-year starter with the Buccaneers. But boy oh boy, was Bert Jones and that offense fun to watch or what?!
Bert Jones was a beast the strongest arm in the NFL at that time 😂
Some great teams destroyed by Irsay the drunk.
42:10 Bill Belichick... young guy there
Bingo
It was a great time in pro football man! Ya think ol mr deflate and Tuck tom brady would have survived and thrived in this era? Uh......naw. cool seeing Bill Belichick in the OT huddle @ 42:11
Amazing work, fromthefarside. Thanks. For curiosity, do you have any footage video of the 1975 week 8 Colts-Bills game?
Thanks...as far as I know none exists
@@fromthefarside - video exists for all games since NFL films started filming every game
@@arthurhall8238 I was referencing NBC network footage.
@@fromthefarside There is also a misconception regarding, as someone argued, "Exists' and what is available to the general fan. As time goes by and the NFL continues to change their NFL Films business model more footage that "exists" will be locked deep in the vault. What good is that for the fans?
The Baltimore Ravens are not the Baltimore Colts. The Indianapolis Colts are not the Baltimore Colts. No more than the St. Louis Rams were the St. Louis Cardinals.
I liked how that defensive player #72 for The Colts helped up Namath after sacking him.
Off memory I think it was Fred Cook 👍
@@fromthefarside Bingo it was Fred Cook one of the stars of the Colts defense.
From the far side is john Dutton still persona non grata in Baltimore he left on bad terms the sack pack loved sacking Broadway joe espically joe ehrmann a helleva front four wished they blitzed more in playoffs
@@johnflynn3102 Not at all... Irsay gets the blame for that one.
@@johnflynn3102 I think I remember Dutton wanted to be paid among the best DT's at this time.
Bert Jones was the original John Elway
Yep 👍
@@fromthefarside Elway wanted no part of playing for the Colts.Boomer Esiason on his radio show (WFAN) NY said that he talked with ex-Colts GM Ernie Accorsi and Accorsi told him if he was still with Baltimore they were going to draft him in the first round in '84.Esiason said that he was a fan of Jones in the '70s.
@@fromthefarside Or a updated version of Terry Bradshaw
@@fromthefarside Roger Carr in my personal opinion was the Don Hutson of the '70s a deep threat who could take the top off of any defense.
@@dwightlove3704 Yep, he was a big fan of Jones...why he wore #7 at UMD. Boomer's years at UMD were a great deal of fun.
Colts had a great run with Bert jokes one tough SOB one said by Jack Tatum Oakland raiders colts could never beat the Steelers when it counted the most played RAIDERS real tough best jones got hurt too early in his carrier
I was shocked watching the 75 raider game and how dirty they played
bill beam They were always known to be overly physical.
@@Maal7432 John Madden said in a interview when it came to the rules there were no rules but show up on Sunday.
Raiders were scumbags, dirtiest cheapshot players encouraged by Madden.
I was too young to remember these glory years but it appears as if the defense (in 1977) was beginning to fall apart, giving up big plays and loads of points.
Perhaps someone else with more personal knowledge could break it down more appropriately (?).
The 1977 team was the best of that era...if Roger Carr was healthy they probably represent the AFC in the Super Bowl. It was also the best defense they had over that three year period. A much better secondary over 75 & 76. Special teams were not very good & cost them in Week's 13 & 14 & the Raiders playoff game.
Aging hipster bkshead my opinion not enough talent on the defense no shutdown corners or blitz scheme a very good defense and maturing at the right time losing Roger Carr hurt big time as well the last great game in Colt history losing to Oakland them dirty dogs
Defense line: Sack Pack were pretty good.
Too bad they played 2 jaugarnauts in playoffs.
Fumble
23:49 if there was any running back, that I would say, is a top five running back, that no one talks about, it’s Lenny Moore.
Yes, Gale Sayers, Jim Brown, or more celebrated, but Lenny was a monster of a back
But back to this game 30:17 Roosevelt Leeks and Lydell Mitchell
How long did Earl Morrell play for?
Sometimes I forget that the 68 season in 1975 wasn’t that far apart. Both Shula and Morrell we’re Colts legends
36:08 I doubt there any player today, including Patrick Mahomes, Tom Brady, Peyton Manning would be able to survive long enough to have the 1970s equivalent of great passing percentage of 60%.
If Bert Jones would have played in today’s game, he’d probably approach 85% completion
1:03:07 I forgot all about Ron Lee!!
If Bert Jones could have stayed healthy the Colts would have been great in the 70s