The BIZARRE Ending to Tony Eason's NFL CAREER | 1989 Jets
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- During the 1989 NFL season, the New England Patriots cut quarterback Tony Eason, and he was claimed on waivers by the New York Jets. And initially, Eason refused to report to the team because the Jets had Ken O'Brien on their roster. The bizarre reason why he didn't want to play with O'Brien? Turns out, the two men were best friends, and Eason was willing to sacrifice his NFL career so as not to ruin their relationship
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Members of the 1989 Jets:
Pat Leahy
Joe Prokop
Ken O'Brien
Pat Ryan
Tony Eason
Kyle Mackey
Mark Malone
Leander Knight
Erik McMillan
Freeman McNeil
George Radachowsky
Carl Howard
AB Brown
Nuu Faaola
Brad Baxter
Terry Williams
Johnny Hector
Kerry Glenn
Rich Miano
James Hasty
John Booty
Roger Vick
Michael Mitchell
Bobby Humphrey
Tim Cofield
Joe Mott
Adam Bob
Jim Sweeney
Troy Benson
Alex Gordon
Jeff Lageman
Kevin McArthur
Kyle Clifton
Dan Alexander
Jeff Criswell
Dave Cadigan
Reggie McElroy
Jeff Oliver
Curt Singer
Adam Schreiber
Mike Withycombe
Gerald Nichols
Mike Haight
Greg Werner
KD Dunn
Billy Griggs
Mickey Shuler
Jo-Jo Townsell
Michael Harper
Chris Dressel
Wesley Walker
Keith Neubert
Chris Burkett
Al Toon
Phil Epps
Titus Dixon
Sanjay Beach
Dennis Byrd
Paul Frase
Ken Rose
Marty Lyons
Scott Mersereau
Ron Stallworth
Marvin Washington
Joe Walton (head coach)
Tony Eason played for the following teams:
1983 Patriots
1984 Patriots
1985 Patriots
1986 Patriots
1987 Patriots
1988 Patriots
1989 Patriots
1989 Jets
1990 Jets
Tony Eason was always a good person & got to experience success in helping to get his team to a Super Bowl beating Dan Marino’s Dolphins (only team to beat the 15-1 Bears) & defeat in being pummeled & benched in that SB vs the brutal 1985 Bears. He saw the Pats bring in Doug Flutie & saw his Hall of Fame WR Head Coach Raymond Berry fired by Victor Kiam. And Ken O’Brien was also another one of the hood guys of the game in both victory & defeat. They both had good attitudes & were more than their jobs.
Not knowing anything about this, I was skeptical of Tony Eason refusing to play for the Jets in 1989 simply because I remember him appearing as the Jets backup QB in the classic video game Tecmo Super Bowl.
I frequently bench O' Brien for Eason whenever I play as the Jets. I also bench Steve Grogan for Marc Wilson when I play the Patriots.
I'm not a lions fan but I lived playing as them.
Me too on Tecmo Super Bowl, Ken O’Brien was the starter…
remember KOB’s infant child was asked by a reporter who should start in 1990- the child said “Uncle Tony!”
gotta give it to Eason tbh. He didn't even check with his buddy before he took his position and stuck with it. Showed real integrity imo.
Moot point cause the whole team stunk and bringing another bad quarterback was not going to solve anything.Jet fans had to wait almost 10 years for parcells to arrive. The 90s were horrible. Horrible atrocious.
@@holdenmcgroin9774 Eh, i mean I always thought Ken was just miles better than Eason so at the time I truly did feel that Eason was an overall major downgrade. But not sure, my memory is a bit foggy
@@holdenmcgroin9774 well, that remark certainly suits the commenter, just about dickhead level insight. The subject here was friendship. It's clear about the teams involved and their records, and respective QB standing.
@@gilbertgiles who gives a shit about friendship. I care about winning and the Jets are not about winning. It’s been 10 years since they won a playoff game and it won’t happen this year or next year.
@@holdenmcgroin9774 ummm the point of the video you commented on is friends valuing their friendship, but you seem like a legit Jets fan. Try not to cry this season, oh and my Bengals at least lost a game to ya last year, did you ejaculate when it happened?
Great story. Who else looked at the Pats iniforms and helmet and wished they would go backnto those?
True...pat patriot logo should return permanently
@@henry6354 only issue is they never won a title in those uniforms so they'll probably stick with those ugly things they have
@@flyinelvis69 seems from next season there should be the return as helmet rule changed...so we should see all throwbacks back and would be fantastic to see Pat Patriot back Bucco Bruce...Philadelphia Green Kelly etc...
Absolutely
All the old logos/unis are better IMO. Loved the old Falcons’ uni’s. Oilers uni’s were gorgeous.
One really important thing I've learned by watching this channel is that if I'm ever called on the play emergency QB by an NFL team, all I have to do is spike the ball on every down and I'll have a better passer rating than quite a few real QBs.
Thanks for filling in a lot of blanks on Tony Eason. I remember him having a solid potential team HOF type career in New England and then all of a sudden falling off the cliff and ending up as a part time Jet starter... and then that was it.
I don’t think you realize Tony was a pro bowl caliber quarterback but wrecked his throwing shoulder in ‘87 against the Raiders and could never throw the ball the same.
However, he was still the best option the Patriots had until they drafted Bledsoe in ‘93. They should have kept him because the guys they used from ‘89 - ‘92 were absolutely pathetic and the main reason they were at the bottom of the league during this time.
I agree with you 100% the qb situation in NE after 89 was pretty pathetic. This was also due to Victor Kiam not wanting to pay for decent players. Probably the worst owner in all of NFL history.
That is an incredible story. I remember Eason so well and his time with the Patriots. Great reporting here.
Your stats coverage and ability to tell this story were amazing in this video
Eason had very good years in 1984 and 1986. He had a great arm, but he would drop his head when rushed and take a lot of sacks.
He would have done a lot better playing in this era of football with all the protections offered to the QB.
@@lzv6990 Great point. He was slight of build. John Hannah once said he should wear a “skirt”.
@@lzv6990 true
Eason a real one tbh. It might be stupid, but willing to sacrifice your career for your friendship is one of the realest things I've heard
Or he was just a pussy. The Jets got him and he stunk.
@@holdenmcgroin9774 yea that's it , do you have anything worth saying, jets fans are like mopey negative people and I will be praying for you and God himself can make you feel better for knowing Him. He will never leave you or forsake you
@@teen_laqueefa do not force your religion on me. Winning cures everything and losing brings out the nastiness in me but I do bet against the Jets so I do win on that point.
@@holdenmcgroin9774 I can't force any belief on you, I just get to a point of concern when I read how much you seem to have loved the Jets and now you discuss them like an ex wife who cheated on you.
@@holdenmcgroin9774 Bengals fan here, so I get it, believe me.
I can understand Eason's reluctance to join the Jets given the dynamics involved. Too bad the Steelers were too far down the list to claim him because I think that Eason would've jumped at the chance to go to Pittsburgh.
I feel like the Bears could have used him as well.
Yeah the QB class of 83. What a class!
Plus Eric Dickerson. What a draft period
As a Jets fan in the 80s, I remember Eason as a very dangerous opposing QB. Not surprising the Jets would have picked him, because he was always sharp in the games where he played us. He would have been a league MVP if he just played the Jets 16 times a year. Dan Marino didn't scare me like Eason did.
@ Bill Slocum though I'm not a Jets fan, I hope you still are. Jets fans deserve better. Still remember the NYSE days...New York Sack Exchange...Salaam, Klecko, Gastinaeu, Lyons? What a defense!! That defense often gets overlooked.
@@troyc4250 Still am, Troy. Thanks!
@@billslocum9819 that's great bro. Good luck to the Jets.
In 7 years with the pats, he threw 60 TDs and 48 INTs, averaged barely 1,500 passing yards a season and had a completion rate of 58%. He averaged less than 150 yards per game.
I suppose for the Jets that is "dangerous".
All of the patriots GREAT quarterbacks have one thing in common, they are named TOM BRADY.
@@Ialreadyhaveaname2 Or Steve Grogan. Bet if you looked at Eason's stats against the Jets, you'd see more impressive numbers.
1. Fun fact, Eason was the only quarterback taken in the first round in 1983 to not be interviewed in 30 for 30’s “Elway to Marino”.
2. This is like when LeBron (seemingly) made his friendship with Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh the determining factor to “Take his talents to South Beach”. LeBron could get away with that type of thinking. Eason in 1989 could not.
3. Eason played for two of the three AFC teams that were eliminated from playoff contention going into the final week of the 1989 season. This unofficial Official Jaguar Gator 9 historian will remind everyone you made a video about how one of them, the Patriots, almost eliminated the Rams from the playoffs in the last game.
That's funny, it never dawned on me that he never appeared in that doc (one of my all time faves; I don't watch espn these days, except 30 for 30).
Tony Eason and Ken O’Brien were part of the famous Class of 1983 Draft class
I went UC Davis and briefly met Bo Eason and watched both him and Ken O’Brien. Loved hearing this story!
Eason played at Syracuse
@@dr.reviewsfrompersonalexpe7603 Eason played at Illinois.
Wow I never knew this. Outstanding work.
WR Stephan Starring was very underrated and underutilized. Eason was ok. Always had Grogan waiting in the wings.
In fairness to Eason, I don't remember any quarterback doing anything against the '85 Bears in those playoffs. At least the Pats didn't get shut out. The two teams the Bears beat to get to Supe XX didn't even score.
For all we know, Eason might have been basically over playing professional football and was content flirting with retirement. Either way, both he and O'Brien demonstrated real friendship and communication. It is crazy neither of them managed to have a consistently great career as they both definitely looked like world beaters at times.
The roster got very old quickly in the late 80s. Klecko was playing with the Colts . Marty Lyons was past his prime and gastineau quit the team for Nielsen.Jets chanting Joe must go was not very smart. Jets did nothing to upgrade the roster. The team would be very bad until parcells arrived.
The Jets eventually ruined Ken O'Brien, like every other QB in their sad history. If he had played for Raiders or Redskins (for example), he would be remembered even better. And he was pretty good, actually. Maybe held the ball too long at times.
@@holdenmcgroin9774 they should just move to London
The white jerseys with red pants were sick 🔥
Money doesn't control every man. Tony had one of the softest touches ever with throws that just glided into receivers hands.
Eason is one of the class of ‘83 thst is often forgotten
I'm a life-long Patriots fan and completely forgot that Eason ended up with the Jets.
I remember him going to the Jets, I just didn't know about the back-story. What was really interesting was the ESPN show that told how the Patriots almost landed Elway in New England. Ron Myer had Elway and his father believing the Pats were a good place to go, but the Colts nixed the deal including one with John Hannah because they didn't want Elway to go the Patriots.
Same here
Those Jets Uniforms in 1990 looked like kids pajamas.
1:43
That’s a great throw on the move.
Usually competing for a position does not impact a friendship, in fact since players playing the same position are most likely to spend the most time together, most players are friends with the players backing up them or starting in place of them.
I feel really bad as the 85 Bears 🐻 is my favorite team of all time, lol 😂. Stand up guy, wish things had gone better for him after finding out his character.
Eason had as strange of an up and down season as any QB ever
Eason had a few good years with the Pats. Eventually, the Pats knew Eason was not willing to sacrifice his body for team success like Grogan did. Someone asked him why. He said he wanted to be able to play tennis years later after football. He was what was considered at the time to be a laid back Californian QB. The perception of QBs from California is different now because a generation of boys growing up in CA emulated Joe Montana including Tom Brady.
Thank god for the 49ers dynasty
Elway? And Ron Meyer never like that pick for pats saying at the draft he doubted eason's durability. And bears threw him around like a rag doll in s b xx. Eason just didn't have a big enough frame to play nfl qb and he knew it and tried not to take big hits.
@@stevenbauer4799 Agreed. In the SB, Eason looked frightened. I get it, but, he was an NFL QB, needed to step up and do whatever it took to compete.
Joe Kapp was from California too.
Toughest SOB at the position this side of Alex Smith
@@eugenedenbrook322 True, but I could still get why he would be scared of that defense…especially considering it was also the mid 80s so the Bears defense consisted of (probably) coked up lunatics led by a bloodthirsty DC.
Just shows you how different times were in the pre internet age. I was a Pats fan back then and remember him starting the last game of 1989 for the Jets. I had no idea he played for them in 1990 also until now. I always assumed that last game of 1989 was his last. Information was so hard to come by back then.
On a related note, it took me over a decade to find out what happened to boxer Gerald McClellan after his 1995 fight with Nigel Benn for the same reason.
I was a pats fan back then too before all the BS. Even their uniforms was the best in the 80s.
I’d love to see a video on Todd Blackledge and Bill Kenney. There’s gotta be some cool stories involving Blackledge and the KC coaching staff between 1983 and 1988/89.
EDIT: grammar
He was willing to lose a MILLION DOLLARS for O'Brien. His best friend? I dunno man. I think Eason was funny for O'Brien, and I don't mean "HAHA" funny. Losing 70 grand because I think my friend's feelings are gonna be hurt, would cause my friend to bitch slap me back into reality, and even HE would question my sanity at that point.
They'll always have Brokeback Mountain ⛰
That's like the polar opposite of Joe Montana and Steve Young. But both are in the HOF so it pays to not like each other.🤣🤣
Another exact 39.6 rating without spiking the ball into the ground on every play.
Out of the class of ‘83 QBs taken, blackledge was the only total bust of the bunch
In the superbowl he faced the 2nd greatest defense of all time
Man I don’t know why but I understand Tony Eason’s mindset. I value friendship more than having a career in the NFL for those of you who would take an NFL career over friendship, you guys are selfish. Plain and simple.
Yes, friendship is not something you can put a price on and those who do, aren't friends.
For its easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle
Than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of Heaven
2:32 for the famous QB line from our great host 👍
In fairness to Tony Eason, he'd had the flu in the days leading up to the Super Bowl against the Bears, and was not 100% healthy on that day, either. Of course, they would not have won that game anyway, but it was not Eason's fault.
Walter Payton played games with the flu at the same time period and did it very well. In fact, lots of players did. Eason was just bad.
Eason was horrible, one of the 3 worst games by a QB in a Super Bowl. He looked afraid, and played sacred. That's a cardinal sin in football. If you don't have the heart or "minerals" to go out there, then don't.
Don’t blame him for thst Super Bowl.
Anyone would have looked bad vs thst defense
Why didn’t Eason and O’Brian switch who was playing on ever single play? Official Jaguar Gator 9 made a video about the time the Broncos did this in 1992, as well as videos about each of the quarterbacks who switched being in and out on every single play in the 60s.
pretty sure its not up to the players to pick who is playing
Interesting idea, though. Generally, this is a bad idea, but if you have two best friends exchanging information instead of two rivals competing for a job, maybe it could have worked.
Thank you Jaguar 🐆 for your videos! I just got diagnosed with co-vid so I will be quarantined and enjoy your videos all weekend long.
It was a moot point to bring another bad quarterback to the Jets. Let’s face it the roster got old real fast. It would be almost a decade until Parcells arrived. The 90s were horrible. Horrible and atrocious. Leon Hess had no choice but to hire parcells .
Tony Eason had a couple of awesome seasons in New England
A talented playier
Patriots reached also their first Super Bowl thanks to him
After the beating the bears put on him in s b xx it was all over for eason. He was a small frame and got exposed as gun shy in the pocket amidst a fierce pass rush and had no escapability as well.
The Patriots would have been better off if their plane had gotten stuck in Boston and never showed up for that super bowl. What an utter pounding.
@@johnchedsey1306 which begs the question, What If Miami was Chicago's opponent in SBXX?
@@donaldpaluga Yep. The phins handed bears their only loss that season and had the formula to beat bears. And marino with that quick release shredded that bear d that game. Had they been able to do it again after that success and bears having seen them already? Who knows? Its hard to beat a team two times in a season plus two weeks to prepare for them.
@@stevenbauer4799
That’s not entirely true. He had a good 1986 season and he was actually a decent athlete with mobility. He hurt his shoulder in the 1987 preseason and was never the same.
Tony Eason remains the only starting QB at a super bowl to not complete a pass
Idk but I'm thinking because they are supposed to be best buds, it should've been ok to get the money and still be best friends with him. These chances come by once in a lifetime. Secondly, someone else will take his place. Lost money for your investments.
However, I do understand his decision. Friendship over money is very important too.
In the NFL, next man up is what I was taught
Super Bowl XX was not his fault, no time to throw. Joe Montana didn't do any better against that D.
Agree 100% and the first patriot drive was also real unlucky too
Dude..... every video cant have the "worse than if you spiked the ball on every play." change it up. i love your content! keep going!
I called to cancel my AA meeting and told them I had to drink the spike.
Just watch yourself, Lawrence Taylor, don't drink too much spike:-).
@@gluserty So far it's helped my passer rating.
@@lawrencetaylor4101 Good, then that demonstrates how well you've grounded things. Hopefully, you're being rightfully compensated for your stellar play and creativity.
Genius method to try to avoid playing for the Jets. So many guys are forced to play for the Jets against their will.
😮my god... Patriots history pre dynasty was rough!
Thank God for Brady who redeemed all this mess.
I'm surprised this did end up in the Patriots playlist.
When calculating passer rating, 10 attempts is the minimum requirement.
Going by that standard, Craig Morton had the worst QB performance in a Super Bowl; Super Bowl XII he had a rating of 0.0
Tony Eason had excellent ability. He had an accurate arm and was a good athlete, particularly at throwing on the move. He had a hard time with the physicality of the game at the time. He’s remembered for Super Bowl XX, and it’s felt he was never the same, but he had a very good 1986 season. He hurt his shoulder in the 1987 preseason and was never the same. I believe if Eason played today, with all the protections offered the QBs, he’d have a 15 year career.
Might be right about that. I think Al Toon would've played longer these days, and definitely be a HoF'er.
He's easily a top 3 underrated QB all time
2:31 So THAT'S what your passer rating would be if you did nothing but spike the ball into the ground on every play...
My question is are they still best friends till this day?
Son of a bitch, we got an EXACT same passer rating as the every-down spike!!
I think I had his starting lineup 🤔😆😶 .. tecmo days yo
I always liked eason
Eason was good for a couple of seasons...then he just "went" (I did use Eason in "Tecmo Super Bowl" a few times when he was a backup for the Jets; I didn't know how torn Eason was while in service of the Jets). In that "Elway to Marino" 30 for 30, Ron Meyer said he thought Eason was "just a guy", but I thought he was better than that.
I agree that he wasn't just a guy, but in context, being drafted in the 1st round and before Dan Marino...
Gotta love Ron Meyer. Glad he did okay with Indy; bet their payroll was smaller than what he had at SMU!
@@eugenedenbrook322I agree, any team other than the Broncos (through the Colts) and Bills should regret not drafting Marino in the first round.
In the case of Ron Meyer, I think it was! That's probably why the o-line had holdouts prior to the 1988 season (they seemed to be upset that Dickerson had the big bucks and they didn't), and likely a large cause for the Colts 1-5 start (they finished on an 8-2 run, but it wasn't enough to qualify for the playoffs).
@@gluserty I forgot about that! They were one of the best teams in the league down the stretch. I watched them molly whomp my Broncos on halloween, 55 - 21. Should've paid Hinton, Donaldson, Solt and co.
@@eugenedenbrook322 Yeah, that '88 Halloween game was a bloodbath, and that Colts o-line had just cause for the contract grievances, as I believe that was a very good line.
He had better years in the NFL than Ron Meyer.
Going into the 83 draft there was a very, very good chance that the NY Giants were going to take Eason at #10 as at the time Phil Simms was looking more and more like a bust.
Now, I loved Phil Simms but while he did have some really great games and good seasons now and again he was basically an above average QB for the totality of his career.
Eason in his prime was a VERY good NFL QB despite the fact that he was constantly under pressure by defensive lines every time he dropped back for a pass. He got beaten up pretty bad and by the time he was 28 he was shell shocked and a shadow of his former self. It was sad to see because he was pretty fantastic.
I would have loved to see Eason on the Parcell led 80's Giants with a better offensive line, a much more consistent running game and far better targets to throw to.
He's one of those "what if" players that despite some success with the team that drafted him, probably would have had a much longer, far better career with another team.
Eason would have been too soft to play for Parcells. Whatever you want to say about Phil Simms, he had thicker skin, and could be able to take Bill’s verbal assaults. Ron Meyer was right about Eason.
I'm not exactly sure why Eason thought he'd best out O'Brien
Eason was essentially done when Pats fans ran him out of town. They never really embraced his laid back California attitude. They loved Grogan because he was tough as nails and Flutie because he was a native son.
There might have been a time when Eason was a better QB than O'Brien, but when he got to New York in '89, that wasn't the case. Also, the '89 Jets team was truly pathetic, even peak Joe Montana wouldn't have won with that roster.
Before my time heard he was a great player 👏 this has to do with football and nothing else he good with the Patriots but who doesn't fall off a cliff look at Cam
I do remember him going to the jets. I might vaguely remember them being friends
He was a decent quarterback for the 80s, but the fact that the patriots Steelers and the Jets all passed on Marino is mine blowing! , if any of the three franchises would have drafted him they would’ve won a few more Super Bowls for sure
Every jets video is them embarrassing themselves. 42 years I have been following this friggin team
Both Eason and O'Brien grew up in the Sacramento area
The increased ads which you can't click off are making your videos difficult to watch
Poor guy never had a chance. Human piñata
BIZARRE!
I go to same school he was in
I was always ticked off about the 85 Superbowl because of his weak performance then these shenanigans with the Jets. Preety wacky!
Bert Jones PLEASE!!!
Agreed. The Ruston Rifle deserved a lot more, as those 3 years in the 70's were astronomical! But the dread foe of all QB's - shoulder injury - claimed him. It's also fair to mention that Bert was always considered to be one of the nicest guys in NFL too.
@@robertwilloughby8050 The shoulder injury didn't claim him. Yes, shoulder injuries took two years away. But, then in 1980 and 81, he threw for 3,000 yards. So, clearly his shoulder was fine. Then he was traded to the LA Rams, and a neck injury forced him to retire.
@@Lawomenshoops Fair Enough! But didn't he still have a bit of pain and discomfort with it, and I thought that the neck injury was at least slightly related to the shoulder one?
Thats friendship.
"Spike the ball on every play." 😁 (We all knew that it was coming!😉) OK, so the rating would be 39.6.
There is no “arguably” when describing the 83 draft as the best QB class ever. I spent all of my teen years in the 80’s. The NFL was religion to me. All of you under 35 fanboys who worship these video game stats in this all things favor the offense NFL we have now have no idea what how great it was to watch those QB’s every week. Y’all just hear about the legends and have watched a few grainy highlights.
Agreed. There is yet to be a QB class (or draft, period) like it. The 04' has been good, and 12' was shaping up to rival it. Not anymore.
Funny how you didn't talk about him being hungover in superbowl 20...
It's not like Eason was any good in 1985 in general. Doesn't matter if he was hungover or not.
He wasn't hung over, he had lingering effects from the flu.
Or, as they would call it in 2021, COVID.
I thought tony Eason was a pretty good QB. I thought his career would have been better served as a back up QB. Which I guess he was.
Loyalty
Eason sucked and lost all confidence in
himself, which is why he came up with all
these lame ass excuses not to play.
You forgot to mention how Eason was literally
booed out of town by the Patriot faithful.
Still...Eason after Brady Bledsoe Grogan is probably the best qb New England had...probably tied with Parilli
@@henry6354 I would even put Flutie above him. Lol
@@norwoodwildlife9849 not in New England uniform
@@henry6354 Maybe not but he was much more exciting to watch, which was why Eason was booed out of town. New England fans wanted Flutie to start over Eason. And I'm no exception.
Adam Vinatieri was booed the first time he visited New England as a member of the Colts. He's only the guy who kept the Super Bowl dream alive with the greatest field goal in history against the Raiders.
Eason
You gotta wonder how things would’ve been had the Patriots kept him through 1992. I didn’t see Eason play, as 1990 was my first season watching the NFL. I can’t see how things could’ve been worse. It’s funny in hindsight, them thinking moving on was the answer. Winning one, two games a year three years in a row without him wasn’t the answer either. And I’m thirty plus seasons as a fan, I never saw a team in a lower position than the 1990-92 New England Patriots. Seeing their transformation starting in 1993 and up to their rebuilding in 2021 has been really cool to witness as an NFL fan.
Eason sabotaged his career for his friend? He sabotaged his career years before this.
2:33 is what you came here for
Eason never recovered from this OL, including that overrated John Hannah, getting destroyed by the Bears in the SB! And don't give me that BS, it was Hannah's last game. He was overrated since that SI cover.
Do a video on the 2015 Raiders. They literally missed the playoffs by 15 points.
No.
@@williamcoolidge9884 Yes.
Funny that two of the busts of the '83 qb first round came full circle here. And i know its a tired story but pats were one of the teams at that draft trying to acquire elways's rights from colts. Meanwhile when the pick was made pat coach ron meyer questioned it saying he doubted eason's durability despite productive numbers at illinois where all qb's put up big numbers there playing for mike white in the 80's. Eason just didn't have the frame to play nfl qb which made him gun shy out there. And jets of course-just the look on jets fans faces when jets pick was announced as 'ken o'brien' instead of 'dan marino' who was sitting there on a big platter for the jets to take.
I feel that Todd Blackledge was the one true bust of that 1983 QB draft class, then it's more of a descending order of performance-type of thing (Eason follows Blackledge, O'Brien follows Eason; Elway, Kelly, and Marino are greats).
@@gluserty yes. That is true. I said two of the busts of that draft which didn't include blackledge and was in no particular order. And blackledge going third qb and way before marino was a major blunder by kc. He was flawed and just looked good playing on a nat. title undefeated penn st. team.
@@stevenbauer4799 Yeah, I feel that Blackledge was the one QB where it couldn't have possibly worked out differently (what you said about him playing for Penn State created an expectation that turned out to be illusionary). Chiefs could've taken Kelly, Marino, Eason, or O'Brien, and they take the one guy who didn't achieve a thing:-). At least O'Brien & Eason had some moments though.
@@gluserty yes. Eason did have a few moments like the '85 playoffs and o'brien had that classic duel with marino in '86 where both threw for over 450 yds. and a combined 9 tds. in one game. Blackledge? I can't remember one moment outside of some picks he threw in hilights for him. It seems like he ended up with steelers (local penn st. hero) to finish as a back-up in a short time. And i had it wrong. Blackledge was the SECOND qb taken in that draft taken at seven and before kelly who went 14 making that pick even worse. And kelly vowed he would never play in buffalo not wanting to play in the cold there and went the usfl route. The intel must have been out there on that one. I believe steelers since kelly was from western pa. (just like marino who steelers passed on as well was) were interested in him thru trade. When usfl went under kelly had no choice but to play for bills.
@@stevenbauer4799 Eason had two big statistical seasons (especially in 1986, when the passing game carried a running game which only averaged 2.9 yds per rush; they missed John Hannah's run blocking badly), and O'Brien led the league in passing in '85, while staying hot until the tail end of '86 (after that, he wasn't as prolific, but still was serviceable). The best thing I can say about Blackledge is that he was 5-3 in '86, had a positive TD/INT ratio that season, and finished his career with a winning record as starting QB (still, 15-14 isn't something to get too excited about).
He had talent but no heart in terms of the game.
Ah, the 1980s and early 90s Patriots.
Pure Suckitude.
Which is why the last 19 years were a revenge tour for the first 40 years.
But best uniforms...they should return to pat patriot
32 Years Ago
obrien was underrated qb the jets o line was awful during his tenure . he won afc offensive player of year over marino one season while marino was in his prime
Yeah, I would not be surprised if he suffered a lot of concussions during his career. It's probably one of the reasons they tanked towards the end of the 1986 season.
Tony was my ex'es cousin
Did you meet him?
This guy should do a video on why the Jets are such a racist organization. They refused to draft Franco Harris, refused to draft Anthony Munoz and refused to draft Hines Ward but they want the face of the franchise to look like Zach Wilson or Christian hackenberg.
I just don’t buy the whole “best friend forever and ever” angle. These are dudes.