Imagine Chuck Muncie in this day and age with his head on straight, and all the modern day coaching/training. Oh wait, we have that in Derrick Henry. That's how talented Muncie was. It's so rare to see someone that big, that strong, that runs that fast. If only Chuck was on the right path. At least he turned his life around. Still passed away too young.
Saints had a good 1979 season but blew the game against the Raiders. Then what do they do Trade Muncie, and decimate their own team by throwing the ball way too much in 1980. Then they dump Wes Chandler as well. 2001 Cleveland Browns Draft Jeremiah Pharms where was he at the time Jail where did he end up going Prison. waste of a 5th Rd Pick. QB Bobby Garrett 1954 Pick #1 Traded to Green Bay 9 career games T John Bauer 1954 Pick #12 2 Career games neither played for the Browns Garrett stuttered so bad he could not call the plays Browns drafted a bunch of Hall of Famers then traded them many of them happened under Paul Browns watch. Then there are some others that were jettisoned who are not in the HOF but damn well should be. Mainly Jim Marshall They got Rid of Doug Atkins, Willie Davis, and Henry Jordan, and yes Somehow the Browns also drafted Art Donovan after he had already played in the league. Weird but the Browns Cut him in Training camp and were deep in linemen at the time. Those are some other weird moves by the Browns.
@Coogan Chuck Muncie had demons but as a NFL RB he was ahead of his time a freak so good big strong fast 6ft 3in 230lbs from 1976 thru 1982 he was amazing his play says in all watch him on film Coogan he was the man the RBs in todays game dont even come close to his talent
@Coogan Whatever when it came time to play on Sundays he always was there to play his ass off he performed and had his teammates backs they called him MONEY cause it was like money in the bank he was a sure thing like i said a RB for the ages
@Coogan I beg to differ sir he said he did party and get high and chase pussy but not on game day he just went to work on opposing defenses and pretty much could not be stopped
I saw Chuck run for the Saints and he was the fastest human being I even saw with my own eyes. 6' 3", 240 pounds and bleeding fast. First Saint thousand yard rusher. He was a guy that if he got to the corner, he was gone. Secondary guys couldn't catch him from behind. He was a great, great player. I'm so sorry he damaged himself with the drugs.
I was at Cal in '75 and Muncie had this way of getting 5+ yards every time he touched the ball. EVERY TIME. Opposing defenses were largely successful in limiting his big plays, but that makes his 6.4 per-carry average all the more remarkable. At Cal I think Muncie was carrying some bad weight, and playing on grass in the Pac10, he rarely showed the long speed he showed in his trimmed down form on the Saints' synthetic turf...but as these (and other) highlights show, nobody at 240lbs has ever run through NFL secondaries the way Muncie did...
As a side note to this one, you need to do a video on Don Reese's career. He and Muncie did crack together in San Diego, and it resulted in Reese's article in August of 1982 in SI - "I'm Not Worth a Damn."
You should also do a video about Chuck Muncie’s trade from the Saints to the Chargers. That was also pretty bizarre; The Saints were playing the Dolphins in 1980 when Muncie was told to sit down for the fourth quarter without explanation. When the Saints flew back into New Orleans, there was a Chargers representative waiting for Muncie at the Louis Armstrong International Airport who, once he saw Muncie, informed him that he had been traded to the Chargers and to come with him. Muncie had to get his wife and some things from his house, then went to San Diego. In the meantime, as the week progressed, the Saints, thinking that Muncie was still a part of their team, couldn’t find Muncie and went looking for him. They even put bulletins on T.V. in the New Orleans area to let the Saints know if anyone has seen Muncie. I’m guessing the trade wasn’t discovered until the next Sunday when Muncie was now playing for the Chargers. Apparently, whoever approved that trade didn’t tell the rest of the team.
Great story . I was coming out college in 70’s D2 Wr . The NFL was awash with strange people and happenings . I think it was a transitional time when sport was shifting in to entertainment. My opinion was Joe Namath was the lighting rod .
He disappeared in 1980 again, for a week; no one knew where he was - that's what got him traded to San Diego. That 1980 team had some serious drug issues; the Saints were coming off their best season ever to date in 1979, Archie was in his prime, and they looked poised for bigger things. Then, they lost the first game, and the second, and .....all the way to the 15th week. This was when the "Aints" were born, and the bagheads. Again, no one on the outside knew about the cocaine issues on the team until after the fact - it wasn't just Muncie.
Nawww ... Archie was bad they felt sorry for him because most of his offense made the pro bowl so the voted him in ... there is no way he should have been in a pro bowl throwing more INTs than TDs
@@aldourrutia239 It was 1980....I was there. By 1983, Bum Phillips was the coach, George Rogers was the bellcow running back, and the QB was Kenny Stabler.
I meant with the Chargers...Yes you are right, he was traded in week 3 or 4 of 1980...He was gone again in week 3 against the seahawks in 1983 with the bolts...
Muncie was highlighted in Mike Tropes book” Necessary Roughness”. Trope was Muncies agent and he told the story where Muncie and his friends rented a car, trashed multiple rooms in a hotel and Trope had to track Muncie down so he could pay the bill. The bill was like 15k which in the late 70s when this happened was a lot of money. Trope was also Lawrence Taylor’s agent
As an 80's kid, I just remember him with the Chargers. Had no idea he was MIA on draft day, and didn't realize his life had spun that far out of control after football. Glad he got his life turned around before he died.
I believe the saints number 2 draft pick in 1976 was also a running back, tony Gailbreath from Missouri. He was mostly a 3rd down back who caught passes out of the backfield, but he also was a capable running back. Hank stream the head coach of the saints was fired for spending too much money on things, like TVs for the players locker room.
He made a great career as a 3rd down back, playing for 12 years and winning a Super Bowl with the Giants. He finished with the highest number of receptions among running backs.
1. The top running back in the 1975 draft also disappeared…from the media. That back was a guy you may have heard of before, Walter Payton. He and Jackson State teammate Robert Brazile were drafted in the first round. However, they wanted to wait until teammate Rickey Young was drafted before talking to the media. So they rode their motorcycles around Jackson until Young was drafted. Then all three addressed the media. 2. Speaking of running backs ditching the media, at 3:40 you referred to Muncie as a beast. That’s the last time a University of California running back would be referred to as a beast. 3. The unofficial Official Jaguar Gator 9 historian recalls you making a video that touched on the end of Muncie’s career and how it led to the Dolphins acquiring Pete Johnson.
@@alphasports3743 Trading for a proven back with roots through LSU would have been a gold mine, and we could have further built the defense with the 2-7 picks (ostensibly). Trading EVERYONE in a year for a single player, means you HAVE to pick around the scraps in UDFAs to build the team. No wonder the Saints were so trash for the 3 years he was here. And then Jim Hasslett comes around and acts like a perfectly mundane head coach and we win a playoff game for the first time in quite literally forever.
I love this channel because you pick super random and obscure things for the most part, but it's always interesting. Here again, being only 40, I didnt have an idea who this video was about. But this channel is must viewing if you really live football and its history.
Sadly just found out Muncie died of a heart attack in May 2013 After watching this video and looking him up I was thinking in my head, “Dang I wish I could meet Chuck Muncie one day and ask him the question of what happened on why he went missing before the draft?” If he’d be comfortable answering it of course.
Chuck had some pretty bad drug problems during his career before ultimately turning things around after he finished playing. I’d imagine drugs may have played a part in his absence.
Yeah Bum had issues .... is the Rumor true they fired Hank Stram because he wanted to draft Doug Williams? He did draft Muncie and put most of that team together.
Love your videos, but one tip for documentary writing, please find a different way to segue instead of always saying, “Before we talk about X, we need some context to understand...etc”. The transition is implied in the footage you always choose, and you choose it well. You can drop us into a new context by saying the date, and narrative story build from there. Really, your videos are great, but hearing that identical transition is the only thing that could be better. And I’ve watched A LOT of your videos in a short span of time. Keep up the great work.
1. This isn’t the first time Official Jaguar Gator 9 made a draft video about a strange moment involving the saints as he made a video about a time the saints and lions argued about who owned the 13th pick. ruclips.net/video/oirNzge5ID0/видео.html 2. Not a video made my Official Jaguar Gator 9, but in 1995 and 1996 two CFL teams drafted a dead person.
2. Yep, I’ve read about that. He was an American who had died in a car crash in Canada without anybody in football realizing it. His name escapes me, unfortunately.
One of the very underrated players of his era. He could have been an all-time great. I was glad that he did turn his life around after he had substance abuse problems.
There’s (yet another) oddity about Muncie. In 1984, the dolphins had injuries at RB and traded with San Diego to get him....only he failed his drug test and the trade was rescinded. And the dolphins wound up getting Pete Johnson instead...
@@luisreyes1963 There are several videos on RUclips about it. Basically, the Sabres brass was annoyed with the way the league was conducting the 74 Draft and they did it as a joke. The NHL was not amused. And, yes, they do play hockey in Japan There is a league with a Tokyo franchise, but not named Katanas.
Chuck was great at Cal . I heard he was a weed boy ( sales ) pretty common use after the Vietnam war etc . Chuck really did well with the Chargers . He liked to carry the ball like a loaf of bread or carrying a suitcase. Big and fast : great hands
I've seen Rickey Williams' name in the comments, but not for the reason I was thinking...Muncie may have had the same issues, but "social anxiety" was not a term oft used two decades prior.
Can you please do one one on My child hood hero The Great " CURTIS MARTIN " The most underrated & underappreaciated running back of all Tim. Second on rushing rushing yards to the legend Barry Sanders at least he was when I stopped watching Pro football in 2007. Thank you.
He Chuck Muncie was from Cal and was a Heiseman Candidate drafted by the Ants now called New Orlean Saints but losing seasons of 70's had Archie Manning 21 losing seasons and got Chuck Muncie and Wes Chandler to be traded 1980 to than Air Coryell San Diego Chargers and had a great season scored 19 td rushing touchdowns could caught did coke on the sidelines got suspended and out of the league.
Saints would have been stupid to not draft Muncie, who, as these highlights go a long way toward showing, was by far the most talented player in the draft. If Muncie had had Dickerson's OL to run behind, we'd be talking about Muncie as one of the greatest, if not the greatest, RB in NFL history....240 lbs with jets that make Derrick Henry look like an Edsel...
Well I was born and raise in New Orleans I’ve been a fan since I was seven years old I’m currently 51 years old and my aunt dated him for a little time! For the record strictly booty call and she’ll be amid it! Chuck Mumsie had a drug addiction not quite the type that had you in a crackhouse but the type that he was going binges a literally disappear for days and sinks were well aware of it but it was a different era where guys using drugs was not seen as a big deal! He had a very good career with the Saints and with the San Diego chargers not a Hall of Famer but multiple pro bowl appearances
How the hell did Griffin win a 2nd straight Heisman when Muncie had him beat in every category? Sounds like Muncie and a half dozen other RB contenders were robbed.
The saints at that time could have disappeared from the draft and no one would have noticed. That was the 'aint' era when paper bags were chic to wear to aint games.
John Mecom didn't care about winning he wanted cash that's why they never won the entire time he was owner stunts like this was commonplace i'm sure with the Saints soon as he sold the team we started winning
Chuck was doing the blow but you know Chuck was a good runner but he didn’t see it becuz of the drugs George Rogers the Saints team around time some was on the junk but take nothing from Chuck he was better than people know.. his name is well known
His most explosive moments on a football field were as a Saint. As a Charger, his athleticism had declined, but he was still a nice complementary piece to Air Coryell....
I guess you missed the part where the guy said that the LA Rams tried to get in contact with Chuck Muncie also but he was nowhere to be found also. I think he would've want to play for the Rams since he was a California guy and the Rams were always a real good team in the 70s
JG9: If you ask people who the best offensive player in the history of Cal football is, it will likely be….Bartkowski or Muncie. Aaron Rodgers: Am I a freakin JOKE to you?
Typicall millennial. Back then the draft wasn’t like it is now. Guys weren’t waiting by the phone seeing who drafted them. In 83 the Raiders had no idea that Don Mosebar had back surgery a week or so before the draft. There are plenty of stories like that. They didn’t do background checks either. Most of the stuff player got into trouble for were swept under the rug.
You do realize that most millennials are in their 40s now. Why do people still use millennials as like a joke that's like so 10 years ago. Most of the people who do RUclips videos are a part of Gen Z. This guy in the video sounds like he's in his mid or late 20s
@@pp3k3jamail it also applies to Gen Z. Both generations don’t know history nor like this guy makes mountains out of mole hills. He is under 30. He said in one video, maybe something that happened in 96 or 97, he wasn’t even born when this happened.
@@Lawomenshoops If you want us to learn NFL history, these videos are a pretty good way to do it. Sorry we weren't innately born with the spirit of 1970's football.
Imagine Chuck Muncie in this day and age with his head on straight, and all the modern day coaching/training. Oh wait, we have that in Derrick Henry. That's how talented Muncie was. It's so rare to see someone that big, that strong, that runs that fast. If only Chuck was on the right path. At least he turned his life around. Still passed away too young.
Saints had a good 1979 season but blew the game against the Raiders. Then what do they do Trade Muncie, and decimate their own team by throwing the ball way too much in 1980. Then they dump Wes Chandler as well. 2001 Cleveland Browns Draft Jeremiah Pharms where was he at the time Jail where did he end up going Prison. waste of a 5th Rd Pick. QB Bobby Garrett 1954 Pick #1 Traded
to Green Bay 9 career games
T John Bauer 1954 Pick #12 2 Career games
neither played for the Browns
Garrett stuttered so bad he could not call the plays
Browns drafted a bunch of Hall of Famers
then traded them many of them happened under
Paul Browns watch. Then there are some others
that were jettisoned who are not in the HOF
but damn well should be. Mainly Jim Marshall
They got Rid of Doug Atkins, Willie Davis,
and Henry Jordan, and yes Somehow the
Browns also drafted Art Donovan after he had
already played in the league. Weird but
the Browns Cut him in Training camp
and were deep in linemen at the time.
Those are some other weird moves by the Browns.
CHUCK MUCIE WAS A BEAST OF A MAN I LOVED HIS WAY SO FUCKING GOOD BIG STRONG AND FAST AND ECONOMICAL HIT THE HOLE AND TURNED UP FIELD SO WICKED
@Coogan Chuck Muncie had demons but as a NFL RB he was ahead of his time a freak so good big strong fast 6ft 3in 230lbs from 1976 thru 1982 he was amazing his play says in all watch him on film Coogan he was the man the RBs in todays game dont even come close to his talent
@Coogan Whatever when it came time to play on Sundays he always was there to play his ass off he performed and had his teammates backs they called him MONEY cause it was like money in the bank he was a sure thing like i said a RB for the ages
@Coogan I beg to differ sir he said he did party and get high and chase pussy but not on game day he just went to work on opposing defenses and pretty much could not be stopped
Chuck Muncie was talented for his position as a dual-threat back but loved the coke too much…yes even more than Lawrence Taylor
Him along with Tony Galbreath were the 2 best dual threats of their era
He knew how to run his lines that's for sure
@@anticorporatists9959 😂😂😂😂😂
Cocaine is a hell of a drug. 💊
I saw Chuck run for the Saints and he was the fastest human being I even saw with my own eyes. 6' 3", 240 pounds and bleeding fast. First Saint thousand yard rusher. He was a guy that if he got to the corner, he was gone. Secondary guys couldn't catch him from behind. He was a great, great player. I'm so sorry he damaged himself with the drugs.
He was gifted. We saw what he could do, and he could dominate.
He did get his life turned around, which is what really matters.
@@TommyRibs Well said. Yes.
I was at Cal in '75 and Muncie had this way of getting 5+ yards every time he touched the ball. EVERY TIME. Opposing defenses were largely successful in limiting his big plays, but that makes his 6.4 per-carry average all the more remarkable. At Cal I think Muncie was carrying some bad weight, and playing on grass in the Pac10, he rarely showed the long speed he showed in his trimmed down form on the Saints' synthetic turf...but as these (and other) highlights show, nobody at 240lbs has ever run through NFL secondaries the way Muncie did...
As a side note to this one, you need to do a video on Don Reese's career. He and Muncie did crack together in San Diego, and it resulted in Reese's article in August of 1982 in SI - "I'm Not Worth a Damn."
I hope I can find that article- a shame that Muncie didn’t have his head on straight
Yes. Thank you for mentioning that. They were casualties of the crack epidemic.
You should also do a video about Chuck Muncie’s trade from the Saints to the Chargers. That was also pretty bizarre; The Saints were playing the Dolphins in 1980 when Muncie was told to sit down for the fourth quarter without explanation. When the Saints flew back into New Orleans, there was a Chargers representative waiting for Muncie at the Louis Armstrong International Airport who, once he saw Muncie, informed him that he had been traded to the Chargers and to come with him. Muncie had to get his wife and some things from his house, then went to San Diego. In the meantime, as the week progressed, the Saints, thinking that Muncie was still a part of their team, couldn’t find Muncie and went looking for him. They even put bulletins on T.V. in the New Orleans area to let the Saints know if anyone has seen Muncie. I’m guessing the trade wasn’t discovered until the next Sunday when Muncie was now playing for the Chargers. Apparently, whoever approved that trade didn’t tell the rest of the team.
Great story . I was coming out college in 70’s D2 Wr . The NFL was awash with strange people and happenings . I think it was a transitional time when sport was shifting in to entertainment. My opinion was Joe Namath was the lighting rod .
I think he was traded because of his addition to crack cocaine.
He disappeared in 1980 again, for a week; no one knew where he was - that's what got him traded to San Diego. That 1980 team had some serious drug issues; the Saints were coming off their best season ever to date in 1979, Archie was in his prime, and they looked poised for bigger things. Then, they lost the first game, and the second, and .....all the way to the 15th week. This was when the "Aints" were born, and the bagheads. Again, no one on the outside knew about the cocaine issues on the team until after the fact - it wasn't just Muncie.
Nawww ... Archie was bad they felt sorry for him because most of his offense made the pro bowl so the voted him in ... there is no way he should have been in a pro bowl throwing more INTs than TDs
It wasn't 80, it was in 83....
@@alphasports3743 Yeah his 1979 NFC Player Of The Year was a sympathy prize. They give those away in the NFL.
@@aldourrutia239 It was 1980....I was there. By 1983, Bum Phillips was the coach, George Rogers was the bellcow running back, and the QB was Kenny Stabler.
I meant with the Chargers...Yes you are right, he was traded in week 3 or 4 of 1980...He was gone again in week 3 against the seahawks in 1983 with the bolts...
Muncie was highlighted in Mike Tropes book” Necessary Roughness”. Trope was Muncies agent and he told the story where Muncie and his friends rented a car, trashed multiple rooms in a hotel and Trope had to track Muncie down so he could pay the bill. The bill was like 15k which in the late 70s when this happened was a lot of money. Trope was also Lawrence Taylor’s agent
We need a part 2 video in depth of how he got into trouble, the whole career, great video
As an 80's kid, I just remember him with the Chargers. Had no idea he was MIA on draft day, and didn't realize his life had spun that far out of control after football. Glad he got his life turned around before he died.
As a Raiders fan, I can recall what a terror he was when he came to the Chargers in 1980.
When you have followed the Saints as long as I have(1969),there is no such thing as a "strange draft".
Amen!!! #WhoDat
I think during the exhibition season, He broke four pairs of glasses.
I believe the saints number 2 draft pick in 1976 was also a running back, tony Gailbreath from Missouri. He was mostly a 3rd down back who caught passes out of the backfield, but he also was a capable running back. Hank stream the head coach of the saints was fired for spending too much money on things, like TVs for the players locker room.
He made a great career as a 3rd down back, playing for 12 years and winning a Super Bowl with the Giants. He finished with the highest number of receptions among running backs.
1. The top running back in the 1975 draft also disappeared…from the media. That back was a guy you may have heard of before, Walter Payton. He and Jackson State teammate Robert Brazile were drafted in the first round. However, they wanted to wait until teammate Rickey Young was drafted before talking to the media. So they rode their motorcycles around Jackson until Young was drafted. Then all three addressed the media.
2. Speaking of running backs ditching the media, at 3:40 you referred to Muncie as a beast. That’s the last time a University of California running back would be referred to as a beast.
3. The unofficial Official Jaguar Gator 9 historian recalls you making a video that touched on the end of Muncie’s career and how it led to the Dolphins acquiring Pete Johnson.
I see what you did there talking about Cal running backs...but the other guy did talk to the media. He was just there so he wouldn't get fined.
@@MichaelMartin-qe5ye 😆
The strangest draft moment in saints history was Mike Ditka trading every draft pick to select Rickey Williams then wearing fake dreads
I agree ... he made sure the Saints wasn't winning squat ... I always thought they should have traded the #1 to the colts for Marshall Faulk.
@@alphasports3743 history would have been soooooo different lol
@@alphasports3743 If that had been a likely possibility, they should've jumped on it! I never considered that scenario
@@alphasports3743 Trading for a proven back with roots through LSU would have been a gold mine, and we could have further built the defense with the 2-7 picks (ostensibly). Trading EVERYONE in a year for a single player, means you HAVE to pick around the scraps in UDFAs to build the team. No wonder the Saints were so trash for the 3 years he was here.
And then Jim Hasslett comes around and acts like a perfectly mundane head coach and we win a playoff game for the first time in quite literally forever.
I thought that Mike Ditka lost his mind with that trade.
Great job explaining this story. I remember this one but you clarified so many of the points. Very well done
I love this channel because you pick super random and obscure things for the most part, but it's always interesting. Here again, being only 40, I didnt have an idea who this video was about. But this channel is must viewing if you really live football and its history.
Sadly just found out Muncie died of a heart attack in May 2013
After watching this video and looking him up I was thinking in my head, “Dang I wish I could meet Chuck Muncie one day and ask him the question of what happened on why he went missing before the draft?”
If he’d be comfortable answering it of course.
Chuck had some pretty bad drug problems during his career before ultimately turning things around after he finished playing. I’d imagine drugs may have played a part in his absence.
@@MatthewChristianMurray With a cocaine addiction, it may have contributed to his death as well. Even after you quit, the damage remains.
@@tygrkhat4087 - yep, and it narrows the arteries, right?
Well the Saints drafted a kicker in the 1st round 3 years later .
Yeah Bum had issues .... is the Rumor true they fired Hank Stram because he wanted to draft Doug Williams? He did draft Muncie and put most of that team together.
Love your videos, but one tip for documentary writing, please find a different way to segue instead of always saying, “Before we talk about X, we need some context to understand...etc”. The transition is implied in the footage you always choose, and you choose it well. You can drop us into a new context by saying the date, and narrative story build from there. Really, your videos are great, but hearing that identical transition is the only thing that could be better. And I’ve watched A LOT of your videos in a short span of time. Keep up the great work.
Later on, He was found by the Chargers and had a couple of more productive seasons.
And his shatter proof glasses went on to have a career all of it's own
He was always productive ... the Chargers had Chandelier as well ... both made the Pro Bowl as a Saint.
Chuck Muncie and Tony Galbrearh - Thunder and Lightning - great backfield duo for the Saints in the late 1970s.
1. This isn’t the first time Official Jaguar Gator 9 made a draft video about a strange moment involving the saints as he made a video about a time the saints and lions argued about who owned the 13th pick. ruclips.net/video/oirNzge5ID0/видео.html
2. Not a video made my Official Jaguar Gator 9, but in 1995 and 1996 two CFL teams drafted a dead person.
2. Yep, I’ve read about that. He was an American who had died in a car crash in Canada without anybody in football realizing it. His name escapes me, unfortunately.
@Jesse Krill Incorporated - thanks.
One of the very underrated players of his era.
He could have been an all-time great.
I was glad that he did turn his life around after he had substance abuse problems.
There’s (yet another) oddity about Muncie. In 1984, the dolphins had injuries at RB and traded with San Diego to get him....only he failed his drug test and the trade was rescinded. And the dolphins wound up getting Pete Johnson instead...
He was from my hometown but a little before my time. Too bad he couldn't escape the off-field stuff. He is a legend here, though.
BTW side note, this is like the 14th video in a row we've had this music track, and I still love it :D
The Saints oddest draft moment was when they selected a punter in the first round of the 1979 draft.
Did you know that in 1974 the Buffalo Sabres drafted Taro Tsujimoto of the Tokyo Katanas of the JIHL? Just one problem: he doesn't exist.
Japan has Hockey? 🤨
@@luisreyes1963 There are several videos on RUclips about it. Basically, the Sabres brass was annoyed with the way the league was conducting the 74 Draft and they did it as a joke. The NHL was not amused. And, yes, they do play hockey in Japan There is a league with a Tokyo franchise, but not named Katanas.
The Rickey Williams draft was the strangest
I would like to see one on Demetrius Underwood, a number one pick of the Vikings in 1999. Denny Green was a self-proclaimed genius.
Ahh yes 70s football 😍😄
I mean it was the Saints in the 1970s, I'd do whatever possible to get out of it
agree
Great video! Yah got a new subscriber
As an infant, Muncie was 0 for 0 in passing attempts, which means that...
Uh, no
Sounds a lot like Johnny Football...
Muncie had a better career.
8:55 Look at the fuckin hang time on that spike. Sweet jesus!
Chuck was great at Cal . I heard he was a weed boy ( sales ) pretty common use after the Vietnam war etc . Chuck really did well with the Chargers . He liked to carry the ball like a loaf of bread or carrying a suitcase. Big and fast : great hands
Amazing player, remarkable person, may he RIP
I've seen Rickey Williams' name in the comments, but not for the reason I was thinking...Muncie may have had the same issues, but "social anxiety" was not a term oft used two decades prior.
Nawww ... just love his coke ...
He was a talent...
Glad he was able to turn his life around before he died
Always loved watching Chuck carry the ball, especially when he went to the Chargers. Too bad he couldn’t stay off the coke. Ruined him
Can you please do one one on My child hood hero The Great " CURTIS MARTIN " The most underrated & underappreaciated running back of all Tim. Second on rushing rushing yards to the legend Barry Sanders at least he was when I stopped watching Pro football in 2007. Thank you.
Man Muncie was great in college
Chuckie Mucie, do you have your horn-rimmed glasses? I got 'em, coach!
Did Archie Manning EVER have ANY quality linemen with the Saints?
You never draft a player unless you know for sure that they are alive.
Um...er...at least the Saints didn't draft a dead man?
He Chuck Muncie was from Cal and was a Heiseman Candidate drafted by the Ants now called New Orlean Saints but losing seasons of 70's had Archie Manning 21 losing seasons and got Chuck Muncie and Wes Chandler to be traded 1980 to than Air Coryell San Diego Chargers and had a great season scored 19 td rushing touchdowns could caught did coke on the sidelines got suspended and out of the league.
Nothing will ever compare in weirdness to the Ricky Williams draft.
Saints would have been stupid to not draft Muncie, who, as these highlights go a long way toward showing, was by far the most talented player in the draft. If Muncie had had Dickerson's OL to run behind, we'd be talking about Muncie as one of the greatest, if not the greatest, RB in NFL history....240 lbs with jets that make Derrick Henry look like an Edsel...
Not making excuses, but Muncie did have to endure a lot of bigotry and bullshit when he was in New Orleans.
Typical Saints, Who Dat?!
Well I was born and raise in New Orleans I’ve been a fan since I was seven years old I’m currently 51 years old and my aunt dated him for a little time! For the record strictly booty call and she’ll be amid it! Chuck Mumsie had a drug addiction not quite the type that had you in a crackhouse but the type that he was going binges a literally disappear for days and sinks were well aware of it but it was a different era where guys using drugs was not seen as a big deal! He had a very good career with the Saints and with the San Diego chargers not a Hall of Famer but multiple pro bowl appearances
How the hell did Griffin win a 2nd straight Heisman when Muncie had him beat in every category? Sounds like Muncie and a half dozen other RB contenders were robbed.
Why do I remember Muncie wearing 46
He wore 42 in college and with the Saints, but wore 46 with the Chargers.
He was 42 for The Saints and 46 for The Chargers.
The saints at that time could have disappeared from the draft and no one would have noticed. That was the 'aint' era when paper bags were chic to wear to aint games.
John Mecom didn't care about winning he wanted cash that's why they never won the entire time he was owner stunts like this was commonplace i'm sure with the Saints soon as he sold the team we started winning
Sounds like Mike Brown for my Beloved Bengals. Hell, at least years later you got a Super Bowl, and are good, we're still dogshit.
Chuck was doing the blow but you know Chuck was a good runner but he didn’t see it becuz of the drugs George Rogers the Saints team around time some was on the junk but take nothing from Chuck he was better than people know.. his name is well known
I dont know if I think Muncie more of as a Saint or Charger
He was both
Charger because of the playoff teams there
His most explosive moments on a football field were as a Saint. As a Charger, his athleticism had declined, but he was still a nice complementary piece to Air Coryell....
He might have been hiding from the police maybe cuz he was a bad boy
In 1968 my patriots almost drafted a dead guy 😆
We need a video discussing how Muncie and the rest of the ‘Coke Saints’ testified against teammate and fellow RB Mike Strachan, sending him to prison.
Chuck Muncie did NOT want to be a SAINT.
I guess you missed the part where the guy said that the LA Rams tried to get in contact with Chuck Muncie also but he was nowhere to be found also.
I think he would've want to play for the Rams since he was a California guy and the Rams were always a real good team in the 70s
@@pp3k3jamail I didn't know the Rams were interested. Muncie behind that Rams OL would have been amazing...
45 Years Ago
Heard a quote from a former nfl player that said if you hit Muncie hard a few times he would quit trying. Says a lot about a mans character
Cover Eli Herring's story
JG9: If you ask people who the best offensive player in the history of Cal football is, it will likely be….Bartkowski or Muncie.
Aaron Rodgers: Am I a freakin JOKE to you?
JG9 did say in the seventies.
@@tygrkhat4087 he said “especially if you were a fan in the 70s”
joe roth. followed up bartkowski but never got a chance to that.
1. Muncie 2. Rodgers 3. Desean Jackson 4. Cam Jordan 5. Bartkowski 6. Gonzalez 7. Lynch 8. Asomugha 9. Jahvid Best 10. Wesley Walker
Typicall millennial. Back then the draft wasn’t like it is now. Guys weren’t waiting by the phone seeing who drafted them. In 83 the Raiders had no idea that Don Mosebar had back surgery a week or so before the draft. There are plenty of stories like that. They didn’t do background checks either. Most of the stuff player got into trouble for were swept under the rug.
You do realize that most millennials are in their 40s now. Why do people still use millennials as like a joke that's like so 10 years ago.
Most of the people who do RUclips videos are a part of Gen Z. This guy in the video sounds like he's in his mid or late 20s
@@pp3k3jamail it also applies to Gen Z. Both generations don’t know history nor like this guy makes mountains out of mole hills. He is under 30. He said in one video, maybe something that happened in 96 or 97, he wasn’t even born when this happened.
@@Lawomenshoops If you want us to learn NFL history, these videos are a pretty good way to do it. Sorry we weren't innately born with the spirit of 1970's football.
@@Lawomenshoops You sound a little upset, my friend! Maybe I should order you some avocado toast and have it delivered to you via UberEats 😅