The story of Todd Christensen, the forgotten or nearly forgotten tight end
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- Опубликовано: 19 янв 2024
- The story of Todd Christensen, the forgotten or nearly forgotten tight end
When talking about tight ends in the 1980s, most people remember Kellen Winslow, who earned All-Pro honors five times, made five Pro Bowl appearances, led the league in receptions twice, and achieved over 1,000 receiving yards for three consecutive seasons. He was also elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
However, the Raiders also had a notable tight end in the '80s, perhaps even better than Winslow. This player was Todd Christensen. Todd and Winslow had almost identical resumes, with the only difference being that Winslow stood out as a tight end in the 1980s, while Todd won two Super Bowl rings.
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This man should be in the HOF. RIP
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Well, if he belongs in there, so does fellow TE Russ Francis, who played longer for the Patriots (twice), and 49ers, for 4-5 seasons, and won Super Bowl XIX. His career receiving yards aren't that far behind Christiansen's and ironically, he couldve accumulated more stats if he hadn't originally decided to retire prematurely after the 1980 season due to NE's ownership not paying him his promised bonus, plus the nagging, PTSD memories of Stingley's paralysis injury at Oakland in a August 1978 preseason game.
When Todd Christiansen would do NFL games on Network TV, I have never heard someone speak so eloquently and explained the game where you could understand. Man I Miss Him!!
Sadly, these things are no longer encouraged today.
So true, Todd Christiansen was very well spoken and intelligent.
Todd Christensen was tough as nails, i grew up watching him and the Raiders in the 80's. Also he used to make some really spectacular & tough catches
He was 3rd &Renfro before Renfro.
Toddzilla should be in the Hall of Fame ☠️
Todd Christensen and Jim Plunket, both belong ih The Hall of Fame.
THAT'S CORRECT...BOTH BELONG IN THE HALL OF FAME. BUT THE NFL ALWAYS HATED THE RAIDERS BECAUSE AL DAVIS ALWAYS BEAT THE NFL IN COURT...
I agree.Jim Plunkett is my favorite Raider of all time.Both deserve hall of fame
Todd was a very good player. Not HOF material. Only had 4 good seasons
He did more in 4 seasons than some players do in a career
@@edpinkerton7947Terrell Davis only had 4 good seasons and he's in the hall
Ive never forgotten Todd Christiensen, One of the best Raiders ever, A converted running back who didn't make it with two teams (Dallas, NY Giants) and the Raiders convinced him to play tight and and all he did was catch everything that came his way and held a tight end record for receptions with 95 for 9 years, Christiensen had an amazing ability to get open, I remember how Merlin Olsen on telecasts used to talk about Christiensen finding a dead spot in the opponent's defense and Plunkett or Wilson would find him. Todd Christensen was a terrific player.
This is yet another reason about why I want nothing to do with the NFL. Christiansen was unstoppable!
Todd Christensen was the best tight end of his era, and my favorite TE in Raider history. He absolutely deserves induction into the HoF.
HALL OF FAME!!!! RIP. RAIIIDERS!!!!
He should be in the hall of fame! Gone to soon what a great raider
If they ever make a film about the Raiders from that era, instantly must-watch list. Those teams were incredible from 66-85.
When I started watching the NFL in 1983 I tried to cheer for any team who played the Raiders. Then #46 got my attention. What a player, to me he was unassuming but you knew he would make a difference. Now, the Raiders have been my team for a lot of years now and all because of Todd Christiansen. There were other players who made a difference but #46 was the player I gravitated to. He should be in The Hall. Simple as that.
Raider fan since Daryl Lamonica & Billy Cannon days - Todd Christensen is one of my all-time favorite Raider. Not only was he a fantastic football player, I felt he was one of the most insightful eloquent & intelligent football analyst on NBC and CBS. Physically & mentally gifted - passed away far too soon.
i would just like to take the time to thank you for showing the present raiders fans when and who made the true raiders mystique which is now called the raider nation. i have been a raiders fan since childhood when this franchise came into existence in 1960 and i lived just across from san leandro blvd from where the coliseum would be built just under a mile away. PRIDE AND POISE. COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE, PRO FOOTBALLS WINNINGEST TEAM, AND NOW JUST WIN BABY. these were not just slogans but a way of life and playing the game of football for the raiders players of that time. todd was only an oakland raider for a short time but became very successful in L.A. i agree this man should be in the HOF. it took KEN STABLER to pass away to get in the HOF. what a shame. it is true that the NFL has it out for the raiders to this very day. it is almost proven in every game that they play. i will be a raiders fan till the day i die. BORN IN OAKLAND AND WILL BE BURIED IN OAKLAND. i would just like to end with this. LAS VEGAS may have the team now, but AL DAVIS rests in peace in OAKLAND. go raiders.
I'll never forget Todd Christensen (and I'm sure there are thousands just like me) and I'm not even a Raider fan. Christensen was a real good ball player, a shining personality, and a very good announcer. In my opinion, Brock Huard sounds so much like him when he announces a game (his vocal tone, not his dialogue), that I sometimes think it's actually Todd himself, although my rational mind quickly brings me back to reality knowing that unfortunately, Todd is no longer with us.
Todd Christensen is a deserving Hall of Famer. He was a top TE for 6 years. Most people remember him as a commentor.
From Philly, growing up with early 80’s NFL, mad respect for #46.
He was a great player and a good announcer RIP 35
I never forgot Todd. He was a beast.
Todd definitely belongs in the hall of Fame
Gone toooooo soon ... he is missed!
He suffers the same treatment that players like Cliff Branch, Jim Plunkett suffered…. The fact that he was a Raider hurts him and moreover the fact that he was a refurbished Fullback forced to convert to Tight End doesn’t help his legacy? But like someone said…. Todd Christiansen’s resume and legacy is on the grass … that right there speaks for itself…..He stacks up favorably compared to Kellen Winslow in addition to the Super Bowls .. which Kellen has a big 🍩 .. and yet he’s in the HOF…. Politics at its worst…. Just Saying……….. Appreciate the video. RIP # 46. 🙏
Todd was my guy growing up . Raiders for life and i cried so much when he died
Great player. Smart guy. Much more than a football player. Should be in the HOF.
When the Colts exited Baltimore in 1983, left without a hometown football team, I became n LA Raiders fan, primarily because the Raiders beat the Redskins in the Super Bowl. Baltimore fans resented being force fed SKins games on local telecasts. Christensen became my favorite TE and naturally Marcus Allen my favorite running back, though I loved Bo Jackson. Christensen was a great TE. I’d hear his name called over and over again making catches as I watched late east coast Raiders games with Merlin Olson and Dick Enberg doing the play by play for NBC. Good times.
Great player, God bless him. RIP
One of the all time greats!
Todd should be in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, he was a real Raider, and a outstanding TE in the NFL
RIP Todd Christensen, and God Bless Warenski Funeral Home for how respectfully they conducted the service.
Following one of Football’s great Tight Ends, Dave Casper, he was truly an intuitive, tough player. As a Bears fan, and with another ‘trailblazing’ BYU QB Jim McMahon, I believe we’d have had another SB with Todd as ‘Bear’.
Gone too soon, with a talent with undeniable charisma!!
Damn good player ,
Todd Christensen you were the best TE I watched play with the RAIDERS until you retired you were the best!
Thank you for all those times you sacrificed yourself for football and the RAIDERS. You are Hall of fame football star period.
Todd Christensen was a great player and deserves to be in the Hall of Fame! But Kellen Winslow Sr. was just otherworldly. He had always been great! He was great in High School and College where he was a first team ALL-AMERICA at University of Missouri. He was a first round draft pick at #13 to the San Diego Chargers and a starter from the beginning. He was first team ALL-PRO 3x and 2nd team 2x with 5 Pro Bowls. He was a basically a big wide receiver playing TE. And he was dominant! If you ever watched him there were games where it seemed like he was the best player on the field. He could take a pass from across the middle and hit his head on the goal posts from 80 yards. Did I mention he is both the College and Pro Football Hall of Fames with both jerseys retired! He was just outstanding. The first true pass catching tight end I remember the Monday night game against the Miami Dolphins in 1982 probably the greatest game ever and he was legendary. He never won a Super Bowl but he was so great along with a tragic injury that really cut short a truly legendary career. There's no telling where his numbers would be if not for that horrendous knee injury. Yes, Todd Christensen is long overdue for the Hall but personally, I think Kellen Winslow Sr. was a teir above! Kellen Winslow is on both the NFL'S 75th and 100th Anniversary teams! And the 1980's All-Decade team! R.I.P. Todd Christensen.
As great as he was as a football player, he was just as great as a color analyst on TV. He belongs in both Halls of Fame.
Met him once (when he dropped in our church unexpectedly). He was polite and unassuming - even when I got star struck (and I was in my 40s). I didn't recognize him at first (who expects to meet him at church in Lakeport, Ca?). When I noticed he was a visitor I went up and said hello and introduced myself. He shook my hand in a very friendly fashion and said his name. It was only then I recognized him and said something kind of dumb ("Like number 46 has been good to me Todd Christensen?"). Seemd like a very nice down to earth man.
I was lucky enough to get to know Todd some during a year that I was at BYU and he was a church leader there. Very nice guy. Always had time for everyone and made me feel like his friend. Very intelligent guy too. Always learning a new word each day and letting us know what it was.
Being a Steelers die hard since 1972 ,the Raiders deserve their own wing in Canton. The Steelers and the Dolphins had to go through Oakland before reaching the Super Bowl. The Raiders had to go through us to win their own Lombardi
Another great one over looked by the HOF, R.I.P.
He was a helluva player. The league standard at his position (along w/ K Winslow, SD). He is definitely HOF worthy. Much like C Branch did, he suffers from the stigma of being a Raider.
I met Todd at a Raiders autograph show at the Orleans Las Vegas, many years ago. Very nice guy and one great player.
My pops favorite player back in the day. Sometimes I’m envious he got to watch them at the coliseum when they were down here in LA and put a good product on the field and a Super Bowl trophy. Looking forward to a Jim Plunkett and Tom Flores video next
I remember listening to his interviews, and not understanding half the words he was using. Brilliant man.
Todd C is definitely a HOF......his numbers dont lie!!!!
Great football player
he is a good man
THIS GUY WAS A BEAST!!!! WHEN I WAS A KID.....
Veterans committee needs to get on it!! Christiansen is HOF worthy!!😊😊
Been a Raiders fan since 1967, Raiders have been ripped so many times in playoffs and every where else pete Rosezell thanks a lot, todd & Dave two of the tight ends ever. Just win baby S.D.H.
Best
Todd should definitely be in the hall of Fame as should a lot of other Raiders and other players
I remember this guy , he was a beast
I'm a chiefs fan but this man in my opinion ONE OF THE BEST TE EVER RIP TOOD HE A TOP 10 TE
I'm 50 so I got 2 him play he has always been top 5to me
He was a pretty good announcer. He did a fine job during the 1992 Olympics.
I had no idea Todd wasn’t a hall of famer. I just assumed he was! I remember watching him play and there was no doubt at that time that he and Winslow were the best at their positions. He was a dominant tight end! He belongs in the hall!
No question a HOF career. A pass catching TE ahead of his time. His contemporaries with similar statistics are in even without Super Bowl wins. Canton needs to shake itself.
Todd Christensen definitely belongs in the HOF
Todd was a excellent tight end with 2 Superbowl Rings.
Great Raider ☠️🏈🇺🇸😇
Him and Jim Plunket both deserve to be in the H.O.F.!
Broncos had a TE that played just like him and he was a look at the future he should be HOF it's a crime if he isn't in soon
The Man was a bright star for such a short time. Nevertheless, he is a HOF!! A ture under dog story and a Raider!!
Thanks for the video. He was a great player. I wonder whether he has been excluded from the Hall of Fame because the Raiders of that era had so many other players who have gotten more attention.
As a Broncos fan in the 80s, Todd Christenson was a problem for us. A major problem.
It's criminal that Todd Christensen is not enshrined in the Hall of Fame. Compare his stats to Winslow & Sharpe! TC is a legit HOFr!!!!
He was like Witten in the sense that He made big catches but he COULD NOT RUN THE BALL TO SAVE HIS LIFE, NEVER THE FOCUS OF THE DEFENSE... PS: Big Raiders fan from the 1980's
Todd and another guy deserving HOF and even made the All Decade team of the nineties is Mark Stepnoski. Those two men are so deserving.
Their accolades are identical. Both have 5 pro bowls, both led the league in receptions twice (Todd with the higher numbers), both had 3 1000 yard seasons. Todd picked up two super-bowl rings. The Raiders had better running backs than the Chargers so Todd’s play was not as pronounced but he was still a major contributor as he lead the all receivers including the wide receivers. He should be in the Hall of Fame 100%. His numbers are better than Raider hall of fame Dave Casper.
Dude was a beast. I love wearing my 46.
To a raiders fan he is not forgotten JUST WIN BABY 💪
Raiders fan of 48 years. I'm going to say no to #46 being better than #80. Just by stats alone. Winslow played in 28 less games and had 80 more receptions and 869 more yards than Todd Christensen. You should never hang your hat on one game when evaluating two great players, but what Winslow did in Miami in that playoff game called "Epic in Miami" was unbelievable. That game was 4 hours long in the scorching heat. He could barely walk at the end of the overtime (13 catches w/ 166 yards and a blocked FG). I watched that game. I'm sorry, but #46 couldn't have done that, imo. Winslow was just built different, but Christensen represented the logo on the side of our helmets with honor like a warrior! Great work teaching the younger Raider Nation about our past. If you're young and newer to football go back and watch "Epic in Miami". Top ten game I've ever watched for me. Just two heavyweights slugging it out. I believe the Dolphins had that "Killer B's" defense, it was a nasty D. ( I've watched 1,000's of games and my memory isn't what it was, lol ).
Side note: In 48 years I've never been more excited about the next Autumn Wind!
JUST WIN, BABY
BYU and Raider legend. NFL commentator and American Gladiators play by play guy. He should be in the NFL HoF. Not because of American Gladiators however.
Had the Cowboys kept this guy they might have won another SB.
Highly doubt he would have dropped a wide open touchdown.
Dallas wanted him to play tight end. He refused. He wanted to be a running back. I guess the Raiders coerced him into the tight end position. (They called him Godzilla in the Cowboys training camp).
He was a beast in tecmo bowl
Todd Christiansen Career Stats
5x Pro Bowler
2x All-Pro
2x Second-team All-Pro
2x SB Champion
2x Reception Leader
5872 Yards
41 TDs
461 Rec
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Kellen Winslow
5x Pro Bowler
3x All-Pro
Second-team All Pro
2x Reception Leader
6741 Yards
45 TDs
541 Rec
He was a great one
The Billy Cannon formula, converting to tight-end, Todd was brilliant, similar to Deebo
I loved Christensen
Todd Christensen has a son who has a tribute video to him. Channel is TC46 I believe. Hopefully he sees this video.
He caught everything. He caught anything.
#46 in SILVER & BLACK is THE BEST TIGHTEND IN THE HISTORY OF PRO FOOTBALL!!!;!
I remember Todd Christensen. I didn't remember Kellen Winslow.
He had such a command of the English language he could easily been an attorney.
He's a Hall of Famer and the Judge
Crazy how this just came out, because just a few weeks back I put Todd on my list of great tight ends, who I would take over arena league- kelce. Travis would not be great in Christensen's and Winslows NFL!
I have never heard of this guy. Personally, I think the HOF in every sport is nothing more than a popularity contest. There are other athletes or coaches that have accumulated records and performances but somehow are overlooked.
You could tell Nick N was playing him in North Dallas 40
I guess being a Raider has its drawbacks ! The curse of Pete Rozelle is on the Raiders
The mullet alone might put him in.
I used to like this guy as a commentator.
Whoa. He died?! Must've missed that.
Politics of the nfl…in a nutshell. There lies the problem. Come on … put this amazement in canton !!
the players that played with/against him know he's hof period
Yes, but Christiansen is forever in Tecmo Bowl. 👍
Well, maybe if he had dated a world wide known pop star ...
He wasn't rejected by the Cowboys, he thought he was a better Back then the guy they had, and his name was "Tony Dorsett" and that wasn't going to happen
Dam shame he never made the Hall of Fame.
What writers did he piss off?
Todd was OJ’s party buddy after the murder he disappeared
Jim Plunkett should be in the hall of fame. Tod Christianson, the hall of very good.
Didn't Brigam Young have a bunch of wives ? He said ,'I dont care how you brigam , but brigem young'
I hate to sound like conspiracy theorist but the reason he, Plunket, and even Stabler (I know he got in posthumously but he should have been a first rounder) were ignored by the HOF is because the Raiders have always been hated by the NFL
cause he was a raider