Jetfan13 Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 At 8 pm..A look at his life and career. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joewillie2k12 Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 Imagine the New York Jets QB as the biggest star in the sporting world and the most talented passer in the NFL--u'll see it tonite . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeWillie Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 I believe its 9:00pm EST ... Hour and a half documentary. All you youngin's that have a hard time believing how great Namath was ... tune in tonight to HBO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sg3 Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 I'll be watching the NHL skills competitons.... is the Namath story going to be rebroadcast? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vudu Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 Watching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billo83 Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 It was really good, better than I had anticipated. Learned a few things. A must see for true Jets fans. If only we could have Joe in his prime right now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeWillie Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 I thought it was very well done ... really brought back some of the feelings I had watching Namath play as a kid. The documentary really captured what a phenomenal all-around athlete this guy really was before he tore his knees up. It's just a sports travesty that this guy really never got to play a single season as a pro, healthy. If he had been able to play with even mediocre legs, who knows what he would have accomplished. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billo83 Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 I thought it was very well done ... really brought back some of the feelings I had watching Namath play as a kid. The documentary really captured what a phenomenal all-around athlete this guy really was before he tore his knees up. It's just a sports travesty that this guy really never got to play a single season as a pro, healthy. If he had been able to play with even mediocre legs, who knows what he would have accomplished. Very true. It's a shame that a lot of people (even Jets fans) don't think he was that great because he didn't throw for 4.000 yards every season. If they knew what a great athlete and leader he truly was, they'd have a better appreciation. He was larger than life in that era. I'd like to see even today's athletes play with the injuries that he had and still dominate the way he did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirlancemehlot Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 to think what the NFL would be today without the celebrity of "Broadway Joe". And I laugh when some folks look at stats alone and say he shouldn't be in the Hall of Fame. Nobody was more famous, and did more for the league than the crippled Hungarian from Beaver Falls. And the guy wasn't just a helluva passer. He was a coach on the field who called all of his own plays. Every damned one. And the best part: He was a New York Jet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNJet Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 Great show, great player....jets legend..forever. We love you Joe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Schmidt Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 Joe changed the sport...for sure, BUT many here on this forum would have BASHING him for all the interceptions he threw. In the begining of the 1968 season, the Super Bowl season, he had 12 interceptions in the first 5 games. His teamates told him we need to be more of a running team. LOVE joe saw him many times. had season tickets at Shea, one tough man with his knees. Mickey Mantle and Joe Namath we can never imagine what they could have been. In the HBO special, my Dad's picture is in there, good to see you Dad I miss you! RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afosomf Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 Awesome Show, well done HBO. My idol growing up. Thank gawd he turned down Cardinals offer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonEJet Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 Excellent...had me tearing up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smashmouth Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 Excellent...had me tearing up Had me tearing up as well..... I love Joe Willie, and went to every game at Shea from 72 on then stopped going when the Jets moved to Giants stadium. Sure Shea was a sh*thole but it just had a feel that was lost in Giants stadium. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bergen Jet Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 Very true. It's a shame that a lot of people (even Jets fans) don't think he was that great because he didn't throw for 4.000 yards every season. If they knew what a great athlete and leader he truly was, they'd have a better appreciation. He was larger than life in that era. I'd like to see even today's athletes play with the injuries that he had and still dominate the way he did. They don't realize that he had the record for yards in a season, a record that stood for about a decade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jet27 Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 I posted in another thread that if we had Namath in his prime these past 3-4 years...we would have been in or won all of them. Namath in his prime today as the rules are, would have thrown for 6,000 yards.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jet27 Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 And I hope that some of the newbees realize what an icon he was....believe me when I say, Namath in his prime (without injury) blows away..Brady, Brees, Rogers and whoever else is throwing the ball...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sg3 Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 (without injury)???? oh I get it, if he had played his whole career with great knees and no other injuries.... because with his real knees and injuries in his real career he wasn't as good as Unitas, Montana, Bradshaw, Staubach, Marino, Elway or any of the three you named in your post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jet27 Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 (without injury)???? oh I get it, if he had played his whole career with great knees and no other injuries.... because with his real knees and injuries in his real career he wasn't as good as Unitas, Montana, Bradshaw, Staubach, Marino, Elway or any of the three you named in your post Your dreaming dude......I get it you don't like Namath, cause he called out your boy Fat man..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sg3 Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 he wasn't even in the same area code with any of those quarterbacks sorry --- he was a great Jet quarterback, maybe in the top 10 but not any higher than that BTW, just so we can keep track you hate Sanchez, you hate Ryan, you hate Tannenbaum, that we know.... can you give us a short list of the 2 or 3 current Jets you don't hate to guide us in keeping track of your posting efforts... Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jet27 Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 he wasn't even in the same area code with any of those quarterbacks sorry --- he was a great Jet quarterback, maybe in the top 10 but not any higher than that BTW, just so we can keep track you hate Sanchez, you hate Ryan, you hate Tannenbaum, that we know.... can you give us a short list of the 2 or 3 current Jets you don't hate to guide us in keeping track of your posting efforts... Thanks First off, I never said I hate Rex, second I never said I hate Sanchez....and if you really paid attention to my posting styles...you would know I am the one that says give Sanchez a chance (except when it comes to having a QB like Manning)....third your entitled to your opinion...even if its wrong. I just don't like talk without the walk (and that's Rex now). That's not me...if I say I am going to kick your a$$, I do it. I don't talk about it and then I get my a$$ whipped. I am a Jets fan through and through team comes first always will....you just don't like the fact that "someone" would question the all knowing oz I mean Rex.....get over it dude....and Namath has the balls to speak the truth....problem is people don't like the truth....anyway its your opinion. Your entitled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bitonti Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 the story of joe namath is like the bible for me. It happened before I was born, it was supposedly amazing, and it's a matter of faith that it can happen again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustInFudge Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 the story of joe namath is like the bible for me. It happened before I was born, it was supposedly amazing, and it's a matter of faith that it can happen again. So well put. I just listen to the stories from my Pops and just hope we can experience something similar. It wont be the magnitude of him because he was like nothing before but just the joy of knowing you got the man and a winner. Would be nice. I tell ya, I hear about how some say Namath was overrated, yadayada - obvioulsy I never saw him play but when you watch those throw back games...he's form, technique, spin, was unreal. Guy just looked the part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt39 Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 Namath was the reason my Father became a Jets fan, so he's pretty much he reason I'm a Jets fan. I'm sure that holds true for a lot of us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bitonti Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 I tell ya, I hear about how some say Namath was overrated, yadayada - obvioulsy I never saw him play but when you watch those throw back games...he's form, technique, spin, was unreal. Guy just looked the part. the footballs he threw looked like they were launched out of a cannon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faba Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 Amazing what he could have accomplished if he did not have those knee problems Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afosomf Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 the footballs he threw looked like they were launched out of a cannon. Namath was awesome, they asked maynard about catching one of his throws, black and blue all over his arms. Got to C Namath play in his last yr of Bama b4 knee injury. Incredible talent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joewillie2k12 Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 Lots of sudo Jet fans here--More like D-head lifer forum smucks---Joe is the NY Jets! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kentucky Jet Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 I posted in another thread that if we had Namath in his prime these past 3-4 years...we would have been in or won all of them. Namath in his prime today as the rules are, would have thrown for 6,000 yards.... AGREED! There was only one Broadway Joe and he was great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jet27 Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 Lots of sudo Jet fans here--More like D-head lifer forum smucks---Joe is the NY Jets! Yes and exactly... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jet27 Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 AGREED! There was only one Broadway Joe and he was great! Yes and thanks!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kentucky Jet Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 the story of joe namath is like the bible for me. It happened before I was born, it was supposedly amazing, and it's a matter of faith that it can happen again. Bit it will happen again. have faith. I was a huge Joe fan and still am. I was woorking at Hofstra when Jets camp was on. Joe would be out there in pain throwing darts! He'd walk off the field in obvious pain. BUT if there were 300 kids there waiting for autographs, Joe signed for everyone and smiled and greeted each kid. He was and is a hero in my opinion. I remember him making a tackle ina preseason game and being injured severley. Yet that was JOE NAMATH. He hated to lose even in a preseason game! Speaking of which the disrespect that the Gianis players gave him after he won SB3 disgusted me and to this day I hate the Giaints . When we beat them at the Yale Bowl the following year it was as good as winning the Super Bowl. The high and mighty Giaints were soundly defeated by the upstarts who happened to be World Champs! Screw the Giaints! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finnstompdemjets Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 As a loyal jets fan I must admit that the jets suck ballz bad...and namoth is a dried up old piece of sh*t Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kentucky Jet Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 the footballs he threw looked like they were launched out of a cannon. and they were very accurate as well. I saw him throwing after practice several times . he would set up a tire at different distances. it was suspended from pole. Joe would throw the ball through the tire from many different distances. it was almost always a rope. Joe was as accurate as they came. He also had classic touch on the ball. Joe to passing deep to Maynard or Sauer were things of beauty! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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