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- Elliot Harrison delves into how one dropped pass in the 1987 NFC Championships sparked a dynasty and changed the way the NFL perceived African-American quarterbacks.
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The Vikings are like the NFL’s stepping stone to Glory. Can’t be great without stepping on the Vikings.
indeed fml
Staubach agreed “Hail Mary”!
Steelers win their first of 6 against Minnesota. The AFL merger with the NFL is proven legitimate with the Chiefs routing the Vikes in SB 4 (jets winning the year before helps too). Saints and Eagles win the SuperBowl after beating the Vikings in the NFC title game. In Super Bowl 52 Derek Barnett, the draft pick the Vikings gave for Sam Bradford, made the strip sack that would help Philly win.
Every SB winner since 2013, except for the 2016 patriots, have beaten the Vikings that season
@@tedwunderlich2741 lol the Chiefs beat them with a backup quarterback.
Darryl Green broke his rib during that return and still took it to the house (actually broke it at 1:35 when he jumped over a guy; you can see him grab his rib at 1:37). One of the greatest returns ever.
Sir Aaron Rowell You're right...torn cartilage...but still a great play considering he was injured.
Correct, Green injured his rib on the return and was rather limited for the rest of the game. Too bad McMahon stunk that game and couldn't take advantage. That was the best chance the Bears had on winning another Super Bowl.
Green was the defender on the last pass as well. What a great player he was.
and this was something he rarely did. This was before Brian Mitchell, so it was a real gamble by Gibbs.
Btw you spelt his named wrong it’s Darrell not Daryl
This game reminded me how much I miss Summerall/Madden GOAT.
Benjamin Raimo I use to watch games just to hear their voices. They really are the best of all time.
Yeah great memories watching in the 80's in the UK!
They defined the moment only a few broadcasters achieved in my life time .
so true!
Me too.
I love Doug Williams. I have 3 of his jerseys, 1 signed. He also came to my 17th birthday dinner by coincidence. He had some of my birthday cake and sat at my table. I love his story and is one of my favorite players.
This is my first comment but I mean imagine the NFL with out all the great African Americans, like Doug Williams, Walter Payton, and Willie Lanier. But there’s no way he can to your 17th bday by coincidence
@@hr1654 it happened. I would post pics but cant do that in YT comments
I mean ok he came to your 17th bday but I mean coincidentally nah
Btw I’m not a furry/edgy I made this and it just copied from an acc I made when I was like 7 or 8
@@hr1654 it was. We went there for Peirre Garcon cus he was doing a signing at a pizza place he owned. We were originally gonna go to Olive Garden but then we heard about the signing and decided to go there.
1987 NFC title game was a helluva good defensive battle .. great game
funkyflights. I
@D K E nah man you are not
Damn, I gotta get this Anthony Carter in fantasy
Before Cris Carter, Anthony Carter was the go to wide receiver for the Vikings.
Take a flyer on him early...Its a contract year so he is poised to have a great season
Fantasy football is GAY.
@@ronaldtartaglia4459 what makes it gay?
you mean football D&D
Anthony Carter still has the NFL record in playoffs vs the 9er's with 10 / 227 yds !! the BEST victory as a Viking fan I ever had in those 40 years !!
Mike Tice's very average 9-7 team beating the Packers in the Wild Card Round in 2004 is one of my favorites just because of how unexpected it was. I had no expectations for that team.
Eric Moulds actually broke it a long time ago. But Moulds did it in garbage time in a blow out loss.
@@SwitcherooU gave #84 one more chance to "Moss" the Packers. 🏉
Anthony Cater is A Michigan Wolverine Legend.
That was our Superbowl.
Another sad Vikings playoff lost to add to the memory.
Yep
Half the team came down with the cold or flu-like symptoms(?) leading up to this game. Vikings safety Joey Browner was puking into a bucket during player introductions.
Go Pack
This was January 17 1988 on the same day in 1999 the Vikings lost to the Falcons
Honest, part of me wonders what if they had been let go to LA instead of spending millions on a stadium and still not winning rings...
...the first black quarterback to be asked during Super Bowl week how long has he been a black quarterback; also this game is often overshadowed because of the Earnest Byner fumble on the very same day.
Broncos / NY Giants Fan For Life here. Oh, how I remember that. I saw that interview, and once Doug Williams was asked that question, I just KNEW right then and there that he would play his absolute best, which he did. I felt that the Broncos had a reasonable chance to stay in the game, especially after the AFC Championship game victory against Cleveland when Earnest Byner was stripped of the football heading in for a touchdown late in that game. However, once that reporter asked that ridiculous and insulting question, I knew that those players would rally around "Doug E. Fresh", as he was referred to by Redskins fans here in Washington, D.C. You can imagine how much grief I caught as a DC resident rooting for my favorite AFC team, Denver; and having all of my friends, neighbors, co-workers, supervisors, and even my own parents teasing and taunting me about that game for years. It was all good. My favorite NFC team, the NY Giants, gave me a lot of glorious moments to "return the favor" to those same 'Skins fans over the years. Peace.
That's why I always say E.B. won us TWO super bowls
Todd Biesel ....Ouch
Yes the Browns would have been a much better match up vs the Skins in 87. No way we score 35 in a quarter against them.
Darrell Green was a beast
Mtthew 123 D Jet Stream G
He was a beast held the nfl fastest player title for a while in my opinion best cornerback.
Yes he was. People seem to forget about him and Anenes Williams from the Cardinals. Both HOFers, but also underrated.
Ran an unofficial 4.08 40 yard dash
YouStupid Foo ABSOLUTELY RIGHT! 2nd and 3rd best cornerbacks of the 90s!
Man, vintage sports are awesome
Too bad the NFL doesn't upload full games anymore. It would be nice to hear Madden call this game.
@dexmond817 really? I can't find it
There's tons of games with madden and Redskins on youtube
Why can’t this game be shown on you tube I wonder.?
Too bad that Moon, Cunningham or McNair didn't win a Superbowl, they played their hearts out for most of their career.
Superbowl for Moon? Dude never even won a playoff game. Overrated. Shouldn't be in the HOF. How can a qb be in the HOF without one postseason win.
John Harvey I believe all should definitely get on the HOF ballet.
@@gregakagreat Absolutely
michael vick won plenty of super bowls . so fuk u
Greg da cool one McNair was my favorite QB when I was a kid. Still remember working at my Dad's restaurant and watching him play in the SB on a tiny portable 8" B/W TV.
Man, hearing Frank Herzog's classic "Touchdown, Washington Redskins!" brings back memories of living outside DC during the late '80s glory days. #HTTR
When half the hits on Anthony Carter would be illegal now.
Noah Cootz that’s right. No protection for these guys in those days
It is when men played the game. Not these wuss' who don't want to even have hard practices in this day.
Noah Cootz Only reason Tom Brady has such high stats. Changed the rules so he and this receivers can't be touched.
@@jonlanier_ lol right? Watching these old football games compared to today's penaltyball is something else...
That is real football.
I think that Anthony Carter is one of the most underrated receivers of all time. He a was great wide receiver, but he has unfortunately been forgotten.
The Vikings coaching staff never really utilized his full skill sets after the '87 playoffs. Kind of a shame, and didn't get a legitimate complimentary WR to take the extra coverage off of him until Cris Carter arrived in 1990.
Two of the most underrated HOF-level Wrs played in this game: Anthony Carter and Gary Clark.
Underrated? He's he's in the Hall of Fame
The real most underrated receiver of all time was coincidentally also featured in this video. Gary Clark. Same number of seasons as Carter yet has 213 more catches, for 3,123 more yards, 10 more TD's, & ohh BTW, 2 Super Bowl trophies. Seriously a travesty that Gary Clark isn't in the HOF yet. Also a little FYI - Ricky Sanders has comparable career stats to Anthony Carter...
@@carlspackler8988 i agree, but I understand the sentiment that some HOF are not considered as equals to others. There's WR's before and after him that went into the Hall that people discuss to this day and yet he's rarely mentioned despite his selection. It's probably fair to say he's the Len Dawson of WR's. Hall of Famer who gets too readily forgotten.
I just realized. The first African-American QB to start a super bowl blew out the Broncos. The second African-American QB to start a super bowl blew out the broncos. Haha.
Edit: I meant to put start AND win, but I only replied it so people keep replying correcting me not seeing the reply. Oops. Better to just edit it now I guess.
Sandy Stevens he's black but so is cam newton
To win, not to start. McNair and McNabb also made starts.
WORKSbaby he is talking about Russell Wilson Seahawks Qb when they played vs broncos
TheAlfrulz 😞😞
Russell Wilson was the second to win, not start.
Doug Williams gave the best quarterback performance ever in a Superbowl he will forever be a World Champion and a class act. HTTR!!!!
i don't know about "best ever" but he was 99% perfect with his throws that day. it seemed every throw was exactly where it had to be. if he was a pitcher this would have been a perfect game.
After TB treated him like dirt...
I will never forget how my team lost this game. I watched with my Dad who was die hard Redskins Fan and me a Vikings Fan. Man what a game.
The season that made me a Vikings fan, and made Anthony Carter my favorite player for years.
It was my case... but I also never envisioned the Vikings never winning a ring... heck, Tampa got two and the Saints one and they were tragically bad for ages.
If at any point in the future we have 31 of 32 teams with SB rings, I strongly suspect MN will be THE one WITHOUT one.
And this is why I'm triggered
A Triggered Vikings Fan be ready to get triggered again this weekend
Gary Anderson
Redskins HTTR Vikings kick the Redskins ass though
FUCK'N VIKES " Broke my heart from 1969-2009 !! * ( ESP. in 1998 !! ) I am 55 now have NOT watched the NFL since Farve threw that INT vs the Saints !!
It continues
That 87 Vikings team was underrated
it was a Strike season, but yeah, 8-7 or 8-4 with their normal players (they lost all 3 with Replacement Players). 8-4 isn't bad, but not stellar. They might have won 1 or 2 of those games with their normal players (Green Bay at home, Chicago on the road and Tampa Bay on the road).
Before the Herschel Walker fiasco, Viking GM Mike Lynn put his full ineptitude on display by bringing in the absolute WORST replacement players of all the NFL teams that season. The Vikings didn't make the Super Bowl that year because of their clueless GM.
Wade Wilson was a decent QB. May he rest in peace.
@Reginald Peters: How did Wade Wilson die ?
A lot of USFL players involved in that championship game. Maybe the USFL teams were better than we thought at that time.
I think that the very best talented players the USFL had were playing in this game.
This is why us viking fans have trust issues
it would be a bit like Boston Redsox fans or Chicago Cubs fans after they finally won another World Series. The doubt could be gone. Although in the case of the Vikings, they haven't ever won a Championship.
1987 was shaping up to be a miracle year for Minnesota. First the Twins won the World Series, then the Vikings had a miracle run. It’s too bad that we didn’t win, and frustrating.
Ugh, and thanks for reminding us of the Herschel Walker trade. And Dallas? You’re welcome.
@@AllMediaReviewsPodcast The Vikings did win the NFL Championship in 1969 , the last season before the AFL / NFL merger.
I sympathize with Vikings fans - they had some cool ass teams back in the day, with Joe Kapp, John Gilliam, Chuck Foreman, the People Eaters, Anthony Carter...some great teams and came close often. This loss vs. the ‘Skins was a tough one!
and wonder why the hell we remain Viking fans... it's like they REFUSE to WIN titles.
30 years ago and I still think about this game like it was yesterday. Strike years were good to us. Beating Dallas to go 3-0 with the replacements was great and to win SB was even better. Coming back from 10 down in SB and scoring 42 straight against Denver was unreal lol. Good times
Pat Summerall and John Madden announced this game for CBS. Summerall called the play by play despite having the flu he still did a great job as always.
The late Pat Summerall and John Madden. Unquestionably The Greatest Team Of All Time In The Broadcast Booth.
One of the highlights of my lifetime was being at the Hall of Fame ceremony where Darryl Green and Art Monk took their rightful spots in Canton. The ovation Art Monk got still brings tears to my eyes. Seeing him pass from HOF ballot to ballot and not be inducted was shameful. It makes me so happy to know his legacy, and that of my childhood idol Darryl Green, will live forever in the Hall of Fame. I can still remember the rush of excitement as I watched Darryl Green hurdle over a defender and score a touchdown on that punt return. Its a moment, much liike Riggins 4th down run against Miami, that will live in my head forever. HTTR
Perfect throw he just DROPPED it!!
And Nelson blamed everyone else for it. Said that the pass from Wilson came in too hot, and Carter broke off his route which drew Darrell Green over to him.
You can see why Carter broke off his route, he wanted to be there because he knew Nelson would probably butcher it and maybe he could get the deflection. And I dont get why everyone acts like that play would have won the game. It would have only tied it with the extra point.
Lol "Vikings missed playoffs every year since 1982".... so 5 years....
Anthony Carter should be in the Hall if Fame. He was good and tough. Humble, but confident. He played when the defense could punish a receiver.
I've just realized that it seems like every year the Broncos win the AFC, the Vikings have terrible postseason luck. 1987 the Nelson drop. 1998, the Gary Anderson miss. 2015, the Blair Walsh miss. Even in 1977 the Cowboys knocked the Vikings out of the NFC championship game before beating Denver in the Super Bowl.
How one hit in 2001 changed the NFL forever
JohnyZman what hit?
I assume it's the hit on Bledsoe that led to Brady.
As a Jets fan, Damn you Mo Lewis!!!!
Mo Lewis should be in the Patriots hall of fame, or at least had has name in the ring at Gilette Stadium.
The "Tuck Rule".
That wasn't a drop. That was Darrell Green homie. Great defensive play, show some respect.
No. AC ran the wrong route. He should have drawn Green with him away from Nelson but he actually ranGreen into a position where he could break off his coverage of AC and meet Nelson at the goal line. Notice that AC and Greenare near the goal line area where Nelson is supposed to catch the ball. AC,(according to Vikings HC Jerry Burns)was supposed to run his route deep into the end zone to draw Green with him but he broke it off just across thegoal line. Maybe he thought Wilson would have to throw it a little early because of the Washington pass rush.
Should have gone to the right. Receiver was on a linebacker!
Skoldier 19 Vikings oh and it wasn’t 8 sacks and a great game by the Redskins lol
I agree, it would have been a great catch by a guy who was never known for his hands. Very low percentage play.
Skoldier 19 Vikings wrong
I have followed the Vikings my entire life, nearly as long as they have been a franchise. I have lived a miserable nfl life. Brutal. I am almost giving up, but I won’t. I, again, have forked over hundreds of dollars for the nfl package. I may die without ever celebrating a championship. My loyalty is an honorable curse.
Now the 3 yard check down on 4th and 8 will haunt your dreams
@@megaherky3294 that really wasn’t that bad. Walsh & Anderson stung a lot more.
@@KBarron43 fair
Dude, Try being a Browns fan! Your team is NOT the only team living in an NFL hellscape of sorts. I feel like I in need therapy after every season lol.
@@brainspin7518 Its a little different since he gets to have hope sometimes. Browns fans never have such a luxury. However, with said hope, you suffer greater disappointment
So exactly how did it change the NFL forever? I must have missed that part. Unless the only thing it changed was "Never throw on 4th down with the championship on the line to a running back at the goal line from 20 yards out when he is covered by two defenders and you have ANTHONY CARTER IN THE CORNER!"
I think that was the play design but the RB cut in front of Carter. In any event, Darrell Green was in position to defend I think.
It spurred the Vikings to trade a huge bunch of draft picks to the Cowboys for Herschel Walker. They basically handed the Cowboys everything they needed to dominate the 90s
African-American QBs getting respect is pretty f-ing huge.
(and a game that led to the Herschel Walker disaster. I'll hate Mike Lynn forever)
He was the forefather for todays Russell Wilson, Tyrod Taylor and Cam Newton
No, that would have been James Harris.
More like Jeff Hostetler and Nick Foles
I was 7 at the time living in the Twin Cities and cried my eyes out when this play went down
I remember where I was what I was doing and I remember crying like a baby. That game made me rethink the way I see football, I still love the Vikings but I don't take the game as seriously as I did before that game. It's only a game.
Not mentioned is that while the Saints were a wild card team that year, they were easily the second best team in the NFL that year, only to the Niners. So basically, the Vikings went into the second best team's stadium and blew them out, and then the best team's and dominated them, too. Maybe Doug Williams and the Redskins don't win the Super Bowl if not for two Vikings upsets.
Boy is this play overrated. Not necessarily a touchdown even is he catches the ball. Even if he scores, it only ties the game. The narrator states at the beginning, "You probably don't remember this play." For good reason! The premise that a catch sends Minnesota to the Super Bowl is deeply flawed.
Yeah i posted a comment to someone about that because they said if he caught it,they go to SB. no they have a chance with either a td or a 1st down but even with TD they tie and pray defense can hold for a minute and again pray that they get coin toss because everyone who watched NFL before new OT rules know whoever wins toss wins game 8/10 times so yeah, they made it sound like it guarantees SB lol.
If he scored a touchdown, the game would not have been tied: It would have been 17-16. They would have to run another play to tie the game. In these parts, that’s called Kicking the Extra Point. A club is awarded an Extra Point after scoring a touchdown if the club’s place kicker can successfully send the playing ball through the uprights. If the club opts to go for 2 points, they must reach the end zone in 1 play starting at the 3-yard line. There are many options that could have played out with Minnesota trailing 17-16 after the TD: 1. Go for the extra point, and miss or get blocked; 2. Go for a fake extra point and successfully get 2 points; 3. Go for a fake extra point and get stopped; 4. Go for 2 and get it; 4. Go for 2 and get stopped; 5. Go for 2 and Washington intercepts the pass and they run it back and score 2; 6. Kick a successful extra point. As you can see, there are many scenarios that could have played out after Minnesota scored to make it 17-16. The only thing we know for sure is it wouldn’t have been tied after a Minnesota touchdown.
@@wildmercuryfilms Are you trying to be funny? If so it's not really working too well...
wildmercuryfilms I bet you’re real fun at parties
Would have been 1st and goal.
It was fun to watch. To give one an idea of how crazy the matchup was, it was one of those rare years in which both home teams in the Divisional Round lost. That wouldn't happen again until the AFC in 2006 when the Colts and Patriots pulled off their surprises, allowing the Colts to return home for the AFC Championship.
Good job, I enjoyed this clip a lot. Your commentary was great.
Hell yeah Doug Williams My college coach truu beast #Gramfam🐯
3:24 Tom Fears was the first head coach of the New Orleans Saints.
That was the year I first started to watch football. Great memories. Doug Williams was amazing in that super bowl.
There's no heartbreak quite like being a Vikings fan...
Jimmy "the Greek" was fired by CBS before this game, ironically, but no one seems to remember that
Dane Czerniak you apparently do
And Jimmy was right. He got fired for telling a truth. First PC firing of a sports castor.
Jon Lanier I bet someone else in sports commentary was fired for PC reasons before Jimmy The Greek. I know Howard Cosell was in hot water a few years before Jimmy, but I’m not sure he was fired. I guess it would be an interesting project to find the 1st PC sportscasting casualty.
fired for speaking the truth.
cant speak the truth in a marxist culture
They were looking for a reason to get rid of him. Jimmy's ties to mobsters and his inconsistent accuracy in later years in part due to his own biases had made him a bit of a joke. The NFL hated that guy being a part of their culture and it had to help CBS's relationship with the league when they let him go.
Everyone always kills Darren Nelson for "dropping the tying touchdown" in this game - but that's unfair. It was well-defensed by Green who was closing fast and probably had less than a 50% chance of success. People make it sound like he was all alone in the end zone and the ball hit him in the numbers and he dropped it. Totally not the case.
It was right in his hands and the ball was already dropped before Green hit him. Straight up drop.
Am I the only one who doesn't think that would've been a TD? If he caught it, looks more like down at the one.
38 catches 922 yards and 12 games beast mode Anthony Carter #81
Great analysis, and break down. Highly plausible, and very intriguing. Thanks
9:18 Never appreciated how quick Moon's release was until now.
andan04.......to me he's the greatest of all time. Look up his stats. The dude won five rings n Canada because they wouldn't let him play n the nfl. He balled out an threw for 5000 yes twice when the nfl was run oriented. Houston also didn't have any defense at all. He's underrated!
as a vikings fan this video really hurts my heart
I'm sorry for you don't worry your team will win a super bowl soon
1987 was the Vikings year to win t all. 1987 is a year that will forever haunt the franchise. They would if beaten Denver in the Super Bowl.
Thank you for creating this video!! I had no idea!
Two African American quarterbacks exposed the Broncos in the super bowl.
Ndudi Enwereuzor Not really the same situation.
The Broncos of the year in the video were just another in a long line during a 10-15 year run in which the AFC was the equivalent of the NBA’s eastern conference of the last 25 years.
All the talent was in the NFC, and the actual championship was the NFC title game, and the Super Bowl was just a formality.
So, the Redskins/black QB didn’t expose anything that first Super Bowl. They were just playing a much, much weaker opponent. Which is the case of almost every Super Bowl during the NFC’s extreme run of dominance.
Then, the NFL changed some rules, and parity was the law of the land at all costs, which worked very well for the NFL.
banklikefrankwhite1 are u dumb that broncos team was stacked Joe Gibbs was just the better coach at the time my dude trust me the AFC had some Dawgs wtf Green Bay was good and chiefs like u really don't know your football
bigslime aka s.o.l shitting on life I don't know if you're trolling or not, but there was a stretch from 1985 to 1997 where the NFC won 13 straight Super Bowls, and most of them were not even close. The NFC won them by an average of more than two touchdowns. Those are the facts. Also, the Packers are an NFC team.
banklikefrankwhite1 Yes and No.......because if I recall, the AFC's best actually matched up well against the NFC's best during the regular season during that run of Super Bowl Dominance. I remember when the Steelers upset the 49ers in '84, the Dolphins upset the Bears in '85, the Broncos upset the 49ers in '88, the Bills beating the Giants in '90 and upset the Cowboys in '93.....heck, even the Dolphins upset the Cowboys in '93. Even the Chiefs beat up on the 49ers in '94. It was just in the Super Bowls from 1985-97 that the NFC teams brought their A-game.
Quentin Campbell great comment.and one person was saying that Broncos team was stacked.Excuse me.Redskins had 5 HOF players while Denver had one
Would’ve been interesting to see how the standings would’ve been without the strike. Ridiculous that the Washington replacement players didn’t get rings.
They were just given rings about a year ago, if I recall correctly. Very long overdue
@@Thatguy-sb2jo were they really?? Well thats pretty cool
Vikings lost all three of their replacement games.
I remembered Dan Marino was pissed off when they aired the Replacement players on HBO some years back.
@Marvin Santana
Nope
That Vikings squad had so much momentum and probably would’ve won the super bowl if this catch was made.
That Vikings D has been a bit forgotten, but they had one of the best pass rushes of all time. Montana got benched because he got beat up. They put Young in as he was able to run away. Millard 18 sacks from DT and Doleman 21sacks were terrors.
D line was very underrated, they were solid
What I would give to see my Redskins win another championship 😢
Same here.
Please STFU... Vikings will never even get ONE despite so many close calls. You already got your rings.
commanders
I was pulling for the Vikings!
I was Sitting in the upper Deck of the Opposite End Zone at 87 NFC championship. That moment was in Slow motion for me, with time speeding back up when the ball hit the ground after Darrell Green knocked it away.
I will never forget.
I waited overnight in the Snow to get a ticket.
i was at this game with my brothers. wish i could go back to that moment in time.
9:40...hear hear Sam Huff!
When the Redskins were actually good
The 1st time the Vikings broke my heart! Was an optimistic 11-year-old kid that thought anything was possible! Why not the Twins won the World Series 3 months prior?!? I didnt know that these guys were going to deliver me 35 more years of failure. LOL Skol!
The 87 NFC CG also gets a bit overlooked because it was the same day as the Byner fumble
Thank you ! Put some knowledge on these folks .
Greg Coles facts..👍👍
Doug Williams was a very underrated quarterback. So happy that he won the sb
no one even knows who Wade Wilson was sad that his season came to a end because someone dropped a perfect pass
This is a very well put together documentary.
Thank you for showing truly classic Redskins and Vikings. However...as a young man watching this on live TV, the biggest classic act was Joe Gibbs kneeling in prayer on this play. I wish you could'a added this to the video.
HTTR
And why isn’t Doug Williams in the hall of fame again
He's in the College Football Hall of Fame. I think the Pro Football Hall of Fame has a rule that you have to made at least one Pro Bowl to be eligible. I think this is the reason why Jim Plunkett isn't in.
Steven Kunzer joe Gibbs belongs in Pro football HOF in Canton
Because he was never a great player.
I remember that game and the dropped pass at the end. The Vikings were so close to making it that year.
Its like night and day rewatching these old games i grew up on compared to today... As memory fades and new rules an regs come in over a long period of time, it doesn't feel like all that much has changed, but boy when you look back and watch the old games after a Sunday of today's penalty football it is something else! They just don't play like this any more... Pro football used to be a serious job really playing and running for your life, now its just an over paid weekend hobby show for mega rich athletes to do on the weekend... It just really isn't the same, its become something else
Niners should have crushed them.......the 80’s were all about the NFC....the teams were so good....trading punches all the way to dominating the decade.
Wasn't born when this happened, so I'm not disturbed.
Were you born in 98? What about 2009? LMAO
Yeah, that Anthony Carter stat does look crazy... 38 catches with over 900 yards for the season.
Wooow the glory years hope i see them again in my lifetime or at least make the playoffs consistently
Vikings was a good ass team
#HTTR
Hurts but great watching highlights of my idol as a kid, Anthony Carter, had his jersey. Growing up in Pittsburgh as Vikings n Steelers fan, plus back then seeing Viking games was very limited lol
Doug Williams is from my hometown and is still the only player from there that I know of to play in, start, and or win a SB.
Posted one minute ago
Lol you realize I made this comment 1 month ago too
Hershell Walker was never the best back in the NFL. Eric Dickerson.
Great memories of my beloved ‘Skins, indeed.
I remember Joe Gibbs dropping to his knees in prayer before the ball was snapped. Great memories made all the greater because there have been so few in the last 29 years.
Great job at over-emphasizing a dropped pass... these Vikings weren't Super Bowl material and didn't appear to be headed that way in the years following '87. This game didn't drastically change the course of the NFL. That would be the Giants win over the 49ers in the 1990 NFC Championship or the 49ers win over the Cowboys in the 1994 NFC Championship or the Bills win over the Oilers in the 92 playoffs or the Broncos win over the Packers in Super Bowl 32 or the Falcons win over the Vikings in the 98 NFC Championship..... Another fail from the NFL.
The Vikings would have made it to the SB in 98 excepted for a missed FG and a QB who couldn't hold on to the because he was holding it like a loaf of bread!
Johnson should have started the NFC championship game!
As Dave Chapelle would have said "He was also the first black quarterback to take a dump at the superbowl". All this history is quite astonishing to take in.
I loved Doug Williams. He was QB in Tampa Bay when I picked them to be my team as a kid. I was the lone Skins fan in a house full of Broncos fans when he dealt them that epic beat down. I wasn’t a popular fellow around that keg.
This video was great. You know what though? I don't think he would have scored even if he caught it. Looks like the ball would not have been over the line.
It didn't look like it plus Green was coming up to push him back. I remember that game well and the Vikngs were lucky it was that close. Williams missed many open receivers all game long.
He would have landed on the goal line thus scoring a TD!!!!!;
It was 4 down and 4 even if he didnt score it would have been a 1st down.
Joe Gibbs greatest NFL coach ever!!!
collin355 ....Now a NASCAR guy
So I see NFL CZcams page is reminiscing on significant games in history between the teams playing each other this week. I'll be waiting for that 1950s Lions and Browns video then. Lol.
Thanks, for this!!
I'm 5 mins into this video & have no clue what the point of this video is yet
It was a false narrative.
Make The Redskins Great Again!
Until Snyder dies that's not possible.
We need the full game please.
Loved Anthony Carter. As a Buckeyes fan, I had mad respect for AC.
one of the worst trades in Dolphins history. Drafted him in '83 to keep his rights if he came to the NFL after his USFL stint just in case and then their 2 LB's drafted in '84 were busts and needed a linebacker badly for '85 so they traded him to the Vikes since Mark Clayton & Mark Duper emerged as All pros for Marino. He could've been a stud for Marino and Carters numbers might have been insane!! Alas still no running back and D though for marino. bdog
This was on my 7th birthday
The Washington Redskins. The best team ever...during strike seasons. Lol
Loo Rawls Thomas the SKINS went 17-2 in 91 and were probably the best NFL TEAM EVER! They only lost by 2 points in reg season finale with their 2nd and 3rd string players on a last 2nd long FG by the Eagles. Also their other loss was on a hailmary by the Cowboys in the 1st half and they lost by a FG! Should have been 19-0 that year! Three dominant playoff games including crushing the BIlls in the SuperBowl. Bills recovered 2 onside kicks to make score closer than it was 37-24! Was 37-10 late in game.
The 89 Niners had Montana so I would give them the edge but for 1 season Rypien was very good and it was destiny in 91-92 for them to get back to the SUPERBOWL and WIN! The 84 Niners 85 Bears are at the top 82 Skins and some of those hated Cowboy teams of the 90's too!
George what team are you a fan of?
DN 13, That's TRUE!!
‘91 redskins are considered one of the greatest championship teams of all time, not just by their fans but by NFL historians. their defense was dominant, offense set scoring records that year with all pro receivers and an OL that i think set a record for least sacks given up in a year. Rypien was the question mark. He had an incredible season though, his only one, thanks to the OL, propelling them to a SB.
All those Redskin teams in the 80’s were SB contenders too. Very close behind the 80’s 49ers for “team of the decade”.