Johnny Unitas Highlights - The Greatest
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- čas přidán 25. 04. 2020
- Johnny Unitas was at his best during the late-50s and early-60s, but he still had a little magic left in him during the beginning of the 1970s. These highlights feature his best plays from the 1969-72 season (he missed the majority of 1968 with an injury).
Video was found around CZcams, and the music was taken off Dave Volsky's channel. - Sport
To me and my father, Unitas is still the greatest quarterback of all time.
I agree
I agree too! Montana the second best.
Tom Brady has left the chat
Statistics come and go but Johnny is still the greatest! Pro football was nothing till he came along. Like Jim Brown he played 12 game seasons for half of his career. The idea of late hits roughing the passer was n not even thought about. They played in mud snow and wind Joe Ryan
Idk what football you are watching
Johnny U, the best then, the best now, the best 100 years from now......every QB since has emulated him.....and he was our neighbor.....
What was he like outside of Football?
@@Varangiangaurd Johnny was the nicest guy…..he lived on Dunbeath Court in Lutherville Md, then to Legends Hill in Timonium Md……a home town hero that would come up the the Junior High ( Ridgely ) and always had time for autographs and tossing the ball around….as kids we knew how great he was……and it was an honor to be around him…..
My uncle played lacrosse with his son
Totally agree. He was THE BEST of all time. I always admired his classic drop back. Poetry in motion. And a class act.
He is not the greatest of all time.
There have have been great QBs since the Unitas era but he was the first to engineer the full-on aerial display. He was my inspiration as a kid in the 60s and I learned everything I could about the 50s as soon as I was old enough to read. And on a side note, those Colt uniforms, especially the all whites, remain the most beautiful the league has ever seen. Thank you for these wonderful highlights and thank you Mr. John Unitas.
The TRUE G.O.A.T.
yes...unlike Brady and QBs today, Unitas called his own plays and made his own game plan...and the rules did not favor receivers and protect QBs as they do now...he is the greatest of all time...his speed and accuracy shown here at the END of his long career are amazing
The one and only
Brady is the winningest and the best of the modern era. But Johnny is the QB position he invented it .
I’ve seen so many quarterbacks but this guy is the standard for many modern qbs my grandfather used to tell me about Johnny U, we’d watch and rewatch his game film all day then he’d take me outside and drill me (Later on in middle and high school I won 6 rings) man I miss you Grandad 💯🔥🥺
man had those quick steps back, almost like he is tip toeing. Wow you can really see where qb position was born in his play.
very true...no "shotgun" back then, so you had to be able to RUN!
The real Johnny Football
I was looking for this comment. Johnny Unitas was the greatest.
Johnny Unitas: The man who defined the modern quarterback. His surgical passes and trademark two-minute drills became the benchmark that all other quarterbacks became judged by.
By this point in his career, Johnny U had sustained a serious injury and was obviously declining as a player. However, he still showed flashes of the quarterback he once was, especially during the Colts 1970 Super Bowl season. His ability to hit the open man after doing a spinning play-action fake on the goal line was uncanny. Oh, and if you take away anything else from this video, it should be that John Mackey was really freaking good.
Honestly, the reason I picked these seasons was because most of Johnny Unitas' non-black and white highlights come from these seasons on episodes of This Week in Pro Football. Having some highlights in color and others not would have been jarring to me.
And since it appears the United States is exiting its COVID-19 shutdown (for better or worse), this may be the last video you see from me in a month or two. Hopefully not though!
- PockyCandy -
Shutdown is over but COVID is still here.
Amen to your comment on No. 88, Mackey.
What is the name of that song you got in the intro? It's good
John Mackey was a bull. It was he that said and I quote "It was like being in the huddle with God". unquote
Lot of Tony Lorrick catches, dates it to circa 1967. Not many Berry or Moore.
WHEN GAMES WERE PLAYED ON THE FIELD NOT SIDELINES
I grew up with Johnny Unitas and Frank Robinson Lucky Me.
I was enjoying watching his pass protection as well. Some good backfield blocking in there.
Jim Parker looked at himself as his bodyguard.
I was born in Baltimore. We loved The Colts. We loved Johnny U. My Dad worked for Bethlehem Steel. He was transferred to Indiana. After all these years , I have remained a staunch Ravens and Orioles fan.
Johnny U was the man. Prototype of the modern QB
Got to talk to Him on the phone when I was a Kid. Great Moment. My Favorite Player when I was Growing up. Johnny U..😎
Pooky I was lucky to find this. "The Man With The Golden Arm" will always be the best ever!
I met him one time very nice man he was the best there ever was
I always think of John Mackey's quote " being in huddle with Johnny was like being in the huddle with god." Wish i saw him play. Loved reading about him and seeing what his teammates and opponents said and they all admired him. That says alot. He would still be dominant now probably more so with all the rules for offenses. He revolutionized the passing game and quarterbacking. There are highlights you can find where he did no look pass and the switch to side arm passes.
Seasons were only 12-14 games all the years Unitas played. If he had played in 16 game seasons his records would never have been surpassed.
Look at that dropback and that quick release!
The most mechanically and fundamentally sound QB of all time!!!
Fr he a 🤖
Don't know if any of you know this or not, but about the last 6-7 years that Unitas played, he called most of the plays....he was that respected by the coaches.....his nickname was "Mr. Quarterback"....and they didn't call him that for no reason...he was the best there ever was.......
That’s our Johnny , been rubbing his golden shoe from memorial stadium - M&T bank stadium for good luck 👍
This video was well put together with the old NFL FILMS Music. And the footage of the great Johnny Unitas! One of the best ever and a trailblazer!
"THERE'S NO ONE LIKE JOHNNY U."
Mac Jones, QB of Alabama is like Johnny.
What a good arm he had, and what nice touch on the ball. Very good accuracy also.
yes, really incredible
THKS! for me Johnny U,was the one.For my brother It was Starr,who we met such a class act.For our Dad it was Snead,everybodys got their Ones.
Awesome vid !
GREAT video, pretty much sums up his career. Very few from the "old days" Most from mid 60's up.
Great vid!
Unitas THE GOAT with Montana
Unitas, the Prototype quarterback !
The babe ruth of football
Welcome back Pocky man..
What do you think about a
Fred Taylor pro highlights?
My dad always talks about how good Johnny Unitas was but honestly i had no idea
Imagine this man playing in 21st century...
Frank Deford said it best. It doesn’t matter whether or not Johnny Unitas was the greatest, he is THE quarterback for all-time in the same way that Babe Ruth is THE baseball player for all-time. So much of what we see in today’s NFL, the two minute drill, the four minute offense, and simply controlling the game, can all be traced back to what Unitas was doing in the 50s and 60s.
this is a time when quarterbacks got knocked on their asses even after passing the ball.
I agree with your point, but I think it bears mentioning that the guys hitting Unitas et al. were maybe 250, 260 and ran like human beings. The guys coming through the O-line now can be 330, with a whole lot of it muscle, and do a 4.8 40. The training methods and nutrition now make it a bad idea to let QBs take that beating. It's almost literally like being hit by a car.
They still do
Today's generation don't get or understand how great Johnny was they want to talk about Peyton Manning Tom Brady and Joe Montana and those are three all-time greats but you got to have Johnny Unitas in that conversation as well
Unitas was the best. I think there so many good passers like Marino and Moon and so many others but Unitas and Peyton Manning went beyond with there mind for the game Always come up with the right play
yes, and , unlike Brady and QBs today, Unitas called his own plays and made his own game plan...and the rules did not favor receivers and protect QBs as they do now...he is the greatest of all time...his speed and accuracy shown here at the END of his long career are amazing...plus his receivers did not wear sticky GLOVES as they do now!
Still the goat
👑
No way to prove it but right now I put Unitas at the top of the list of QB's as to the ability to throw to a spot where a ball needs to be thrown. Meaning to get a pass completed he didn't have to depend on the receiver making a great catch as much as other QB's if that makes sense.
To use today’s term he is the GOAT. Arrogant brady isn’t fit to be in the same conversation with JU, either as a QB or a person
you're right..., unlike Brady and QBs today, Unitas called his own plays and made his own game plan...and the rules did not favor receivers and protect QBs as they do now...he is the greatest of all time...his speed and accuracy shown here at the END of his long career are amazing...plus his receivers did not wear sticky GLOVES as they do now!
Even back then QBs were slinging the shit out of that football🏈🔝
most important person of colts franchise history
Might be the best ever. He did so much for the game
How much y’all wanna bet John Mackey’s YAC was crazy good?
He was one hell of an NFL Tight End that can catch a pass with the best of them. He could also block well.
One of the best TE in the history of the game
In the discussion ... Impossible to compare . Played in a less advantageous Passing Era , but excelled to the point that he was arguably the Best of his or any other time. HOF 🏈 🏅
.unlike Brady and QBs today, Unitas called his own plays and made his own game plan...and the rules did not favor receivers and protect QBs as they do now...he is the greatest of all time...his speed and accuracy shown here at the END of his long career are amazing...and his receivers had no GLOVES to help them catch the ball more often
Good tunes. Are those the same as the weekly NFL highlights from the 60s and 70s? They sound familiar.
Indeed they are!
Prototype of the modern day quarterback
Wow, I never knew this guy was this good. What an arm! He was accurate too, so meticulously carried out. #1 in my book.
.true, and unlike Brady and QBs today, Unitas called his own plays and made his own game plan...and the rules did not favor receivers and protect QBs as they do now...he is the greatest of all time...his speed and accuracy shown here at the END of his long career are amazing...plus his receivers did not wear sticky GLOVES as they do now!
What I so repected about Unitas is that he looked the same going to the sidelines. You can never tell by his expression if he threw a touchdown and an interception. You just couldn't frustrate him.
Great video PockyCandy! Thank you. May I ask a question? Where did you get this music? Is this old NFL games music? Where can I get it?!?! It’s great!
Yes, it is the classic NFL Films music we grew up to/ threw up to...the highlight music is an underrated part of why the NFL exploded in popularity at this time.
Ngl. I always though he was just some old dude who is overrated because he played long ago. But now that I watch it……this dude is the most accurate quarterback I have ever seen. Even though this is highlights. His drop back is insane. He may not be the goat, simply because the game has developed and people have studied how to play. But if I had to make a comparasion, he is to football what Rakim was to rap
.you are right, and unlike Brady and QBs today, Unitas called his own plays and made his own game plan...and the rules did not favor receivers and protect QBs as they do now...he is the greatest of all time...his speed and accuracy shown here at the END of his long career are amazing----PLUS his receivers wore no GLOVES, which made catching the ball considerably more difficult for them back then
G O A T.
This brings back a lot of memories at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore. Nice to see Tony Lorrick and John Mackey in action. Tom Brady is undoubtedly great, but Unitas, an unlikely quarterback, was the greatest at getting the ball to the receiver. Did I miss Ray Berry in this video. Also did not see Lenny Moore. Thanks for this walk down memory lane.
Yup, absence of them two date it 1967 ish. There were a couple to Orrsville though. Several to Willy Richardson.
plus Unitas called all his own plays and made up his own game plan...Brady never has, nor do any QBs now....all that is done by supposed ''expert'' offensive co-ordinators
@@essessessesq True, in this age of AI and internet, things have changed, I suppose this has led to automating football as well.
@@fawnlliebowitz1772 some of the passes shown here are from an amazing fall 1972 matchup of Joe Namath versus his childhood hero, Johnny Unitas...in the first quarter, Unitas was calling for running plays, while Namath was throwing the whole game...But then, Unitas started throwing in the 2d quarter...by the end of the game Unitas had racked up almost 400 yards passing , while Namath with his earlier start at throwing was over 400 yards..who knows, .it might be the record for most total years in a game in NFL history
What player from the late-1960s or 1970s would you like to see next? I have tons of footage from this era so I'm open to suggestions! And please share this on social media, if you want to!
Joe green.
Deacon Jones
Bobby bell
Merlin Olsen
Ted Hendricks
Some of the chiefs legends:
Len Dawson
Willie Lanier
Bobby Bell
Buck Buchanan
Paul Warfield is another guy I’d love to see highlights of
@@brodsky301 Paul Warfield's Dolphins highlights would be a fun video. I haven't made a WR highlight video yet.
Gale Sayers
Chuck Foreman
Man, I loved Johnny U., really all those Baltimore Colts, especially Jimmy Orr, Lenny Moore, Tom Matte and John Mackey. For me, pro football hasn’t been nearly as much fun since.
It’s almost like it’s not even football anymore
Larry A my man was #82. When Johnny needed those yards, Raymond always got it. Greatest receiver ever.
At 3:30, Glenn Ressler made the block of his career.
The GOAT QB
The best quarterback of all time
Unitas is the Win Model 12, Win Model 70, the Rem 870 and Browning auto 5 of QB's.
el mejor QB de la historia!!!
es verdad, gracias
@@essessessesq tú si sabes de futbol americano jerry!!👍
Send this to Lamar Jackson please. If you factor in the rules changes, length of season, better surgical techniques now, the time he spent on the disabled list, John is the pro rated GOAT imo.
.yes---unlike Brady and QBs today, Unitas called his own plays and made his own game plan...and the rules did not favor receivers and protect QBs as they do now...he is the greatest of all time...his speed and accuracy shown here at the END of his long career are amazing....and his receivers had no GLOVES to make catching the ball easier
Johnny unitus none better played the last five years has of his career with a detached ligament or tendon in his throwing elbow steel mill town tough Western Pennsylvania
He looks like Jordan Love out there
He is truly missed!!!
Here is a QB worth 60 million a year. Not slak Prescott, Daniel bones, etc. this guy set records these new tooth fairy’s won’t ever break. He played hurt and was tougher than all of these cissys put together. Your the man Johnny
I was born in New York in 1951, so growing up my favorite sports "heroes" were Mantle, Mays, Bill Russell, and Unitas. Even after being in Massachusetts for the entire length of Tom Brady's career (and really liking and enjoying him as a QB) I don't think he's technically "better" than Unitas, although he's in the same ballpark. It's a different game, but that ability to see better than everyone else on the field, and get it to the right guy at the right time marks both their careers (as it does Montana and Peyton Manning - Eli only fits if you consider getting a ball stuck in David Tyree's helmet). The other part is the stories of him and Raymond Berry staying hours after practice working on routes - that desire is what marks the truly great ones. Maybe not the GOAT, but can't be left out of the conversation.
No QB will wear 19 it's a special tribute to the best
Game changer forsure defense was so lost 😂
He would destroy the league now.
Can only imagine how much better John would have been if he wasn't intoxicated every day
@@timothyweaver3344 used to serve Unitas whiskey every night in a local bar
.the boy would be shitfaced drunk and falling off the barstools
He was not a drunk. Stop making stuff up.
@@acharleyhorse1 then I guess I was serving him non alcoholic beverages all those years
@@acharleyhorse1 yes the U man could definitely score a touchdown.with a glass of whiskey
His numbers today would easily be double if not more hes the babe ruth of the gridiron.
Can you believe that there are a**holes out there who say Peyton Manning was the greatest Colts quarterback ever when this guy was a Colt for almost his entire career
Because he is..
TBH Johnny denounced the Colts after they moved and would always be at Ravens games once they came to Baltimore...There is a Unitas Statue outside the Ravens Stadium. He once said, "I played in Baltimore, not Indianapolis" and even asked the NFL to keep his stats and history in Baltimore and not with the Colts franchise.
Manning was way better, lol.
@@greysonG10 Unitas was better than Manning not by much though
@@greysonG10 -Unitas invented the modern game. Unitas was mechanically the template they run at the Manning Academy by. Manning’s retirement had a tribute to Unitas. Manning says number 18 is appropriate for him because he’s 1 less than Unitas.
The game hasn’t changed all that much. Make their pads smaller, get Unitas to stop using the backpedal dropback (stay dead please) and you’re watching 2022 highlights.
Crazy how much it looks like the Manning era Colts. My first thought is this looks like Manning to Dallas Clark 🔥
well, unlike Brady and QBs today, Unitas called his own plays and made his own game plan...and the rules did not favor receivers and protect QBs as they do now......his speed and accuracy shown here at the END of his long career are amazing...plus his receivers did not wear sticky GLOVES as they do now!
🤤🤤🤤🤤
Having a watermark that says “Pock Candy “ throughout ruins the video.
The one negative must be a NY Giants fan
Joe Washington Oklahoma Sooner
You may have noticed that not one of these many great throws were to Lenny Moore or Raymond Berry. Those two would have been another highlight reel all their own.
Back when real men played football, and Quarterbacks weren’t treated like glass. I’d like to see Brady win a Super Bowl in this era haha
lol, LOB seahawks would end this guys life. get real.
@@dutdut2.059 lmfao hows that team doing now? pete carroll ran that franchise into the ground.
@@yeomane I said LOB seahawks. as in 2012-2015.
One hit from Kam Chancellor and Unitas would literally die on the field in broad daylight
yes, and unlike Brady and QBs today, Unitas called his own plays and made his own game plan...and the rules did not favor receivers and protect QBs as they do now...he is the greatest of all time...his speed and accuracy shown here at the END of his long career are amazing...plus his receivers did not wear sticky GLOVES as they do now!
Make a highlight tape on Kellen Winslow
I can tell you're a Chargers fan. I might try to create just a big "Air Coryell" video. That would knock out Fouts, Winslow, Chandler, Joiner, and Muncie in one video.
Shit his pump fake was on fucking point.
NFL highlights Saturday night after the news with Steve sabot.
With the name like Johnny Unitas you had to be great , the name Unitas just fit on a quarterback
I was like Johnny who?? Now I’m like Johnny U!!!! 🐐 🏈 🐐
well, unlike Brady and QBs today, Unitas called his own plays and made his own game plan...and the rules did not favor receivers and protect QBs as they do now...he is the greatest of all time...his speed and accuracy shown here at the END of his long career are amazing...plus his receivers did not wear sticky GLOVES as they do now!
not one pass to Raymond Berry?
Alot of 7 step drop back passes..could never get away with that nowadays..3 and 5 Mabe..
Duhhhh, they didn’t have shotgun back then
Johnny Unitas has a haircut that I can set my watch to.
0:39 Miss throwing the ball to the ref and moving on. Only one team should celebrate every year.
so you want them to just never celebrate ever
@@dutdut2.059 When they win the super bowl.
Seth Briars so no team is allowed to celebrate anything or be happy with themselves ever ok got it you want everyone to be robots on the field.
dut dut 2.0 yes it’s better that way. Stay humbled
Spencer Pearson foolishness, celebrations with teammates are a big part of sports
Mac Jones reminds me of the U
Doesn't Johnny remind you of Mac Jones, Alabama QB!
Shouldn’t it be Mac Jones reminds you of Johnny U?
Football channels are blowing up right now. I bet if you tried hard you'd get lots of subscribers posting football stuff
He definitely put some spice into the QB role but I wouldn’t call him the greatest of all time, a lot of the defense back then wasn’t well disciplined. This is why offenses in the 50/60s had so many hall of famers. It was almost easy to be a stand out player but with that being said he definitely was the man.
.well, unlike Brady and QBs today, Unitas called his own plays and made his own game plan...and the rules did not favor receivers and protect QBs as they do now...he is the greatest of all time...his speed and accuracy shown here at the END of his long career are amazing...plus his receivers did not wear sticky GLOVES as they do now!
Spice?
Who cares what you would call him?
You know NOTHING.
He was the best there ever was, and the best there ever will be.
@@essessessesq nobody said he wasn’t a great QB, the point is, the game was different back then so it was easy to look good. Without implication that he wouldn’t be good in todays game, I’m just simply saying, Brady and QBs today would’ve been banned from competing back then bc if you think unitas was a dog, you have no idea how good todays talent would be in those times.
@@machinegunjackmcgurn7453 quit living in the past old man, Unitas set the pace for a lot of mobile QBs but just because he was one of the first, doesn’t make him the best.
@@allannelson10
This old man will gladly kick your fucking punk snowflake ass.
You wouldn’t know a football if you shit one out your ass.
Being a Unitas fan, I'll NEVER forgive Dumb Shula, sorry I meant Don Shula for not letting Unitas start the second half of '69 Superbowl. Morrall simply didn't have it that day, and while still coming off an injury Unitas still would've been better. That dumb mistake alone should've kept Shula out of the Football HOF!!!!! But they voted him in anyway!
Bubba Smith had an explanation for why Unitas was not in that game
@@essessessesq if that game was fixed, then Earl Morrall was the guy that they got to (and maybe the kicker).
@@markharrison2830 well, It was VERY important to the NFL that the Jets win that 1969 Super Bowl and establish the AFL as the supposed ''equal'' of the NFL...we also need to remember that just 3 years after losing to Namath and the Jets, Don Shula's team AMAZINGLY had the ONLY "Perfect Season" in the entire history of the NFL andd topped it off with the 1973 Super Bowl win...!
To the people who came off TikTok or CZcams you should be disappointed .. guy has a draw back like a Comedy Central qb 😂he wouldn’t last in this new nfl league … different time 😂
The Tom Brady of the past
Brady couldn't hold a candle to Johnny U!!!
well, unlike Brady and QBs today, Unitas called his own plays and made up his own game plan...and the rules did not favor receivers and protect QBs as they do now...he is the greatest of all time...his speed and accuracy shown here at the END of his long career are amazing...plus his receivers did not wear sticky GLOVES as they do now!
Johnny used a shotgun to go hunting not to pass !like these other wanna bees!
If I was a GM and drafting g a QB these days. I would put that guy in a room with Unitas videos. Tell him.learn from the master
Notice how none of these passes are check Downs, dump offs or screens? I hate today's NFL
He thinks he is mahomes lol
Mahomes would get killed with those 1960's rules and would not be as successful
@@happybeingmiserable4668 ummmm.... Sure..
You're an idiot
Tanner Roberts yes he would lol
LMFAO Mahomes is getting exposed this season. What a fraud
Pooty poo