The music played during these hi kites and the voice of GOD narrating, makes u want to go out and play the game, SUPER SEVENTIES THE GREATEST DECADE FOR FOOTBALL!!!
and they didn't have stupid concerts in the middle of the biggest game of the season. why an extended half time in the biggest football game of the year?
Those hyping shows are so annoying. And I hate fantasy football cause the score ticker spends 90% of the time showing us player points and I want to see the scores especially when the games are close to being over within minutes of each other.
As John Facenda put it, during the seventies there is no tougher assignments in the sport, than a close encounter with the Steel Curtain. This was my youth
1977 Walter Payton had possibly the best season by a running back ever basically carrying the Bears to the playoffs single handedly. After Butkus retired, being a life-long Bears fan, things got pretty dull til we were blessed by Sweetness who I still consider the best football player in NFL history. After my first 40 years of life in Chicago I moved to the Oregon coast and when he died - I was in a bar crying and was touched to see these huge macho guys in 49ers and Seahawks jerseys in that same bar ALSO with real tears in their eyes. He WAS an incredible human being and an asset to the NFL and American society in general.
I can relate to eveything you stated, I cannot watch anything with Walter Payton. It's too emotional. My students have been named Payton are told by me, "you cherish that name. He was a good football, and a better man." I will not say the same for the person who coached him in 1985. Prof. Golden
At the end I went from literally crying when he said, "I've added some years to glorious careers and watched men leave the game ". To laughing hysterically when the follies part, " I've given men time to look silly to look helpless and lame , its a chorus of laughs a choir of fools when men play a little boys game ". One of my top 5 favorite NFL FILMS programs.
Yeah John Facenda was an excellent narrator. One of the best ever. Between the outstanding production and John Facenda's narrating made NFL Films the tops in all sports documentaries.
@@ChrisC709 Harry Kalas also was a great narrator at NFL Films plus also working Philadelphia phillies baseball with his golden hall of fame baseball voice along with Richie Ashburn
I remember seeing every game. And, what uniforms they had back then. That emerald green Eagles helmet with the giant, sweeping wings, Falcons in the red, striped helmets...Steelers were tough, but I remember them being kind of rough on defense all the way back to the days of linebacker, Bill Saul, Ben McGee, Paul Martha...those guys. George Allen changed things fast in Washington. Brilliant move on his part, bringing in all those veterans, most of them from winning teams. It created a good spirit. Super clip, and I don't think I've ever seen it before.
Hard hitting yes, creative nooooo! The 5os were far more innovative and that was literally two decades prior. The 80s, 90s and present picked up where the 50s left off. 70s were bland unimaginative run the ball and play zone beat”em up defense. I’m a huge Raiders fan but that 70s ball although memorable, I would have to say was pretty pedestrian compared to later iterations of the sport.
@@natalydavidsmith3118 wholeheartedly disagree. Every era left their mark, but the 1970s was a cut above. Greatest teams, toughest defenses, colorful characters, I could go on. Baseball was still king in the 50s, football was 2nd tier.
Payton, Simpson and Campbell were the best trio of running backs a decade has ever produced. Those three were just awesome. Oakland, Pittsburgh and Miami were terrific teams. Dallas dominated the NFC headlines, but Minnesota and the Rams were really consistent, especially the Vikings. Talk about a home-field advantage playing in that cold. The Steelers were lucky the World Football League couldn't raid their team the way the league did the Dolphins. My dad went to high school with Dolphins running back, Mercury Morris, in Pittsburgh.
Yo John G, this is classic "The Super Seventies 70's" NFL. Thanks a million man! This is when I grew playing football and loving it! The greatest decade in NFL history. that's right Clay, "you can get it done, what's more, you gotta get it done." Hey Ivan you are right about Tom Brady playing back then, they would lay him out!!! I love it!
Thanks for posting this, a lot of memories of my 70's Steelers and the other great teams of the 70's. I'm not sure that there has been a more competitive decade since. Lots of powerhouse teams.
the seventies was the best era of the nfl. and it's a big part of the reason why i'm not impressed with any of the records quarterbacks set in the current era. the rules make it easy for the passing game. quarterbacks don't have to worry about being hit, everything is geared to making passing easier, so who cares if drew brees throws a touchdown in every game he ever plays? Johnny Unitas did it in 48 consecutive games when the defense was allowed to hit him and hit his receivers.
NFL films footage (in slow motion)+ Facenda´s Voice + Spence Music = PERFECT COMBINATION TO BECOME A NFL FAN. Does anybody have a list of the music in this video? ALL SONGS ARE SUPER... When the NFL was on strike in 1982, Mexican TV aired these NFL films instead of MNF. Then i became a real NFL FAN
you will never see teams as good as the 70's free agency killed that, they deserve the money, but now in todays game teams break up after wining a super bowl. you will nver see hall of famers play their whole career's like they did they must have about 10 steelers in the hall from that 70's team.
The short lived Plan-B Free Agency, 1989-1993, paved the way for today's free agency and basically gut the Cincinnati Bengals. I agree with you on Hall Of Fame caliber players spending their whole careers with one team, but I don't blame Franco Harris and Tony Dorsett for ending their careers in foreign uniforms, they were underpaid throughout their best years, but it's impossible to imagine the likes of Jack Lambert, Roger Staubach or Terry Bradshaw wearing the uniform of any other teams than the ones we know them the best in.
There are 9 Steelers players in the Hall Of Fame from the era, Mel Blount, Terry Bradshaw, Mean Joe Greene, Jack Ham, Franco Harris, Jack Lambert, John Stallworth, Lynn Swann and Mike Webster. 2 Rooney's, Art Senior and Dan, are in the HOF ( Owners/Executives ) and Chuck Noll for coaching.
i have sooooo many of these old school vhs tapes! they were my childhood, an pumped me ight thefuck up for some football!!! i should dub them n put em on youtubbe,, im surprised that there isnt that many of them on here.
That's because your Raiders were a little bit cocky after they knocked off the 2 time Super Bowl Champion Dolphins, that was bulletin board material for the Steelers( Sea of Hands game)
I am sorry, but THIS IS NOT the complete NFL film of the SUPER SEVENTIES. See if somehow you or someone out there, can post the COMPLETE FILM here on CZcams. Thank You.
@ element115 I agree you. But I think a quarter back that could play back in that era is Russell Wilson. His game is so similar to Fran Tarkenton. Wilson is somewhat a scrambler but has the smarts to read defenses and and has the arm to throw the ball. He could had played back in those days.
Dallas knew Craig Morton’s tendencies. that’s why they won the ball game. Oakland would’ve given Dallas a better fight. Rozelle screwed Oakland (Davis)out of that game with Denver with that botched fumble call...
@@IspeakthetruthifyI always believed with the Oak-Den game (fumble) that Pete Roselle put the clamps on Al Davis through the refs. Al Davis knew it! Fastforward three years later, and it was Davis who made Roselle look small, and in 1980.
heads did not roll for the giants they were thrown when that happened against Philly remember it well and the 70's was freakin awesome sports and music. the last decade of legends thats for sure!
Even though they lost to Dallas in the Super Bowl this "Miracle" '77 season ranks as the favorite for me and some other long time Bronco fans......you just had to live and experience it to understand that I guess!
SKOLNLEY, You are exactly right NFL films did not give the Vikings any credit for reaching 4 SBs ( 2 back-to-back)and winning 4 NFC titles which is hard to do in any era. But I give my hat off to the Vikings for achieving that.
I agree. I'm a Bills fan so I know the feeling. The 1969 and 1970's Vikings and the early 90's Bills don't get nearly enough recognition because they both went 0-4 in Super Bowls. I felt the Vikes should've beaten the Chiefs in SB4 but underestimated them just like the Colts underestimated the Jets the year before. But the Vikes were just overmatched by better Miami, Pittsburgh, and Oakland teams in their other 3 Super Bowl appearances. The AFC was much tougher than the NFC in the 70's. Dallas, Minnesota, and the LA Rams were the only consistently good NFC teams in the 70's and those three teams seemed to win their division every year in those days. But then the NFC won 13 consecutive Super Bowls from 1984-96. The Bills dominated the AFC in the early 90's and should've beaten the Giants in SB25 but we're just beaten by better Washington and Dallas teams in their other 3 SB's. But neither the Bills or Vikings helped themselves much either by constantly shooting themselves in the foot with turnovers in those games.
Um... no mention of the Miami dolphins? None at all. 2 straight Super Bowl wins, a PERFECT SEASON, and a team filled with Hall of fame of gamers. Is this not a glaring omission?
Id say Mean Joe Greene was the best overall player in the NFL during the 70's. But OJ might've been the best offensive player of the decade. He was just on bad Bills teams most of the time. Kinda like Barry Sanders on those shitty Lions teams. Teams constantly stacked 8-9 guys in the box and still couldn't stop OJ Simpson. OJ ran for 2,003 yards in a 14 game season and he even made the Steel Curtain look ridiculous on a few occasions
I am not an Atlanta Falcons fan, but how can you have a show about the "Super Seventies" and not even mention the greatest single season defense of the decade if not ever, the Falcons' Grits Blitz of 1977? they dominated offenses like no defense before or since, you can look up their stats, or look for videos on here.
Hey Steve the Falcon's Gritz Blitz Defense & Big Ben Hail Mary play was in 1978 which they made the playoffs as a wildcard. They defeated Philly in the wildcard game 14 - 13 and lost to Dallas in the divisional game 27 - 20.
Actually, the "Gritz Blitz" season for the Falcons was 1977, when they only allowed 129 points over the 14-game season for an average of 9.2 PPG against, still a record to this day. The problem was that it seemed like their offense went against that defense, because they averaged just under 13 PPG themselves, which resulted in a 7-7 record. Then in 1978, with an upgraded offense and the arrival of their famous Big Ben play, they made the playoffs for the very first time, beat the Eagles in the very first NFC Wild Card game, and then were edged out by a superior Cowboys team, even after knocking Roger Staubach out of that game.
You're welcome. But the year it really came together for that edition of the Falcons was 1980, when they finally ended the seven-year reign of the Rams atop the NFC East and earned the #1 seed for the NFC playoffs. But again, they ran into the same problem they ran into in 1978. A problem called the Dallas Cowboys, and in particular, QB Danny White, who brought the Cowboys from behind to beat the Falcons, just as he did in '78 after Staubach was knocked out of that game. But the loss in 1980 was so demoralizing that they never really recovered from it.
You are right it did come together in 1980. The Falcons had a very good team in which Leman Bennett was the head coach but they won the NFC West not the NFC East which the played in until realignment. I remember both those playoff losses against Dallas in '78 and '80 where Danny White took them to victory. In '78 White came in reserve after Robert Pennywell drove Stsubach to the ground and put him out. Danny White came in as if the Cowboys did not miss a beat. In the 1980 playoff game Atlanta dominated and lead most of the game. Danny White replace a retired Roger Stsubach, and orchestrated a great come back. You are right it was a devastating lost for Atlanta and they never recovered after that loss.
I could listen to Facenda reading the Congressional Record
The music played during these hi kites and the voice of GOD narrating, makes u want to go out and play the game, SUPER SEVENTIES THE GREATEST DECADE FOR FOOTBALL!!!
Sam Spence was the maestro behind the music.
NFL films footage (in slow motion)+ Facenda´s Voice + Spence Music = PERFECT COMBINATION TO BECOME A NFL FAN
The best time to be a fan. The game did not need fantasy football or 50 pre-game shows hyping it. The game of NFL football was enough by itself.
It was a magical time to be a kid AND be an NFL fan. I wouldn't trade it for the world.
and they didn't have stupid concerts in the middle of the biggest game of the season. why an extended half time in the biggest football game of the year?
@@steveswangler6373 Good f'n point.
I could imagine that the commercial breaks and ‘TV timeouts’ were tolerable back then also.
Those hyping shows are so annoying. And I hate fantasy football cause the score ticker spends 90% of the time showing us player points and I want to see the scores especially when the games are close to being over within minutes of each other.
As John Facenda put it, during the seventies there is no tougher assignments in the sport, than a close encounter with the Steel Curtain. This was my youth
Mine too
Greatest film in NFL history the super 70s with John Facenda narrating
Kiwanis Hinton no doubt!!
1968 Follies, the very first one, is the greatest ever too. I have that and the Super Seventies on video.
1977 Walter Payton had possibly the best season by a running back ever basically carrying the Bears to the playoffs single handedly. After Butkus retired, being a life-long Bears fan, things got pretty dull til we were blessed by Sweetness who I still consider the best football player in NFL history.
After my first 40 years of life in Chicago I moved to the Oregon coast and when he died - I was in a bar crying and was touched to see these huge macho guys in 49ers and Seahawks jerseys in that same bar ALSO with real tears in their eyes. He WAS an incredible human being and an asset to the NFL and American society in general.
I can relate to eveything you stated, I cannot watch anything with Walter Payton. It's too emotional. My students have been named Payton are told by me, "you cherish that name. He was a good football, and a better man." I will not say the same for the person who coached him in 1985. Prof. Golden
RIP Walter Payton 1954-1999
At the end I went from literally crying when he said,
"I've added some years to glorious careers and watched men leave the game ".
To laughing hysterically when the follies part,
" I've given men time to look silly to look helpless and lame , its a chorus of laughs a choir of fools when men play a little boys game ".
One of my top 5 favorite NFL FILMS programs.
Yeah John Facenda was an excellent narrator. One of the best ever. Between the outstanding production and John Facenda's narrating made NFL Films the tops in all sports documentaries.
@@ChrisC709 Harry Kalas also was a great narrator at NFL Films plus also working Philadelphia phillies baseball with his golden hall of fame baseball voice along with Richie Ashburn
I remember seeing every game.
And, what uniforms they had back then. That emerald green Eagles helmet with the giant, sweeping wings, Falcons in the red, striped helmets...Steelers were tough, but I remember them being kind of rough on defense all the way back to the days of linebacker, Bill Saul, Ben McGee, Paul Martha...those guys. George Allen changed things fast in Washington. Brilliant move on his part, bringing in all those veterans, most of them from winning teams. It created a good spirit. Super clip, and I don't think I've ever seen it before.
Golden Age of Football, game was so hard-hitting, creative and fun...miss that era.
Hard hitting yes, creative nooooo! The 5os were far more innovative and that was literally two decades prior. The 80s, 90s and present picked up where the 50s left off. 70s were bland unimaginative run the ball and play zone beat”em up defense. I’m a huge Raiders fan but that 70s ball although memorable, I would have to say was pretty pedestrian compared to later iterations of the sport.
@@natalydavidsmith3118 wholeheartedly disagree. Every era left their mark, but the 1970s was a cut above. Greatest teams, toughest defenses, colorful characters, I could go on. Baseball was still king in the 50s, football was 2nd tier.
This was football I remembered growing up. A mean and nasty era, but the best era. This was when football was played by real football players.
Payton, Simpson and Campbell were the best trio of running backs a decade has ever produced. Those three were just awesome. Oakland, Pittsburgh and Miami were terrific teams. Dallas dominated the NFC headlines, but Minnesota and the Rams were really consistent, especially the Vikings. Talk about a home-field advantage playing in that cold. The Steelers were lucky the World Football League couldn't raid their team the way the league did the Dolphins. My dad went to high school with Dolphins running back, Mercury Morris, in Pittsburgh.
My dad had this on vhs and I watched it hundreds of times in the 80s
Yeah fathers are cool!!!!!
I had it on VHS recorded it from ESPN when they used to air these shows. Right now it's on my computer.
RIP John Facenda.....the voice of God
True dat 😀!!
@@nickj3513 Both John Facenda and Harry Kalas are the 2 greatest narrators ever at NFL Films and should be in the Pro Football hall of fame
@@juliansmith1951 Amen😉
I am now 55 and THIS was my youth !! The BEST era ever ! @1:39 ONE of the best runs ever !! " sweetness ! "
That Payton run followed by the Campbell run, 2 of the to 5 greatest runs ever
@@kiwanishinton9410 Campbell was a little dizzy after Jack Tatum hit him, but he still got through. His legs were like tree trunks.
Yo John G, this is classic "The Super Seventies 70's" NFL. Thanks a million man! This is when I grew playing football and loving it! The greatest decade in NFL history. that's right Clay, "you can get it done, what's more, you gotta get it done." Hey Ivan you are right about Tom Brady playing back then, they would lay him out!!! I love it!
One hard hit by Bob Lilly, chased badly by Lambert and bashed by Atkinson and that is Brady's career health wise.
The cool and funky music in this alone makes it worth watching - the awesome highlights are a bonus.
man i miss earl play, and people remember o.j. as the killer but he was the best back in the start of the 70's and what can you say about sweetness.
no one slashed through a defense like OJ
o.j. was a beast, top 5 of all time if you just look at the football.
I see what you did there David LOL
Clay Pleasant nah, he butchered the defense.
Earl, Sweetness and O.J. were the best. Earl ran the ball like a beast. Always dragging 3 or more tacklers.
Best NFL Film ever.
Yes it is
I love football so much
Yeah! It’s the best! 😊
I like football in 2021 but in the 70 s it was just more fun Monday Night Football had a circus atmosphere not so much now
Earl Campbell was a beast
Thanks for posting this, a lot of memories of my 70's Steelers and the other great teams of the 70's. I'm not sure that there has been a more competitive decade since. Lots of powerhouse teams.
the seventies was the best era of the nfl. and it's a big part of the reason why i'm not impressed with any of the records quarterbacks set in the current era. the rules make it easy for the passing game. quarterbacks don't have to worry about being hit, everything is geared to making passing easier, so who cares if drew brees throws a touchdown in every game he ever plays? Johnny Unitas did it in 48 consecutive games when the defense was allowed to hit him and hit his receivers.
I agree 100 %. I laugh when people say Tom Brady is the GOAT
And the game was geared for running first, and passing second
NFL films footage (in slow motion)+ Facenda´s Voice + Spence Music = PERFECT COMBINATION TO BECOME A NFL FAN.
Does anybody have a list of the music in this video? ALL SONGS ARE SUPER...
When the NFL was on strike in 1982, Mexican TV aired these NFL films instead of MNF. Then i became a real NFL FAN
you will never see teams as good as the 70's free agency killed that, they deserve the money, but now in todays game teams break up after wining a super bowl. you will nver see hall of famers play their whole career's like they did they must have about 10 steelers in the hall from that 70's team.
careers
@@joeschmofromidaho8532 c-a-r-e-e-r-s
The short lived Plan-B Free Agency, 1989-1993, paved the way for today's free agency and basically gut the Cincinnati Bengals. I agree with you on Hall Of Fame caliber players spending their whole careers with one team, but I don't blame Franco Harris and Tony Dorsett for ending their careers in foreign uniforms, they were underpaid throughout their best years, but it's impossible to imagine the likes of Jack Lambert, Roger Staubach or Terry Bradshaw wearing the uniform of any other teams than the ones we know them the best in.
There are 9 Steelers players in the Hall Of Fame from the era, Mel Blount, Terry Bradshaw, Mean Joe Greene, Jack Ham, Franco Harris, Jack Lambert, John Stallworth, Lynn Swann and Mike Webster. 2 Rooney's, Art Senior and Dan, are in the HOF ( Owners/Executives ) and Chuck Noll for coaching.
There were some nasty linemen back then. They would beat the hell outta these guys now....those were the golden years of football for me....
Damn , I forgot how fast Tony Dorsett was ! He ran like Gazelle
I miss the 70s!
OJ Simpson, the player of the Decade! LOL!!
i have sooooo many of these old school vhs tapes! they were my childhood, an pumped me ight thefuck up for some football!!! i should dub them n put em on youtubbe,, im surprised that there isnt that many of them on here.
Great decade for football. good video, shame about the missing beginning.
"Mona Lisa was Hungry for a Title", beat my beloved Raiders
That's because your Raiders were a little bit cocky after they knocked off the 2 time Super Bowl Champion Dolphins, that was bulletin board material for the Steelers( Sea of Hands game)
What is the name of the music that plays when John Facenda introduces the Pittsburgh Steelers as “The Team of the Decade”?
RIP O.J. SIMPSON FRANCO HARRIS & WALTER PAYTON
Its a shame that OJ would become better known not for his 2,000 yard season, but his slow speed chase...
Immaculate reception redemption...Oakland
damn i get chills watching the steelers. and to hear facenda what better voice than his.
mel bias yepppppppp!! If Facenda's voice doesn't give you chills then you're not living!!
"You can get it done, you can get it done, what's more... you GOTTA get it done." lol
Buffalo lost all 20 games to Miami from 1970-1979
I am sorry, but THIS IS NOT the complete NFL film of the SUPER SEVENTIES. See if somehow you or someone out there, can post the COMPLETE FILM here on CZcams. Thank You.
Clint Longley on Thanksgiving Day 1974
RIP O.J. Simpson
Had Tom Brady played during these days he would be in a wheelchair they didn't play two hand touch football back then!!!!!!
Ivan Ezell doubt it
True THAT!!
brady wouldn't have played long enough to get hurt.
Without a doubt.
@ element115
I agree you. But I think a quarter back that could play back in that era is Russell Wilson. His game is so similar to Fran Tarkenton. Wilson is somewhat a scrambler but has the smarts to read defenses and and has the arm to throw the ball. He could had played back in those days.
2:35 OJ RIP
Dallas knew Craig Morton’s tendencies. that’s why they won the ball game. Oakland would’ve given Dallas a better fight. Rozelle screwed Oakland (Davis)out of that game with Denver with that botched fumble call...
Long time ago but Raiders got jobbed that day.
It's funny how so many people forget how the Raiders got robbed that day. Lytle got smacked, and he clearly fumbled....
@@IspeakthetruthifyI always believed with the Oak-Den game (fumble) that Pete Roselle put the clamps on Al Davis through the refs. Al Davis knew it! Fastforward three years later, and it was Davis who made Roselle look small, and in 1980.
I guess the league doesn't like the Raiders fast forward to January 19 2002 on a snowy night in Foxborough
Make for the bogus rouging the passer call Raiders were gifted year before?? The Raiders of the 70s were a fraud....one tainted Super Bowl
I used to own this VHS tape lol. They cut off the first 10-15 minutes
The HBO Pro Football Special has all the restored minutes!
heads did not roll for the giants they were thrown when that happened against Philly remember it well and the 70's was freakin awesome sports and music. the last decade of legends thats for sure!
Even though they lost to Dallas in the Super Bowl this "Miracle" '77 season ranks as the favorite for me and some other long time Bronco fans......you just had to live and experience it to understand that I guess!
Have you heard this one before OJ should have played for the " BRONCOS"
Best football video ever!
I would have kept that commercial in as well at 31:10.
Helmet to helmet,horsecollars,slamming the QB.man I miss football.
Does anyone know the name of the song that is played during the Steelers team of the decade clips?
"the 70's produced some of the greatest ball carriers of all time" substitute any decade since at least the 40's and the statement is still true.
We're winners boss!
If it wasn't for the Miracle at the Meadowlands earlier that season Jaws wouldn't be saying that
where's the begining that starts off with the running back & change of the hash marks ??
I know the Vikings lost their super bowls, but how do they get less attention than 1 good Broncos season?
SKOLNLEY,
You are exactly right NFL films did not give the Vikings any credit for reaching 4 SBs ( 2 back-to-back)and winning 4 NFC titles which is hard to do in any era. But I give my hat off to the Vikings for achieving that.
I agree. I'm a Bills fan so I know the feeling. The 1969 and 1970's Vikings and the early 90's Bills don't get nearly enough recognition because they both went 0-4 in Super Bowls. I felt the Vikes should've beaten the Chiefs in SB4 but underestimated them just like the Colts underestimated the Jets the year before. But the Vikes were just overmatched by better Miami, Pittsburgh, and Oakland teams in their other 3 Super Bowl appearances. The AFC was much tougher than the NFC in the 70's. Dallas, Minnesota, and the LA Rams were the only consistently good NFC teams in the 70's and those three teams seemed to win their division every year in those days. But then the NFC won 13 consecutive Super Bowls from 1984-96. The Bills dominated the AFC in the early 90's and should've beaten the Giants in SB25 but we're just beaten by better Washington and Dallas teams in their other 3 SB's. But neither the Bills or Vikings helped themselves much either by constantly shooting themselves in the foot with turnovers in those games.
I'm a Vikes fan, that makes me so glad the Broncos got their asses kicked by the Cowboys in Super Bowl XII
"Dallas superior resources struck midnight on denver cinderella season"... poetry! ps: I'm not being sarcastic or ironic.
Meaning not this year, Denver
What happened to the beginning?
You cut off the Billy "White Shoes"Johnson part.
And the Dolphins 🐬 undefeated season
Anybody remember the title of the music starting at 25:40?
1:01 the volume is better!
Jets made a big mistake trading john riggins to Washington after the 75 season..
The Redskins signed John Riggins as a free agent for big 1976 dollars the Jets did not trade him
John Facenda!
"There's nothing real in the world anymore." 27:41
“Madden’s out on the field. He wants to know if it’s real. They said yes, get your big butt outta here! He does! “ 😂
The Holy Roller never seen before that it will never be seen again a rule was changed in the following off season about advancing fumbles
Um... no mention of the Miami dolphins? None at all. 2 straight Super Bowl wins, a PERFECT SEASON, and a team filled with Hall of fame of gamers. Is this not a glaring omission?
Who dey?
They did mention the unbeaten Dolphins it was part of the beginning that was cut out
️🏈️🏈️🏈OJ the player of the decade....I don't think so
Id say Mean Joe Greene was the best overall player in the NFL during the 70's. But OJ might've been the best offensive player of the decade. He was just on bad Bills teams most of the time. Kinda like Barry Sanders on those shitty Lions teams. Teams constantly stacked 8-9 guys in the box and still couldn't stop OJ Simpson. OJ ran for 2,003 yards in a 14 game season and he even made the Steel Curtain look ridiculous on a few occasions
The birth of the decade, Tom Brady
Shame about Kerry Wood being placed on the DL.
He was the man back in the 90's!!
He played baseball
Surely that was a dropped catch at 19:28?
I agree. It was a great catch but the ball his the ground as Preston Pearson gathers the ball in.
I am not an Atlanta Falcons fan, but how can you have a show about the "Super Seventies" and not even mention the greatest single season defense of the decade if not ever, the Falcons' Grits Blitz of 1977? they dominated offenses like no defense before or since, you can look up their stats, or look for videos on here.
Hey Steve the Falcon's Gritz Blitz Defense & Big Ben Hail Mary play was in 1978 which they made the playoffs as a wildcard. They defeated Philly in the wildcard game 14 - 13 and lost to Dallas in the divisional game 27 - 20.
Actually, the "Gritz Blitz" season for the Falcons was 1977, when they only allowed 129 points over the 14-game season for an average of 9.2 PPG against, still a record to this day. The problem was that it seemed like their offense went against that defense, because they averaged just under 13 PPG themselves, which resulted in a 7-7 record. Then in 1978, with an upgraded offense and the arrival of their famous Big Ben play, they made the playoffs for the very first time, beat the Eagles in the very first NFC Wild Card game, and then were edged out by a superior Cowboys team, even after knocking Roger Staubach out of that game.
Hey thanks for that information. I did not know that. I guess it all came together fo Atlanta in 1978 the year they made the playoffs.
You're welcome. But the year it really came together for that edition of the Falcons was 1980, when they finally ended the seven-year reign of the Rams atop the NFC East and earned the #1 seed for the NFC playoffs. But again, they ran into the same problem they ran into in 1978. A problem called the Dallas Cowboys, and in particular, QB Danny White, who brought the Cowboys from behind to beat the Falcons, just as he did in '78 after Staubach was knocked out of that game. But the loss in 1980 was so demoralizing that they never really recovered from it.
You are right it did come together in 1980. The Falcons had a very good team in which Leman Bennett was the head coach but they won the NFC West not the NFC East which the played in until realignment. I remember both those playoff losses against Dallas in '78 and '80 where Danny White took them to victory. In '78 White came in reserve after Robert Pennywell drove Stsubach to the ground and put him out. Danny White came in as if the Cowboys did not miss a beat.
In the 1980 playoff game Atlanta dominated and lead most of the game. Danny White replace a retired Roger Stsubach, and orchestrated a great come back. You are right it was a devastating lost for Atlanta and they never recovered after that loss.
The Steelers the team of the 70s
Vikings fan here. This was awful.