#1 Broadway Joe Namath's Upset Changes Football Forever | NFL Films | Top 10 Upsets 

If there was ever a fixed game, this was it. Namath was a low rate QB. This was fixed weeks before the game was even played. He was a very charismatic player but come on Really?

@@denveyebanks4787 if believing that helps you sleep at night, then keep believing that bullshit

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Facts

And there's no better reason needed!

Plus he is the first QB to throw for 4000 yards in a season it was like what 12 games

@@Channel-23s 14 games, but nobody else did it until the season expanded to 16, and after the rules on pass interference changed.

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You are absolutely right! Also, Al Davis and others were telling their players to hurt Namath cuz they weren't down with the shades and the fur coats and the white cleats and all the women! 👍😎🍺

Joe Willy had game both on and off the field.@@mandanglelow1442

Breen Machine it's not just stats that get you into the hof it's your IMPACT

Breen Machine and also has more interceptions than touchdowns and is a pathetic drunk.

Breen Machine if you compare his stats at the age of 25 compared compared the rest of the QBs in the hof he's number 3. he had terrible knee injuries which is what hurt him in the 2nd part of his career

he's overrated, but he's rightfully in the HOF for changing football forever

its like any sport hall of fame its not just about how well you played but its about what you did for the game.

Defense carries every team. Offense just sells the tickets.

rickyxx13 tell that to Eli Manning

anyone who knows about football knows that the giants pass rush won them that game and they get credited for it. This game, its all about joe for some reason

Also, nobody talks about how Johnny Unitas only played in the final few minutes of the game and scored a touchdown. The Baltimore Colts without Johnny U were not the Baltimore Colts. Lol

rickyxx13 That's my point. Joe was overrated for his whole career. The only reason he is famous is because of what he said. He doesn't say that he is probably 15x less famous.

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mooosse g lol

Oh bother

I heard the guy also voices Hondo from clone wars

HunterNZ did you just say Eli is one of the best?

Eli has 2 superbowl rings which both came against the cheatriots.......so yeah you have to respect him as one of the best.

***** 1 ring, but better than any of yours

Tyler W HOW IS HE ONE OF THE BESTS LMAO and the patriots never cheated lmao

Cal yet they couldn’t beat the patriots TWICE in the 2007 season and for like EVER.

spuhtanous combatment beating the patriots in 2011

That one really major thing made everything else possible.

The merger was already going to happen, but the disparity between the two leagues would've been drastically different afterward if it hadn't been for this upset. Even though the NFL was publically embarrassed by this, Pete Rozelle actually was grateful for this upset privately, because it lessened the argument about which league was superior and it also gave the Super Bowl much-needed publicity as the real championship game of pro football. Rozelle, after Super Bowl 3, said to his closest colleagues, "This loss might be the best thing to ever happen to us."

Didn't the Dophins and Raiders rule the AFC in the '70s? The Patriots were good in the latter half as well.

@@lcrossmk8563 The Dolphins made it to the Super Bowl 3 straight years in the 70s and won 2 but they were coached by head coach Don Shula an NFL disciple head coach. With an NFL philosophy playbook. The Raiders were really the only AFL team that had an original AFL philosophy within their team that were always Super Bowl contenders and of course eventually did win a Super Bowl in 1976 season. So most of the teams that represented the AFC post full merger of 1970 mostly were either 1 of 3 teams NFL teams that took the $2 million to move to the new AFC conference to even out the conferences, or AFL expansion teams that had NFL like head coaches with NFL playbook philosophies. Colts, Steelers and then The Dolphins coach by Don Shula. There were the Denver Broncos in 1977 however they got crushed in the Super Bowl by the Cowboys and by that point most of the teams players and coaches were from the NFL by that point.

I agree but I think this is number 1 because it changed football

Tony T 19 point favorite Colts losing to jets vs 12 point favorite Patriots losing to Giants. Grow up

@@bmis1 The Patriots were UNDEFEATED. END OF DISCUSSION

Tony T oh, so that trumps how heavily favorited the colts were over the jets? 19>12 accept the facts or go back to school

Bluersi do you really think the undefeated patriots weren’t favored to win over the 10-6 giants? Seriously?

Sorry, but in terms of upsets, this game was the equivalent of a AAA team beating the dodgers in a 7-game series.

Could be worse. Could be the Cardinals. One championship since 1920. . . .

At least they won a super bowl not like the Browns Eagles Vikings and many more

ESSAB0SS77 eagles are gonna break that

Ice J we’ll see I doubt it tho

ESSAB0SS77 i see them losing nfc champ game like they usually do, probably to saints

Dan should really get in to coaching. If he could coach a Superbowl winning Dolphins team...I'd get choked up I'll admit it and Marino isn't even my favorite but he's a hellava guy and I have a huge respect for the man and his tenacity.

Cause namath had a defense to back him up

Marino never had a running game as dependable as Namath's.

Because goats win when it matters. Everyone doubted Montana, but he beat the up and coming “elway” and “‘Marino”. That’s like Brady beating Brees and Rodgers at the Super Bowl in their primes. Everyone would lose their minds. Goats have the winning factor and Marino did not.

Because Marino never played against Don Shula

It still counts. They still have more than 12 other teams in the league today.

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As a patriots fan I somehow someway agree with you

Given the circumstances, I have that ranked third. My top two upsets are this and the Browns beating the Eagles in Week 1 of 1950 - if the Buccaneers with Tom Brady were on the recieving end of this level of upset, it would be apocalyptic to say the least.

Hell no

William Swanson superbowl 35 my ravens upset the giants with trent dilfer 34-7 haha

Jacob Ferber meh the Ravens were 3 point favorites so it wasn’t an upset it was a beat the crap outta.

The Jets beating the Colts had a much, much bigger impact on the game as a whole. The AFL was laughed at until that day, and it may have also been one of the catalysts to the merger in 1970. This past SB is not a #1 upset. Weren't the Pats predicted to win? It was a big time comeback for sure, but come on already.

The Jets beating the Colts had a much, much bigger impact on the game as a whole. The AFL was laughed at until that day, and it may have also been one of the catalysts to the merger in 1970. This past SB is not a #1 upset. Weren't the Pats predicted to win? It was a big time comeback for sure, but come on already.

ToX1c_Inpuls3 The Patriots were favored in that superbowl

Peyton Manning #ForeverAColt #ColtsNation "remind you" lmao how old are u? 60?? Why are u on RU-vid 😂😂😂😂

L C I'm 69

L C didn't know RU-vid has a age limit.😂😂😂 stupid cheatriots fangirl making me look bad.

khalifa elberkawi how is that an upset

That wasn't an upset. The Seahawks were the underdogs in that game.

Tea Virus I wouldn’t say Seattle was the underdog, it was very evenly matches. I even looked to see who was favored in Super Bowl 49, it was a pick’em

United League of Gamers when this first aired it was before super bowl 51 or 42

Giants almost beat the Patriots last game of the year. It spoke volumes about how the Super Bowl was going to be played

what namath has more picks than TDs at 221

LMAO you have got to be joking. Namath was super overrated.

I have a feeling you’re just a Peyton hater judging by the profile pic. In literally every way possible Peyton is a better QB. More super bowl rings, passing TDs, passing yards, interception/TD ratio, passer rating.... you must not watch football or something

Under the circumstances in 1968, Peyton would not have won Super Bowl III

Damn that would be 3-1 in favor of the nfl

The Gentleman You're so stupid

The Sphinx Fuck off

The Gentleman How bout this.......it was an upset because NOBODY gave the Jets a chance to WIN it...... the "Guarantee" was laughed at but Namath backed it up !!! FACT

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Odell Beckham Jr. #Odeezy #13Hunnit #BreakinRecords factz

Odell Beckham Jr. #Odeezy #13Hunnit #BreakinRecords passing was so primitive then. He was the first qb to throw for 4k yards. He was a leader, an icon in sports (not just the NFL), clutch, and he was a great deep passer. Sure his overall numbers weren't the best, but you can't look at just numbers. He made a huge impact on the NFL

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Odell Beckham Jr. #Odeezy #13Hunnit #BreakinRecords because Eli never throws a shit ton of picks

FullmetalNinja25 you watched Namath play?

Are you basing it of fantasy football stats or are you a Giants fan? He was the most dynamic QB of his day and was the face of not only a team but a whole league.

Most dynamic QB of his day? Are you fucking kidding? Namath had a great arm and a big image, but his play was a joke, there was nothing dynamic about it. I've seen practically every snap of his career, and Namath knew as much about reading defenses as he did reading Sanskrit. You want "dynamic", look up Daryle Lamonica (he was literally the AFL's best QB and was still a threat in the NFL), or Johnny Unitas who was universes better than Namath. The OP is correct, Namath was a fraud.

FullmetalNinja25 He was the first QB to pass for 4000+ yards in a season.

+Enrique Godinez Good for him. He also led the league in INT's that year, just like he did 4 different times in his career.

Do you have any evidence for this claim? Any evidence at all? Who was in on this rigging? The head coaches? The assistant coaches? The coaches on _all_ of the teams or just a few of them? The NFL owners? All of the owners or just a few of them? The players themselves? _All_ of the players or just a few of them? Were any of the referees in on this rigging? All of them or just a few of them? Or maybe it just the employees in the NFL office? If so, were all of these employees aware of this or just a select few of them? Were other games rigged back then? Who decided which team should win? _When_ was this decision made? The night before? The week before? A few hours before? Were the sportsbooks in Vegas in on it? If so, were all of them aware of it or just a few? How long had this rigging been going on? Five years? Ten years? Twenty years? How come no one has ever come forward with any _actual evidence_ (phone calls, recordings, letters, sworn testimony, etc) for this conspiracy you're claiming? How come no one has won a Pulitzer Prize with evidence for this mass conspiracy you claim? The time to believe in something is when there is _actual evidence_ to believe in it. Not before. And yet you're implying and have a belief for something there is absolutely zero evidence for. I'm curious... what else do you have a belief in? Leprechauns? Fairies? Pink unicorns? Bigfoot? Teapots named Russel orbiting the sun between Earth and Mars? The Loch Ness Monster? Gods?

Edward Collins Bubba Smith provided a lot of evidence in an interview he did in 2004

@@NPC-je8ix I read the transcript of the interview. You can read it online. (You can probably also listen to it online.) I'm talking about _evidence_. Bubba Smith was making _claims_. He had ZERO evidence. He claimed quarterback Earl Morrall was in on this "fix" and purposely threw the game. He claimed the Colts owner bet three million dollars on the Jets. And yet he had no evidence for either of these claims, of course. Bubba said Johnny Unitas was put in for Earl Morrall when there was just six minutes left to go in the game. That's not true at all. Unitas took over for Morrall in the third quarter and even Unitas could only generate one drive for one touchdown. Tom Matte had 116 yards rushing and yet half of those yards came on one play! The Jets defense contained him quite easily. Bubba Smith can't accept the fact that his team lost, and he was grasping at anything he could to try to maintain his dignity.