So sad Ken couldn't be there to enjoy it in person. The Pro Football H.O.F. BLEW THIS ONE!! Stabler should have been inducted years before it happened. RIP SNAKE! Thank you for the memories. You'll never be forgotten!
The Snake! The greatest nickname for one of the all time greats! He should have received this honor when he was still alive. Holly smokes watching Snake's grandkids huging Fred was beautiful!
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You are exactly right and he should've went as soon as he was eligible. You know how ol Snake was , he may have Snaked about half the voter's girlfriend's and wives..when he was single...The Foley Football Flinger , The Snake Stabler we won't see another like him. RIP KENNY STABLER you may be GBNF !!
Kenny was the swagger king of the QB. He threw darts, on time and on target. Watching him throw to Freddy , Cliff and Casper was like watching a ballet.
I'm from Pittsburgh and the only player and team the steel curtain feared was snake and the raiders RIP snake always respected u even as a steeler fan. Way to long for hall of fame nod
@@williamtate6268 Yes as a Steelers fan I came to respect Stabler & all the great Raiders. Imagine these QBs if they hadn’t taken so many hits. They would’ve had much longer careers where they were still excellent until the very end.
I was 6 years old in 1972 my dad and my oldest brother both had season tickets to the Oakland Raiders so I got to go to every home game from 1972 up until the year they went to Los Angeles. One of my favorite games was when the Oakland Raiders played the Pittsburgh Steelers on Monday night and I got to watch Ken Stabler and Terry Bradshaw battle it out in Oakland.
I'm a Die Hard Broncos fan, and I have such a love for both Madden and Snake Stabler! I'm convinced that Heaven now has Football with both Madden and Stabler up there.
Rest in peace snake you made it into the Hall of Fame where you belong now you with Bear Bryant I can hear you all say roll tide roll we all miss you snake we all still miss you Bear Bryant and we all love you
He personified the name Raider, as well as Snake. A clever, sneaky pirate. He could always find a way to get it done. One of the most colorful and interesting as well as skillful players ever. Unforgettable. Miss him.
LONG OVER DUE! I feel so blessed to have seen him play in a pre season game in the summer of 1976 in Tempe, Arizona against the then St. Louis Cardinals. Such an incredible athlete and "The Guy" that is #1 in the hearts of Raiders fans everywhere. Rest in peace Snake!♡
My favorite player of all time. He truly bonded my family as we watched our Raiders of the 1970's. "Snake" you have no idea that not only my family bonded over u and the Raiders but also many other families. Thank you for all the comebacks on Sunday's.
God Bless the "SNAKE" !! The only injustice is He was inducted After He passed!! He was as tough and clutch as they come. In the mid 1980's I asked Bubba Smith his opinion of Stabler. His response I will never forget "HE IS THE TRUTH" Bubba said to me. He did not have to say anything else.
they call jim otto mr raider. ken stabler was the COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE. as an original OAKLAND RAIDERS fan and supporter. dear kenny, we miss you and we love you. you are now gods starting quarterback. KEN THE SNAKE STABLER. one of the best quarterbacks that ever lived.
It's about friggin time. I can't believe Jim Plunkett, Cliff Branch, Lester Hayes, and Tom Flores aren't in the HOF yet...especially Branch and Flores. Jim Marshall of the Vikings should've got in 25-30 years ago too just like Stabler. The HOF is a joke
I'm so glad have been a raider fan since 1968 and sold malts and sodas at the coliseum, while living five blocks away and having true earlier years signed memorabilia.... I saw a lot of these games personally year after year.... Generation Blanda, Lamonica, Stabler and Plunket alumni... John Madden, speaks for himself.. Carr...Hmmmm!
Stabler epitimized what a competitor is and his play always gave you hope and you always felt there was hope if there was time on the clock. he always found a way to get it done...it was beautiful...about time he was recognized...next is tommy jackson...roger craig, etc...
Thanks for the memories, Kenny...John Madden said it all. Nothing else needs to be said...Glad you are in the NFL HOF #12. Better late than never...THROW DEEP BABY!
I was fortunate to see Kenny on the field at Alabama but also on the field in the NFL. It was a tragedy for this not to have happened in Kenny's lifetime but I'm thankful it did occur in Coach Madden's. Someone else rightly pointed out the HoF got this one wrong and I couldn't agree more. Lov ya Snake!
Bob Griese also won 2 Superbowls in the 70,s. Went to the Superbowl 3 times in a row. Went undefeated in 1972. He also belongs with Terry Bradshaw, Roger Staubach and Ken Stabler. Nevertheless Snake you were topps. R.I.P.
The first time I saw Ken Stabler, he gets on the field, and the Sportscaster says, "George Blanda says Ken Stabler has a lot of potential." Here is what Ken Stabler did, from Wikipedia, the first time I saw him: "Stabler made his first regular season appearance as a Raider in . He first attracted attention in the NFL in a 1972 playoff game against the Pittsburgh Steelers. After entering the game in relief of a flu-ridden Daryle Lamonica, he scored the go-ahead touchdown late in the fourth quarter on a 30-yard scramble." Wow! They actually showed that here in this video! I remember hearing he was nicknamed, "The Snake," in High School for a touchdown run winding down the field. The "Sea of Hands" game against the Miami Dolphins, 28-26, I will always remember that passes Ken Stabler made in that game. Sad, he had to die before they figured it out!
The thing about Stabler, more than any other QB I have seen, you always felt the team had a chance until the end. He was the first and perhaps the best of the 4Q comeback, at a time when offenses were not designed for it.
With only 2 minutes or less on the game clock in the 4th Quarter of a big game, there are only 3 QBs that I would want to drive my team down the field to score the winning TD and they are Ken "Snake" Stabler, Roger Staubach and Joe Montana. And of those three, my first choice would be Stabler! Three huge playoff wins (which really should have been 4 but for the freakish , illegal "Immaculate Reception" play in 1972 by the Steelers) against the Dolphins in 1974, the Patriots in 1976 and the Colts in 1977. Frenchy Fuqua allegedly went into the Raiders' locker room in Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh after Oakland lost to the Steelers in that 1972 playoff game and admitted to the Oakland players that Bradshaw's desperation pass hit him not Oakland's Jack Tatum on that play!
So many great football and baseball players are overlooked for the Hall of Fame by writers, while the players are still alive and kicking. I don't know who picks the football players but guys that never played the game still pick the baseball players. It's a terrible shame Kenny Stabler was not able to give his own acceptance speech to show how grateful he was to Bear Bryant and John Madden. The only quarterback to ever start for both coaching legends and he died before they let him in the Hall.
I'm glad The Snake Stabler got in the Hall of Fame he should have been in there long time ago. Now what about Cliff Branch , Jack Tatum, Lester Hayes, Rod Martin, etc.
This kind of stuff kills you, doesn't it. Lol. As a college QB, I got the rare chance to scrimmage, sweats only, with the Raiders, some of whom I spoke with face to face. It was a trilling day for a young man.
I hear Dandy Don Meredith from Dallas is not in the HOF. Is that true?! I am a Steelers fan but seriously I think if that is true, then he deserves to get in. Any thoughts?
Way overdue.. Exactly Couldn't have been while he was alive huh? It's almost like they did it on purpose to spite "the Raider way" and how they were the outcasts........ (Raider fan since about 1974)
Ya its bullshit for real! Either he was only able to win 2 Superbowls because Jim Plunket was a great quarterback and Plunket should be in the Hall of Fame. Or Tom Flores won the Super Bowl with a backup quarterback and Flores should be in the Hall of Fame. Or they are both Hall of Famers. It's bullshit
I Think 🤔 Its A Crying Ass Shame That The NFL Waited Till The Man Died Before He Was Voted Into The Hall Of Fame When Other Great Player's From His Era Have Been In Since 1989 Like Terry Bradshaw ! To Me It's A Disgrace On The Part Of The NFL That Ken Stabler Wasn't Enshrined Into The Hall Of Fame Years Earlier While The Poor Man Was Alive I Watched His Entire Career ! The NFL Has Gone Downhill Just Like The Rock-n-Roll Hall Of Shame, Which Was Started For Rock Stars And Disgraced When They Started Putting People In There Like Madonna A Pop Star And Even Hip Hop Artist Yet There's Still Many True Great ROCK Bands That Are Still Not In There ! I Agree With Ted Nugent And Gene Simmons Both Of Whom Care Now Nothing At All About The Rock-n-Roll Hall Of SHAME !
I'm definitely NOT a conspiracy theorist, but one cannot deny that there seems to be a common thread regarding HOF nominations and inaugurations where Raiders are concerned. Canton waited until both Stabler and Branch had passed before inducting them, furthermore Jim Plunkett as the first Hispanic double super bowl winning QB should arguably have been inducted well before the likes of Polamalu and Sanders (meaning NO disrespect to this fine an deserving athletes)
