Raiders FILM: INSANE STORY of Daryle Lamonica 

DROP A BOMB 💣 EMOJI to remember The Mad Bomber!

Much respect to you taking the time to pay some homage to a Raider like nobody else you put some thought and time to it nice job bro.

I wasn't aware that lamonica had passed. Sad day. I became a raiders fan because of him. The mad bomber was something to behold. You really had to watch him to understand how good he really was. 👍🏾

Oh man! A very swift and comprehensive video so soon after Lamonica’s passing…I have to give you mad props on how quickly you put this together…a professional grade production other content providers should strive to emulate. BRAVO!!!

Lamonica ! The mad bomber ! An original Raider legend , RIP

The first football game I ever watched was the 1967 championship,Packers Raiders. I fell in love with the Raiders that day their style of play their uniforms and the big arm of the mad bomber.RIP#3

RIP Lamonica.......throwing t.d.s in heaven🙏🏻

Again your right on it and the fact Joe buck is in the hof and yet another RAIDER GREAT isn’t says it all … thanks for sharing and take care everyone…

I never knew Lamonica was from Fresno and played at Clovis High. That is awesome!

Watching Lamonica play is the reason I became a Raider fan all those years ago. Great times! Great teams! Great memories! Great Video!!

Loving the mini docs Willie. Great work. The Mad Bomber RIP

superb telling of the Mad Bombers story. RIP to a great Raider.

I have been a Raiders fan since the sixties. My "all time" favorite Oakland Raiders Quarterback without a doubt is Daryle Lamonica. I can still vividly remember him throwing the prettiest accurate Deep Bombs to Warren Wells. It was a sight to watch him Drop back to pass and let that rock (football ) go! May he RIP and condolence's to his family and the Raider nation.

Was up wifi!! Keep up the great work!!

I was fortunate to be Daryle’s friend for the last eight years of his life. I met him on Bass Lake one day and asked for his autograph. After that we had many great fishing trips together and he taught me a lot. He was a great fisherman and hunter, a true outdoorsman. So many of the things you mentioned in your video Daryle told me himself while on his boat. Thanks for the excellent video and you’re right he should be in the hall of fame!

Thank you Wifi!! 🖤 This was brilliant! You know how loved Lamonica was by us that live in the Central Valley!! Definitely a true legend of the game and a Raiders Legend! It is a shame that he isn't in the HOF. R.I.P. Daryl 'Mad Bomber' Lamonica 💣 My deepest condolences to the Lamonica family and his friends. Raider Nation mourns. Again, thank you, Wifi for showing who Daryl Lamonica was as a Raider and a genuine nice human being. 🖤

Sad to hear this. R.I.P. to Daryle Lamonica. Mad Bomber 💣 May his family have peace and comfort during this difficult time for them.

Daryle Lamonica was a cool individual. I asked him how he felt about the 1972 playoff game against Pittsburgh. He said it was unforgivable. RIP MY FRIEND!

I love how you put the content together.

Once again, straight facts willie.

I love this. Thank you willie for your tribute and the informative video!

BRAVO!! That was GREAT!!👏🤓

The coolest last name, ever. LaMonica, really? It just evokes such swagger. Like a rockstar, or a general or a MFing quarterback. RIP Mad Bomber.

Nice video!! I grew up in Buffalo, unfortunately I don’t remember seeing him play, I was just a little too young. I do remember him playing for the Raiders. He was a Great player! They had a lot of Great players back then! The rivalry with the Chiefs, with Dawson, Elmo Smith, Buck Buchanan, Willie Lanier was Awesome!! I Love the old uniforms!! I wish they wore those! Im old school with how football was played, the uniforms, coaches!! Miss those days! RIP Darrell!! 😢🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

Great work, Wi-Fi Willie.

Great story Willy great story

Great Video Willie🔥🔥🔥🔥

Great report on a tremendous QB , and may he Rest In Peace. Always loved him with the Blue and Gold at South Bend, followed him with those young Raider teams. Kudos to WiFiWillie for this excellent report on the Mad Bomber Daryle Lamonica. 💣💣💣🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️☘️☘️☘️🏈🏈🏈

Solid video Willie, great representation of the Nation and The No🏴‍☠💣

The "Heidi Bowl", that is probably his most legendary game, RIP to a great one.

Great damn video!! Raider In Heaven "Mad Bomber"!!! 😔🙏🏼☠️🏴‍☠️💣

PRIDE AND POISE, COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE, PRO FOOTBALLS WINNINGNESS TEAM. the autumn wind is a raider. daryle lamonica had all of these qualities. may you rest in peace mr lamonica, thank you for all of the great oakland raiders memories.

Hello Wifi Willie. I viewed this video and can only say that I 100% agree with you that Daryle Lamonica belongs in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, absolutely NO QUESTION!. As a long time dyed-in--the-wool Kansas City Chiefs fan, I used to see Daryle and the Raiders come to Kansas City and strike fear into the hearts of thousands of Chiefs fans. Though we came en masse to Municipal Stadium back in the 1960's to see a big Chiefs victory over their hated arch-rivals, we all had so much respect for Lamonica, Fred Biletnikoff, Warren Wells, Hewritt Dixon, Pete Banazak, Charlie Smith, Billy Cannon, Jim Otto, George Blanda and every other offensive weapon the Raiders had. We didn't know it at the time, but those were some of the greatest days and games of our lives! The only time I ever pulled for the Raiders was in Super Bowl-2 against the Green Bay Packers. As a loyal AFL fan, I detested the NFL and all the BS propaganda that used to be spewed by the spoon-fed media about how superior the NFL was to the AFL. I wanted Lamonica and the Raiders to absolutely destroy the Packers but they (Packers) were a great team. Even after the merger in 1970 I still wished the AFL and NFL stayed separate. And when the Chiefs moved to Arrowhead for the 1972 season, I remember the Raiders coming to KC for the annual showdown, a record crowd of 82,094 was on hand to see the battle. Lamonica didn't have his best day that day, but he was always an eyelash away from converting on long passes for Raider TD's. Ken Stabler came on in relief of Lamonica, but he was unsuccessful in getting the Raiders to win. What I believe has kept Lamonica out of the PFHOF is the same thing that has haunted our Otis Taylor for all these seasons: pro-NFL media types who had a vote for the Hall of Fame, NOT voting for AFL players with their rationale being that they believed the AFL was an inferior league to the NFL, hence the achievements of the players in that league were deemed unworthy of consideration. Otis should be in the hallowed Hall and so should Daryle Lamonica. Thanks for the video, be well and LONG LIVE the AFL!!!

RIP to The Mad Bomber Lamonica Never got to watch lamonica but thank you for all you did for the silver and black sir 🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️

GREAT JOB WILLIE, BOMBER MADE ME A RAIDAH

DL a Raider Legend RIP From Raider Nation. RN4L

Great Video

Great tribute video Wi-Fi!! Been killing it lately bro 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻

I tell you this wi-fi Willie heaven is filling up with our raiders yes he should have been in the Hall of Fame a long time ago same with Jim plunkett too rest in peace mad bomber once a raider always a raider

Wish He could have made it through the next couple seasons -4 my own selfish reasons......May Mr. Lamonica Rip -Grace be with his family and loved ones! A legend never dies!...

Sick!! I had no idea Lamonica stadium was named after a Raider!! Great video love it!!🖤🖤🖤🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️

Great job ! I grew up as a fan of Lamonica and the Raiders.

I was introduced to football and a guy named Joe caught my interest. The game was the Heidi game, before the game was over I became a RAIDER fan.#3 lives in my soul....

Daryl lamonica deserves to be in the hall of fame

Absolutely should be in the Pro Football Hall of Fame!

Buffalo Bills fan here and I remember many of us wanted Lamonica to take over for Kemp and it turned out to be one of the worst trades in Bills history.

Rest in peace Legend a true Raider🙏🏻🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🖤

When I was in the 5 th.6 th grade.1971,1972.. I wanted to be Daryl lamonica...the mad bomber.. from 1971 until today .I'm still a silver and black Oakland raider fan...las Vegas raiders.. semper fi

Mad Bomber R.I.P. GO Raiders 🌑

I got to see Lamonica play his favorite target was Warren Wells the original number 81

Great job bro!!! Youre missing your calling as a narrator for documentaries ...

Came to my school in Fresno when I was younger! Let the whole class try on his Super Bowl ring and brought in signed pictures!

REST IN PEACE LEGENDARY BOMBER 🖤

My dad and his brother had Raiders season tickets in 1969 on, I went to every other home game with my dad, got to see the Mad Bomber throw to Freddy. All those great players, Otto, Big Ben, Marv. Those were the days, you could enter the Coliseum with a drink in your hand from tailgating and under the tall rolling bleachers at halftime was a thick cloud of pot smoke.

That 1967 AFL Championship between Oakland and Houston was NOT the 'Ice Bowl'! That was the NFL Packers vs Cowboys!!!

The Mad bomber...one of my boyhood heros

Raider nation

Lamonica's football resume as a player was impressive (stellar high school, college and professional statistics). Wondering what he did after playing football? Did he work within the Raider organization?

The Raider defense that year (1967) were named the "eleven angry men" by a sportswriter. Only a couple that were on that defense are still alive. One is the fastest Raider, two time All Pro Kent McCloughan, who with Willie Brown were called the "bump and run boys."

This is a certified hood classic

If Joe Namath and Terry Bradshaw are allowed in the HOF this man should be there no question about it.

Rest easy Mad Bomber

"Going for broke on every play".☠️⚔️🏴‍☠️🏁

The Mad Bomber!

Smoking a cigarette on the bench. Not just football. Good old days.

Lamonica should be in the HOF

Al Davis had a simple offensive philosophy, every other team plays to take what the defense gives them, the Raiders take what we want. It made for entertaining football.

More Raider Ledgends videos please

It was a sad day. Lamonica was a good QB. I watched him play during a time when passing footballs was hard. The rules were not friendly to QBs or receivers. It was a time when completing 50% of one's passes was considered good. In his 8 years with the Raiders his completion percentage was 50.6% with his average being 14.6 yards per completion, significantly longer than averages today with all the sink and dunk passes of today. He deserved the Mad Bomber nickname. There were too many times I watched I'm frustration as the Raider's would go 3 and out as he threw 3 straight bombs but sometimes it worked, especially when he had Warren Wells to throw to. I remember the infamous Heidi game when NBC switched to the movie Heidi with a minute to go after the Jets kicked a go ahead field goal to lead 32 to 29. With only seconds to go the Raiders scored a TD when Lamonica completed a 43 yard pass to running back Charlie Smith. 6 seconds later the Raiders scored another TD by recovering a fumble on the kickoff which was returned by the Raiders for a TD. We didn't get to see it. That was the same year the Jets won the Superbowl. Does he belong in the Hall of Fame? I believe he does. His stats were as good as Joe Namath's. The only real difference is that Namath's team won their trip to the Superbowl while the Raiders lost theirs the previous season because they played against Lombardi's Packers. The Jets won not because Namath was a great QB but because the Jets team that year was modeled in the same way as the dolphin dynasty would be built in the early 70s and the Steelers of the mid 70s, powerful unstoppable running attacks and stifling defenses. Boozer was their halfback who made the pro bowl and Snell was their bruising fullback who was the workhorse. With the no.1 defense that year all Namath had to do was hand the ball off. So, yeah, Lamonica deserves to be in the HOF as much as Namath, their careers being very much alike. The one knock I have against Lamonica is that when the dolphins developed the zone defense against the pass Lamonica had trouble reading it and instead of checking down to a short pass he'd throw the bomb any way and either it'd be incomplete or intercepted far too often. Snake Stabler did not have trouble reading zones or checking down to shorter passes when he could see the disguised coverages. That's why Stabler took over from Lamonica and why Lamonica's lifetime completion is 50% while Stabler's is 60. Still, they were both great QBs in their era. I believe Lamonica deserves his place alongside Stabler in the HOF.

Guy Lafleur passed away also.bad day for ancient memories.

Raaaiideeerrrrrss 👑

RIP 😡💣!

Bro... I live at Ashlan and Locan!

#RIP3

R.I.P Mad Bomber

Notre Dame fucking legend

Now THAT is a SOLID PIECE, my brother ! Great Job ! I'm resubscribed - till you play that rumor bullsh!t on what may happen 2 years from now !! LOL Shoot straight, shoot often, shoot to kill ! Wulfy OG Raider Nation

Awesome video of tribute & Joe Buck Sucks

Fresno Has produced great players, YAAA, remember that you all. And what about Stephon Page??? He too was great.

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24th round in the AFL draft? What did they have 873 man rosters?

Why isn't this guy in the HOF? Better than Namath, and made a bigger impact! Great Player!

RIP DARYLE (MAD BOOMER) LaMONICA!!!

FresNO

You're hilarious 😂... the timing of the Joe Buck photo but ya, the Hall of Fame is being held hostage by the NFL.

No shit Joe Buck!

A great video was hurt by having a “turd in the punch bowl” like Joe Buck. Otherwise kudos to Willie and RIP Daryle Lamonica.

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The mad bomber was great ... But not hall of fame ... Sorry ... He was to unpredictable ... But damn I loved to watch him , and cussed his interceptions so many times

thats my cousin

When the raiders were The Oakland Raiders,SILVER AND BLACK.been a OAKLAND RAIDERS FAN SINCE 1967.the raiders today SUCK.they should be ashamed wearing THE SILVER AND BLACK.they are a disgrace to their history.

F Joe f**n Buck 🤣

👃R.I.P

Len Dawson smoking?

Thats a shit td-int ratio

If Joe Namath and Terry Bradshaw are allowed in the HOF this man should be there no question about it.

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