People in today’s world overlook Bernie Kosar. The man played in 3 afc championships games and was close. John Elway went to 5 SuperBowls in total, and 3 of them could have been Bernie instead. It’s all about perspective, and sometimes winning becomes everything, and players sometimes doesn’t get the full amount of respect they deserve.
Agreed. Bernie put his team in position to win those games. He couldn't go out there and get a stop for the defense. He couldn't keep players from fumbling. He couldn't stop receivers from dropping passes. He couldn't force kickers to make kicks. He did his job well but he's just one man.
@@adamdorgant9454 man sucked that team was loaded Kosar Slaughter Brennan Matthews Dixon Byner Mack Newsome 38 years later still can't figure it out watched it a friend of mines that I went to school with we were all rooting for Cleveland not Denver and when Cleveland lost it was like a death in the family man that sucked
I was one of the 5 million people that were at the stadium that day. Only, I really was. In the dawg pound. A high school senior, with a bunch of friends. When the Jets went up 20-10 in regulation, half the dawg pound left. We went down to the front row, and watched the comeback and overtime from there, as all the people started flooding back in. Too bad for them.
@@adamdorgant9454 yes i remember everything about this game and day. i was 12 years old watching my dad and brother this was the game that introduced me to a life of misery as jet fan 🤣
Man I loved the old municipal stadium, especially the painted dirt. The visitors had a rusty nail in the wall to hang their stuff on in their locker room. They and the refs were routinely pelted with ice balls and dog biscuits in the red zone. Teams knew they had to not only face the Browns...but a whole environment.
It's hard to believe the Jets were that good and that close in the modern day to advancing to the AFC championship game. I agree with that Jet who said, it wasn't anything the Browns did to win that game. It was more the Jets who just gave up, beat themselves and let them take it. I mean, even after that 15 yard penalty hit by Gastineau on Kosar, wow, they blew some easy interceptions late in the game and they were given a gift when the Browns kicker missed a 23 yard field goal in overtime. It's almost like the Jets just didn't want it bad enough. What a shame. After watching this I really feel for Gastineau. Seems like a genuine and decent man who knew he messed up royally and it took years to shake off that regret. It was so touching to hear him say if he could do it all over he'd just hug Kosar. The Jets should've won. But if you can't hold onto a ten point lead late in the fourth, you know you're not a championship type team.
Big Giant fan but was never a Jet hater, remember watching it with a few of my Jet fan friends in my basement like it was a week ago... Might be the closest shot at a NYG-NYJ SB in my lifetime... I had no idea about the Charlie Steiner radio call jinx until now, almost 40 years later... Didn't even know he did Jet radio?? Where was the great Marty Glickman that day?? He did NYG then NYJ radio for decades... They're such a snakebite organization... Something always happens to them... I didn't think it would so suddenly like it did with AR this season... I guessed maybe a missed FG in a Wild Card game or a pick 6 in a late season game to miss the playoffs... Four plays in, I feel that pain because I have a lot of NYJ fan friends... Check out the early coaching career of Bill Cowher on Marty's staff, probably his first job...
19:03 - true words never spoken. That was the biggest 98-yard drive in Cleveland Browns' history. Ironically, it was overshadowed by another one a week later.
I think Brian Brennan someday it up well. The win over the Jets gave them confidence. The game wore them out. Number 7 on Denver was the great equalizer.
Billy, Get out of there, I'll take care of it. Even as a young special teams coach just a few years removed from playing, you could see that Bill Cowher was a head coach in the making.
Back when football was about men and their guts n glory...no fashion walk into the pregame locker room...look at my threads,my shoes,my hair...nothing but a bunch of overpaid clowns today
