RIP John Madden

[Q729]

Damn, they just had a special on him too.


View: https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/status/1475982401948073994?s=20

 

[Loyal]

One of the few Raiders I ever liked....

 

[FaulkSF]

Damn, they just had a special on him too.


View: https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/status/1475982401948073994?s=20

Watched the special before our game on Sunday. He will be missed, there will never be another John Madden. Boom! Ace is the place. Tough actin Tinactin! Rest in Peace John, where you can watch the NFL games as you ascend in the great big bus in the sky.

 

[OC--LeftCoast]

A Great Great Man

 

[Elmgrovegnome]

Damn, they just had a special on him too.


View: https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/status/1475982401948073994?s=20

Madden seemed like a great guy.


But I have to ask….Can an 85 year old man who was obese his entire life really die unexpectedly?

 

[PARAM]

"Don't worry about the horse being blind, just load the wagon"

"This will be the single most important day in your life....as long as you win"

My two favorite John Madden quotes.

 

[OldSchool]

An amazing life for an amazing person. RIP Coach.

 

[Loyal]

"Don't worry about the horse being blind, just load the wagon"

"This will be the single most important day in your life....as long as you win"

My two favorite John Madden quotes.

BOOM!

 

[Ramhusker]

Damn! Hate that the man is gone. He was football!

 

[Memento]

Aw, no...fuck 2021. With a rusty fork.

Rest in peace, John. You were an excellent football mind and promoter, and a better person.

 

[Dodgersrf]

Has there been a better ambassador of the game?

He will be missed.

 

[Classic Rams]

Damn that sucks. I saw him on that preview for his special just a few days ago and thought wow, he's not going to be with us much longer. Didn't know it would come that quickly though. RIP to one of the best sportscasters, coaches, and people I have ever seen. Made football that much more fun and interesting. And I envied his Madden Cruiser.

 

[Q729]

Has there been a better ambassador of the game?

He will be missed.

Nope. On the sideline, in the broadcast booth, and video games. Influenced generations of fans in different ways.

 

[RamDino]

If God came down to Earth and asked me what football was all about, I would direct him towards John Madden.

 

[Angry Ram]

Was so lucky and fortunate to hear him call MNF in the early 2000s and then SNF too for a bit. There's an entire generation that will never know.

Total gut punch. Damn. Boom in peace.

 

[SWAdude]

This is a complete gut punch for me.

I hav been looking forward to seeing his special on Christmas day. What an amazing show.

If I find any solace is that I am happy he got to see how people really felt about him. He saw people celebrated John Madden.

Rest in Peace gentle giant. You changed football fans lives.......

Boom........

 

[Merlin]

Damn. RIP big fella.

 

[Allen2McVay]

My favorite Madden-story. Rams specific.

Game One of the 1983 Season. Rams at NY Giants. First game of Eric Dickerson's career; and the first game of the coaching careers for both John Robinson (Madden's life-long-friend) and Bill Parcells.

Robinson and his Defensive Coordinator (Fritz Shurmur) had gone to a 3-4-Defense; and I was convinced that Jack Youngblood would be an awful-fit as a 3-4-DE ... just too light at 245 lbs. Boy, was I wrong.

It's a competitive game but the Rams have a fourth-quarter-lead. The Giants need to score and Youngblood sacks QB Scott Brunner. Madden goes-off on what a terrific-player Youngblood has been for a long time; and then points-out that he has dirt on the front of his pants. The Meadowlands had artificial-turf ... No Dirt. Madden jokes that Youngblood is such a throw-back player, he brought dirt from California to New York and rubbed it on his uniform because football players get dirty.

Good Laugh.

One or two plays later, Youngblood seals the victory with another sack; and the camera does a close-up.

There's no dirt on his pants. It's Blood! I thought Madden was having an orgasm. He was thrilled. Screams 'That's not dirt ... that's blood!" ... praising Youngblood as the quintessential football-player.

It was great.

 

[IowaRam]

Fox Sports 1 to reair documentary at top of the hour

I think

 

[blackbart]

A legend who lived a life that made him say he was the luckiest guy in the world.

RIP Mr. Madden