This one still blows my mind.
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The greastest (QB) throw ever made ?
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While looking to screen grab the Namath to Sauer pass - he threw many awesome ones to Maynard - I came across this one. A Namath rollout pass to Caster in 1974 at Shea. The Jets upset the Dolphins in this game. It's very similar to the famous Montana to Clark touchdown, without the extra dance steps to avoid a posse of Cowboys.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_N3i4QX7We8
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKr7t1hkgJ0
disclaimer: I am not in any way glorifying that 9er play. Just thought these were a cool comparison.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_N3i4QX7We8
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKr7t1hkgJ0
disclaimer: I am not in any way glorifying that 9er play. Just thought these were a cool comparison.
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First thing that jumps out to me is I wonder how much the that 4-5 week span had weighed on all the players and coaches. Wonder if that was the breaking point for all the miles traveled? I'd like to find something out there with someone reflecting back on it like how Everett did what was it the 86' draft?
Hell of a win streak, Buddy Ryan, and Parcelis coupled with the two regular season wins! lol
Wow didn't even know there were 2 strikes only knew about the 87' one.
That was always my question back in the 70's is how the hell we didn't win or get to more SB's. I assume the answer was we always had sub par QB play?
Rosenbloom really did have this team together then it seems.
Just a comment on this point, and my personal opinion.
While it's possible the Rams were physically and/or mentally exhausted, in my opinion, the 1989 Niners was a great team and much better than the 1989 Rams. Oh, and I hate the Fucking 49ers.
That 1989 San Francisco team was 14-2, with the top scoring Offense in the NFL, and the #3 ranked Defense. They out-scored their opponents by 200 points. They beat the Rams in the NFC Championship Game by 27 points. The week before, they beat Minnesota by 28; and in the Super Bowl, they beat the Broncos by 45.
They out-scored their three playoff opponents by a combined 126-26 ... plus one hundred points.
The Rams were really good in the 1980s but they played in the same division with the best team of the '80s.
Then appears my conclusion was correct all these years. Walsh put together a hell of a talent pool and basically invented that WCO (or carried it farther) that took a long while to hamper down defensively.
I can't find the Sauer one which I am 99% sure it was to. This clip shows so many great Namath passes including one to Maynard at the 15 sec mark which I may have mistaken as the one to Sauer?
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_blBF5mQ4-E
I promise to stop after this; and, again, these are just my opinions.
YES and NO but I think it's a little too simplistic to say it was only the quarterbacking.
The YES part.
From 1973-1980 the Rams were in the playoffs ... eight straight seasons, and one Super Bowl appearance. They lost to the Cowboys four times ... three with Roger Staubach and once to Danny White; and the Vikings three times ... twice with Fran Tarkenton and once to Bob Lee (UGH!)
Staubach and Tarkenton were probably the two best QBs in the NFC in the 1970s (Jim Hart was really good), so there was a QB-talent differential but the Rams' quarterbacks did not suck. There was an MVP (Hadl in 1973) and several Pro Bowl appearances.
The NO part.
The Rams had some very disappointing playoff performances in that stretch. They were clearly out-played when they lost in 1975, 1978 and 1980. The 1977 game was played in awful conditions, and the Rams did not play well. That's four of the seven losses which (in my opinion) the Rams were NOT the better team THAT day.
The other three losses were really tough. In the Divisional Round in 1973, the Rams out-played the Cowboys for much of the game but they also made a handful major costly mistakes.
The 1974 and 1976 NFC Championship Games, in Minnesota remain the two worst defeats (other than Super Bowls) in my 50-plus years of being a Rams' fan. Three reasons ... the Rams were just one game from the Super Bowl ... the Rams were the better team those seasons ... and, the Rams were the better team THAT day.
Of course, I was a teenager in 1974 and 1976; and was stoned a lot.
Walsh was Big Time but he had some help. His top Front Office guy was John McVay ... Sean's grandfather.
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Randell Cunningham. Not Ram related but I play that I have never forgotten.
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I was in a restaurant bar yelling when Torry made that catch. People looked at me like I was crazy as it wasn't very busy. That ending was painful.
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Yeah maybe because Maynard was the true deep WR. He has more of those type catches. Sauer had a nice one in the end zone but wasn't a down the sideline one, that's usually Maynard.
I know it's blasphemy to give credit to a 49er but credit where credit is due.
Montana to John Taylor against the Bengals was an absolute seed.
Trying to find the overhead shot, Bengals had perfect D but couldnt stop a perfect pass
Montana to John Taylor against the Bengals was an absolute seed.
Trying to find the overhead shot, Bengals had perfect D but couldnt stop a perfect pass
The bengals had perfect defense the play before but the DB dropped a gift pass in his bread basket in the end zone.
I remember thinking that was it. That was their (bengals) chance to win. Giving the 9ers a second chance? I knew what was coming—disappointment. Fucking niners.
View: https://youtu.be/vxXnhLgHE2g
Yes, incredible throw
Edit: I got confused, Dang mentioned Kupp and the next post mentioned Everett. At any rate this is a great throw to Kupp.
Everett's TD was against the Chiefs that year. No TD's vs Vikings, and many of Goff throws were awesome in both games.
@bubbaramfan and myself were at that game. Goff was dropping dimes all over the place. That's when I knew he was going to be a good QB. It was an exciting game!
Absolutely thank you for this! The reality is the team you root for isn't always the best team, and they aren't better because they are your team. Now an underdog team can steal a win taking advantage of the mistakes of a better team. Very interesting to hear the difference between all those years.
And with Hadl,
"In the playoffs that year, the Rams faced the Dallas Cowboys (10–4) at Texas Stadium, as the NFL playoffs at the time only included eight teams with rotated hosting duties. He went 7-of-23 for 133 yards with an interception as they lost 27–16 in a late fourth quarter rally in which the Rams were down by one point with ten minutes to go before the defense collapsed."
I was reading about his trade to the Rams and to the Packers the season after. Quite interesting! We got the Packers 1 and 2nd for 2 years and their 3rd that first year as well. hell of a trade! lol
And Shit looking back it was pretty much Vikings or the Cowboys in the SB in the 70's. Truly very sad we never capitalized on any of those years to grab a few rings.
Honestly didn't know anything about John until we picked up McVay and they talked about his lineage. It's quite impressive and growing up with that around and being able to pick at that wealth of information and being an athlete yourself is what led McVay to being a leader younger than most and more effective than most. We ned to get Sean's kid under contract already!
The only passes I care about are RAMS passes.
How can we forget Ferragamo to Waddy !
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLwvWwhRaFc
How can we forget Ferragamo to Waddy !
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLwvWwhRaFc
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Won't ever forget that one. I was jumping up and down cheering in our TV room back in Hawaii after that TD.
Back the the Rams just did not complete a lot of long throws. Even though we had some fast WRS. Waddy just looks like a athlete, he could play today' NFL IMO.
And Haden played most of the time, It was literally all he could do the heave the ball 50 yards in the air with a big rainbow pass.
Still ticked that Georgia let Vince go to Canada. He came back, but could have been special if he stayed.
Easily a top 5 Rams play in my lifetime. I was 13 yrs old going nuts watching that in my Dad's den. The funny thing is I remember going into that playoff season with no real expectations as opposed to previous yrs always thinking it was going to finally be their year. Funny how that worked out.