Games with Names - Highlight Reels: Old School Football

Episode Date: August 3, 2025

We're taking it back to the good ol days on the gridiron in this week's edition of Highlight Reels. From Terry Bradshaw to Bill Burr we've got some wild stories from football in the 1980s Tickets for the Live Show are ON SALE NOW! GRONK & JULES PRESENT WELCOME TO THE NUTHOUSE! August 28th at MGM Music Hall at Fenway in Boston. Get Tickets Here!Support the show: http://www.gameswithnames.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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we've got three or four plays here, let's get the ball to midfield, just make sure we get to midfield, we'll take a couple shots. We had two timeouts. College football, the clock stops after first down. After first down, that's right. So we get a first down on the first one on a seam route,

we get a first down on the second, out of bounds. And I'm like, we're already crossed midfield. We still got two timeouts. So there's one play that was in incompletion. I never used the timeouts. You know? We still had two in our pocket. Are you calling timeouts?

You're dropping them? Yeah, that's another thing. We call them on the field. Yeah. But we were really good at two minute in college. Colleges, they waste more time, you know, looking to the sideline, getting the plate on that. call them on the field. But we were really good at two minute and colleges, they waste more time, you know, looking at the sideline, getting to play and all that.

I mean, I was just calling my own plays, so we get it, we line up in a hurry, I get the play called, I'm ready to snap the ball before the official, and then on the whistle, boom, he snaps the ball. We didn't waste time, maybe we lost a second and a half. But we were good at not wasting time on our two minute, not didn't have to use the timeouts. So you didn't have to use the timeouts and it goes into the last play. Now what's your mindset? Can you take us beat for

beat with that? My mindset is I was hoping to get a little closer, didn't happen in completion, six seconds, okay it's time for Hail Mary. I'm getting in the huddle to call the play and they're running a freshman on the field with the play. Like I got a freaking list of the freshmen. It's like Sean Dabrowski, freshman, Dumbo is his nickname. They want him on the field because he can jump. It's not going to be, it's like you're a freshman, sit down.

I'm waving him off the field because I want Troy Stratford, he was a fifth year senior. I wanted Troy on the field for the play and him be one of the receivers. He was a fifth year senior, I wanted Troy on the field for the play and him be one of the receivers. He was a running back, but I wanted him in the mix. Little did I know Troy had a pulled hamstring. He never gets down the field on the play. So Troy starts to jog off the field. I'm yelling at Troy to get his ass back here and dumbbell off the field. So the freshman doesn't, he's like, I'm listening to Doug and I'm off the field. Troy comes back to the huddle. The bench sends Sean back.

I'm like, no, sit down. So we get the play called, we go to the line of scrimmage and there's an inadvertent whistle and a flag and the defenders were on Gerard and on Troy leaving Calvin Martin, the outside receiver, to be the free runner to get down there first. And after the inadvertent whistle, we line up again. Now I tell the tight end, go down the back side.

And my philosophy is buy as much time as possible, make it a jump ball. But back then, everybody dropped back, throw it, the receivers are still trying to get there. You gotta buy time to get your guys down there. Last second, the defender decides, you know what? This is the guy with speed, I'm gonna go jam him. He walks off, Gerard goes to the outside defender allowing

Gerrard to be the first guy down. Now Gerrard they did a nice hole on the replay he looks like he's running a 5-4-40 I mean we're in a wet he's just chugging down the field with his head down and when I rolled right they all the defenders sat flat and let Gerrard go right by him, he's deeper than the deepest. And turning around and seeing the ball thrown. But then when I pulled up, it kind of like a javelin, on the move through it and got it there. I was gonna look backside, but a linebacker

was running at me, so I didn't have time to look backside. I get outside, I just let it launch to an area. I see the two defenders go up and everybody just fall to the ground. And there's a half second delay, and I see an to an area. I see the two defenders go up and everybody just fall to the ground. And there's a half second delay and I see an official's arms. I'm like, you gotta be fucking kidding me. I started laughing my ass off

and started running towards the pile. I never got down there. There's a great picture of Steve Tripillo with me in his arms. I guess I jumped into his arms. Yeah, you jumped up and we all saw you little, you got hairy hair, you got a little stomachache. Yeah, I'm a great. And then there's a and we all saw you little, you got hairy hair, you got a little stomachache. Yeah, I'm a great.

And then there's a better picture that I love of me and my brother's arms from the back of him with Flutio in his jersey and me with my arm in the air too. Here's Barish Nigerian on the history of the Patriots-Jets rivalry. To me, I think about this stuff, like the history of rivalries, like I grew up in New York,

and the Yankees and the Red Sox, in the old days, the 70s and the 80s, when they're brawling, legit brawls in games. Thurman Munson, Carlton Fisk, and Bruins Rangers fighting fans in the stands. There was some serious rivalries going on, but this one took it to a different level, because it wasn't as much on the field,

it was the off-the-field stuff, the off-field drama with coaches and front office and players switching teams and the whole New York Boston Rivalry and and even at that time And I know this because I was one of my group in New York went to school in Boston college in Boston there was a lot of that going on in that 80s, 90s where there was an influx of young people from New York going to college in Boston that brought a whole new kind of aspect to it of the rivalry. And then this game was, kind of took it to the next level.

It's like, I was trying to think of like, how to equate it to a modern sort of rivalry You just can't like with the coaching changes the players change the back and forth like you like Andy Reid going to the Raiders It's just like I can write and it being messy on his way out. Yeah the Chiefs Yeah, and then the best player then Mahomes Having I was just a quick little this is one thing with Curtis Martin, he's on the Patriots, he's like had three years

or two or three years, you know, good player, very productive player, had some injuries. You know, there was a contract aspect going on, were the Patriots going to sign him, were they not going to sign him? So Parcells loved Curtis Martin from signing with the Patriots. So he signs Curtis, he was restricted free agent, he signs him to an offer sheet to come to the Jets.

Okay, in his offer sheet, it says that Curtis Martin has to be the highest paid player on a team. Can't do this now. And the Patriots couldn't match that because Bledsoe was there and he was, the Patriots didn't have an established quarterback. It was Neil O'Donnell from the old the old regime is Glenn Foley Boston College. Yeah BC BC BC So they could do that that is since that's also one of the many rules that have come up probably out of this rivalry

As well is that that poison pill for in the contract you can't do that anymore So he went so Curtis Martin ended up going to the to the Jets having a Hall of Fame career Jesus That's just one thing. I mean this game that we're covering is his highest rushing 199 199 a touchdown right I think he had like seven carries on the game when he drive in overtime It was and this game like the you know Patriots had a really good team Let's I'll give you one more who's on the sideline in this game for the Patriots had a really good team. I'll give you one more. Who's on the sideline in this game for the Patriots? Pete Carroll's the head coach.

Turned out to be quite a, I mean, that's a good higher than. And he's, you know, national championship at college, Super Bowl on the end, so a great coach who a few years before, head coach of the Jets, for one year. They fired him after one year. So Pete Carroll was the head coach of the Jets. people don't really talk about that as much in this game

But you know, there's another one So I'd love your because I didn't realize that you were in the Jets organization before Parcells came in. Yeah, what was the? Vibe the buzz what was going on from the Jets perspective when Parcells started the rumblings of potentially going joining the Jets while he was Under contract with the Patriots from what from what I recall it was if you can get Parcells you get Parcells started the ramblings of potentially joining the Jets while he was under contract with the Patriots. From what I recall, it was, if you can get Parcells, you get Parcells. Now remember, the team is four and 28. So if it wasn't Parcells, it could have been somebody else

coming in as a new head coach anyway. But if you give Parcells time. Do that instant credibility right away. And whatever he wants, he gets, and he's going to do, and you're going to get better. Team was in the AFC Championship game the next year. 12-4 season. But yeah, that game, the Patriots were good.

The Jets were not good. So the pressure was all on the Patriots. You got to win this game. You can't let this guy leave the way he left. And come back week three, national TV, Patriots are two and oh and win here. Like that would have been disastrous. So the Patriots had to win that game and barely did.

I mean, they were the better team, but took a lot of body blows on the way. It's like Rocky won. Rocky won. Rocky won. Rocky won. Apollo wins, but took a lot. Was that week of practice and prep, how was that week? In New York, it wasn't nearly what it was.

I think up here, because all the information was there. Like newspaper and the radio, that was it. You could tell up here it meant everything down there was like the teams just kind of getting started yeah try and try not to piss him off I personally because I was into this stuff like I wanted to win I wanted to win it for him because I knew it was a big deal for that but within the team I think they could sense it you know once the the buses are getting pelted, like the jet's buses didn't get pelted very much at one of 15, like one of 15 buses don't get pelted.

Yeah. Now, Bill Byrd talks the greatness of Lawrence Taylor. Did you see that recent one that Lawrence Taylor drove by Giant Stadium? You saw the lights on him and he was like, oh fuck, I had a game. Yeah. And showed up in the first quarter.

He showed up late, they benched him for a series and then he went out and I think he had like seven sacks. All right, I'm going to tell a story, okay? I don't feel like I'm talking out of school here because this is a funny story. So I'm doing Inside the NFL. Phil Simms is on the show and Lawrence Taylor is coming in. So it's Phil, Chris Collinsworth, Lawrence Taylor and me.

I mean, one of those classic, like what in the hell am I doing here, right? So Lawrence hasn't showed up yet. So Phil tells me a story. I can't believe Lawrence Taylor is gonna be here. I mean, that guy was, he's just, like he literally changed the game and I was just going on and on about him.

He goes, you know what's funny about that guy? He goes, he didn't even know the names of the teams in the leagues. I go, going on and on about him. It goes, you know what's funny about that guy? He goes, he didn't even know the names of the teams in the leagues. I go, get the fuck out of here. He goes, yeah, he goes, one time he goes, we won some game, they were on the road and they're on the team playing, they're all hyped. Lawrence is psyched and Phil goes, yeah, hey man,

if the Redskins lose, then we're gonna be in first place in our division. And Lawrence goes, oh yeah, he goes, he goes, who's in our division. And Lawrence goes, oh, yeah, he goes, he goes, who's in our division? And Phil goes, you don't know who's in our division? And he goes, man, I don't give a shit, right? And I'm thinking like, that is the genius of him. I don't need extra information in my head.

You have a different uniform than me. I'm going to ruin your day. So I thought it was a hilarious story. But as always, you think maybe put a little mustard on it or whatever Ten minutes later Lawrence Taylor comes walking in him and Phil both just start laughing, which was great They just saw each other. They started laughing. They hugged and everything You just know all this shit that they did back then who knows right? So Lawrence sits down and he starts telling stories, right?

They just start telling thing and in the middle of one story goes may goes we were down in down in New Orleans and we were playing the, and he goes, Phil, what's the name of that team in New Orleans? And he goes, the Saints. He goes, we're playing the Saints. It was unbelievable. And then fat sports writers would say that, you know, they would say that he wasn't smart, he was blah, blah.

It's like, that's like some Einstein shit. I'm wearing the same shit every day. So my brain does I only need to worry about like, you know, you hear all those stories how he would sleep through meetings and then get up and diagram the whole play, or they would ask him if it was okay, the guy is like a fucking savant genius, genius, but the fact that he didn't even know, like the fact that he's almost

like a housewife in the level that he doesn't know the names of the teams, yet he's almost like a housewife in the level that he doesn't know the names of the teams yet He's the most alpha dominating player That I ever saw But you know why he seems like he fell out of the sky is because his favorite player was Hollywood Henderson. Yeah, and he was sort of he was like Hollywood Henderson was the gap as far as the linebacking position between like, you know, Dick Butkus in that era and him.

He came and it looked like he was an alien. It was because unfortunately, Hollywood Henderson had like substance abuse problems and it affected his career. But one of the greatest play, another underrated play, 1976, the Steelers are playing the Cowboys and the Steelers kick off. Guess who receives it? Hollywood Henderson. They had a linebacker receiving their kick in 1976.

Like that just didn't happen. And he took it all the way down the field to like their 45 and Roy Jarrella, their kicker, just sort of dove like that. And his linebacker knee hit his ribs. Broke him. Yeah, and fucked him up for the game. And it's a really hard game to watch if you're a Cowboys fan because they were running reverses. I think that's what it was.

It was a reverse on the kickoff and they were doing all of this shit and then they got up and then they just sat on the ball and the Steelers kept playing and then they came back and beat him. Man, how does it feel to be that old to remember a 1976 game that great? I watched it on YouTube. The first one I watched was 78. What's the first game you remember watching? You know, some OJ Simpson was playing in like the early seventies.

And my, yeah, my dad's screaming at the TV. I, or something, my grandfather going, you know, these are the old days, he's like packing a pipe to smoke it inside. He's Sherlock Holmes. Next up, Ed O'Neill tells his wild story about getting cut from the Pittsburgh Steelers. This was not too long after I got cut,

so I was still following things pretty closely. And you know, I knew all about Frank O'Harris and those guys, because they came a year after I got cut, so I was still following things pretty closely, and I knew all about Frank O'Harris and those guys, because they came a year after I got cut. And when I got cut, I said I got cut, I had a cup of coffee with them, basically, that's about it. But yeah, so I was still sitting in the bar with my buddies watching these games. And glad I wasn't playing at that point.

Yeah, but you had to be vested because you got drafted with me and Joe Green. You got drafted with a lot of these pro football Hall of Famers. And so you got to enjoy, and it was Chuck Knowles' first year, right? It was Knowles' first year. And so you got to, you had his first training camp and you got to know these people. So you get vested because you have relationships with these guys, huh? Yeah, I mean, it was, you was, you know, it was very intense. You know, you've been to those camps. I mean, I didn't make a whole lot of friends. It was a job. Yes. Try to make the team. But it was fun. I

actually enjoyed it. Yeah. As opposed to college. I mean, I don't know why you would think it would be the opposite, but I actually enjoyed the training down there. Yeah, well people don't realize, because I was in a very similar situation as you, you were a priority free agent, so they signed you. Yes, exactly. I was a seventh round draft pick, which is the last round of our draft,

which some would argue it's better to be a free agent because you get two years contract instead of locking you in for a third. And you were a quarterback. I was a quarterback. Yeah. But the mental aspect when you're on the team and there's 90 guys, they got to cut it down to 53.

And you're sitting, did you used to play the numbers game? You're sitting in training camp. Well, they're going to keep this guy. They're going to keep that guy. Yeah, I had a numbers game, you're sitting in training camp, well they're gonna keep this guy, they're gonna keep that guy. Yeah, I had a situation where, you know, I don't know if yours was the same as ours, but ours, the Steelers, they would put a board up and if your name wasn't on it, you were cut.

So it's kind of a nice way to do it. You know, you don't see your name as this guy got cut. You know, people don't know you, they don't even know you got cut. And it's completely changed nowadays. Nowadays, you'll be sitting in a locker room and they have this guy, everyone calls the Turk. It's probably like, he's like an offense assistant

of assistant of another assistant. And he comes up to your locker and he taps on your shoulder and he says, hey, head coach wants to see you bring your playbook. Oh no, I had that. See, they went through, when it started out, they had so many guys, they cut the way I just mentioned. But then if you got along some, then it turned into,

oh, by the way, Coach Snow would like to see you in his office and bring your playbook. That's what happened to me. Geez. Yeah, so, but you know how nice they are to you when you go in there. You know, we're going a different route, you know, you're just not in the play-in.

Well, with me it was, well, you never played outside linebacker and you're trying to make the team and learn the position at the same time. That's hard to do. I said, yeah. He said, well, I think I remember it as, well, you can go to the Eagles if you want to and they'll give you a good look.

We'll rent a car for you, you can drive down the PA Pike. But I need to know right now. And I don't know what happened to my thinking. It was like, you're going to what? I want to drive a car to Philadelphia? No, I said I'm done, I'm finished, thanks a lot. Wow. That was it. But I was getting sick of it, to be honest with you.

I played for two colleges, I had some knee problems, and I just, I don't know what it was. I didn't even like coaches much. You know, I liked Noel. He was, well, I didn't get to know him much, but he was a real gentleman, and I thought he was a nice guy, he was. But I had coaches in college I didn't like at all.

In high school too. I had to start thinking maybe it was my fault. It was to that point. But I was finished. I said, well what are you going to do? I said, I don't know, but not this. And then I remember when I went back to the dorm room, I had a roommate, his name was Clarence Oliver,

San Diego State. He made the team as a defensive back. He only played one year, I think he broke his back. But he made it, but I went in and he was like, what happened, I said, what do you think? So I was backing up and the guy came in, they said, well, the car's out there, where do you want to go?

And I said, Pittsburgh. I'm not from Pittsburgh. But I knew a friend in Pittsburgh, so I said, no, I'm going to Pittsburgh. And he says, okay, we'll drive you to Pittsburgh. You know, it's not too, it's La Trobe, PA. So he said, we'll swing by the stadium on the way out, because your cleats are there in the locker, and we got a lot of swag for you.

We got great jerseys and T-shirts and hats and shorts, and I said, I don't want any of that shit. He said, you don't want the, it's good stuff, I don't want it, I'm not going to wear it, I'm not wearing it, I don't want the cleats either, I'm not going to use them anymore. So he took me into Pittsburgh, and I had this rudimentary idea of where my friend lived

So I was trying I didn't want to go home. Yeah, it was what it was So I didn't you want to go home? I you know, I mean that was all screwed up I thought I don't want to go home and have to explain this 100% So I said it was since still in the summertime So I directed him up a street and I saw a bar. It was a local bar with the door open. In the summertime, the door was, no air, you know. The door was open.

I said, right here, my friend lives right around that bar. Just drop me off here. You sure? You know, they kind of said, yeah, give me the bag. Adios. So I went in the bar, and it was like two o'clock in the afternoon, and there were like a couple of locals.

It was a local joint. So I walk in, I'm 23 years old, they don't know me, I'm a stranger in this neighborhood, and they're like, what's this good? I order a beer, and they got the TV up high on the wall, and we're watching it, and the news comes on, and they're showing Armstrong walking on the moon. That's when I got cut.

And I'm thinking, well, somebody had a good day. He had the golf club, right? And I'm watching it. And then they went to the sports. And of course, it's Pittsburgh. So they go, linebacker Ed O'Neill released today from the Steelers, and that's my picture. And these guys are in the bar, and they look. They go, you're Ed O'Neill?

Yeah? Yeah? And they said, your money's no good here. Now they're all buying me drinks. I end up at three o'clock in the morning in some car with some girl with a state hoopie pulling me over. I don't even know my name at this point. And the guy looks in and I think I had my shirt off and you know, I was almost naked.

And I'm driving though. And he says, you know, I had my driver's license. He said, did you get cut today from Pittsburgh? I said, yep. He said, miss, can you drive? She said, yeah. He's just driving around. And he said, can you drive this guy home?

And she said, I'll take him. Says he knows somebody. And he's letting him go. Because it was Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh Steelers, they loved them Steelers. Even if you got cut, it doesn't make any difference. You're still part of the team. You're still part of the team.

Anyway, that's my, I don't think I've told that story ever. Next, Terry Bradshaw tells us about a crazy fight that broke out at Steelers practice. Why I didn't practice one day, I threw a pass and for some reason he mad at John Cove or something. He came through and he decked me. Knocked me back over, ass kettle helmet flew off. Practice. Practice.

We practiced in full pass. Yeah. I found the football and I got up. I threw it. I tried to kill him. Nobody, Chuck Noll he said, probably, he didn't mind it, but I have the shit knocked out of me. Boss pissed. He came over and I said, let me tell you something,

mad dog, you may lose with me, but you'll never win without me, you got that? And I walked over, I was steaming. Took my helmet off. You all sit on your helmets in practice? Yeah, we did. I sat on my helmet and I'm over there and I'm mad because nobody got in a fight. Nobody fought for me, maybe that's it.

Maybe nobody gave a shit, I don't know. I'm over by myself and here comes Mad Dog. He comes over and he kind of started, had that high pitch What was that? Yeah, give me that saying what was that saying? What are you talking about? You know what that saying you threw the ball what you said what what was that you said, huh? And he had his tooth missing it. I said I don't know what you're talking. Yeah, you you said somebody We're gonna win may lose. I said, and I got to thinking, what did I say?

So he sat down, next thing I know it's like, hey, pull up a chair, pull up a helmet. So we started going, okay, you knocked me down. I got pissed, I hit you with the football, you came at me, I pointed at you, and what did I say? He said something about, you're gonna win with me? I said. Oh, no, no, no, you may lose with me. Yeah. Yeah, that's it Yeah, yeah, you're gonna lose with me. No, I'm not gonna lose with you. You may lose with me. Then what? And it took us 30 minutes and we go go, but you'll never win without me.

That's it, yeah, yeah. Oh, I like that, I like that. Well, I like it too, that's an old original. Yeah, and to this day, that was always, of course he passed away, God bless him. Joe Green will say, Bomba, he said, you may lose with me, but you'll never win without me. And it kind of became the theme of their defense.

They used to use it all the time. Next up, comedian Gary Goldman and Jules discuss the evolution of the tight end position. He was a man, a wonderful tight end. Back when they used to block a lot. Yeah. You know, I do Fox with Rob Gronk. And we'll sit and talk.

And I always pick his brain whenever, because we'll watch all the games together and I'll have all the TVs. Sitting there you got Howie Long. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Gronk. Yeah. I'm sitting there and I'm like,

yo Gronk, what do you think about this kid? He's more of a H-back. I go, Gronk, what do you think about this guy? He's more of an H-back. He really thinks that the true tight end position, there's only like two to five, two to three that are traditional tight end that could sit up on the end of the line of scrimmage

and block a nine technique. Right, wow. You know what I mean? There's not many guys that do that. You know a lot of these guys, it's become a pass catching position. Oh yeah, it's an extra wide receiver. You know what I mean?

You get big receivers and then you're playing the personnel group game and now they don't have to block the ends anymore they can get up on you know a smaller backer. Games completely change. Yeah yeah it's so much faster. It is. I can't get over it sometimes. Gary how was how was your blocking when you played at BC? Awful. My blocking was my blocking was awful. My technique was was awful. I relied on being able to jump very high and I had good hands, but my blocking, I could never do, they used to call it a reach block.

And that, yeah, and that's a really hard block. And also when I was in high school, they didn't want you to use your hands. They wanted you to block with your shoulder, so that yes, the flippers, yeah, so you wouldn't get called for a holding call. Now, Eric Stonestreet on Joe Montana's incredible last minute drive to beat the Broncos. Monday night showdown.

It was everything it was built up to be. Montana Elway combined for 650 passing yards, five TDs. It was a little slow starting out. Nothing, nothing after the first. Feeling each other out in mile high. Then we get on the board 14, 14 at the half half Elway is slinging one Montana slinging one they trade TD passes in the third then it comes down to the fourth minute 25 it's the same old story Elway does the drive 10 men on the field he runs it in himself they take the lead with a minute 29 left. Now it's Joe, Joe Magic Time.

And it really, when you watch that drive, it really is, you know, people talk about Tom Brady with 10 yard, three yard, four yard dump off passes. I mean, he did just check down, check down, check down the whole field. And what was so interesting, I'm rewatching it the other day. You see guys in this situation today. It's it's from the shotgun, empty backfield, spread them out. Back then, Joe's under center every snap with two tight ends. They got a minute 29 left, two timeouts, and he's still marching down the field under center.

I love it. You look at the Chiefs now with this year. Yep. You know, they've been a lot more under the center. Yeah. Because, you know, you got to incorporate that run game. Helping the tackles out a little bit. Tackles, you know, you got, you got to incorporate that run game. Open the tackles out a little bit. Tackles, you know, it's, it's a big thing and there's something to be said.

Like when people say, oh, it's a dink dunk this, that to have the discipline as a quarterback to not take the foos goal, there's, there's spots where it opened up and it closes quick. And to be able to not make a mistake in a high pressure situation and take what the defense gives you. It seems easy for the regular person, but it's so hard because you feel that pressure, you feel the time, you feel where you are in the game and, and you know, that that's why you like Patrick

Mahomes this year. He's been like that. He hasn't turned the ball over in six goddamn playoff games and it hasn't been razzle dazzle, but he's had the humility and he's had that kind of confidence to like know what his team is, know that we have a really good defense right now. We know, you know, defenses are playing us probably a little different. We don't have what we had on in the past on the outside. And to just take what the defense gives you is that's a skill, you know,

discipline. Yeah. It's just, but there's going to be that one time where you hit that check down, and you hit that option route, option route. There's going to be that one time where you have to put that, that 14 yard end cut in there, you know, know and and that's what these guys do Yeah, and that's what you saw with you know, Joe Montana and that's what you saw a lot with Tom Brady And that's what you're seeing right now with Patrick Mahomes. It's been impressive

Jack what was this last this last drive can you last drives through it? What do you remember the last? Well, I remember we are tied in. Keith Cash was out. He was injured. So we had, uh, I believe his name was Tracy Green or something like that. It was his rookie year from Grambling state, rambling, state, rambling state bigs. He was a former offensive lineman, six, six, five, two 75 big old tight end. He had a crucial catch down at the end of the game to get us close to the goal line. And then Willie Davis, I mean, the great Willie Davis again, still a Kansas city chief, um, gets that, that touchdown and, and where Montana put it very Mahomes ask, I mean, my homes would say my passes are very Joe Montana ask

right where it needed to be right. Right. Lead them to the pylon. It was growing outside low only where he could get it. So a lot of what you're coached in the National Football League on that. The back line, everything's high. No one can catch it. When you're on the goal line, everything has to be low because there's less space.

You know, how about that pass from Josh Allen against us that was so low and down at the pylon in that game? And then Patrick Bohomes returns the favor against the Ravens with an equally great pass. Like, oh my man. And shout great recall Eric. Shout out to Tracy Green. He only had six career receptions in the NFL.

Yeah. And Joe's leaning on him and crunches to crunch time. Yeah. I, he, and I don't think, I don't think he, I don't think he, I think he played one more year and then that was it. Yeah. He did one more year for the Steelers. Grambling state.

Yeah. Grambling State. Yeah. Grambling State. And this one ends up $31.28 in the House of Horrors. Kansas City goes in there and gets the win. Boom. And boom. 14-year draw. Monday Night Football.

Yeah. 14-year draw. Marty gets his first one in there. Yeah. At a mile high. That's awesome. I love Marty Schottenheimer. Marty Ball, baby. Thanks for listening. Remember to tune in every Tuesday for a brand new episode and every Sunday for another Games with Names highlight reel.

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