My now deceased mother took me to the Forty Niner's 1973 preseason open house at Candlestick. I got to meet and shake hands with Larry Schreiber, John Isenberger and punter Jim McCann, and almost got to ride in the helmet cart. Thanks Ma! Miss you.

Merlin Olsen lived across the street from my Jr. High school in Downey! What a great guy! Been a Ram fan since Dad took me to my first Ram game In 1969 Rams won 17-14: I think over the Niners! Olsen and Jones And Youngblood my Favorites! I grew up hating QBs! Tarkenton and Staubach. Eric Underwood Class of 81 Downey High school CA ✌️❤️🇺🇸🙏🗽

This is the season I became a Rams fan. The more I see these videos the more respect I have for Cullen Bryant. I had thought that Marlin McKeever was the last "two-way" player, but Cullen must have that honor. RIP big man. Gone way too soon.

@lad4545

2 жыл бұрын

Roy Green was the best two way player in NFL history

@dttruman

Жыл бұрын

I couldn't believe how good the newly traded for or drafted players for the Rams meshed so well together it was amazing.

@jameswilson7790

Жыл бұрын

Chuck Bednarik was a great two-way player in the late 1940's and in 1960. Not a coincidence that the Eagles won three NFL championships when he was the center on offense and the middle linebacker on defense.

@dttruman

Жыл бұрын

@@jameswilson7790 Two-way players were pretty common back in the late 40's and 50's. The last good one I heard was Deion Sanders. Do you know I how I knew? Because he was telling everybody that.

@jameswilson7790

Жыл бұрын

@@dttruman Substitution rules in the NFL were very different in those days. And Deion Sanders would be the first person to say that he was great at something.

The Rams had a very good team back then. Some great Ram players

As a cowboy fan I remember the playoff games with both of these teams the rams of the 70s were a solid tough team to be respected

I miss the NFL 😞

@michaelleroy9281

3 жыл бұрын

It's still here, just not the way it used to be

@RamsLakersDodgers

4 ай бұрын

@@michaelleroy9281Nothing is the way it used to be.It’s called evolution🤷🏽‍♂️

My favorite player ever number 22 49ers Vic Washington

@kidmack3556

9 ай бұрын

One of my favorites too. He was a University of Wyoming Cowboy.

Wow, Rams had all those good running backs; Larry Smith, McCutcheon, Tony Baker, Bertelson...and that super O-line.

@howardcosell2022

3 жыл бұрын

Makes you wonder why they took John Cappelletti in the 1st round the next year

@donwert5039

3 жыл бұрын

@@howardcosell2022 I agree

@howardcosell2022

3 жыл бұрын

@@donwert5039 The only non pitcher other than Ozzie Smith who makes an all-star game while batting .200 for the year. Great glove!

@3243_

2 жыл бұрын

They also had Cullen Bryant, and I think Les Josephson was still there.

@3243_

2 жыл бұрын

They probably drafted Cappelletti because they believed in drafting the best player available, regardless of whether they needed them immediately or not, and probably just to keep the other teams (like their rivals Dallas or Minnesota) from getting him.

In that era , just another Rams win over the 49ers

@RamsLakersDodgers

4 ай бұрын

Rams owned them in the 70s.Little did the 9er bandwagon fans know back then the 9ers were irrelevant.

The Rams-49ers matchup was one of the best rivalries in the NFL in the 1980s and perhaps 1970s as well. And now that the Rams are back in Los Angeles (or Inglewood) this rivalry should be great again.

@davidlafleche1142

Жыл бұрын

The Rams should get rid of those Crayola Crayon uniforms.

@kidmack3556

9 ай бұрын

​@@davidlafleche1142 They're actually the only that I can say that I have liked all of their uniform color changes. But those skinny horns on the last blue & white helmets a couple of years ago looked more like fish hooks.

I did not know that Cullen Bryant had been a defensive back.

@robertperrella4194

3 жыл бұрын

cullen was an all american strong safety at colorado !!!!!!!!!!!!!

@mikeromero8598

2 жыл бұрын

Cullen was a pretty good running back but I always thought he would have been a good tightened.

@jeff4703

2 жыл бұрын

Cullen Bryant was a stud! So, underrated. I became a Rams fans back '75 around the time I turned 8. I remember multiple instances when he returned kickoffs for TD's in the late '70's.

@eternal1blue

Жыл бұрын

Yea it was some bowl game I saw on here showed him playing

@kidmack3556

9 ай бұрын

I didn't either...

This was from a period in the NFL when football was great. Now it's showboating idiots, who celebrate as if every play is a super bowl win in itself.

@RamsLakersDodgers

4 ай бұрын

Another close minded boomer/GenX comment🤦🏽

One of two Gene Washington’s that played in the 70s

The Rams were rolling in 1973. You look at some of the coaches on their staff - they had Ray Malavasi as DC, Ron Meyer as OC, and Dick Vermeil as coach of running backs and special teams. All of them went on to become head coaches in the NFL.

@jdsoultrn

3 жыл бұрын

The Rams of the 70's had some awesome teams but had problems getting past the Vikings and the Cowboys in the NFC.

@anthonybrooks5040

3 жыл бұрын

@@jdsoultrn Translation: the Rams were awesome... during the regular season. The rest of the NFC West was generally weak in the mid-late '70s which may explain LAR's poor playoff showings during those years.

@jdsoultrn

3 жыл бұрын

@@anthonybrooks5040 good point!

@robertperrella4194

3 жыл бұрын

@@anthonybrooks5040 in 1967 the rams had a 11-1-2 record and the packers had a 9-4-1 record, in 1973 the rams had a 12-2 record, the cowboys had a 10-4 record.in 1974 the rams and vikings both had 10 -4 record with the rams beating the vikings in the regular season! nevertheless in 1967,1973,1974 the rams HAD TO GO ON THE ROAD DESPITE HAVING A BETTER RECORD!!!!!....why?????!!!!! because the nfl had a rule that if either the super bowl champion and/or the super bowl loser made the playoffs THOSE TEAMS HAD HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE TRHOUGHOUT THE PLAYOFFS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! the rule was finally changed in 1975 where the team with the best record had home field advantage !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! that stupid rule cost the rams 3 super bowl championships!!!!!!!!!

@robertperrella4194

3 жыл бұрын

@@jdsoultrn the rams in 1967,1973,1974 had the best record in the nfc but they had to play the packers in 1967,cowboys in 1973, and the vikings in 1974 on the road because if either the super bowl champion and/or the super bowl loser made the playoffs THOSE TEAMS HAD HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE THROUGHOUT THE PLAYOFFS no matter what their records were in the regular season !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I never was a Packers fan but they had one of the best broadcasters of all time in Ray Scott. Pat Summerall became the best because he was mentored by Ray Scott.

The Niners couldn't beat the Rams especially at HOME

@RamsLakersDodgers

4 ай бұрын

I wish today’s 9er bandwagon fans knew this🤣🤣

Hadl 80% completion!!!

@geraldbennett7035

3 жыл бұрын

teams would throw the ball 10 or 12 times if they could run.

@NosferatusCoffin

Жыл бұрын

True, but Hadl threw 22 TDs (second in the league) in just 135 completions. An amazing 8.5% TD pct, which led the league. Jackson caught 13 of those, to also lead the league. Another thing here is the showcasing of two very good kickers in Ray and Gossett. Ray led the NFC in scoring this season and Gossett was a Topps All-Pro.

cullen bryant without a doubt size wise was the biggest kickoff returner in the history of the nfl at 240 pounds!!!!!!!!!! cullen was an all american strong safety at colorado but with the rams he was a running back,fullback,kickoff returner and punt returner !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@howardcosell2022

3 жыл бұрын

He sits on the bench during Knox's tenure in LA and only starts after Knox's departure in 77. When Knox goes to Seattle, he brings Cullen over for two more seasons to ride the pines?

@mikeromero8162

Жыл бұрын

I think he would have been a pretty good tightend also.🏈🏈🏈🐏

@robertperrella4194

Жыл бұрын

@@mikeromero8162 cullen could do everything ,chuck knox should have used him more !

Funny how Cullen Bryant was drafted as a Defensive back but became an important running back, back in the day when teams played 5 or 6 different running backs

The NFL was so great ..... now it sucks

@RamsLakersDodgers

4 ай бұрын

Another close minded boomer/GenX comment🤦🏽

in his first yea rcullen bryant played some safety in "nickel" back formations !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Gene Washington’s career fizzled out after John Brodie retired following the 73 season.

Rams didn't lose in San Francisco from 1967 to 1980 there was a tie game in1968

@RamsLakersDodgers

4 ай бұрын

I wish today’s 9er bandwagon fans knew this🤣🤣🤣

This game is Just typical of one team winning at the line of scrimmage. This game is a great example

I loved Chuck Knox--he took a sad sack Buffalo Bills team in 1978 that had had a 1-13 record and took them to the AFC East Championship in 1980. He had a patchwork of talent that he had to essentially build on his own. I always felt that if he had come along 10 years later to Buffalo and had a GM like Bill Polian giving him players like Kelly, Thomas, Smith etc he would have won several of those Super Bowls that that overrated Marv Levy couldn't

SF had to wait until the Montana years to start wreaking revenge on the Rams. I still remember a 51-0 bloodletting on MNF in the late 1980's, and the 30-3 NFC Title Game slaughter.

Chuck Knox, the Marty Schottenheimer of the 1970's

Was that James Harris running the clock out at the end or another QB named Harris?

@robertperrella4194

3 жыл бұрын

yes it is THAT JAMES HARRIS FROM GRAMBLING UNIVERSITY who ironically received a super bowl ring with the baltimore ravens when they beat the new york giants in super bowl 35 where james harris was ozzie newsome's player personnel assistant !!!!!!!!!!!!

@michaelleroy9281

3 жыл бұрын

That was the same James Harris who was also with Buffalo in the AFL

@ciesaro

2 жыл бұрын

That is James "Shack" Harris

@kidmack3556

9 ай бұрын

​@@robertperrella4194 No kiddin'? That's great. Good ol "Shack" was one my Step-Dad's favorites.

@RamsLakersDodgers

4 ай бұрын

@@robertperrella4194Good for him👏🏽👏🏽

I wish all the 49er bandwagon fans from 1981-present could watch these highlights😂😂

That's when the value of a dollar started to go down the toilet.