Rest in Peace Mr. Branch. A Hall of Famer to anyone who saw him play.

@alltimeraiderfanwinbaby826

4 жыл бұрын

Its a shame that 6 others recivers got in before him the people who pick the hof should Quit right NOW an what about the Greatest saftey hitters of all time' Jack Tatum.

@tomfrankiewicz7951

3 жыл бұрын

Cliff Branch should have been in the HOF a long time ago

@mauriceduhart8667

3 жыл бұрын

Cliff Branch Jack Tatum in Lester Hayes all should be in the Hall of Fame. It's a joke that they are not I also think that Jim Plunkett should be in the hall of fame. Eli Manning is going to become a Hall of Famer. He was a mediocre quarterback who won two Super Bowls. Jim Plunkett did the same thing so why shouldn't he be in the Hall of Fame.🏆🏆🏉🏈

@raider7782

3 жыл бұрын

Amen. I have been as Raider since 1980.

@gigjohnson3482

3 жыл бұрын

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A shout out to Tom Flores. First Hispanic starting QB in the NFL and first Hispanic NFL Head Coach. His HOF induction long over due.

@tyrondavis6727

2 жыл бұрын

Amen 🏈🇺🇸💎

@warplanner8852

2 жыл бұрын

Ora Le, ese!

@Trancymind

Жыл бұрын

You hardly hear Jim Plunkett as the 1st hispanic quarterback to lead the team to a Super Bowl victory and he did it twice!!! All I hear is Doug Williams here, Doug Williams did that. What an insult and crime to the hispanic community.

@panama8009

17 күн бұрын

Tom Flores, first Hispanic AFL QB not nfl

@panama8009

11 күн бұрын

@Trancymind uou see, they were much harder on the Black QB than Hidpanic honestly Love AFLs first QB and Raiders QB Tom Flores and comebacker Jim Plunkett.

Rest in Peace Mike Davis #36. Your moment of glory will forever live on in the hearts and minds of Raiders fans with that interception in Cleveland. Raider Nation 4Life Sir

@Asaman854

Жыл бұрын

As a Browns fan, I hate it. As a football fan, what a play.

My grandpa told me stories of how truly legendary Lester hayes was

@r.williamcomm7693

Ай бұрын

Oh that makes me feel old! Lester Hayes was amazing, especially in 1980. He once had a problem with stuttering that could get really bad when he was interviewed. Hayes overcame it. Have always admired Hayes. Wish that he was in the Hall of Fame.

LESTER HAYES. HOF WITHOUT A DOUBT!

@thatraidersfan6633

5 жыл бұрын

AJG JR It’s a disgrace how he’s not in the Hall Of Fame along with others

@ajgjr9962

5 жыл бұрын

Local news years ago had an article about how he has a speech problem. And that this was a reason that has kept him from the Hall. So wrong bcz he is definitely WELL DESERVING OF THIS HONOR

@thatraidersfan6633

5 жыл бұрын

AJG JR I’ve heard he had a stuttering problem in the past but he’s been good for a long time now. Also the fact he used stick um may play a part not being in the Hall Of Fame. Well Fred Biletnikoff also used it and he’s in so I don’t see why Hayes shouldn’t be in. I’ve met Lester Hayes at my local Walmart he’s a great person.

@8kigana

5 жыл бұрын

No signs of speech impediment when he was doing stretches before the super bowl game, in fact I reran it and if anyone said he had an impediment and I didn't know about it before that clip, wouldn't have believed it.

@Strummie

3 жыл бұрын

@@8kigana People who have a stutter don’t do it 100% of the time.

Love the Old Oakland Raiders. Made me a fan

@Davieboy-dovbear

4 жыл бұрын

Same here. I moved to US in "88 and became an NFL fan learning the game by watching the LA Raiders. A few years ago I moved back to Europe. Not as much a football fan now because we don't have american football here but I can't get the Raiders out of my system. I always look them up during the football season and win or lose, I'm loving it!

I was a Chargers fan in those days, and so couldn't help but hate the Raiders, but even then I respected and admired Jim Plunkett. A true class act.

@05gtdriver

4 жыл бұрын

With time I've learned to admire this era of Raider football, before the move to L.A. and all the bad reputation the fans gave the Raider Nation while their stay in SoCal. I'm a diehard Charger fan too(born and raised in SD) and re-watching the 1980 AFC Championship game, you've got to admit, while the Raiders were a rough and tough bunch with enough defense when needed to harass opponents, Raider players themselves admit they were scared to death when playing the Air Coryell Chargers. The Raiders shut down the Oilers(7 pts), Browns(12pts) and Eagles(10pts) in the 1980 playoffs, but the Chargers laid 27 and should've had more for not 2 red zone turnovers. Plunkett always seemed to have a knack for having his offense score on the most busted, luck of the bounce plays during this 1980 campaign(look at the Raiders 1st TD in the 1980 AFC title game vs Chargers). I think when the Raiders escaped SD in that AFC title game, they knew Eagles wouldn't stand a chance against them in the Super Bowl.

@SingleTax

4 жыл бұрын

@@05gtdriver With the exception of the 1981 season, Plunkett and the Raiders owned the Chargers in those days. An obvious case in point is their Monday Night match-up in '82. The Chargers were up 24-0 with only a minute left in the first half; the Raiders won 28-24.

Rest in peace Al Davis. We'll get you that fourth Superbowl! :)

Lifetime Steelers fan here and I have to say I hope I live long enough to see Jim Plunkett in the Hall of Fame.

@jordanwright2313

4 жыл бұрын

As a Raider fan, I dont think itll happen, they wont even put branch or Flores in HOF

@killalltogepis9916

4 жыл бұрын

@Harry Engel Cliff Branch should be in I agree. Tom Flores maybe but hell no on Jim Plunkett.

@jordanwright2313

3 жыл бұрын

@Ken Bradley I'm surprised they didnt wait till he passed but I'm happy hes in

@jordanwright2313

3 жыл бұрын

@Ken Bradley I hope Plunkett and branch get in soon as well, RAIDER NATION

@shiskey54

Жыл бұрын

@@jordanwright2313 two years later…

1st wild card team to win a Super Bowl

@ericavogardo4784

5 жыл бұрын

We will be back RN4L

@Soundofsilver2007

5 жыл бұрын

Eric Avogardo you’ll be back in 2080...

@Jordan-po8dn

5 жыл бұрын

@@Soundofsilver2007 nah we back RIGHT NOW

@robertdredden5474

5 жыл бұрын

Marshawn Lynch 2080...

@holly03282008

4 жыл бұрын

Kansas City 1971

Absolutely my favorite year as a football fan. I took so much crap from friends for being a Raiders fan. The Raiders didn't even make the playoffs in 1978 and 1979. Then that unforgettable 1980 season. I was able to thank Mike Davis in a Facebook group before he passed. I told him it was the best of times. He responded with great humility and appreciation. R.I.P. Mike Davis.

Gene Upshaw died suddenly of pancreatic cancer a year and a half after this was made. Matt Millen is very ill and needs a heart transplant. Let's hope the Hall elects Jim Plunkett while he is still with us.

@francescoavila598

4 жыл бұрын

Plunkett? Never. he doesn't have the stats

@mootpointjones8488

4 жыл бұрын

@@francescoavila598 Two time SB winner. Statistics don't mean a thing.

@francescoavila598

4 жыл бұрын

@@mootpointjones8488 Dan Fouts and Kellen Winslow.two SD chargers that never sniffed a Superbowl and both were first ballot inductees to HOF based on stats alone!😀

@puraverdad5102

4 жыл бұрын

@@mootpointjones8488 That's right. "Just win baby!!!!"

@user-co1gi7yd2r

4 жыл бұрын

Ultrametric why?

I’m 49 yrs old as a kid this team was a huge part of my childhood !!!! Loved the Raiders

Not a raiders fan but football is better when the raiders are winning

@pauljohnson3340

5 жыл бұрын

The Cowboys are the same way. They are the greatest soap opera ever created.

@taroobsingh2158

5 жыл бұрын

No, the league is better when the Raiders suck and would be best if they were no more.

@pauljohnson3340

5 жыл бұрын

I'm a Packers fan and the league IS better when the Raiders are doing well.

@alantodd4356

5 жыл бұрын

@@taroobsingh2158 With a name like Taroob Singh, I'm sure anything that has to do w/winning or success is not something you've ever experienced, or will ever experience.

@alantodd4356

5 жыл бұрын

Life is better when the Raiders are winning!

RIP Gene Upshaw

@pauljohnson3340

6 жыл бұрын

What an incredible player. What a great man. He's also the only player in NFL history to play in a Super Bowl in 3 different decades. He was a rookie on the Raiders in Super Bowl II.

@raidernationfullmoonrecord9516

5 жыл бұрын

One of my fav raiders ever

@M.S1860

5 жыл бұрын

@Croatian Guy prava šteta... R.I.P

@AHMAD-2324

4 жыл бұрын

An Cliff Branch and Willie Brown.

@stourleykracklite7663

4 жыл бұрын

My hero.

*THIS IS SUCH A GREAT SCRIPT FOR A MOVIE !!!*

@ramimeali590

4 жыл бұрын

Yes it definitely would be a great movie. It should be mainly focused on Jim Plunkett. His comeback as a QB.

Love hearing stories about my RAIDERS !!! Just Win Baby !!!

"They're killing me! They're killing me out here! Can somebody get rid of that commercial?!"

As a "neutral" bears fan who watched all of these when they came out it in 2006, I honestly liked this episode the best. The real essence of football in this episode

@latoya08miller

5 жыл бұрын

1983 Raiders episode is better than this tho.

@warrenbfeagins

5 жыл бұрын

Bears fan here too. I LOVED the 1980s Raiders.

@thegreatnessoftheraiders4948

2 жыл бұрын

@@warrenbfeagins but the 1985 Bears had the best defense bar none thus far in history.

@warrenbfeagins

2 жыл бұрын

@@thegreatnessoftheraiders4948 I agree.

@alexamerling79

2 жыл бұрын

Fellow Bears fan here also. Mad respect to the Raiders. They have had a similar hard nose defensive mindset as us.

Football when it was fun to watch. Flores, Plunket, The Judge, Cliff Branch and others all should be in HOF! Great video!!!!

@24Kev

4 жыл бұрын

RIP Cliff Branch

@finchborat

3 жыл бұрын

Flores is finally in Canton

@arcdestriumph586

2 жыл бұрын

Lester Hayes = My HOF CB of all Time.

It's time for Plunkett to be in the HOF.

@devinrivers5808

5 жыл бұрын

Edward Young ....I second that....and I’m a Lions fan..respect

@jamesvangurpan1959

5 жыл бұрын

absolutely ......if Bob Griese is in, then Plunkett should have his own wing

@jamesvangurpan1959

5 жыл бұрын

@Gatto Di Ossa ....You dumb fuck..."Griese was an integral part of the perfect season" ? Next time do a little research before you open you obviously uneducated mouth,.....look up how many games Greise started in your so called perfect season....I love calling out big mouthed small brained morons like you....while you are looking that up, check to see how much Griese did in those super bowls.....one more thing, dont assume i am addicted to anything...because unlike backwoods, toothless hillbillies like you, I dont even drink....now be a good little boy and go wack off to picture of Shula holding a super bowl trophy....geeeze did you even go to high school?

@reefb1277

5 жыл бұрын

Edward Young too many Raiders missing from the Hall, Plunkett, Branch and Flores to name a few off the top of my head!!

@robertdore9592

5 жыл бұрын

It's lloooooooonnnng overdue.

Steelers fan who can't believe Cliff Branch isn't in the HOF.

@ckobo84

5 жыл бұрын

Just think of the numbers he could have put up if Stabler had a stronger arm and could throw the ball more than 45 yards down field? Since Stabler had such limited range he had to make his living on the deep comeback routes.

@lincolnkauffman3367

5 жыл бұрын

Rip cliff

@adenmexicano8013

5 жыл бұрын

Jack Moses THANK YOU

@chucknorris3rdnut

4 жыл бұрын

Biggest travesty in nfl in my opinion. Better numbers than Swann, but branch played for the raiders. Met him once very nice man. Now they will put him in the HOF since he has passed. Sad. And respect coming from a steeler fan. Raiders and Steeler fans wont agree on much, at least some of us can appreciate players for what they have done, not just the team they played for. Thanks!!

@hayliae

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you, RIP Cliff!

1980 Raiders were first Wild Card team to win a Super Bowl!!!

@jerrybrownell3633

4 жыл бұрын

Raiders were a Wild Card team in 1983 when they beat the Redskins in SB 18. In 1980 they were Division Champions and beat the Eagles in SB 15.

@dennissaunders5247

4 жыл бұрын

@@jerrybrownell3633 raiders were wild card in 1980 , won the west in 1983. Even though the Seahawks sweeped them in 1983 the raiders had the overall better record and won the division. The raiders hosted and won the afc CHAMPIONSHIP game that year.

@jerrybrownell3633

4 жыл бұрын

@@dennissaunders5247 -That's why the Defending Champion Washington Redskins were overwhelming favorites in SB XVIII. The Raiders were a Wild Card. I will have to research it and get back to you.

@jerrybrownell3633

4 жыл бұрын

@@dennissaunders5247 - I am totally wrong and you are correct. I would have sworn Los Angeles was a wild card. And I am a die hard Raiders fan. I sincerely apologize. Raiders went 12-4. Defending Champ Washington was 14-2. L.A. was all over them building a 21-3 halftime lead.

@jerrybrownell3633

4 жыл бұрын

And they did it convincingly putting a hurt on defending champion and heavily favored Redskins 38-9

I'm not a Raiders fan and didn't live to see him coach, but congrats to Tom Flores for finally getting into Canton! It's fitting he gets in almost 2 weeks after the 40th anniversary of his first title as a HC.

Giants fan here.. Tom Flores rocks man... look at that cast of independent rascals!... what an achievement...

Rip John Matuszak 1950-1989

@davidhutchinson7888

3 жыл бұрын

Damn he died so young, didn't know that

And THATS why the Raiders got fans everywhere. Yea theay STINK IT UP some seasons, but you GOTTA LOVE IT when the MISFITS WIN!!! RAIDER NATION FOR LIFE🍺💀🚬(And I grew up in WHITTIER, so...)

@MrToddtimmons

4 жыл бұрын

Lamirada good friends in whitter

@waldosordo5743

4 жыл бұрын

Whittier got finest Latinas in the world! Raider fan!

@mikebernhardt92

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah I agree, I grew up in la habra

"THIS WAS THE FINEST OWA IN THE HISTORY OF THA OAKLAND RAIDAS!" The world and the NFL needs more Al Davis'

I've never ever met the man and now never will, but I really miss Gene Upshaw.. I'll be wearing his number 63 for my first Raiders game.

WOW , I just saw that Matt had a new heart put in on Christmas eve 2018 at 60 years old ! I was blessed to survive a massive heart attack from a blood clot in 2014 at 51 ( I have 2 stents and they are WIDE OPEN and I feel great again ! )..Blessings Matt Millen

@ECO473

3 жыл бұрын

God bless you, friend.

@depaola63

3 жыл бұрын

@@ECO473 ❤️🙏Thank you very much 💫

The content here is so full of history and uniqueness that I let it play in the background while I work in my garage.

@golleygeee9536

6 жыл бұрын

Alexander Parrell I do the same thing! I always have A Football Life or or any other documentary show created by NFL Films. They really do an amazing job

That Monday Night Football theme is magic. In fact all the NFL Film music is just epic.

@retepoteil

Жыл бұрын

💯💯💯

I could listen to Millen talk all day long. Great storyteller.

“kick em in the head ted” lmfao

29:24 Cedric Hardeman talking to Matt Millen. Passed away yesterday at age of 70. Rest Easy sir.

@dennissaunders5247

4 жыл бұрын

Cedric hardeman was a awsome defensive lineman , not given near the credit he deserves. I think he is H O F er. He anchored the 49ers GOLD RUSH of the 70'S , BEFORE finally getting a ring with the RAIDERS. I met on several occasions. Great person.

@WayneKeen

3 жыл бұрын

@@dennissaunders5247 Hardman and Hart made a good tandem of ends.

The Autumn 🍂 Wind is a RAIDER!!

@VictorELayne77

5 жыл бұрын

Pillaging just for fun

@lancelink2812

5 жыл бұрын

It Once was

@briankistner4331

5 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/h5mutding620prA.html The Autumn 🍂 Wind is a RAIDER!!

We're all pulling for Matt Millen who received a donor heart transplant Christmas Eve.

@kllbll85

5 жыл бұрын

Indeed! Pure football guy.

@itz-luigi1210

5 жыл бұрын

Sorry as a lion fan I feel that heart should have went to a sick child rather than some aging man who had a good life and failed so miserably he set records for futility on a team that's been nothing but.

@kllbll85

5 жыл бұрын

@@itz-luigi1210 I'm sorry your a Lions fan tooooo! That's gott'a be the worst? Well before Millen arrived. And shortly after Bobby Lane left. Maybe you can find a way to resurrect him and get some of that magic back? Give to Saint Jude's!

@kllbll85

5 жыл бұрын

Go 9ers

@Esoteric456

5 жыл бұрын

I don't have a crystal ball,but I know Matt Millen's heart surgery will be a success and that his prognosis is good as long as he follows the doctor's orders.

I've always been a Raiders fan and it's good to remember their glory days. Too bad there are no more quality men playing today,. Men who loved the game more than their own aggrandizement. Oh well, I'll always have my memories,

I watch this about 4x a year ❣

My team... 76 and 83 were more dominant teams but this was their finest moment as AL said.

@searchforthestrangler5034

4 жыл бұрын

Agree with that.

@Strummie

4 жыл бұрын

The 1980 Raiders season epitomizes the entire organization. Misfits with no business winning, robbing that gold fom everyone else in true Raider fashion. It doesn’t get better than that.

@searchforthestrangler5034

4 жыл бұрын

@@Strummie Coming out of the AFC Championship by beating the Oilers, Browns and certainly Chargers that year was more impressive than easily defeating the Philadelphia Eagles in the Super Bowl.

@Strummie

4 жыл бұрын

wayne atkinson Very true, but considering the Eagles had beat them earlier in the season, it made it that much better.

@jiveassturkey8849

3 жыл бұрын

I have to go with 76, just because “The Raider” Mr Kenny Stabler was still the QB then

In 1980 I was 11 and went to my first game. Great seats, right behind the Raiders bench. I just stared at them, mouth open. They were GODS to me. Matuszak. Hendricks. Hayes. Millen. Casper. Plunkett. van Eegen. Martin. Ray Guy, the first epic punter ever. I was just reading about this team. Lester Hayes had 13 INT's that year. The Defense had 35. I even was ecstatic that I got to go to a Raley's grocery store to meet Marc Wilson... lol

@sergiogalindo3024

5 жыл бұрын

Extremely Well Said! Raiders4Life!

@8kigana

5 жыл бұрын

wait a minute I was 11 that year, you born in '69?

The Raiders where the first team to bring L.A. a Super Bowl!!!!☠️

@leomarquez2059

6 жыл бұрын

Kevin Leon only team actually.

@MateoKalifas420

6 жыл бұрын

Kevin Leon and they’ll never see another

@ciscosvp2075

6 жыл бұрын

Can't believe that the Raiders won't even be in Cali in a couple of years.. Playing in a dome, in Vegas omg what the hell happened?? Good luck trying to tailgate in a 110° weather..

@Michavelli1

6 жыл бұрын

With a team built in Oakland!

@bishlap

5 жыл бұрын

I thought it was the Lakers? ~wink~

Plunkett, my Favorite Raider QB.

How can you not be a Raider fan ...

@lancelink2812

5 жыл бұрын

G-Field, It's Hard Now

@eriklarson602

5 жыл бұрын

have been a fan since 89.. .. I'm a fan for life

@Strummie

4 жыл бұрын

Being a Charger, Bronco or Chiefs fan I would assume lol

I remember Jimmy the Greek saying at the beginning of the season that the Raiders would be led to a Super Bowl win by a rejuvenated Jim Plunkett. Everyone laughed at the idea. Then it happened.

@rhaeghartargaryen871

5 жыл бұрын

jack brandt your a dumbass huh?

I love how smart these guys are. All of them. Real students of the game. Winners all.

"This is not a game for the most well-adjusted people." --Bill Parcells

@kmorg5

5 жыл бұрын

Gatto Di Ossa can u shut the fuck up

I am NOT a Raider fan, never was ! ..HOWEVER #21 at WR, Cliff Branch BELONGS in The NFL Hall of Fame !!! ( WTF ??!! YEARS AGO !) He has the #'s AND 3 RINGS !! .....and what Jim Plunkett did after 10 HARD seasons in the NFL and to almost quitting , then WINNING 2 SB in 4 seasons !! That's GREATNESS !!

@Trancymind

Жыл бұрын

It just shows how the non hispanic american society would rather praise Doug Williams for what he did even though Jim Plunkett accomplished it twice before Doug Williams did. It is like slapping the hispanic community twice in a row and forget his name in the record books.

@haroldmccoy6748

Жыл бұрын

​@@TrancymindHow does the accomplishments of a African American disparage those of any Hispanic? The African American fraternity civil rights plight is the entity that the Hispanic and every other minority and social genre jumped upon to give notice towards their agendas ,and once they achieved accomplishing those cherished ultruistic goals ,they discarded the African American fraternity who unyieldingly supported those others but recieved none of that same support in return . African American sports talk host such as Shannon sharp and Steven A Smith have acknowledged the excellent accomplishments of both Hispanic gentleman before ,in fact the African American fraternity biggest vice is it's continuous willingness to allow all other ethnic invasive species within it's secular fraternity when no there ethnic group or social genre lbgt allow such a tactical error to occur within it's flock ,it's the African American fraternity who more then any other ethnic group who will forgive all others for illicit actions committed against them and fully support them ,even if it means sacrificing , spiritual,ethnic cultural, economic, political, unity amongst their own racial demographic, no other ethnic group bellows out the success of all other ethnic sects moreso then the African American fraternity,a big part of it's problem today . Yet ,you sit here nonobjectively and scrutinize a African American males success ,who's never made a derogatory statement against your ethnic group. Shameful is what your comment is .

ONCE A RAIDER FOREVER A RAIDER!!! This video of the 1980 Oakland Raiders clearly one of my favorites hands down!! My loyalty is silver n black all the way!

This story made me convert into a raider fan💯

@TheHow707

4 жыл бұрын

Welcome to the Nation!!!! It’s a rough road, but worth it imo.

@America-jy9hz

4 жыл бұрын

Glad to have you in the Nation, brother. 💯☠️

Great Raider teams during those years. I always hoped for a Cowboys vs. Raiders Super Bowl during that time period because that would have been the most intriguing matchup.

@SuperGomez59

5 жыл бұрын

2016 was the closest we had to a Dallas vs Oakland SB match, but the Raiders lost Carr to an injury and were knocked out of the playoffs and Dallas lost by like a touchdown against Green Bay in a big upset comeback

@robertdredden5474

5 жыл бұрын

SuperGomez59 51 yarder I could watch that all day!!!

@tracercarter3174

4 жыл бұрын

Die hard Cowboy fan and if I had a second favorite, it’d be the Raiders - so I wouldn’t have wanted that lol

@stephenobrien1505

4 жыл бұрын

My Kirby vacuum was in need of some serious repair. So I slapped a Cowboys sticker on it. Now it sucks again!!

@kennethlatham3133

4 жыл бұрын

@@tracercarter3174 I'm the same way! Cowboys all the way, but the Raiders are my dirty little secret.

This 1980 team just found ways to get it done. They started 2-3, lost their starting QB for the season, and next on their schedule were the 2 best teams in the NFL (SD & Pit). No one thought they had a chance & then a miracle happened

Lester Hayes needs to be in the hall of fame along with Tom Flores cliff Branch

Matt Millen makes an excellent narrator.

@TheCancerkilla

6 жыл бұрын

he's a great storyteller

@theloverswineverytime1625

5 жыл бұрын

No-the-fuck he DOESN'T!! He was annoying as hell, imo. Seemed like he was trying TOO hard to paint that picture.

I still remember the house party I gave for this Super Bowl. My Mom was still alive, & healthy. My God, I just relived my Life! I wish I could go back in time, & change everything! Given the magnificent history of the AFL, & the Oakland Raiders, the Black Hole, AL Davis, I would've so been a Raider instead of a sorry Ass Viking. After 49 seasons, I've DIVORCED the fucken Vikings. What I now truly appreciate about Al Davis in particular, is that he didn't give a damn if you were from the planet Neptune, as long as you were loyal to his team. He was the first EVER to give Hispanics, & Negros the opportunities with his Raiders. I loved what he once said: "During the first 6 plays of any game, we will hit the QB as hard as can, & make him think about who's he playing." & they were all legal hard hitting Football plays...

That was a great season…. Plunkett was one of those great players who ended up on bad teams…. Somehow, he got another chance, after being out of action for two years… a truly amazing (and inspirational) comeback!

Die hard Dallas fan, but the Raiders in the 80's was fun to watch. Had a Plunket jersey with my Walt Garrison, Roger Staubach, and a John Matuszak.

@mikey7189

Ай бұрын

I am old enough to remember Walt Garrison, and also the rest of them been a NFL watcher and a Raiders fan for over 50 years now

As a Chicago Bears fan I have always considered the Raiders my 2nd favorite team! I love the old Raiders led teams by Madden, Flores, Shell, Gruden. As a Michigan fan and Charles Woodson being one of my 4 favorite players of all time with Payton, Singletary and Urlacher. Just win baby, Commitment to excellence, Silver and Black attack! The Raiders are a top tier franchise in my book

Always remember HATING the ‘80 Raiders & thinking all season “THIS is the week they will tank”, because my household were Broncos🏈 & Seahawks🏈 fans. Well, they “never tanked” all the way to the title & I was SO distraught... But, in hindsight, they were indeed GREAT & supremely talented ~ they deserved to win 3 Super Bowls = a lotta RESPECT! And Plunkett’s 1980 journey back & to the top surpasses any movie script; looking back, I didn’t allow myself to appreciate how special that was, along with his leadership.

@43:20....Matt Millen is absolutely right. What a great idea. I'm glad they used him for this, because his ideas and eloquence (yes I said eloquence lol) made this better.

Lester Hayes was a badass!

"THIS WAS DA FINEST HOUA IN THA HISTARY OF THE OAKLAND RAIDAS!"

@pauljohnson3340

5 жыл бұрын

I also said that in an Al Davis accent. You nailed it.

@8kigana

5 жыл бұрын

that's gotta be Brooklyn accent right there.

Both Jim Plunkett and Tom Flores belong in the Hall of Fame!!

GOD I LOVE THE RAIDERS!!! This film was so cool to watch. Can’t wait for this season!

Gene upshaw what a beast

@generationless6942

4 жыл бұрын

And with Art Shell right along side....

According to one witness, John Matuzak went out during Super Bowl week in New Orleans and "drank bourbon street dry."

@luckybenny8871

5 жыл бұрын

That's impossible. Even for the great TOOZ. RIP big guy. You are missed.

Best Football Documentary of all time. I’m a Jet fan from the 60’s.

That offensive line played so well for Jim Plunkett that year. They had always been a great OL, but they were getting beat before Plunkett got in there. And they worked their asses off to protect him, and he responded by hanging in and making the best decisions, and throws, of his career. What a season.

RIP Mike Davis He dies almost 4 months after the 40th anniversary of him getting the interception on Red Right 88.

The ghost to the Post, the heidy game, The Snake beating Tarkington and Company and Jim Plunkett and Company giving us two Lombardi trophies. All great moments in the history of the franchise. And soon enough the team rehires Jon Gruden and gives him full control will be among them.

@Gilgamesch1994

5 жыл бұрын

last Season we started with 2:0 and went 6:10... Maybe this Season we go 10:6 with our 0:2 Start ;)

@artistamisto

9 ай бұрын

It's Tarkenton. When I was 12 I thought it was spelled that way too. And we didn't have the internet like you do so there's that. 🤡

I loved Matt Millen in this.

The 2021 Raiders team should watch this documentary again and again. The 1980's team had to overcome adversity and won the Superbowl. This year we have to overcome adversity again and this time history will repeat itself and we will win the Superbowl again. This is our year. This is a team of destiny. Do it for Mr Al Davis. Just win baby!!!

@danielwilliams5139

2 жыл бұрын

Joe Burrow intentionally ran toward the ref running out of bounds bc he knew as soon as he threw it the ref would blow the whistle, right before the catch, ref blows whistle everyone stops and TD. Referees huddle deem the play unchallengable

The monday night game against the Steelers was the turning point for this great team

I'm a Bronco fan and I really hated those Raiders teams.Looking back on it I appreciate the high standard they set

This is a great monologue! Matt Millen with his narration and Jim Plunkett with his comments! Then they play some Bill King play by play! Priceless!

That was the year man. It was beautiful. First wildcard team to ever win the superbowl. The record was 9-7

Matt Millen is honestly one of my favorite people in this series. Class act and a riot.

@kevinramsey417

3 жыл бұрын

Atrocious GM though.

@linhlolita5042

2 жыл бұрын

Millen was hilarious, loved his stories, he blew a few words in his narration, its ok, this is football not acting

@innatebubble121

Жыл бұрын

@@kevinramsey417 Absolutely 😂

This is the most underrated team in sports. Nobody gave them a chance, and went out and brought home a Super Bowl trophy. To this day, the 1980 Oakland Raiders were the best team ever, in my opinion. To think they could have been playing in LA in 1980, but thanks to a court injunction, the Super Bowl trophy was brought back to Oakland. The 1980 Oakland Raiders are the finest championship team out of all-time great Raiders teams ever.

@andan04

6 жыл бұрын

Hall of Famers on both sides of the ball and dominance when it mattered. I'll agree with underrated, but best team ever is stretching it.

@jmarx_live

6 жыл бұрын

andan04 ok I was stretching it a little. However, I still think that the 1980 Oakland Raiders can compete with the 1976 Oakland Raiders and the 1983 Los Angeles Raiders teams. I said, in my opinion, the 1980 Raiders were the best of the best in Oakland Raiders history. They came from out of no where to beat three teams to get to the Super Bowl. On top of that, they went and beat a Cleveland Browns team that should’ve won, and a San Diego Chargers team that should’ve won their game against Oakland. That didn’t happen. They went on to beat the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl XV, that beat the Raiders earlier in the season, in Philadelphia. Once more, I was there at the Coliseum in 1980. I saw it all unfold. I saw Dan Pasterini gets his leg broke in Oakland against The Kansas City Chiefs. Jim Plunkett threw five picks to lose to the Chiefs 31-17. However, after winning against the Chargers in Oakland the following week, which was week six, that was a start of a six game winning streak that brought us a Super Bowl trophy back to Oakland. Stretching the fact that the Raiders may not had a superstar player, but they got the job done when it counted.

@andan04

6 жыл бұрын

I envy your experience as a Raiders fan that season. You're right, it's always far more fun when your team wins and they weren't expected to. (Probably why Pats fans have seemed so joyless during this current run haha.) When the Raiders sat at 2-3 after five games in 1980, I'm sure very few outside of that locker room were thinking playoffs, let alone Lombardi trophy. Must have been a blast. I think I misunderstood your original post. I thought you meant they were the best team ever, as in NFL history. But if you're saying best team in franchise history, then yes, there's a case to be made there.

@jmarx_live

6 жыл бұрын

andan04 thank you my friend. I'll say this about the 1980 Oakland Raiders. Now, if it meant comparison between 1970s Steelers teams, 49ers in 1980's, the 1990s Dallas Cowboys, or the 2000s New England Patriots teams, the 1980 Oakland Raiders rank last in all of them. However, iny opinion, the Raiders rank among the best of the best in all-time Raiders history bar none.

@andan04

6 жыл бұрын

Nice profile pic, by the way. Is that Bobby Hebert with the USFL Invaders?

Love Being Part Of The Raider Nation🏴☠🏴☠... This Video Makes Me Proud And Gives Me A Sense Of Pride, And Reassurance On Why At 1 Years Old In 1978 That Being Part Of This Raider Nation Is A Lifelong Commitment 🏴And Proud Of It"... RNFL☠☠☠

I watch this about a dozen times a year. It's my favorite season as a lifelong Raiders fan

As a Chargers fan, I have to say I'm okay with that team beating my Chargers that day. What a great group of guys! I remember hating that my Chargers weren't in the Super Bowl and watching Kenny King make that catch and run it all the way for the touchdown and knowing the Bolts lost to the eventual champion. Plunkett deserved that season, didn't he?

@mikeyoungblood1642

3 жыл бұрын

The Chargers should have been in the Super Bowl in 1979! Still the biggest upset of Divisional Round history when they lost at home to an Oilers team without Pastorini & Campbell!

@ECO473

8 ай бұрын

@@mikeyoungblood1642 Yeah, them Chargers really wet the bed that year.

@user-oh6eg4ny3h

8 ай бұрын

In my opinion as a jets fan. The chargers closest chance to winning a super bowl was 1980 not 1994. They beat the raiders they win the super bowl

@ECO473

8 ай бұрын

@@user-oh6eg4ny3h You're right about that. Uptight Dick Vermeil had his Eagle team so run down the Chargers would have wiped up the Superdome floor with them.

@user-oh6eg4ny3h

8 ай бұрын

@@ECO473 yea I don’t see how else the chargers win. I don’t think they win in 81 if they go all the way. All the years of relevances, there closest to winning a super bowl is 80. Chargers were that good and they lose Fred dean to the 49ers after 1980

I remember that was the beginning of the end of the Steelers Dynasty. Their players were getting older and they missed their chance to bridge the 70’s to the 80’s by not taking Dan Marino in the 83 draft!!!

@jonasjelich4576

4 жыл бұрын

Was that the year they took the defensive lineman that got paralyzed in a car wreck?

Just watching these films makes me can’t wait for next year of football in High School

that 1980 raider team was great

watch this and you realize how depressing how dull and boring the NFL has become

@mrlaw711

5 жыл бұрын

Once they changed the rules to encourage pinball scores the essence of the game changed. The Bears are trying to show that defense can still stand tall but the rules are agaisnt them. Imagine Mack with free shots at the QB.

@markm4033

5 жыл бұрын

@Gatto Di Ossa I stopped watching. They are now rigged.

@markm4033

5 жыл бұрын

@Gatto Di Ossa the evidence is out there. I didn't believe it at first, but when you think about and look into the history of the NFL, it would have been far better had Al Davis was given the chance to do away with the NFL. I did the research.

@markm4033

5 жыл бұрын

@Gatto Di Ossa my friend, the feud goes back before the AFL/NFL merger. At that time, the AFL was gaining ground and NFL players were signing to play for the AFL. The NFL and AFL signed an agreement to not sign anyone already under contract within their own respective leagues. The NFL broke the contract and started signing AFL players already in contract. As time passes, the AFL was beating the NFL and Al Davis was ready to do away with them. The NFL was losing money fast and those horse racing owners of the NFL somehow got the other AFL owners to sign the AFL//NFL merger without letting Al Davis know, and Al was the commisioner. Al Davis has fought their corruption and if Al Davis wasn't betrayed, we would have had a better football game today.

@markm4033

5 жыл бұрын

@Gatto Di Ossa yeah, saying 49ers says a lot. The NFL owners were all gamblers. They didn't eve care for the players and they were racist too.

I love Lester Hayes!

42-year die hard fan. First football game I ever watched was the '77 SB and it went from there. Silver 'N Black is coming back and I think by 2021, they'll be a force in the league once again! Great vid - brought back some awesome memories from my pre-teen years. +1

@17:46 I GOT THE CHILLS !!!! ..I WAS Part of this history myself in 1980 !! My Sr. year...* We also WON in The Oakland Coliseum on 11/28/80 The High School North Coast 4A CHAMPIONSHIP , " Pittsburg Pirates " ..I was one the 2 starting WR that " magical season ...The Raiders became the 1st " Wildcard " to win a Super Bowl then moved to LA !!

Such a shame Tom Flores not in the Hall of Fame.. But people like Tony Dungy get in lol

@bishlap

5 жыл бұрын

for real !!! NFL politics as usual.

@theloverswineverytime1625

5 жыл бұрын

Get the fuck outta here (yeah, spelled aaaaaaall-the-way out). Dungy is in rhe Hall like HE SHOULD BE. Flores just won the two Super Bowls. Outside of those wins, the Raiders were average with him as their coach.

@Silly81

5 жыл бұрын

Flores career record as a coach is 105-90, just above 500.HOF? Really?

@bishlap

5 жыл бұрын

@@Silly81 How many Super Bowl wins?

@bishlap

5 жыл бұрын

@@theloverswineverytime1625 Dungy should give his life savings, SB Trophy, wife, kids and house to Peyton Manning... PERIOD.

Loved that 1980 team. Nobody expected shit from them and they came out of nowhere and won the whole thing. I never liked Dan Pastorini, hated it when Al traded Snake for him!!!

RIP Gene Upshaw. Best Guard ever

Now John matuszak there goes one of the most interesting Personalities in NFL history

"If you ain't cheating, then you ain't trying" Why do I get the feeling that Bill Belichick and Tom Brady took this way to literally?

@jewelz6028

4 жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same thing. Belichik has is sewn on his shitty ass hoodie and Brady had his wife tattoo it on her lower back.

Was bornt in 89’, Been a RaRaRaRAIDAS fan since 3rd grade.. Iv endured a lot as a fan LOL but We’re still Raider Strong Baby!

RIP Mike Davis 36

It sucks that Jim Plunkett will most likely never be in the Hall of Fame despite having two Super Bowl rings without a loss. Admittedly, his career numbers don't match up with most of the quarterbacks of his era, but after all his struggles in New England and San Francisco, going to the Raiders definitely saved his career. And I find it absolutely appalling that Cliff Branch isn't in the Hall of Fame himself.

Matt Millen, my all time favorite football player , in high school I was even compared to him 💥👍👍

I met lester hayes like 4 or 5 years ago and he spoke regularly i didnt know he had a stutter

Great team. I knew the tooze in college at Tampa. I played 1 year and wasn't good enough as a walk on to stay with those guys. We roomed together. We got him after he got thrown off another team for fighting. We partied pretty heavy in 70, 71 and 72. # 1 small college team in the US. All juiced gangsters . We beat Miami, Florida and Fl. State. A school of 2000 students. He and alzado used to visit me when they came into Miami to play. Tooze was the # pick in the draft, first time a lineman was a # 1 pick. R.I.P John

...they returned to Oakland in 1995. And are now leaving once again!

@benashworth2278

6 жыл бұрын

I was just in vegas though wearing a raider t-shirt..they are READY

@marvinthiessen3454

5 жыл бұрын

The "Vegas Raiders".......oh hell no! Maybe the "Vegas Villains" or "Vegas Vipers" would be more appropriate. They will always be the Oakland Raiders to me. Just win, baby!

@Vincent-ld2bp

5 жыл бұрын

@@marvinthiessen3454 HELL NO. DON'T EVER TAKE THE RAIDER NAME OUT

@kevinramsey417

3 жыл бұрын

I'm no Raiders fan but the Raiders belong in Oakland.