Thanks for sharing this video. I still think about it from time to time, and I always feel terrible for Keith Byars when I remember what happened. He was one of my favorite players when I was a kid. It's just so sad what happened to him. But I guess that's life. It isn't fair, and sometimes you just get thrown a curveball that you never see coming. I just hope Byars knows that a lot of people still appreciate him and remember him for being a great Jet. Love you, my friend. #keithbyars #newyorkjets #nfl

I moved to South Jersey in 1990 and about a week after I moved there I was sitting in a booth at a pizza place near my house and I looked behind me and saw a dude with a neck the size of a Michelin tire. He picked up his order a minute or two later and when he left the guy behind the counter at the pizza shop told us it was Keith Byars. Side note, the pizza shop was next to the Wawa Rich Kotite used to read his paper and drink his coffee at.

@phonecorner1

13 күн бұрын

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I can't really blame Parmalee for that. I can't truly say that he stabbed Byars in the back given how everything played out.

Keith Byars was awesome, such a offensive weapon. He could run, catch, block & even occasionally throw a great option pass, had a strong Left arm

This video resonated with me so much, I'll overlook the omission of charts and graphs. This time.

1999 was a step back for the jets after they won 12 games, won the afc east for the first time ever, afc championship game appearance. The jets even started 1-6 in 1999 then finished 8-8 that year.

@RurbanWalker

13 күн бұрын

Vinny Testaverde getting hurt (ruptured Achilles) in 99 game 1 caused that. He was All-Pro in 98. Can't remember who subbed in, but wasn't in Vinny's league.

@DolFan316

13 күн бұрын

Vinny Green Head got injured and the entire team imploded. Yes, that's the English translation of his surname.

@DolFan316

13 күн бұрын

@@RurbanWalker It was Ray Lucas, who would later join my team and be accused of singlehandedly ruining their '02 season (don't even get me started on that).

@phonecorner1

13 күн бұрын

God loves us all so much that he gave his perfect son to die for our sins and raised him from the grave to defeat death. Through faith in JESUS we can be saved and reconciled to GOD. please repent

@hennylo68

11 күн бұрын

​@@RurbanWalkerYup, as a Jets fan Vinny going down in game 1 broke my heart. A championship game appearance the prior year and Elway retiring I was already getting the Superbowl party going.

Byars also completed six passes in his NFL career. Every one of them went for a touchdown.

@mrbob8618

12 күн бұрын

Ok. So

@CTubeMan

12 күн бұрын

The passing version of Mike Vrabel?

@johncate9541

12 күн бұрын

@@mrbob8618 JG9 talked about him as a running and receiving threat. He was actually a triple threat.

I vaguely recall this from my youth

My favorite Eagke. Not the most glamorous but was reliable and had the versatility of a Swiss Army knife

Ray Lucas was a back up quarterback and a special teamer not a punter. I’m not sure why Keith Byers was so confident or surprised that the Jets cut him. he just came off a year in which she had one of the biggest fumbles in New York Jets history that cost them a chance at the Super Bowl

Keith Byars was the truth. Imagine choosing friggin Bernie Parmalee over Keith Byars

@johncate9541

12 күн бұрын

Jimmy Johnson wasn't all that once he didn't get his own draft picks and Minnesota's, too.

@JonPITBZN

12 күн бұрын

@@johncate9541, Parcells was the one who cut Byars in this story

@wewin03

11 күн бұрын

Byars was at the end of his career and Parmalee was a beast on special teams. That’s why it happened.

Caught Dan Marino's record-breaking TD pass 🏈

SO...here's how karma affected this entire situation, proving that when it comes to karma there are no winners because "winning" isn't the point, it's balance. When Jimmy Johnson took over my team in '96 he went out of his way to treat Byars like garbage for some crazy reason. First, Byars was forced to take a pay cut. Then he was moved from FB to TE. Then after all that, JJ cut him when he should've just done that from the start. This led to a bitter Byars latching on with the Pats...and then giving them all the Fins' plays leading to a 4-game Pats winning streak over Miami including a 17-3 playoff win in '97. Which led to Byars paying for his treachery by losing his Jets job to his friend. Thankfully Parmalee ended the cycle by having nothing to do with that intentionally, and even being talked by Byars into signing.

@darrellmayberry7784

9 күн бұрын

As a fellow Dol-Fan the 1999 season was a disaster for the Dolphins as Jimmy Johnson had retired in January but was talked out of it by Owner Wayne Huizenga and with the 1999 Dolphins draft along with the 62-7 playoff beating the Dolphins took from Jacksonville it seemed Johnson was still retired from January.

This unofficial Official Jaguar Gator 9 historian will remind everyone you made a video about how similar circumstances caused Tony Eason to not want to sign with the Jets in 1989.

How did Parmalee react to Byers getting cut?

Always got Keith Byars and Terry Kirby mixed up

@Hangryoldman

10 күн бұрын

I always got Keith Byars mixed up with Keith Jackson.

Parcells is the one who knifed Byars.

Who do you believe is most to blame for all the years after 84 with Marino that they couldn't get back to a SB? It boggles my mind

In byars’case -karma can be a b--h after he counseled his friend! 😊😊😊😊😊

He was a pure beast when he played for Ohio State

Johnson set the fins back 5 years because of his coaching and drafting

I don`t get the "Backstabbing " part but i know you need the catchy title. It seems more of a duchy coaching/management move by Parcells and the Jets. What was Parmalee to do? Not play hard? decline the position?

everytime i see the change up of helmets behind you i'm like 1) where's he keep all these between vids? and 2) i know they weren't cheap lol

@OfficialJaguarGator9

10 күн бұрын

Definitely not cheap at all haha. Cost a pretty penny to get the studio setup like this As for where I keep them, I’ve got a few cases off camera and then a ton of boxes in my closet that I’ll show off in about a week once everything gets in

This dude was a 3rd down and red zone machine.

Ray Lucas wasn’t a punter

He should be in the HOF

To his credit Rob Konrad was a fullback

He didn't stab Keith Byars in the back.

They both got paid so they should have been good.

So this was before geno and ek.

should have played special teams. It's football

Only your friends can betray you.

@mrbob8618

12 күн бұрын

Was bernie Making the cuts on the team, I didn't see his title of g. M running back on the roster.

Ray Lucas was a QB no?

Are you charlie day?

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar played football too?

@OfficialJaguarGator9

13 күн бұрын

And he was an airplane pilot

@jasonnelson6624

13 күн бұрын

​@@OfficialJaguarGator9how about doing a video on Wilt Chamberlain and the Chiefs?

@RurbanWalker

13 күн бұрын

Football KAJ first name was spelled Karim unlike the basketball Kareem. Both from UCLA too.

@DolFan316

13 күн бұрын

@@RurbanWalker The basketball KAJ actually sued the football KAJ over the name change despite the fact the football KAJ had his changed in a Muslim ceremony the same as the basketball KAJ. So Muslims apparently can and do sue each other. Because of the suit, the football KAJ had to change his name to...Abdul-Karim al-Jabbar. Yup, he simply switched the parts around. Even at the time I thought it was so stupid.

@vgorilla80

13 күн бұрын

@@OfficialJaguarGator9You ever seen a grown man naked?

God loves you so much that he gave his perfect son to die for our sins and raised him from the grave to defeat death. Through faith in JESUS you can be saved and reconciled to GOD. please repent🙏♥️

@danielhresko4900

12 күн бұрын

You're on the wrong site. Take that stuff somewhere else.

At Ohio state vs Illinois he out ran the defense without shoes on they fell off. KIETH Byers