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What It Was Like To Play In The Most Violent NFL Game Ever
Posted on 12/27/13 at 3:28 pm
Posted on 12/27/13 at 3:28 pm
From Deadspin.
Raiders @ Bears 1984
QBs dropping like flies.
I'm a little too young to remember this game, but it's a pretty fascinating article.
Raiders @ Bears 1984
QBs dropping like flies.
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It was ugly enough that the Raiders considered playing their punter at quarterback.
It was ugly enough that the punter refused.
I'm a little too young to remember this game, but it's a pretty fascinating article.
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Posted on 12/27/13 at 3:33 pm to jmay2007
Damn. 
Posted on 12/27/13 at 3:36 pm to jmay2007
damn that's crazy
men were men back then for sure
men were men back then for sure
Posted on 12/27/13 at 3:39 pm to jmay2007
The game was basically played on concrete as well
Posted on 12/27/13 at 4:04 pm to jmay2007
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It was ugly enough that the Raiders considered playing their punter at quarterback.
It was ugly enough that the punter refused.
Their punter was Ray Guy, who was pretty much All World at football. He was capable of playing many positions but got pigeonholed into punter and placekicker because he was THAT damn good at it.
Posted on 12/27/13 at 4:37 pm to teke184
Guy was a god punting the football. He was accused of having helium filled footballs (no joke) and at least one team had the balls tested.
Posted on 12/27/13 at 4:43 pm to MikeyFL
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Damn.
Loooooooooooooooooooook at that form!
Posted on 12/27/13 at 4:56 pm to RogerTheShrubber
When I lived in H'burg, I met Ray numerous times in the local watering holes. A nice down to earth guy (pun intended).
Posted on 12/27/13 at 5:00 pm to MikeyFL
First, who was the QB?
I think that would be a penalty today.
I think that would be a penalty today.
Posted on 12/27/13 at 5:15 pm to Kcrad
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First, who was the QB?
I think that would be a penalty today.
It wasn't uncommon for QB's to be picked up and slammed head first in those days.
Posted on 12/27/13 at 5:15 pm to jmay2007
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"I'm going to get you in the parking lot after the game and beat you up in front of your family!"- Howie Long
quote:
Lyle Alzado]'s is 'I'll kill you and everything you love"
:scary:
This post was edited on 12/27/13 at 5:16 pm
Posted on 12/27/13 at 5:23 pm to RogerTheShrubber
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It wasn't uncommon for QB's to be picked up and slammed head first in those days.
I know, I'm 51.
Posted on 12/27/13 at 5:31 pm to Kcrad
Gotcha. It all started going downhill with the "In the grasp" rule and the liberal changes made to it.
Posted on 12/27/13 at 5:32 pm to RogerTheShrubber
Yep. In the freakin grasp.
Posted on 12/27/13 at 5:36 pm to jmay2007
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When McMahon went down and NBC's cameras showed him wincing on the sideline, play-by-play man Dick Enberg said the injury was a "bruised back." The actual diagnosis? A lacerated kidney. McMahon would spend nearly two weeks in the hospital and miss the rest of the season.
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McMahon's agent, Steve Zucker, summed up his client's condition this way: "I went down to the locker room—this was in the middle of the game—and I found Jim there, standing at the toilet, in his pads, pissing blood."
This would have almost definitely made my arse quit.
Posted on 12/27/13 at 5:40 pm to jmay2007
That article was painful to read so I can only imagine what it was like to play in the game
Posted on 12/27/13 at 5:43 pm to RogerTheShrubber
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He was accused of having helium filled footballs (no joke) and at least one team had the balls tested.
I think it was the Broncos.
Posted on 12/27/13 at 5:46 pm to ZereauxSum
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When McMahon went down and NBC's cameras showed him wincing on the sideline, play-by-play man Dick Enberg said the injury was a "bruised back." The actual diagnosis? A lacerated kidney. McMahon would spend nearly two weeks in the hospital and miss the rest of the season.
I had one of those in 9th grade. An a-hole speared me in the lower groin area. Spent Christmas in the hospital and had to spend 90 days in bed when I got home. Needless to say it sucked.
Posted on 12/27/13 at 7:34 pm to jmay2007
I remember reading about this in a book by one of the Raiders' team doctors, Rob Huizenga(sp), called "You're OK, It's Only a Bruise"
Posted on 12/27/13 at 7:36 pm to MikeyFL
Damn. He probably would have been suspended indefinitely for that hit on the QB in today's NFL.
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