(08-05-2021, 11:17 AM)Bullseye Wrote:

(08-05-2021, 11:05 AM)RicoTx Wrote: Oh, I loved the AFL.  And I've seen that piece.

I loved Lance Alworth, Kenny Stabler, Cliff Branch, Don Maynard, George Sauer, Joe Namath, John Hadl.  I could rattle off 100 names that most people on this board have never heard of.  My favorite teams were the Jets, Chargers, and Raiders.  They always seemed to be on the national games on NBC.  It's ironic that the 'weaker league' now has some of the more dominant teams now.  Although, it's all different.

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I am in awe.

I only watched many of the AFL guys like Alworth, Maynard, Sauer, Hadl, and others through NFL Films.

My football frame of reference begins mid to late 70s- '77 to be specific.

I have some recordings of some late 60s early 70s games (SB III and VII).

But those are only snapshots of those guys careers.  I wish I could have seen them over the course of their careers.

The AFL was a fun league to watch.  I was a huge fan.  The Jets were almost always on because we were only 90 miles from NY.  So, unless somebody actually saw Namath play....  Whatever.  They're entitled to their opinions.

Probably contributing to my AFL fandom was the fact the the Eagles sucked when I was growing up in Philly.  Boy there were some horrible players on those Birds teams in the 60's and 70's.  You think the Jags have had bad QBs.  Hah!!  That, and they still had the stupid rule that you couldn't televise home games unless they were sold out.

There were also some great announcer teams that ending up doing NFL broadcasts eventually.

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