Comments on: A Lifetime of NFL Stories: Steve Sabol and NFL Films Highlights

By: YoungmanU2

YoungmanU2 — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 07:26:46 +0000

Thanks for these. I’ve been watching NFL Films since the late 60′s. I think their heyday in many ways was the 70′s and early 80′s when so many great highlights from the 50′s and 60′s were seen regularly on a weekly basis and John Facenda’s voice and Steve Sabol’s words dominated the videos. It is too bad the NFL Network does not take advantage of NFL Films as sports television in previous decades did. They should & could have a regular NFL Films “hour” every day (looking into the past as well as present); instead they repeat today’s news over and over. Do they really think watching Warren Sapp make strange faces is more appealing? The NFL’s hubris just doesn’t get it. Sad.

By: Der Kaiser

Der Kaiser — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 20:25:14 +0000

Um, good one, I guess.

By: NinoBrown

NinoBrown — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 20:18:40 +0000

Is this a joke?
Yes,sarcasm.
You think Brady or any other franchise QB’s should lower their shoulder and take on oncoming tacklers?

No, again I was just referencing the SB highlight video from the 70's.

By: Sir Spicious

Sir Spicious — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 20:15:14 +0000

You have dress shirts made? I have a few places I frequent. How irregular of a size are you?

pretty normal (40R suit), but I have slightly long arms. also, my neck is a little thick, but I’m kinda slim, and I have a hard time finding shirts where the neck is good but I’m not swimming in the shirt.

this place is cool, they have a machine that measures your whole body, and then send measurements to a factory to be made. $100 a shirt, which isn’t too much more than off the rack.

By: Der Kaiser

Der Kaiser — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 20:04:46 +0000

Noticed that Staubach didnt do that wimpy qb slide that is so popular today.

Is this a joke? You think Brady or any other franchise QB’s should lower their shoulder and take on oncoming tacklers?

By: s1rweeze

s1rweeze — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 19:58:21 +0000

“Would you shut the fuck up and quit audibling all the time, Mr. Hero?” Gruden’s relationship with quarterbacks, summed up in one sentence

By: s1rweeze

s1rweeze — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 19:56:33 +0000

I love the swearing video. Man, getting cursed at by Bill Walsh would make me feel like total shit.

By: scripty

scripty — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 19:55:12 +0000

You have dress shirts made? I have a few places I frequent. How irregular of a size are you?

By: Sir Spicious

Sir Spicious — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 19:48:45 +0000

Back in the day when men had their go to tailors, cobblers, hat salesman, etc

I have a tailor I use for alterations, and a place I go to have my dress shirts made. And a shoe repair guy.

By: scripty

scripty — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 19:45:16 +0000

Apropos of nothing, my Mom, a seamstress, used to be John Facenda’s tailor back in the day.

Back in the day when men had their go to tailors, cobblers, hat salesman, etc…

By: Benjamin Franklin Rodriguez has the highest WAR evah!

Benjamin Franklin Rodriguez has the highest WAR evah! — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 19:40:05 +0000

That’s interesting. I seem to remember him being one of the first sliders. All the kids in my neighborhood used to make fun of him for being a pansy.

All of the QB’s I can remember have always slid. The only QB I can think of off the top of my head that didn’t (before my time of awareness) was Joe Kapp, and he got his ass handed to him by the Chiefs in the Super Bowl because of it.

By: Tom Joads Ghost

Tom Joads Ghost — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 19:39:22 +0000

Apropos of nothing, my Mom, a seamstress, used to be John Facenda’s tailor back in the day.

By: HtownHacker

HtownHacker — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 19:34:54 +0000

Noticed that Staubach didnt do that wimpy qb slide that is so popular today.

That’s interesting. I seem to remember him being one of the first sliders. All the kids in my neighborhood used to make fun of him for being a pansy.

By: bk

bk — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 19:32:22 +0000

Man that stuff brought back memories. Sad day indeed.

By: NinoBrown

NinoBrown — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 19:31:27 +0000

Great memories. Like the video of Facenda recording and messing up on names like Biletnikof.

Noticed that Staubach didnt do that wimpy qb slide that is so popular today.

By: QueeferSutherland

QueeferSutherland — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 19:18:00 +0000

Great man, brilliant innovator, NFL legend. RIP.

By: s1rweeze

s1rweeze — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 19:15:38 +0000

I've watched the old NFL Football Follies tapes so many times that I have the audio of the whole thing practically memorized.

By: oskie

oskie — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 19:13:33 +0000

love the story about the reusing of footage.

By: njensen79

njensen79 — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 19:12:54 +0000

My mom used to get me the season recap videos for the Vikings every summer. It was awesome because I would get them like around July and it got me so excited because even when they sucked (and they did) the video managed to give you just a little glimmer of hope about the upcoming season.

By: scripty

scripty — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 19:12:09 +0000

The Marcus Allen run FTW!!!