25 Years Ago Today - "The Play"

You Tube ^ | November 20, 1982

[Carry_Okie]

I played this for my kids. The message:

Never give up; an opportunity is there if you're looking for it.

Don't bother thinking about how dire it looks; you don't have time for that.

[Professional]

Seahawk fan here. He beat us just about every way you could. Yes, hated him. Then, the year they won the SB, I became a big fan of his. Played with heart, character, swagger, one of the best of all time.

[jwh_Denver]

Man, talk about the Twilight Zone with posting to you on different threads. Made my head spin a little.

Back in the 80’s and 90’s even though our hated rivals were the Raiders, and then the Chiefs, I always thought Seattle was the team we had to beat to go to the playoffs. Great games. Can’t believe that rivalry is gone.

I was just out of college and didn’t know diddley about the Bronco’s when I came here in 83’. Elway had flipped off Ursay at Indianopolis and those first 3 or 4 years were pretty rough for Elway. He was a head case for awhile but I blame Dan Reeves a lot for that. We all knew he had the ability and when he started to really show it I knew I was watching one of the greatest QB’s I’d ever see. He gave us a lot of thrills. One day I have to go out of my way to thank him for all those good times he gave us. Including the heart attacks.

[Alberta's Child]

I wonder how many NFL fans knew that Elway played in the NY Yankees organization for two summers while he was at Stanford. He wasn't a great player, but this gave him some leverage in his dealings with the Colts after they drafted him -- because the Yankees offered him something like a $1 million signing bonus just to play in their minor leagues (they must have figured he had some serious "marquee value").

You may fault Reeves for turning him into a head case, but I personally think he was just an arrogant A-hole back then. And this excruciating loss for him in his last game at Stanford was well-deserved.

[the OlLine Rebel]

My mother is NOT a big Elway fan. His insult to her Colts she never forgets (Mom never forgets or forgives anything like this; I can usually get her to forgive me, though).

[RockinRight]

As a Cleveland Browns fan there are only two things I remember about Elway and that’s:

A. He sucked
B. He sucked because the Broncos always stopped us during the AFC Championship in the late 80s.

[jwh_Denver]

“You may fault Reeves for turning him into a head case”

I didn’t say that.

Of course all the the QB’s that were taken first in the draft were the most humble people on the face of the planet.