Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Time Machine - 1981: Way to Start Your First Playoff Game in 12 Years


Agree with the poster here... one of the all-time great NFL playoff games. A Bills fan had a superb edited video of this game that sadly got pulled by youtube along with everything else on his account and it brought back to me how amazing a game this was. Both teams went all out, there were crazy momentum swings and real swashbuckling acts of heroism on both sides. Throw in a muddy Shea track and it all added up to what really was an epic. Extremely underrated to this day.

The Shea crowd was in a frenzy for the opening kickoff of the first Jets playoff game since the famous Super Bowl III victory. Anticipation boiling over, the ball is kicked, and...

(2:47 mark)



Welcome back to the playoffs, Jets fans!

Oh, man, this was playoff football as it was meant to be played. Grass, slop and a total lack of the overwhelming corporate porn we're all so used to seeing plastered all over the stadium and television screen today.

If you ever get a chance to see more of this game, do not miss the opportunity. It's a true forgotten gem.

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