HBO Sports: Namath - Throwing Style

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[bobbyhelsel]

God Given Ability and GOD GIVEN MECHANICS!

[mikewhitney]

Joe's amazing follow through and quick release made his throwing style the most aesthetic I've ever seen. A pure delight to watch him throw those spirals. He was also one of the greatest college QBs I ever saw.

[glock]

The 2 best looking passers in NFL history, Dan Marino and Joe Namath. Would have been cool to see what Joe could have done "post Blount rule", a 16 game season and good health.

[stevenbrown]

When healthy, the greatest pure passer i ever saw. I've been watching NFL football since 1967!

[KraytonMC]

As a Patriots fan I remember him well. PAINFULLY WELL! One of the greats of all time.

[hendrix]

I can assure you its true. I was standing on the sidelines behind David Knight 11/16/75 in Baltimore. Namath was warming up. He rifled one to Knight, I heard it coming and I ducked. Knight caught it, I looked up and Namath was pointing at me and smiled. He later called me over for a picture with him.  

[paulsummers]

The greatest professional athlete of any and all sports ever.

[JardoniJovonovich]

Tore his ACL's his MCL's his meniscus in an era where they just pulled on the ligament to get the slack out and then staple it to the nearest bone. A shame we didn't see him healthy or at least perform with today's sports medicine

[robnichols]

He threw a lot of interceptions for sure but nobody before or since has ever matched the sheer artistry of his style for dropping back and launching those perfect spiral rockets.  I always knew about the tales of how there was an audible whooshing  "sssshht!" when he released a pass but never actually heard it until here.  What an arm!  If his knee hadn't been ruined senior year of college, long before they knew how to fix things the way they do now, who knows what he'd have accomplished?

[rycam]

This documentary is so well done. Really good

[jhs]

He was the baddest QB on the planet - and the Jets haven't had a franchise QB since.

[Spitzerman]

Now I play golf...and I played with guys that were good. And sometimes standing on the fairway you'd hear their shot literally buzz going by...like a jet plane. And they say that's what Namath's ball sounded like as it went by.   Freaking amazing.

[chrisbrimhall]

Quick release with years before Dan Marino

[Insanetoaster]

thats the first time i actually HEAR a football being thrown

[ZaKAttacK]

i would not want to be on the receiving end of a Joe Namath pass. I'd be afraid to loose my head!!!

[billlawrence]

In today's NFL, no QB has a quicker release of throwing the football than Broadway Joe. #2 is Dan Marino who is my second favorite pocket passer. Broadway Joe is the greatest QB of his time. GOD Bless him.

[broadwayjoejets]

I see something from Joe Namath that I don't remember seeing from anyone else. He follows through all the way, almost like Hall of Fame pitcher Bob Gibson of the St. Louis Cardinals.

[georgewodicka]

A totally healthy Namath without any knee problems would have produced a top-5 quarterback of all-time. Watch some of his earliest footage from Alabama and the AFL and you will see the most effortless, aesthetically pleasing and powerful throwing motion ever. The Namath of the Super Bowl and beyond, which most of his footage is from, shows him already in decline, unfortunately. What could have been had he truly stayed healthy...

[bruce]

Good ole Namath! Grew up in the 60s 70s watching games plus his commercials TV shows whatnot. I was looking at the photo of him on Broadway for some magazine with Admiral TV appliances all lit up in neon lights behind him and I'm thinking to myself, what the heck happened to our once great America when everyone bought American like appliances and cars whatever you bought American. What the hell happened? All those Admiral Magnavox RCA American companies gone. GM, let's see, we've lost Pontiac Oldsmobile do we still have Buick? When did Americans SELL OUT? 😡

[Yeomannn]

Joe Namath threw too many interceptions. However, he was the greatest downfield passer of his era with an uncanny ability to avoid sacks.