​@Norberto Fontanez So you like to jump on the bandwagon I always stick with my jets

I'm not a Jets fan but 1981 was an exciting time in NY.

and lost LOL-and to lose to Buffalo by falling behind 24-0 says it all

I agree I thought in 81 & 82 they had the kind of team to give the 49ers & the Redskins all they could handle in the Super Bowl..,

How were these Jets amazing? They didn't win or get to a super bowl. They didn't even win a division title.

@@joedimaggio6261 it was amazing, because we were finally winning, and in 2 years a game from the SB. after alllll that losing. That was amazing to me and fun, I was 15

@@josephsaroce4991 ok, fair enough

@@joedimaggio6261 I knew you'd get it!!

Thanks

Joe Namath really doesn’t have the numbers to be in there

Klecko and Gastineau--and both "juiced" to the gills on steroids--so essentially their sacks mean nothing and shouldn't be counted as any kind of record

Up yours

Super bowl 🤔

That early eighties Jets team with that d-line "the New York Sack Exchange" Klecko, Lyons. Salaam, Gastineau, decent offense: walker, McNeil, Jones, Toon ,they should've reached the SB ,I believe the AFC title game in Miami where they let the field get drenched and they end up playing in ankle deep mud.

That's wild when you think about it. Impressive career.

Really? They had losing seasons in 1983, 84,87, 88 and 89

@@stevep8445 Actually in ‘88 they were 8-7-1 but I think a better characterization is that they were competitive unlike the lost era of the 70s

@@stevep8445 and they didn't win a single division title either

@@stevep8445 and they went 4-12 in 1980. They were the only team the saints beat that year

@First Lastand that's great?

John facinda narrating a cookbook is a great thing LOL but I know what you're saying the voice of God himself John facinda rest in peace my friend

This is a FACT ! THINK ABOUT WHO MIKE WENT UP AGAINST EVERY DAY IN PRACTICE !?!?!??!?

Klecko was a beast

Besides Mike Webster, Cincinnati Bengals offensive lineman Anthony Munoz said on the day he retired, he said Joe Klecko was the quickest, strongest and the toughest son of a bitch lineman I have ever faced during my career and it was from the 1981 NFL season!!

@@josecolon2201 Steroids will do that to you

John Hannah of the Patriots said Joe Klecko and Howie Long were the best defensive lineman he ever played against.

The most underrated D. T. in the entire NFL.......

Me too

They went 1-2 against Buffalo. Couldn't stop Joe Cribbs or Frank Lewis

Huh ? Mud game was in Miami Orange bowl.

@@francinestroehmer2774 The wild card game against the Bills.

Ain't no way the forecast says 80% chance of rain for the weekend and you don't tarf the playing field, I watched that game, they were actually ankle deep in mud, that bs was orchestrated. The AFL rivals like that in big games use all kinds of advantages: snow plows on the field, failure to tarf field, smdh, since 1968 imho the NY Sack Exchange was the best team they've had that should've made/won SB and that explosive offense, excellent lb corps, Blinka, Mehl

Still a helluva lot better than fetal position O'Brien.

O'Brien was not a leader. Also, one of the most frustrating things about him was that when he took off and had a reasonable head of steam towards a first-down/touchdown, he would se one player even from the other side---where, normally, even if he got hit slightly he would certainly make it to a first-down/touchdown, he would unnecessarily and to a ridiculous degree, impede his own momentum and and fall short of the target. He would do this if he has already run 15 yards or 3 yards---each with a fair head of steam. So it is, obviously, psychological. So, I would start anticipating his pussy loser's attitude and know that, no matter what advances he made in a given rum, the sight of a defender would make him, in essence, backpedal.

82 was pretty nice for Todd too.

Until the AFC Championship game Todd had a very solid 82/Jan83 season/playoffs

As for the1982 AFC Championship game, we all know how that went lol

The field conditions back then were atrocious

Klecko and Gastineau "juiced" which makes them cheaters and hence any records they had were meaningless. Gastineau is now in the throes of Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease and has admitted he wished he had never played football

Loved Joe Klecko. Also Wesley Walker.

I remember once being at a Rolling Stones concert at Shea in 1989, and the upper deck was swaying and bending. Scary feeling.

Back then, the two conference teams that finished FIFTH in their divisions played a two-game home-and-home series the following season. The scheduling system was worked out by former NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle (RIP)...A MUCH BETTER commissioner than Roger Goodell.

Exactly!

No

Same old Jets. Would've, should've, could've, but didn't.

They were both playing with the "last place schedule" which existed from 1978-95. If you finished in last place (only the 4 divisions with 5 teams, the other 2 at the time which was the AFC Central & NFC West got shafted) in one year you got that last place schedule the next year and you would play the last place team from the year before at home & on road as well as play the 2 last place teams in the other conference in the 5 team divisions, one at home and the other the road. Those 4 games would replace the normal 4 games you had against the other conference division your division would play. A bit convoluted how I said it here but that's how it was before the expansion in 95 w Jacksonville & Carolina coming into the league.