Fortunately, Dallas has an undrafted walk-on rookie by the name of Drew Pearson.

Stowe was so fluid in and out of his breaks when he was running his patterns. One of my favorite receivers of all time!

Stowe's injury opened the door for a rookie free agent named Drew Pearson

I remember Otto! It was weirdly symmetrical he lost to the cowboys in SBVI, won with the Fins in VII, then signed with 'boys- he *did* have a pretty great 'fro!

Before I got to the end of the story, I figured that was his reason. He didn't want to get really hurt and thought about his body. He did become a Wide Receiver coach for the University Of Pittsburgh in 1976

I'm not much of a sports person anymore, but I keep coming back to your videos cause they're so well-done. They're entertaining in a lax manner. You manage to humanize each of the topics you talk about while throwing in some interesting facts and stats. Very palatable and good for easy watching!

BRILLIANT PLAN- never heard of this guy but now he's my hero

I love these videos with the background music. Then the added storylines

I remember Otto he was actually good , wasn't in Dallas long

I'm sitting here smoking a bowl and watching the latest JG9 video, and that's literally more than what Stowe did for the Cowboys

So guy demands a trade, gets one, and becomes lazy AFTER the trade? I've heard of not participating BEFORE being traded... not a good look, IMHO, but at least somewhat understandable. This???

Chris Berman would have a field day with his name Otto Stowe “away” 😂

Great SpongeBob reference

Did Stowe end up on the Bucs when they started? Because he'd beat Larry the Cucumber as the first Pirate Who Didn't Do Anything

Was just recently thinking about a soccer player who made a career out of similar antics, Carlos Kaiser...as well as that Japanese man who rents himself out to do nothing 😂

How did he even earn his damn way to the NFL? If he’s going to be lazy, that just disgusts me!

Whilst viewing, It helps to double (2) the playback speed. It makes the super, super slow motion video to become super slow motion.

Sounds like he was inspired by Duane Thomas on the 1971 Cowboys. You can see that on the America’s Game episode.

I like the stories you do on the old days. Good historical content. Really enjoy these.

Enjoyed your video mostly because u sound like Hugo the Health Inspector from Bob’s Burgers

I haven’t watched this yet, but I’ll say of myself doing nothing is what I do best.

Maybe they should have withheld his pay checks until he started doing what he was getting paid to do. That being said, I'm glad he helped the Dolphins in '72 - loved that team. I was at that Monday Night game against the Cardinals.

I thought my fat uncle was lazy 😆

The thinnest pancake has two sides.

Great video and I love your Snoopy

Just think about how many guys would’ve killed to make it to the NFL and this guy just didn’t want to be a part of that. That’s crazy. I wonder if he lives with any regret

What is he doing today? I think Dwayne Thomas might have been on the team at the time. He had issues and might have been an influence.

3:35 notice that the defender lays off instead of hitting him helmet to helmet.

The living embodiment of “my arm feel funny.”

So, Ben Simmons played for the Cowboys?

Sounds like he retired before he retired. Lol

There was a guy named Alex who sat in front of me in my communications class… All he did was sit at his computer and stare at the login screen for the entire class. He literally did this all day, every day. Never moved, never spoke, never did a damn thing. One time I asked him if he had forgotten his password or other login credentials because if so, it was just a simple matter of going to see the network/systems guy at his office beside the library to reset them. He said “No, I‘m good.”, and just continued to stare at that screen/into space and not make a sound for the entire term. He did the same thing during exams as well -- showed up, sat down, proceeded to do his best impersonation of a statue for the next three hours, then got up and left. That was the last time I ever saw him, although once final marks were released a few days later, I did hear he (obviously) flunked the course. To this day, I still don’t understand what was going on there/what that was all about.

Even Albert Haynesworth went onto the field before doing nothing

I've watched lots of videos on here about lots of different players from the past and watched NFL Films stuff all the time over the years. Yet, I've never heard this guy's name before.

How do you just not do anything?

Another great video. I am really impressed with your story telling ability - story structure is always spot on - and research is top notch! Thanks

This unofficial Official Jaguar Gator 9 historian will remind everyone you made a video about Butch Johnson doing something similar in 1984.

Conform. that was the problem

It’s not THAT impressive. I bet I could do less if I really didn’t work at it.

I remember that guy. I saw him play pretty good and never seeing him again. Now I know why.

If Depressed Ginger was an NFL player.

To The Guy in The Specs in This Video, You need to do a thorough investigation of Valid Facts before you comment on Otto Stowe. I'm from Dallas & have been around Dallas Cowboy Players since The Beginning 1960 till I moved away 1991 & I knew a lot of Players during this Time Span. Let Me correct you on the other important half of Your information. 1st of all Otto Stowe was not Lazy & during that time The Cheapest Team as for Paying their Players were 1st. The Seattle Seahawks & 2nd The Dallas Cowboys in which for a long time some of The players had a 2nd Job because they weren't making 6 figures at that time, in fact my Friend signed for $10.000 with a $500 signing bonus. Back then i knew several players that were Car Salesmen or they either Sold Insurance. Landry was very strict as I was told by several players throughout the years & Landry & Tex Schram along with Clint Murchison didn't want to pay their players. Stowe produced his 1st year with The Cowboys & was Great, however The WFL was attracting Players throughout the league & free agency wasn't available at that time so they either had to stay with their team & be unhappy or ask to be traded.Sometimes if a trade wasn't worked out then they stayed put with their current team . Eventually Landry ended up Trading Stowe to The Denver Broncos in which he did catch 2 passes in which one was for a TD on a Bad Throw behind him in which he made an incredible catch. I watched that game & the announcers were talking about what a ridiculous catch he made. Later on I heard that He quit Football & now I Will fill you in on why he did & why He didn't want to practice with the Cowboys. #1. 1st of all if You saw North Dallas Forty some of The Players were talking about how Stone Cold Landry was & that book was written by a White Player, Cowboy WR Pete Gent, who I would see at them Gym playing basketball & one day while we were talking, He told me that He had written a Book that was coming out about The Cowboys entitled " North Dallas Forty" fiction based on facts about life playing for the Cowboys Organization. During that Period My Friend made The Pro Bowl & they only offered him $20.000 after he came in 2nd in his particular position I was told by several players that Landry did like his players to speak out or voice their opinions. In fact this is Crazy coming from me a non player. The Cowboys had just lost a Early Sunday Day game to the Giants & they immediately flew back to Dallas after The Game, well I had warned my Friend who played for them that Landry did like his players to speak out either to the media especially voiceing their opinion unlike it is today to the coaches. Well he told me that during the flight back he was sitting across from 2 coaches &:they were down with the catch. Anyway Stowe wanted to make more Money because he was sitting on the bench in Miami than making more Money Playing for The Cowboys. While in Miami before being traded to Dallas He got a Side Job with as a Fashion Model with The EBONY FASHION SHOW & REVIEW ( which was The Black Vogue Magazine) in which He couldn't Travel with them during Football Season only during The off season. He was making more Money with The EBONY FASHION SHOW REVIEW than he was making in Football.He had to make a Choice so that's what He ended up doing. I was around a lot of players during those years in fact I had several close friends who played for them throughout the years & I know a lot of info about the organization back then. Nowadays I don't know any of the current players or have any kind of info about what's going on now, but then different players would tell me things before it would hit the media. One of my Good Friends who grew up with me during that time played for them & I would hang around a lot of them & we'd talk Football. Stowe went to The Highest Bidder & if a Modeling Job payed more than that's what he did & why he quit Football, not because he was Lazy. If he would have chosen Football over Modeling then who knows how Great he would have been. For Your info He also taught Drew Pearson, because if He would have stayed & played here in Dallas we might not have had a Drew Pearson.

This was a show about absolutely nothing.

"Well, Peter, man, you don't need an NFL contract to do nuthin. I got a cousin who's a ref in the NBA, don't do shit."

Stowe if he'd never been injured might have been a different story? From that point on he was afraid of injury. I think he'd have been better to just "retire" but maybe he was hoping to be able to shake the fear? Or...he was just a lazy bum with messy hair.

hey bro i watched this video at school

Disgruntled on an undefeated team kind of shows what Dallas was getting....... Landry wasn't going to have a lazy player on roster very long..............

There was an interview with Stowe a few years ago. He said the Cowboys were paying him less than 25k a year. The wear and tear on his body for such a small amount of money wasn’t worth it. Plus, AA players were getting paid less than the other players who were not even starters. It was the early 70’s things were happening! People were standing up for themselves and making changes and not just being silent.

If you look at contemporary newspaper articles, they say that Stowe's ankle never really healed; that he was available to the Rams because his agent successfully argued that the WFL had breached his contract (although the Jacksonville Sharks had folded, they were replaced by a new franchise called the Express); that he quit the Rams during the 1975 pre-season because he had lost his enthusiasm for the game; that he served as receivers coach at Washington State in 1976 (with great success); and that he was the receivers coach at the University of Pittsburgh in 1977.

The SpongeBob episode might've been inspired by Herman Melville's short story "Bartleby, the Scrivener".

It's a show about nothing

I love SpongeBob SquarePants.

If I were on an unbeaten team that just won a Super Bowl, why would I want to get out of there? I'd be tickled pink to be part of that '72 Dolphins team and would do anything to stay on that team.

I miss the 1970s.

I wonder if he shows up to the Dolphin parties every year after every team loses at least one game when the Dolphins still celebrate being only undefeated team? Is he invited?

He wanted to get paid, but not perform. Lots of NFL guys do this now, at one level or another. They get a big rookie check, play enough to be of value, then milk the cash cow, while doing little to nothing for their teams. There's been many bounce around the NFL as free agents, that sign contracts that have no intention of performing, or contributing very little, but jus enough to hang around.

Otto Stowe, you're the laziest man on Mars.

Good story, JG. I vaguely remember him coming out of college - he was going to be the next Paul Warfield. There was a lot of expectations on him.

Saw your blue and white rams helmets in the background - way cool.

The man wasn't "LAZY" he simply "quit" on the team/sport.

In Drew Pearson's biography he credits Stowe with teaching him how to be a NFL receiver. Remember they didn't pay much back then. It pretty understandable he was over it and was milking it for as much money he could get without hurting himself.

Great job, jg9! I don’t understand Otto Stowe’s logic on his doing nothing while he was with the cowboys-but he was really lazy on his explanation! 😮😮😮😮

But it DOES add up. It adds up perfectly. he was done,. He did not want to play anymore. Sure, those of us who weren't good enough to mak ethe NFL can never appreciate that. But in his case, in his mind, he was done. He just did not want to do it anymore. But people were still offering him money, after his actions made it clear that he was through. Who turns down free money?

Otto Stowe is in the NFL's Hall of Shame. Heh.... Hmmm there's an idea.... who would be in the "Hall of Shame"? Conrad Dobler would make it fer dang sure. Jamarcus Russell ... Who else would be there?

If he was afraid of getting hurt, why not just quit?

Tell how bespoke his ankle. It was dislocated too.

The original Operation Shutdown.

He sounds like my kids .

Why did this start off on SpongeBob??? Why was that even necessary?

Chase Claypool, anyone?

Still better than Dak!!! 😂😂😂

I wonder if he had a undiagnosed case of depression.

If Tom Landry angrily gives up on you, that says a lot. Stowe made him run out of patience, which took some doing.

Well, he was black...

I thought you were going to talk about Duane Thomas.

You might say he was the Stephon Marbury of the NFL