Why The First Ever Draft Pick Said No To The NFL | 1st

Why The First Ever Draft Pick Said No To The NFL | 1st | Episode 1

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7 жыл бұрын

1st | Episode 1
The first Heisman winner, Jay Berwanger, was also the first overall pick in the inaugural NFL draft. So why did he never sign a contract with a team, much less play a single down of professional football?
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@younusbendame742 7 жыл бұрын

everyone knows the only reason the draft exists is for people to boo Roger Goodell more

@christophersalinas2722 6 жыл бұрын

Younus Bendame ikr

@deluge-rainstorm9055 7 жыл бұрын

The early NFL days truly were a lawless wasteland as opposed to the extremely well structured game we have today

@jimbo-fk4dq 7 жыл бұрын

Back then, it was anarchy. Now, it's controlled demolition!

@beaumcandrew7819 7 жыл бұрын

Now its a dictatorship under Goodell

@ryans9647 7 жыл бұрын

SB nation is the most underrated sports channel on KZfaq. #Fax

@younusbendame742 7 жыл бұрын

mostly because of jon bois

@AlaskanSnow 7 жыл бұрын

Opinion

@rjhunte1812 6 жыл бұрын

If this had happened in 2017: "Jay Berwanger is all hype" / "Jay Berwanger was gonna be a bust anyways"

@rivanlords1 7 жыл бұрын

I would love to see more videos like this SBNation.

@95V4L 7 жыл бұрын

Jeff Carnes I'm hyped!

@ballinlikecp3883 7 жыл бұрын

Jeff Carnes same

@barnold8433 7 жыл бұрын

I'm an eagles fan and the Donavon McNabb thing was hilarious

@PhanezTheFinesse 7 жыл бұрын

I never understood why players just don't refuse to play for teams they don't like. Lael Collins did and it worked out great for him

@blapkin8519 7 жыл бұрын

Phanez The Finesse it's probably extremely looked down upon and would ruin the game if players did this, most probably don't know they can do it and we should keep it that way

@danielyankun3605 7 жыл бұрын

Phanez The Finesse if guys did that, they wouldn't be allowed to play.

@CV-ly6ct 7 жыл бұрын

Only a handful of players are good enough to get away with that. For most the NFL is just a job and they have families to feed, turning down a paycheck when you have a wife and children doesn't really work

@scottsge 7 жыл бұрын

La'el Collins never was drafted, so obviously he could choose

@PhanezTheFinesse 7 жыл бұрын

He told teams if they drafted him he would sit out the season, because his draft stock dropped

@akshayparmar5760 5 ай бұрын

Bring these back guys they were so entertaining and interesting

@Lightwaverable 7 жыл бұрын

Lol, that Joey Bosa frown was hilarious.

@DAcheekO 7 жыл бұрын

as an eagles fan this doesnt suprise me... 1 day we will win

@msolec2000 7 жыл бұрын

One day. Hopefully soon. :)

@Spamus 7 жыл бұрын

Nope

@TheAJCookingChannel 7 жыл бұрын

ContentDeleted Hello with Torrey smith, also Jeffery, and wentz, they got good bets

@clydewaters2946 7 жыл бұрын

DAcheekO Legarrette Blount

@Yzyenthusiast 6 жыл бұрын

DAcheekO yall might win tonight this game against the Panthers got me shook

@MrGrombie 7 жыл бұрын

Are you looking for random stuff to do in the video? Lol

@LuckyBird551 4 жыл бұрын

Please do a video about the league during World War 2. Teams had to field people that couldn't really play well because most men had joined the army, some teams couldn't field enough people and so merged with other teams to play for the season.

@nicholassmith6019 6 жыл бұрын

lol I also graduated college in 2010 and took a job at Friendly's.

@NIDELLANEUM 4 жыл бұрын

The first ever NBA draft pick also never played in the NBA

@madc2004 4 жыл бұрын

You guys just helped my high school Quizbowl team win a tournament

@thelastmanonearth2631 4 жыл бұрын

The photoshop jokes in this are so god damn brilliant I'm losing my mind.

@infinitetundra 7 жыл бұрын

Berwanger prolly would of been a Pro Football Hall of Famer.

@MyManThong 7 жыл бұрын

Genuinely love this video, but what was with the chess board thing earlier? At least move the pawn to a legal spot. (I know I'm being pretentious and I apologize for myself but, c'mon man).

@chadgreene2607 6 жыл бұрын

Lol you pointed out the most irrelevant thing in the video😂😂

@toffeeoliver 6 жыл бұрын

the draft confuses me, so does the whole trading thing, can someone explain it?

@mudlup5094 7 жыл бұрын

Confused about the video, but overall pretty good video! Need more Jon Buis

@canman2984 7 жыл бұрын

He is From my home town aka (Dubuque Iowa)

@Supyloco 21 күн бұрын

Does this happen with every first 1st pick? They get selected and decide to never play professionally?

@bostonsportsfan5079 3 жыл бұрын

0:03 I thought we programmed out the "boo"s

@drewg.3049 6 жыл бұрын

How could the b pawn make it that far on the board with no black pieces having been moved? (1:32)

@infinitetundra 7 жыл бұрын

If players had a choice at where they go, the only teams that would be good are the NY Teams, Dolphins, Cowboys and the LA Teams. Green Bay and Cleveland would never be good. Sorry Cleveland.

@jimbo-fk4dq 7 жыл бұрын

Will E. To be fair, even with a draft, Cleveland still isn't good.

@Spamus 7 жыл бұрын

What about New England?

@infinitetundra 7 жыл бұрын

Spamus No one wants to play in cold weather unless they're from there.

@vtwiizyy922 7 жыл бұрын

Will E. NY gets cold too

@infinitetundra 7 жыл бұрын

JJRPlayer95 Yea, but that's New York. The greatest city in the world. That's the lone exception.

@closethockeyfan5284 5 жыл бұрын

The pawn placement X-D

@miche1df 4 жыл бұрын

glad someone else noticed that, 1. b g5 is an interesting opening

@calebblouch5748 5 жыл бұрын

Do the first NBA player to break an NBA backboard, Chuck Connors, who also played in the MLB and became a Hollywood movie star

@jarjarbinks2 6 жыл бұрын

Wow what an opportunity he missed. Have a blessed day

@mjwbulich 5 жыл бұрын

NFL players didn't start making good money until the 1980s. My dad had to turn down an offer to play with the st. Louis Cardinals in 1975 because rookie free agents made nothing($14K). My mom was not moving her family halfway across the country to some strange city so my dad could take a huge pay cut and have no job security. The moral of the story is :don't have kids. They are dream killers.

@mrraven7445 4 жыл бұрын

Around (60k) in today’s money. Yea not bad but definitely not good.

@mrraven7445 4 жыл бұрын

I say that as compared to the average person making now not other NFL players. Compared to other players thats awful

@Dominic-gl7zb 6 жыл бұрын

This episode was uploaded on my birthday. Does that mean I’m going to the big leagues?

@brodybaker9066 3 жыл бұрын

He went to my high school as well

@thurantpnh6687 3 жыл бұрын

1:23 *picks up a pawn* *has no idea how to play chess* "hmm I could ask someone how pawns move... NAHH!" *places it down randomly*

@kalebkellogg9246 6 жыл бұрын

As an SU fan it pains me to watch how Philly hated Donovan when he is the best thing to ever happen to that godforsaken organization.

@phillippie9737 6 жыл бұрын

Kaleb2667 not god forsaken any more eh

@kalebkellogg9246 6 жыл бұрын

lol i guess they broke whatever curse they had

@chiefscrubadub3928 4 ай бұрын

Who is this guy? This is the second of his videos I've seen and he's a scream. More please.

@joey-xo9ck 7 жыл бұрын

Hi Mom

@Aredtyg 3 жыл бұрын

Nobody: This dude: 1. b pawn to g5

@dalejennings2677 4 жыл бұрын

I'd bet you can make a great video about "nfl rookie wage scale." Hope you guys read this one...

@joefuckingflacco11tds-0int4 7 жыл бұрын

Turn on the captions for the first part of the video and it says "applause"

@Butitdo910 6 жыл бұрын

1:31 good thing this isn't a chess channel

@jamestorrance2436 6 жыл бұрын

what about a history's 1st for the infield fly rule in baseball

@pro56kk 5 жыл бұрын

I got a college football ad

@nvthedream1008 7 жыл бұрын

question: can a rookie just sign to a nfl/nba team and not participate in the draft???

@301.allday 7 жыл бұрын

There have been instances where unanimous #1 NFL picks agree to a contract before the draft. But other than that, only undrafted rookies get to sign wherever they wish. Depends on what team(s) calls upon then after the draft.

@301.allday 7 жыл бұрын

*them

@nvthedream1008 7 жыл бұрын

David Hayes so that means as a top player you need to get drafted and you cant sign as a agent in the season.Ty

@Briggie 7 жыл бұрын

NV TheDream I think in order to play in the league you have to go through the draft at least once.

@nvthedream1008 7 жыл бұрын

i mean u cant go twice

@theItalianshamrock 7 жыл бұрын

Jay Berwanger...... HE WAS NUMBER ONE!!!!

@YourGrannysThong 5 жыл бұрын

Joey Bosa did have a choice. He didn’t have to play for the Chargers. Elway and Eli did this. Refused to play for the team that drafted them

@WelziFC7 6 жыл бұрын

I have never heard anything more Philadelphia sports... the first ever pick we couldn’t sign him, the first pick in the next draft we missed out on... thank god for Super Bowl 52 or else I may have killed myself as a Philly fan

@iphamsterthehamsterwant1006 7 жыл бұрын

i thought you said commissioner of the week

@MrFungi 6 жыл бұрын

do for nhl hat trick

@JimJWalker 7 жыл бұрын

1:32 The move b2-g5 is not a legal chess move.

@jasper7439 4 жыл бұрын

Jim Walker wow who couldve known lmao

@HaidaWay 6 жыл бұрын

Couldn’t just sign with a different team? Trade?

@lougutti8234 7 жыл бұрын

And yes, I did call you guys BS Nation intentionally because it is BS that this mistake happened.

@taylorjudge4506 7 жыл бұрын

why not just throw in snowballs at Santa too

@Kam-bf8nk 6 жыл бұрын

Do a first interception

@bernardoreilly5864 6 жыл бұрын

Kam 104 I'm

@DrTaterTot 7 жыл бұрын

Bo Jackson was on this list for a few years

@Neighman 4 жыл бұрын

Did they seriously boo Donovan McNabb like that

@winning246 2 жыл бұрын

Go Birds

@relix7373 7 жыл бұрын

Wwhy do you keep doing weird things, like with the chessboard?

@williamrobinsoniii4870 7 жыл бұрын

how many of those Philadelphia fans that booed Donovan McNabb jumped on the bandwagon eventually??😉😉😉

@JordanTerzakos 7 жыл бұрын

You couldn't resist to make fun of my jets couldn't ya

@fyukfy2366 7 жыл бұрын

you messed up that phrase

@chadgreene2607 6 жыл бұрын

There are 3 teams in New York, and you chose the jets

@adrianmojnarowski2766 6 жыл бұрын

Chad Greene well he isn't a bandwagoner, he is loyal to his team

@MadMagDomi 7 жыл бұрын

i hope you really do make more like these nfl good night tales SB. also i can't believe how dumb the eagles fans were with mcnabb

@kennethmatthews468 2 жыл бұрын

Didn't Joey boa have a choice?

@srinathd1096 6 жыл бұрын

And here in 2018 the eagles won the Super Bowl

@heeyt6624 7 жыл бұрын

👌🏻

@hughjass5156 6 жыл бұрын

This was alright, but was it pretty good? no

@H41030v3rki110ny0u 7 жыл бұрын

1:32 it irks me how pointless this chess bit is, when it's not even a possible move lol I know you're trying to make it look smart, but come on hahaha

@jordanhall9367 7 жыл бұрын

Was that the host lifting lord Stanley or nah

@erikmerrill8280 6 жыл бұрын

God Philly fans deserve nothing. How you going to boo the greatest Quarterback you ever had? Look, I know you didn’t know that at the time but it shows such low class to do that to a player recognizing their NFL dream.

@phillippie9737 6 жыл бұрын

Erik Merrill the jets did it every year why you hating

@IBangedUrMom69420 6 жыл бұрын

Erik Merrill Literally every fan base does it. Bias much, must be a Giants fan.

@nothere9676 6 жыл бұрын

Erik Merrill This aged terribly

@paisan8766 6 жыл бұрын

We're enjoying the Super Bowl at the moment.

@SCarboni 5 жыл бұрын

The people who attend the draft aren't real fans...they're just people who were able to get tickets in the town it's held in. Pretty sure they were probably booing the commish.

@Varrius1206 6 жыл бұрын

Actually the eagles were good a little later

@howie9751 3 жыл бұрын

So we have the Eagles to blame for the draft?

@SCarboni 5 жыл бұрын

All that bad mouthing the Eagles and then we win the Super Bowl. Whadda ya know!

@Jordan-xm1ri 6 жыл бұрын

Eagles is my home team

@ncrtrooper6619 7 жыл бұрын

Go JETS!!! Even though I don't like our fans besides me.

@alexanderperkins1183 7 жыл бұрын

Awesome Bomb 03 , I know tons of Jets fans are total scumbags, like the guy i say next to at my last game

@ncrtrooper6619 7 жыл бұрын

Alexander Perkins the Jets are my favorite team cause my grandad was a big Jets fan (even if we live in Alabama) and he took me to a Jets game in New York and we started going to 1 game a year but he died a few years ago so I still root for the Jets almost purely because of the memories I made with him and the fact that he was a huge fan.

@ncrtrooper6619 7 жыл бұрын

Alexander Perkins he also told me if I acted like some of the people around me we would never go back to a Jets game

@kylew.4896 3 жыл бұрын

Looking for some facism/barstool fan boy to talk about Roosevelt was a communist, the depression was actually awesome and so was Hitler lol

@david-468 7 жыл бұрын

Y u dissin the jets we have went through almost 50 years of a rough time

@chadgreene2607 6 жыл бұрын

Doesn’t look like it’s gonna stop either

@capsgamer4841 6 жыл бұрын

Do hockey

@janedoe3043 3 жыл бұрын

I am sorry, but I hate this guy. Everything about him makes these stories worse.

@cquick3277 3 жыл бұрын

✝️✝️✝️✝️🥰🥰❤️

@2678dhetysjk 6 жыл бұрын

Fly eagles fly!

@mathiasgarcia306 7 жыл бұрын

Your flag is touching the floor, fix it.

@cason211 6 жыл бұрын

Mathias Garcia Nobody cares...

@MiamiWill3 6 жыл бұрын

Mathias Garcia BOYCOTT SB NATION GGGGGGGGGGRRRRRRRRRHHHHHHHH

@mr.snm1600 5 жыл бұрын

FLY EAGLES FLY

@nsytr06 6 жыл бұрын

3:51 Come on man! Get the flag off the ground! Smh.

@jaylew8408 6 жыл бұрын

That confuses me, unless he just had a hard-on for rubber...no pun, but what I mean is there's no way he was going to make $50 a day in a factory so if like they said, Chicago almost came to an agreement, that means it was for most likely more then the standard $50 a day. He woulda made more money for less work had he joined the NFL..im assuming he really did have a fetish for rubber, especially since he started his own rubber company in the end

@philgil59 6 жыл бұрын

videos that have aged poorly: a four minute and fifty one second example

@hurtigheinz3790 4 жыл бұрын

It's so weird to see this communistic way of hiring players by the league and then distributing them to the teams, so that the worst team gets the best new player. I thought that's capitalistic USA? So weird compard to European popular sports!

@avenger7831 7 жыл бұрын

Do a video on the history of the dab.

@dingers5days 7 жыл бұрын

Jacob LeHotay no.

@gophermonkeygamer1387 7 жыл бұрын

Or we could all kill ourselves

@nicholasjohnston4571 6 жыл бұрын

SB Nation kind of already did. Look into "Pretty Good" Episode 12 @25:53. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ipqRmd2C3q3TZYU.html

@TryPuttingItInRice 7 жыл бұрын

The Eagles deserve every bad thing that happens to them.

@foreversevenfold1666 6 жыл бұрын

Not too bad anymore 💍

@jakeh_13 6 жыл бұрын

Haaaahahahaha now its funny

@nothere9676 6 жыл бұрын

Chase Well, this aged terribly

@nothere9676 6 жыл бұрын

Kiquan Ringo Just saying, THE EAGLES actually beat the Pats

@henryteccsi4687 7 жыл бұрын

Who here wants to learn about God?

@dhbruh5157 7 жыл бұрын

Henry Teccsi nobody

@ericmalone1947 6 жыл бұрын

You're referring to Jon Bois, I assume?

@george474747 7 жыл бұрын

Wow - @3:44 he pauses between sentences! Is that legal in the modern world? How civilized...

@davidparkes7741 7 жыл бұрын

Lmao, sucks to be an Eagles fan. How bout them Cowboys? Dak>>>>Wentz

@pain1104 7 жыл бұрын

David Parkes stfu bandwagon

@davidparkes7741 7 жыл бұрын

Basketball Verses Lmao, i've been a Cowboys fan ever since i found out about the NFL as a kid (i'm not American so yeah).

@davidparkes7741 7 жыл бұрын

Tyler Ward Lmao, nope. I was playing Madden for the first time and i just happened to like the play style of the team. Only after a couple of years did i find out about the team legacy. Hell i could've been a Browns fan if i wanted too.

@davidparkes7741 7 жыл бұрын

Basketball Verses Lmao, i've been used to Dallas being trash for close to 3 decades. Dak has a good chance to change that.

@blackfootedferret 3 жыл бұрын

This presenter is a terrible. I know what you're trying to sell, no one is buying it. It doesn't work. This air of class and sophisticated storytelling that is attempted fails bitterly and cringeingly