Kenny "The Snake" Stabler dead at 69

Oh yaa, his nickname, Snake, was given to him by his high school coach.
 
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I think he was the fastest to 50 wins too. Did it in something like 62 games. He was the man. My son called me and told me Hendricks was on Jim Rome today. Would have loved to have heard that. Stabler & Branch should both be in the hall.
 
Watching Raiders Top 10 on NFLN. Who the fuck is 'Shield Head'? Wanker.

He's like a fucking ESPN poodle, saying whatever potted, cliched comments the media wants til they pat him on the head. He's not a fucking Raider. He also didn't know how long Marcus' run was in XVIII which pissed me off.
 
Welsh Raider said:
Watching Raiders Top 10 on NFLN. Who the fuck is 'Shield Head'? Wanker.

He's like a fucking ESPN poodle, saying whatever potted, cliched comments the media wants til they pat him on the head. He's not a fucking Raider. He also didn't know how long Marcus' run was in XVIII which pissed me off.
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Do they have meth in Wales? If not, that guy is what meth addicts act like. He's a tweaker.
 
my neighbor growing up was like a second dad to me, fucking cool guy that could just BS his way into anything. Got hired by Wozniak to run the US festivals.. with zero experience. Anyway, he had this door that some of them 70s Raiders broke at a party and then they signed it. Stabler and Casper were on it. Him and that era Raiders was what made me a fan. Stabler was the man- the icon of that era of football.
 
scootertramp said:
I think he was the fastest to 50 wins too. Did it in something like 62 games. He was the man. My son called me and told me Hendricks was on Jim Rome today. Would have loved to have heard that. Stabler & Branch should both be in the hall.
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All of this ^^
 
"I started my life third and long," Stabler told me, because if he wasn't all that proud of every detail of his well-lived life, he was proud to be able to say he'd made it as far as he had. Against a lot of odds. "I skipped practices. I got kicked off my high-school team. I got kicked off my college team. I've had third and 15 my whole life. Everybody's had rocky moments from day one. But sometimes you pick up third and long, and that's where you make your money. That's where the satisfaction comes, from the game and from life."

And when I asked Ken Stabler if his particular of life might have tarnished the legacy, well, this time he was more than willing to comment.

"I don't think it made one ounce of difference," he said. "How can you say that? Look back at the five championship games. At how I led the league three times. You're part of so many key plays. How can you possibly say, 'Well, if I didn't stay for that last call, got in earlier, do this, do that, then maybe I'd have gone to six?'

"I would never second-guess. I can't do it any other way. I did it that way. That was me."
 
I've had this autographed ball from Stabler in my case for years and years...

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Watching the recap of the "Ghost to the Post." Pic 6; 4 turnovers; TD KO return--all by mid-3rd quarter; followed by a phantom (BS) TD on 4th and 1, denying a goal line stand. No problem, Tatum says. We got Stabler.
 
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godeep811 said:
"I started my life third and long," Stabler told me, because if he wasn't all that proud of every detail of his well-lived life, he was proud to be able to say he'd made it as far as he had. Against a lot of odds. "I skipped practices. I got kicked off my high-school team. I got kicked off my college team. I've had third and 15 my whole life. Everybody's had rocky moments from day one. But sometimes you pick up third and long, and that's where you make your money. That's where the satisfaction comes, from the game and from life."

And when I asked Ken Stabler if his particular of life might have tarnished the legacy, well, this time he was more than willing to comment.

"I don't think it made one ounce of difference," he said. "How can you say that? Look back at the five championship games. At how I led the league three times. You're part of so many key plays. How can you possibly say, 'Well, if I didn't stay for that last call, got in earlier, do this, do that, then maybe I'd have gone to six?'

"I would never second-guess. I can't do it any other way. I did it that way. That was me."
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An original.

It's a crime that Roger and Kenny never met in the Super Bowl.
 
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Another gem in my memorabilia collection. Hanging in my office...

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Great explanation by Casper on that play. How he improvised on the route by going out (not up) before turning (now at a sharper angle) to the post to better set up the safety (who got burnt), but that angle took him inside the path of the ball. Stabler (not knowing what Casper was doing but trusting him) lofted the ball high, splitting the DBs and Casper adjusted and made history.
 
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