The Entire History of the NFL

Did you know the NFL used to look like this? That the field used to be that small or that the players didn't wear helmets. It has changed a lot over the years. So how do we get here? Well, it all started in 1892, when the sport was stolen. England invented this crazy game called rugby using this field and this ball, so the Americans just took the whole thing and called it soccer. The only difference was that they made football extremely deadly because while they both didn't wear helmets and pants instead of tackling the football players. Fighting, ear biting or even eye gouging was so bad that by 1906 more than 100 people had died playing football and thousands more were disabled, but in 1920 football became a game rather than a crime when a player called Jim Thorp formed the first professional football league and eventually introduced some rules that kept players from dying so much that they got leather shoulder pads and helmets, told everyone to stop fighting with their fists, and made passing the ball legal, so now that things were official they decided to name the league calling it The American Professional Football Association or apfa, yes my name was booty, so 2 years later they changed it and in 1922 the world was finally blessed with the NFL.

There are now 14 chapters in the

history

of the NFL and the next one is 1922. Era when the league was terrible there was no Super Bowl and no game schedule. I mean, teams literally played whenever they wanted and when it came to players, the pay was so bad it wasn't a full-time job, so the league was full of Lecheros and coal miners and jerseys and let's say you were a fan who could look beyond all that. Were you really going to support Columbus, panhandlers, Moline Universal tractors, or whatever the hell it is? Yes, those were real NFL teams, it was impossible. being a fan and the NFL knew it too because the league just wasn't growing for the next 20 years, things only got worse, I mean 14 different teams went bankrupt and the ones that survived had to take out loans to pay their players more.

The NFL wasn't even the best league in American football. College football was literally 20 times more popular. It seemed like the beginning of the end, but in 1949 the NFL came up with a genius solution that implemented three key changes that no other league had made at the time. they added set game times, they started televising games and to help reduce injuries the NFL introduced plastic helmets, the inventor surely has faith in his helmet because he will try it out himself and now you will see him take it right on the old beam, yeah , along with some new ones. teams like the Colts Browns and the 49ers and all these changes work because the 1958 NFL Championship had become the most watched sporting event in the

history

of television, seeing the two biggest teams in the League, the New York Giants and the Baltimore Colts, they were facing each other and after coming back and Throughout the

entire

game, the two teams went into the first sudden death overtime, so everyone from their mother tuned in.

I'm talking, 45 million people, literally nine times more than the year before, and after the Colts took home the W, they were forever dubbed the best. game never played in the 1960s, a rival league called the AFL was formed that introduced teams like the Texans Chargers, the Raiders and the Patriots, and their owners were much richer and much greedier, so they were trying to take down the NFL by any means necessary, such as stealing from their players, seizing their television contracts, they even paid the players so much that the NFL couldn't afford to stay in business, so the NFL had no choice but to play dirty stealing from star AFL players like Pete Goac, but after 7 years back. and from here on it was clear that no one was winning.

So to avoid bankruptcy, the two who decided to merge and become one breakout called the NFL again. Now we have nine more chapters on the history of the NFL and that's not all, we will talk about the future too because the NFL will implement artificial intelligence that predicts plays even before they happen and the league wants to replace referees with AI. Yes, the NFL is changing a lot, but if you want to make a change you should also check out today's sponsor. Listen, we all know that therapy is important and that we should probably do it, but it's not easy.

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I came out, they said, stay away, we don't know what happened, so now the referee leaves that group and him. he walks over to the Dugout on the Pittsburgh Steeler side and gets on the phone and makes a call to someone, then hangs up, then walks to midfield and says touchdown. 5 or 10 minutes later we were in a locker room, John. I walked in and just said, guys, we're screwed. They call it the immaculate reception. I call it the immaculate deception. Yes, and it is still debated to this day for the rest of the decade, although it was about domination because the Steelers became a dynasty that won three Super Bowls. in four years with nine Hall of Famers on their team was unthinkable, but they were not alone because the Dallas Cowboys won two Super Bowls and in fact were so good that they became known as America's team, but no one won like the Miami Dolphins because to this day, they are the only team in NFL history to have completed a perfect record season with 17 and 0, that's it, it's over, that's the right man, champion, however, in 1980 the NFL was forced to prepare for his funeral.

In the last decade there were three. Separate plane crashes transporting sports teams from the Marshall University football team to the University of Evansville and the United States boxing team resulted in the deaths of 191 people. Good evening, A charter plane carrying the Marshal University football team home to West Virginia crashed last night while attempting to land at Huntington Airport, all 75 people on board died, it was the worst plane crash in the United States. So far this year, this shook the sports world and made the NFL completely change their view on safety, so they invented all kinds of guidelines like the disaster draft where, if a team suffers a tragedy, the league will host an emergency draft to replace its players, but the NFL also wanted to improve safety on the field, so they implemented stricter rules on contact with the head, neck and face, ensuring that the chances of disaster were little or none, which is exactly what the league needed.

In 1985, the 49ers drafted the greatest wide receiver of all time, a man who still has the most receiving yards in NFL history and has the most touchdowns of all time. Jerry Rice, but he wasn't the only legend on the nerves because he teamed up with legendary quarterback Joe Montana and together those two dominated the rest of the 80's winning two Super Bowls together, these guys were NFL stars, but in the 90 an unlikely star would. They came to steal the spotlight, the Super Bowl was the most popular thing on television, attracting an average of 80 million viewers per year, but there was a problem: the halftime show sucked and they knew that if they wanted to increase their audience they had to get their act together, do something that would get everyone talking about the super arc, so they called in the biggest star in the world, Michael Jackson, and he gave the performance of a lifetime with an audience that exploded with 133 million hurricane machines of fireworks and the moonwalker itself was formed.

The centerpiece of the highest-rated television broadcast of all time this was the moment when the halftime shows became the musty event of the year. I mean, people tuned in just to watch the halftime show and that's still the case to this day it was June 12, 1994 everyone was having their day when it was revealed that the ex-wife of one of the biggest stars NFL major OJ Simpson was stabbed to death, people were shocked and started wondering if OJ had anything to do with it, but only a couple of days later. murder, all television stations received a breaking news alert saying that OJ Simpson disappears after being accused of a crime his fans never imagined he could commit.

Incredibly, the most watched and most questioned man in America has disappeared. tonight apparently disappeared under the noses of his lawyers and doctors this afternoon dodged in an arranged surrender and disappeared into the haze of Los Angeles there is nothing like this in memory nothing I understand let's go to a live movie in Los Angeles Okay , police believe he is in that vehicle Police radio says Simpson, the passenger in the car, has a gun to his head. This was crazy. Imagine a player today like Tom Brady on the run for murder. It was like nothing the world had ever seen, so once he got the word out. 95 million people tuned in to watch OJ speed down the Los Angeles freeway as he narrowly avoided hitting civilians on the road.

Highway Patrol, yeah, um, I think I just saw OJ on the highway uh Five and we liked seeing him, you know, uh, and him. He stared at us like he was finally back after a 45 minute chase. OJ surrendered, but the case was far from over because when OJ went to trial, he argued that he had nothing to do with the murders, that the evidence had been mishandled, and that the police. She had been racist against him, but despite his favor, all signs pointed to OJ being guilty. Oh, the whole audience knew it. Why would you run from the police like that if you're innocent?

But in the end, a crucial piece of evidence saved OJ's life. number nine, Rocky's blood at this point, people would ask that Mr. Simpson step forward and try on the glove recovered on Bundy, as well as the glove recovered on the swing. Yes, okay, thanks, advice, it doesn't make sense, it doesn't fit. If he doesn't fit, you must acquit him. We, the jury and the action entitled Abed, declare that the defendant Orenthal James Simpson is not guilty of the crime of murder. Yes, and all charges against him were dropped to this day, although people still think OJ really did it. and to be honest, it's because things like this you just did it you didn't, I didn't after we finished filming OJ told me he had a surprise for me and he really surprised me, I think it was his idea of ​​a joke, this moment It really marked the beginning of NFL players going crazy because the rest of the 9 were just as crazy.

Ray Karuth hired a hitman to shoot his girlfriend. Alonzo Spellman threatened to commit suicide with a landline because his doctor was on her. He was late for her appointment and Cecil Collins was arrested for breaking into a woman's house to watch her sleep. He just stood there andwatched as crime ruled the '90s, money ruled the '00s, between merchandise, TV deals and sponsorships, business was booming, the NFL was now worth it. 12 billion and the players also spent their share of the purse, so to keep their stars happy, the NFL was forced to pay a huge amount, making Brett fa now earning 47 million over 7 years.

Randy Moss earned 66 million over 8 years. Lawyer Malloy earned 35 million over 7 years. NFL players were paid, but in 2001, Drew Bledo broke all records because he was considered the best quarterback in the league and the Patriots wanted to make sure they took care of their star, so they offered a record $3 contract. million for 10 years, but in 2001 all that money was wasted because immediately after Drew suffered a collapsed lung and was sidelined for the

entire

season, the Patriots were going to win on All That Season and now they were missing their The Quarterback star and had to rely on his backup, an inexperienced guy was the ninth pick in the draft.

Dress up this tall, lanky boy. He looked like he'd ever seen a weight room run at 52 something like that. One of the slowest quarterbacks at the combine. Tom Brady. They put him on a quarterback and Drew Bledo took out Tom Brady, the University of Michigan's second-string quarterback, who threw just three passes in his rookie year last year, one of three, a six-yard completion and this is his first duty in 2001, so apparently Bledo. He hit a little harder than he let on and Brady was in charge against five defensive backs, this guy came in and instantly became a stalk that led the team to a Super Bowl and won it that entire season.

Brady quickly became the face of the Patriots and soon after the entire NFL, yes, if it weren't for Drew's injury, Tom. Brady has never happened, but in 2003 there was another quarterback who dominated the field, a man who can move like a running back, throw bombs like Tom Brady, and bring Dro defenses to their knees. I'm talking about Michael Vic, you see him for the first time. The League once saw a quarterback who could beat you single-handedly and could run into the end zone at any time before Michael Vic's quarterbacks were mostly handing off or throwing the ball, but now you have to worry about a quarterback being a damn running back and The style of play paved the way for future dual threats like Lamar Jackson, Cam Newton and Russell Wilson.

At the time, the NFL was in its prime, but something happened in 2004. Scarred NFL fans elected him for life. It was the Super Bowl 38 halftime show. Over 144 million people watching live, from toddlers to grandparents, all huddled around their television and everyone was excited to see two of the biggest stars in the world play Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake, so when they finally took the stage, the world shook, but during the final minutes of their epic performance, Justin was supposed to tear off a part of Janet's costume to reveal another layer of her outfit, but when end had a locker room malfunction and this became the legendary nipple gate.

It was planned, Janet, right? Well, what people don't understand is that he was supposed to pick up and tear the piece off, he did it well, but it came out more than it was supposed to now for the next 3 years, the only exciting thing that happened was Pton Manning shining. win his second MVP and take home his first ring and also the NFL decided to ban touchdown celebrations, one of the dumbest decisions the NFL has ever made, but in 2007 it really hit the fans because the reputation of an entire team I was ruined. Look, it was the first week of the season and the Patriots were destroying the Jets, they were able to go far for moss moss has his first touchdown as a Patriot, it seemed like the Patriots somehow knew the Jets' every move and that It's because they knew because it turned out they were spying on the Jets.

The Jets used hidden cameras and when the NFL launched an investigation they discovered that the Pats had been stalking not only the Jets but the entire league for almost 8 years, yes New England was a bunch of damn cheaters so the NFL fined them $250,000. and made them give up their 2008 first-round pick, but despite getting caught and having a target on their back, nothing could stop the Patriots because they dominated the league that same season. I mean, they managed to put together the best team the NFL ever had. I've never seen them have guys like Randy Moss, Lawrence Vince Wilfork and Sammy Morris, they all teamed up with Tom Brady and together they got 16 and 0, all they had to do was win the Super Bowl and they would have completed a perfect season, like that that in the face of the big game.

It seemed like a sure thing for the Patriots and with a minute left but the Patriots up front seemed like they were going to go undefeated until the giants made the biggest catch in NFL history pressure from Thomas from the edge Eli Manning remains standing broadcasts it on the field gets caught by Tyrie, oh my god, this ball gets thrown and Tyrie just dives at it like a basketball player, Harrison trying to knock it down and Eli, man, I don't know how he got out of there, I thought he was on the ground and then he came out of the pile and just throws it to the man he loves Boris only touchdown New York the Giants won the Super Bowl but for Brady and the Patriots this was the worst moment of their lives, although keep in mind he was only 30 years old, so I knew he would come back next year better than ever, that is if they didn't kill him because in 2009, the Saints were caught trying to kill quarterbacks.

After the playoffs, the Vikings filed a complaint with the NFL charging. The Saints tried to intentionally injure them, so the league launched an investigation into the Saints and discovered something sinister today. Our partners at Yahoo Sports discovered a recording of a New Orleans coach graphically telling players to get hurt in a big playoff game. up we have a lot of guys at the top kill the head the body will die kill the head we have to do everything we can to make sure we kill Frank Gore's hit we want him running sideways we want his head sideways The Saints were giving bonuses to the players for destroying ACL hitters with existing injuries and even paying them $35k to try to permanently injure the Vikings quarterback, but in the end the Saints took the brunt because four of their players were suspended for a total of 31 games . and two of his coaches were suspended for the entire season over the next few years we saw some of the most ridiculous moments in NFL history Marshon Lynch had a touchdown that was so crazy that all the fans cheering caused a 2.0 magnitude earthquake brettar sent naked to a Jets Employee and received a fine of 50 thousand dollars and a snow storm caused the entire Vikings stadium to collapse causing 18.3 million in damages.

It was ridiculous, but the most ridiculous thing was how the NFL almost ruined the league for a season. The referees felt overworked and underpaid, so they went on strike saying the NFL was a bunch of cheap idiots and they weren't going to work until they got a fair deal, but the NFL responded by laughing in their faces and hiring to the worst replacements imaginable. were ever refereed in a high school game and even some who were just refereed in a lingerie football league, yeah those were the guys that are now in the NFL and it was just as horrible as you would expect, they were out there doing calls and completely ruining games. like the failed May where at the last second the Seahawks won with a catch that shouldn't have counted and fans lit up the NFL by starting the hashtag better things than replacement referees and even started boycotting the NFL altogether, even Obama tweeted about it , fortunately.

The nightmare only lasted about 3 weeks because the NFL finally made a deal with their referees giving them a major increase in salary and benefits and then the commissioner even apologized to the fans, starting with our fans and we're sorry we had to bring our fans back. Well, the rest of the decade had some of the most legendary moments in NFL history, like when Obj caught the Packers and Motown miracle and the Seahawks blew the Super Bowl at that very moment. yard line, yes that hurts, but there is one moment that will be remembered for all the wrong reasons.

The biggest cheating scandal in sports history. See during the 2015 playoffs, the New England Patriots were facing the Colts when Tom Brady threw a pass that was intercepted. but instead of celebrating, the Colts were angry because the ball felt deflated, so they took the ball to the sideline and showed it to the referee and what happened next shocked the entire football world. It's the latest NFL scandal and it's dominating the airwaves. door of morning shows to talk on the radio instead of talking about the Super Bowl all eyes are on the ball this ball the NFL discovered that 11 of the Pats 12 balls were illegally underinflated and the Pats were immediately criticized and called cheaters again by Angry fans and having every sports show on TV ruin his name, they even accused Tom Brady of being the ring leader because well, he was the one throwing the balls and the NFL found some pretty suspicious text messages between Brady and a Pair of Patriots employees talking on air. bombs and needles popping balls, one of the guys even called himself the deflator, so after a year-long investigation, the NFL put their deflated balls right in the Patriots' mouth, so they spent Tom Brady through four games, took two first-round picks and found the team. a million dollars, but it still wasn't enough to ruin Tom Brady's career because that season he made the biggest comeback in NFL history after dealing with suspension to start the year, Tom led the Pats to the Super Bowl and despite being down 28 to 3 with only 15 minutes left in the game, they somehow came back and won it all after this, Tom Brady became the undisputed goat, the best player in NFL history and not even It's a debate now, between 2017 and 2020, the NFL had its craziest moment. period when the Browns lost every game for almost 2 years in a row Aaron Hernandez went crazy Pat's owner Robert Craft was arrested for rubbing the pull Callin Kaepernick knelt during the national anthem Grank broke the Super Bowl trophy Fans of the Saints tried to sue the NFL and Tom Brady went to the Buccaneers and won his seventh ring at age 42, yes things got pretty ridiculous, but now we have to talk about the most ridiculous player in NFL history, a guy who is known for jumping into goal posts first, twerking after touchdowns and even going so far as to practice in a hot air balloon talking about Antonio Brown and in 20122 the NFL saw him lose his damn mind because he literally retired in middle of a game strange situation Antonio Brown came out very upset on the bench took off his shoulder pads Mike Evans OJ Howard tried to convince him to keep them on, obviously they couldn't do it so he threw away his shoulder pads, took off his shirt and glove He threw them into the crowd and then ran down the field while the teams were still on the field hitting the crowd. a sign of peace.

I'll let you know when we hear anything official about his condition. Thank you. It might be Antonio Brown in Tampa Bay. Yes, that was actually the last time we saw AB in the NFL and since then the game. has had big changes Tom Brady retired the Raiders moved to Las Vegas and stars like Patrick Mahomes are earning purses that we have never seen earning the ridiculous figure of 53 million for a 10-year contract which is 500 million for throwing a damn ball, look. Where the game is going is even crazier guys, the NFL recently released the documentary that lays out their plans to implement artificial intelligence in football where they believe that fans will know exactly what play a team is going to make because the AI ​​will start showing plays before Even if it happens, you can do the same kind of thing with the next CH stats, we can overlay the players' routes and understand the play even before it happens, yes, and that's not all because very soon the players They won't be able to do anything without a camera.

The NFL will allow fans to follow them using artificial intelligence software. Hell, they even want to put microphones on each player so fans can choose who they want to listen to. There have even been discussions about replacing referees entirely with artificial intelligence. This is the future of the NFL. NFL and keep in mind we're only a couple years into AI so in 5 or 10 years the game will look very different.