 | EschewObfuscation (71)
08/22/2005 | He was my favorite Jet when he played and nobody has surpassed him, or likely will. I saw him play a few times in Buffalo when I was a kid and in college. To me, not being a Jets fan (other than Namath), he was the Mickey Mantle of football, including the bad knees. The injuries make his career and his accomplishments more heroic, but are a frustrating footnote to what could have been. Throwing to Emerson Boozer, George Sauer, Jr, Don Maynard, Matt Snell. Great great teams. Every kid I knew wanted to be Broadway Joe, white shoes and all.
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 | LanceRoxas (41)
08/19/2005 | This guy is easily the Greatest Jets ball player of All Time. Broadway Joe epitomized everything that was New York- he had the attitude and that swagger- and he simply got the job done when it mattered most. After being asked whether his team could keep it close against the fearsome Colts who were favored by 18 points in Superbowl III Broadway replied Keep it close? We're gonna win it... I guarantee it! No one has every made such a bold prediction and backed it up. Joe put the AFL on the map and etched his name in folklore history as one of the Greatest Legends of the game. Unfortunately his career was ravaged by injuries and numerous surgeries but for a four year stretch he was easily one of the greatest to play the position and is my choice for Greatest Jet EVER.
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 | DRoxas (1)
08/18/2005 | Broadway Joe!!!! Epitomized everything New York. Fur Coats on the sidelines.....panty-hose pitchman....but most of all, being a winner. Greatest guarantee of all time. We're gonna win the ball game. I GUARANTEE it!! May have sold his soul (and Leon's????) to the devil for the victory, but who wouldn't have? Great ambassador for the Jets franchise.....Suzy Kolber interview not withstanding!!
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 | James76255 (23)
08/15/2005 | One of the true legends of football. If you're talking Jets, how can you give Namath anything less than a 5? He ended things as a Ram, and he's had his off the field problems, but all that fades into memory. What is burned into the history books is the image of Broadway Joe trotting off the field at the end of Superbowl 3, his index finger cutting the air as a symbol of the Jets guarenteed win.
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