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Wednesday, November 28, 2007
3:35:00 PM EST
ESPN.com reports that Universal Studio is planning to make a movie about the life of Joe Namath.
Universal Studios will make a movie about the Hall of Fame quarterback, with Jake Gyllenhaal playing Broadway Joe, according to reports.
This has been a newsworthy week for the legend as ESPN's Sal Paolantonio listed him as the most overrated quarterback of all time.
1. Joe Namath: His legend has much more to do with his Super Bowl III performance and his prolific off-field antics than his career stats.
Paolantonio ignores the crippling knee injuries that hampered his play and undoubtedly hurt those stats. Back then, medicine was nowhere close to where it is today. Carson Palmer's career would have been over after his January 2006 knee injury. He would not have come back the next season to post a 93.9 quarterback rating. Had Joe not been in such pain, his career performance would have been much better on paper. Injuries derailed his career just like they did Sandy Koufax's in baseball. He also played in an era where defensive backs had much more leeway in making contact with receivers.
Paolantonio also downplays that Super Bowl III win, which is just a silly thing to do. That game transcends the sport of football. Not only was it an upset for the ages, it also legitimized the American Football League as a worthy competitor of the NFL, when nobody thought it was. Namath changed the perception and the landscape of football forever. That is more significant than putting up some gaudy numbers.
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Namath the Movie
Universal Studios will make a movie about the Hall of Fame quarterback, with Jake Gyllenhaal playing Broadway Joe, according to reports.
The film will recount Namath's journey from Beaver Falls, Pa. to Alabama to New York, where Jets owner Sonny Werblin bet a then unheard-of $400,000 on Namath giving the struggling Jets and the AFL instant credibility. "Broadway Joe" became a sports hero, a celebrity pitchman and a sex symbol in New York as the Jets won Super Bowl III.
This should be an interesting view into the lives of an intriguing athlete. It also should serve as a history lesson to young football fans unaware of the significance Namath had on the game. There are a lot of kids who think Broadway Joe is only notable for his regrettable incident with ESPN's Suzy Kolber in 2003.This has been a newsworthy week for the legend as ESPN's Sal Paolantonio listed him as the most overrated quarterback of all time.
1. Joe Namath: His legend has much more to do with his Super Bowl III performance and his prolific off-field antics than his career stats.
Paolantonio ignores the crippling knee injuries that hampered his play and undoubtedly hurt those stats. Back then, medicine was nowhere close to where it is today. Carson Palmer's career would have been over after his January 2006 knee injury. He would not have come back the next season to post a 93.9 quarterback rating. Had Joe not been in such pain, his career performance would have been much better on paper. Injuries derailed his career just like they did Sandy Koufax's in baseball. He also played in an era where defensive backs had much more leeway in making contact with receivers.
Paolantonio also downplays that Super Bowl III win, which is just a silly thing to do. That game transcends the sport of football. Not only was it an upset for the ages, it also legitimized the American Football League as a worthy competitor of the NFL, when nobody thought it was. Namath changed the perception and the landscape of football forever. That is more significant than putting up some gaudy numbers.
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