1987 RetroSkins Highlights: New York Jets vs Washington Redskins

"Real football" is back - and so is RetroSkins!
We go back to 1987 as the NFL season picks up following a brief - but memorable (for some teams, anyway) players strike. The Redskins inherited a 4-1 record thanks to their surprisingly successful substitutes, but had some rust to shake off before emerging victorious in front of a luke-warm RFK crowd.
Jay Schroeder was off the mark for much of this one, but found a hot hand late, rallying Washington from a 16-7 fourth quarter deficit by pulling a last-minute 10-point rally out of his hat (or somewhere else, maybe). Ken O'brien, Al Toon and some guy name Shuler (who actually scored at RFK, so not the one you're thinking of) led the Jets in what would be Joe Gibbs' only match up against this, The Other New York Team, during his first 12-season head coaching run in Washington.
As for much of the 1987 regular season, the Redskins weren't great, but good enough was good enough. Marv Albert and the slightly punch-drunk Joe Namath on the call from RFK.
This one has a little reception interference (that faint diagonal pattern), that one assumes was part of the original recording (from the olden days when TV broadcasts were actually broadcasts - oh, well).
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[@michaelsloan1360]

Man I love rewatching these old skins games

[@RetroSkins]

More to come as football season approaches!

[@theheyseed]

@@RetroSkins can you work with VHS tapes? I know I have some old games.

[@RetroSkins]

Email me! Yes! Old VHS is the BEST option, depending how good your tape are. Email me ASAP! Excited to hear from you.

[@RetroSkins]

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[@MnyMar]

Is that Marv Albert calling the game? Legend!

[@harri211]

What GREAT announcing! Would like to see more of that today.

[@Reveal32]

This is my era of Redskins fandom, remember listening to these games on Armed Forces Radio

[@RetroSkins]

Apologies for the little "ticks" that pop up in the second half of the video here and there. Again, that is coming into things when YT processeds the video on their end - if anyone knows how to avoid that, would be pleased to learn how.

[@DCtoAZ]

First game I ever went to was the 87 season vs cardinals …. Great upload HTTR

[@joeflint7798]

Schroeder shoulder was still off in this game.

[@theheyseed]

I went to the strike game against the Cards. It was fun but strange to be in RFK only about half full. I'm pretty sure it was Anthony Allen's first pro game. Seeing him catch a TD we thought he was going places.

[@w41duvernay]

REDSKINS really didn't run the ball much. I guess that's why they traded for Byner and Riggs.

[@Reveal32]

We'd do whatever worked