I found this in search of the clip (at 2:40) showing a disgruntled Abe Gibron on the sidelines, shouting "Bobby! Douglass! DOUGLASS!", and then doing the 'Come here' index finger gesture that every kid has gotten from their parent after doing something bad. Love it!
Total classic Abe - just like the clip of him pacing the sidleline, singing Three Dog Night's "Joy to the World" . . . "Jeremiah was a bullfrog . . . "
What Douglass did for quarterback, Gibron did for coaches. Gibron was an absolute failure as a head coach. Gibron continued in his coaching career into his mid-60, but he never was an NFL head coach again.
Greatest QB of his era???? 13 wins to 36 losses, 43% completion rate, 36 td's to 68 int.'s. Guy could run, but never was considered great,or even good at any time.
I love the hit he delivered to a Cowboy safety- jolting him backwards! I'm not a Bears fan, but I have to respect that Douglass could pound defensive backs right out of his way.
Bobby Douglass of the Bears who ran for his life thanks to cheapo George Halas (didn't buy an offensive line) had the greatest arm in NFL history (could throw a pass 90 yards) or a 65-yard bullet. Look it up.
I would have loved - LOVED -to have beers with Abe Gibron and watch a game. Geez, can you imagine? he would be cussin', spitting, yelling. Sounds like a blast! Bobby Douglas was a blast but those were some rough Bears teams.
Bobby had a million dollar arm and a 10 cent head !! He was fun to watch. He could have been an ALL- PRO Tight End. Two of those throws were 60+ yards on a line.I believe him when he said he could throw a ball 100 yards !!
LMAO !!!! Perfect !!!, I Loved him as a kid, my favorite !!! my grand mother made uniforms for my G.I. Joe that I made into a B.D. Bears . . all White, name and #10 , great memories. Yes I was sports geek.
I don't care for the arm strength of the quarterback of my favorite team as long wins pile up. Look at Joe Montana, for example, who didn't have a rifle arm.
Jim....implying he was stupid isn't accurate or fair. Or sportsmanlike. I believe Douglass when he discretely complained about what probably was an overly-complicated playbook. So calling him stupid isn't fair - he just may have been one of the few quarterbacks brave & honest enough to criticize a system of what seemed to him like, 'a million plays...' Fair enough?
I was there in the coaches kids box on the 40 yard line, watched hip run up the sidelines with out a helmet and still run head 1st into the defensive player
I argue with people today he was the best running QB ever. 968 yards in 14 games. This comes to over 1100 yards in a 16 game season. He averaged 6.9 yards per carry to. As a life long lions fan used to watch him run over linebackers. Watching him throw the ball was a adventure. He threw it to hard for his receivers. Had zero touch. But he sure could throw it a long way. Gonna say it strongest arm ever in NFL QB
You are the man - "no touch" is right. I saw him literally knock his receivers down on short passes. He threw football sized bullets. I loved watching him but he wasn't very good at passing.
Bobby Douglass was the Steve Young of the 1970's and he did two point conversions before the NFL implemented it. Fran Tarkenton was another scrambling quarterback.
Young never had the cannon Douglas possessed. Douglas never had the touch that made Young a HOFer. Douglas was a bull who had great speed. Young was a shifty runner
@@howardcosell2022 If Sayers coulda stayed healthy, not his fault, they could have done a lot better in the early 70s.. Playing on that astro turf ruined a lot of guys knees, including Dick Butkus"..
I was fine with the white pants that they wore with the white jerseys, which was usually for some road games. I never cared for the navy blue pants they have for some games when they're on the road which the team had since the 1980's.
He had a beautiful spiro tight and ropey. And he could take off I loved bob and those bears even though I liked the rams roman got to beat up to be a steady help the rams had the lamest backups
Douglass - Young - Tagovailoa - Vick - Zorn - Stabler - Esiason - Mitchell - Brunell - Leinart - Tebow. One thing they all had in common? As starters, none of them ever won more than 1 Super Bowl. Young, 1. Stabler, 1. The rest of them, none. Esiason started a Super Bowl but lost.
Bobby Douglass was an undisciplined quarterback with an arm that was strong, too strong in fact, and threw the ball too hard for his receivers to catch. Throwing the ball for 90 to 100 yards is good, but it won’t serve you well if the receivers aren’t there to catch the ball. Perhaps with discipline and the right coaching, he could have been a better passing quarterback.
I did watch Avellini play (I've been a Bears fan since 1970). I didn't say he was any good, I just said that there was no other option to Bobby Douglass until Avellini came along. Gary Huff may well have been the worst QB I have ever seen play for the Bears (and that's against some extremely stiff competition, including the forgettable Rusty Lisch), so he never panned out as a viable option. Why they wasted a high draft pick on him in 1973, I'll never know. The real mistake was getting rid of Virgil Carter after the 1969 season - he went on to have some success under Paul Brown and Bill Walsh in Cincinnati and the Bears certainly could have used him during those years. He was jettisoned for criticizing the Jim Dooley regime with some very strong language, and to a sportswriter no less (as chronicled in Jeff Davis' wonderful book "Papa Bear" on George Halas). The real problem with the Bears from 1968 - 1981 is that the organization was either complete garbage (1968 - 1974), or underachieved (1975-1981). They had capable players, and with the right coaching staff and management in place, better results could have been attained (look what Bill Walsh did for Virgil Carter). But . . . we had to wait until 1982 for those particular planets to line up! The Bears could have had Terry Bradshaw at QB in the early to mid 70's (if Ed McCaskey hadn't lost the coin toss) - and he probably would have been terrible, given that the organization would have given him nothing to work with. No HOF career there, most likely.
@@russellmurray3964 Mugs Halas was Bears president at the time of the coin flip that lost a chance at Terry Bradshaw. I always felt that with proper coaching, Bobby Douglass could've been, at the very least, a good QB...and at best, Brett Favre before Brett Favre was Brett Favre.
@@juanmaldonado4074 Mugs Halas was the president, but it was Ed McCaskey who represented the Bears on the coin flip, called heads - and, of course, as we all know, it came up tails. Here is the link to a Chicago Tribune story from 1997 on the coin flip: www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1997-11-17-9711170203-story.html
I remember a play where Douglass hit Jim Seymour at the back of the end zone against San Diego his rookie season. Officially, it was a 52 yard play, but I believe he let it go from about the Bears 35. My memory could be wrong, but one thing I have heard is that defensive backs do not cover the back of the end zone on a play like that. What I think is that it is assumed over that distance that the ball is going to be up for grabs and they just play the ball after it goes up in the air. Also, there could be a shorter pass and they might have to come up and make a tackle. My recollection is, the ball got there very quickly, which means a flat trajectory. He had a great arm and was entertaining, but he was not a good QB. He was physically an NFL player but he should have been playing another position. I have heard strong safety, tight end and tailback suggested. In retrospect, I would try strong safety first, but I consider his consistent football IQ in doubt. You can't have constant lapses in the defensive backfield. In his day, with some added weight he could have been an edge rusher. Even today, some at the position are not really bigger than he was.
Not quick enough for a strong safety, a perfect tight end, does not require a lot of thinking, just catch the ball and run. He could do both very well !! I really believe he could have been a HOF tight end !
DB's back than played long passes like outfielders played long fly balls. Super Bowl X-when Swann caught his pass, the Dallas defender had no idea Bradshaw could launch it that far
Anonymike - I agree, Douglass had a cannon, but not always accurate. I think Dan Pastorini could launch them about 75 yards also, he was underrated I think.
@@kurtoelmann7745 Douglass was worse than not accurate. He had no touch. His ball was sometime thrown so hard it was uncatchable. He had a career QB rating of 48.5 and threw only 36 touchdown passes in 53 starts over ten years.
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Well fortunately Allen is young. His TD to int was 2:1 ... not the best but still not the worst. Maybe they should have some more designed runs with him, he's a pretty effective runner, over 500 yards, 4.7 ypc. Maybe get him another reliable wideout or tight end. Both Jackson and Mahomes have great tight ends which makes it easier on a young qb. For the running he doesn't need to be Lamar Jackson, just enough designed runs to make the defense have to worry, then play action is more effective. Hopefully add another back cuz nobody was really afraid of Gore running last year. In the playoff game he had more rushing yards than the other backs combined
@broncbulls black people were playing at the time Douglass played, the league had been integrated for over a decade. And no one has really broken it. Michael Vick is technincally number 1 with 1039 but that is in 16 games, Douglass had 968 yards in 14, which = 69.1 rushing yards per game compared to Vick's 64.9 yards per game rushing. Douglass had 8 rushing tds that season, when he ran he went all the way, Vick's 1,000 yards season he scored a total of TWO tds.
@@mikevanriel7573 in an offense designed around the qb running the ball almost 200 times a season against defenses built to stop the pass... Jackson averaged the same ypc as Douglass 6.9.
@@cfhighlightvideo Every offense in the early ‘70s was designed around running 200+ times. And the Bears in ‘72 centered around Douglass running 200+ times. They were essentially a wishbone offense by the end of that season.
6400az...Douglass was right..."I hit the people when they were open (which more often than not, he did) but, in game situations when you're playing against the Minnesota Vikings and you get 2 seconds to throw, I don't care who you are...you're not going to look good"...and especially considering the fact that Douglass played behind one of the worst offensive lines in the league...in retrospect...as far as I'm concerned...he was a pretty damn good QB (with what he had to work with).
olofpalme63 Yep, we would get all the information form NFL Films and take it at face value. Some for different reason but it was just a sign of the time.....take a great athlete and deprive him of playing QB just because ( Rex Kern, Paul Krause ) Although he led his team to the Rose Bowl, Joe Kapp was NOT allowed to play QB when the Redskins drafted him . They had him on defense and returning kicks. Even though that wasn't the case with Douglass, he was never the less,heavily criticized. Even his own teammate Ed O'bradovich buys into it. With that Bears line, it was probably the only way to play QB....very similar to Tarkenton's situation in his early years , just no other choice but to scramble. Watch Douglass shake off Bobby Bell 4:57
. AND, it was the SECOND year in a row Butkus scored an extra point in a game (the year before, ALSO thrown by Douglass, against Washington! Now THERE'S a great bar bet.......How many extra points did Dick Butkus score in his NFL career? Two !! 1971 and 1972 (along with one fumble recovery for a TD (1973), and credit for forcing one safety (1969).....for a total of 10 points scored in his NFL career!)). .
In HS Butkus scored all the points for his team. He also kick off and kicked all the field goals and extra points along with being the Full back in the T !!! The guy was amazing !! We use to joke he showed up early and lined the field.
6400az...precisely the reason everyone scoffs at Douglass (they think he should have been a running back), football "fans" (in general) only know what they're told via NFL Films...of which more often than not, ridiculed Douglass...not taking into consideration that his o-line stunk. ...the Bobby Douglass I remember watching as a kid, didn't always necessarily run by design...he ran because he had to. ...strange thing about so-called Bears fans...why should Douglass be converted to a RB?...the Bears have always had good RB's...in fact, if Jim Harrison, Cyril Pinder, Ken Grandberry or Carl Garrett enjoyed the same o-line Finks built for Payton...they might not have even drafted Payton.
6400az...there was a reason Payton consistently rushed for over 1,000 yards every year...because he always had a solid o-line in front of him...even Roland Harper gained 900 plus yards playing second fiddle to Payton in '78 (don't get me wrong, I thought Harper was a good back...but he's no Sayers, Foreman or Payton)...example, Chuck Foreman was a damn good RB (even more so because the Berserkers had a great o-line)...but, you put Foreman in the same backfield with Douglass, Foreman would be lucky if he rushed for 300 yards all year...that's how terrible the Bears o-line was. ...and more likely than not, probably contributed to Sayers' injury riddled career towards the end.
That's true. Payton lucked up with the Bears because right when he came in 1975, the Bears started drafting good O-linemen, like Revie Sorey, Noah Jackson and Dennis Lick. Payton was great, but it's easy when you have a bunch of guys up front opening huge holes for you. Ask O.J. Simpson. Before 1972, his line was sorry too.
the professor...exactly 100% RIGHT! ...Jackson was highly coveted by George Allen, Sorey was an All-Pro, Lick & Albrecht were NFC all-rookies at their respective positions. I get so sick and tired about hearing how Payton did everything by himself. Want proof positive?...look at Harper's '78 stats.
Grogan was better. When Ray Berry became the Patriots coach, it was the first time they had a QB coach. Berry taught Grogan how to be a pocket-passer, worked on his accuracy, and let him run only when necessary. Grogan's best year as a passer was 1985.
Many were surprised to learn Grogan had the record for the most rushing TD's by a QB. But young Steve Grogan was the best rushing QB to run from the pocket. He had a knack to know when to take off
Bobby Douglas one bad ass dude.
Loved Bobby he made the game interesting! The Bears were so sorry back then! But they still had a Great Defense!
Easily would have rushed for 1000 yards in 16 game schedule.
He was fun to watch. He ran like a fullback. He looked for guys to hit. 🤘🇺🇸🎸
Now thats football!
he threw a 40 yard pass into the wind with a broken wrist, awesome
People forget he had such a strong arm....and honestly another forgotten QB with a cannon was Atlanta's Steve Bartkowski.
I found this in search of the clip (at 2:40) showing a disgruntled Abe Gibron on the sidelines, shouting "Bobby! Douglass! DOUGLASS!", and then doing the 'Come here' index finger gesture that every kid has gotten from their parent after doing something bad. Love it!
Total classic Abe - just like the clip of him pacing the sidleline, singing Three Dog Night's "Joy to the World" . . . "Jeremiah was a bullfrog . . . "
What Douglass did for quarterback, Gibron did for coaches. Gibron was an absolute failure as a head coach. Gibron continued in his coaching career into his mid-60, but he never was an NFL head coach again.
Definitely known for his running
I met bobby douglas in dixon Illinois, he came to visit my football team signed footballs talked about his carrer it was dope 2020? Anyone
3:32 trucks cliff Harris of the cowboys.
Douglas was a big dude, and one of the biggest QBs of his era. For a man his size to run that well was remarkable....
Greatest QB of his era???? 13 wins to 36 losses, 43% completion rate, 36 td's to 68 int.'s. Guy could run, but never was considered great,or even good at any time.
He was basically the Tim Tebow of that era.
I love the hit he delivered to a Cowboy safety- jolting him backwards! I'm not a Bears fan, but I have to respect that Douglass could pound defensive backs right out of his way.
@@mwilliams1330 he said, 'biggest', not 'greatest'. Read it again.
@@mwilliams1330 I didn't say he was the greatest in his era, I said he was one of the biggest of his era. Where did you learn to read??
"Bobby Douglas could throw a football through the side of a barn, if he could hit the side of a barn!" Anonymous Chicago sportswriter.
I believe I read that The White Sox gave him a tryout as a pitcher but he was way too wild.
Bobby Douglass of the Bears who ran for his life thanks to cheapo George Halas (didn't buy an offensive line) had the greatest arm in NFL history (could throw a pass 90 yards) or a 65-yard bullet. Look it up.
I'm a Bear fan. I remember him. And I'm 55 yrs old.
my dad and brother were bears fans and i too remember him, or more i remember my dad & brother yelling "yay bobby" or "bobby, NOOO!" and i'm 53
I too remember him and I at that time was in grade school.
I would have loved - LOVED -to have beers with Abe Gibron and watch a game. Geez, can you imagine? he would be cussin', spitting, yelling. Sounds like a blast!
Bobby Douglas was a blast but those were some rough Bears teams.
Bobby had a million dollar arm and a 10 cent head !! He was fun to watch. He could have been an ALL- PRO Tight End. Two of those throws were 60+ yards on a line.I believe him when he said he could throw a ball 100 yards !!
LMAO !!!! Perfect !!!, I Loved him as a kid, my favorite !!! my grand mother made uniforms for my G.I. Joe that I made into a B.D. Bears . .
all White, name and #10 , great memories. Yes I was sports geek.
I don't care for the arm strength of the quarterback of my favorite team as long wins pile up. Look at Joe Montana, for example, who didn't have a rifle arm.
Jim....implying he was stupid isn't accurate or fair. Or sportsmanlike.
I believe Douglass when he discretely complained about what probably was an overly-complicated playbook. So calling him stupid isn't fair - he just may have been one of the few quarterbacks brave & honest enough to criticize a system of what seemed to him like, 'a million plays...'
Fair enough?
I agree! Right on the money! 10 cent head.
He had no blocking. He was running for his life.
that has almost always been our problem
san fran....blocking....new england....blocking....well...and holding
He TRUCKED Cliff Harris at 3:33!!
I know, I noticed and LOVED that hit too!!!
I grew up a Steelers/Dolphins/Oilers fan....so any Cowboy getting punished is a highlight reel moment.
One of the many revolving door of quarterbacks the Bears have had in their franchise history.
Man, I miss those hits.
I was there in the coaches kids box on the 40 yard line, watched hip run up the sidelines with out a helmet and still run head 1st into the defensive player
as a packer backer i loved bobby d. time and time again zing the ball down field 5 ft too high and the ball would roll for 30 yds more.
I argue with people today he was the best running QB ever. 968 yards in 14 games. This comes to over 1100 yards in a 16 game season. He averaged 6.9 yards per carry to. As a life long lions fan used to watch him run over linebackers. Watching him throw the ball was a adventure. He threw it to hard for his receivers. Had zero touch. But he sure could throw it a long way. Gonna say it strongest arm ever in NFL QB
Tim Tebow was even stronger, and much less accurate.
You are the man - "no touch" is right. I saw him literally knock his receivers down on short passes. He threw football sized bullets. I loved watching him but he wasn't very good at passing.
best running quarterback of all time, one of my favorites.
Ever heard of vick
@@jaccpot better than Vick or Cunningham, sheer power AND speed.
@@99Yteu he wasnt in the nfl when i commented that lol
Bobby Douglass was the Steve Young of the 1970's and he did two point conversions before the NFL implemented it. Fran Tarkenton was another scrambling quarterback.
Young never had the cannon Douglas possessed. Douglas never had the touch that made Young a HOFer. Douglas was a bull who had great speed. Young was a shifty runner
Like Tebow, he should have been a running back.
I loved those all white uniforms..And Douglas was a monster of a man and a good quarterback..Too bad he didn't have Payton lined up behind him..
He had a healthy Gale Sayers in 1969. Bears finished 1-13
@@howardcosell2022 If Sayers coulda stayed healthy, not his fault, they could have done a lot better in the early 70s.. Playing on that astro turf ruined a lot of guys knees, including Dick Butkus"..
@@rushmore120 Teams went after his knees because if you went at him high, he was going to take you out
I was fine with the white pants that they wore with the white jerseys, which was usually for some road games. I never cared for the navy blue pants they have for some games when they're on the road which the team had since the 1980's.
@@robertmasina4610
I agree
White on white looked the best
Jay Cutler before Jay Cutler
Butkus made a nice catch.
Glad I'm not the only one to notice
Butkus could've played tight end ...great hands
I love that play.
He had a beautiful spiro tight and ropey. And he could take off I loved bob and those bears even though I liked the rams roman got to beat up to be a steady help the rams had the lamest backups
1:24
LMAO!!!
the guy that was brave enough to do that was Dollar Bill Bradley.
Boomer said Bortles channelled this guy today after the Jax v. Bills game. 😂😂
Douglass - Young - Tagovailoa - Vick - Zorn - Stabler - Esiason - Mitchell - Brunell - Leinart - Tebow. One thing they all had in common? As starters, none of them ever won more than 1 Super Bowl. Young, 1. Stabler, 1. The rest of them, none. Esiason started a Super Bowl but lost.
Why Bobby Douglass Change His # 14 to #10?
Bobby Douglass was an undisciplined quarterback with an arm that was strong, too strong in fact, and threw the ball too hard for his receivers to catch. Throwing the ball for 90 to 100 yards is good, but it won’t serve you well if the receivers aren’t there to catch the ball. Perhaps with discipline and the right coaching, he could have been a better passing quarterback.
Imagine the yardage he'd gain if todays protect the q.b. rules were around back then !
And if his wide outs had the gloves they have today.
He was a white Michael Vick. Maybe Vick had a little more touch to his throws.
Thats A Real QB no sliding and crying like a lot of QB's Playing today And i like that pass to Dick Butkis first time ive seen this clip
Steve Grogan did the same thing. He was the only QB who could frighten a linebacker.
@@davidlafleche1142 A young Steve Grogan was the best QB at deciding when to run from the pocket
Did you notice how Butkus offered it to an opposing player?
I never did know why Da Bears stuck with him as long as they did.
Simple. They didn't have anybody else until Bob Avellini.
I did watch Avellini play (I've been a Bears fan since 1970). I didn't say he was any good, I just said that there was no other option to Bobby Douglass until Avellini came along. Gary Huff may well have been the worst QB I have ever seen play for the Bears (and that's against some extremely stiff competition, including the forgettable Rusty Lisch), so he never panned out as a viable option. Why they wasted a high draft pick on him in 1973, I'll never know. The real mistake was getting rid of Virgil Carter after the 1969 season - he went on to have some success under Paul Brown and Bill Walsh in Cincinnati and the Bears certainly could have used him during those years. He was jettisoned for criticizing the Jim Dooley regime with some very strong language, and to a sportswriter no less (as chronicled in Jeff Davis' wonderful book "Papa Bear" on George Halas). The real problem with the Bears from 1968 - 1981 is that the organization was either complete garbage (1968 - 1974), or underachieved (1975-1981). They had capable players, and with the right coaching staff and management in place, better results could have been attained (look what Bill Walsh did for Virgil Carter). But . . . we had to wait until 1982 for those particular planets to line up! The Bears could have had Terry Bradshaw at QB in the early to mid 70's (if Ed McCaskey hadn't lost the coin toss) - and he probably would have been terrible, given that the organization would have given him nothing to work with. No HOF career there, most likely.
@@russellmurray3964 Mugs Halas was Bears president at the time of the coin flip that lost a chance at Terry Bradshaw. I always felt that with proper coaching, Bobby Douglass could've been, at the very least, a good QB...and at best, Brett Favre before Brett Favre was Brett Favre.
@@juanmaldonado4074 Mugs Halas was the president, but it was Ed McCaskey who represented the Bears on the coin flip, called heads - and, of course, as we all know, it came up tails. Here is the link to a Chicago Tribune story from 1997 on the coin flip: www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1997-11-17-9711170203-story.html
Dnt underestimate leftys
lol at butkus, he was probably ineligible!
I remember a play where Douglass hit Jim Seymour at the back of the end zone against San Diego his rookie season. Officially, it was a 52 yard play, but I believe he let it go from about the Bears 35. My memory could be wrong, but one thing I have heard is that defensive backs do not cover the back of the end zone on a play like that. What I think is that it is assumed over that distance that the ball is going to be up for grabs and they just play the ball after it goes up in the air. Also, there could be a shorter pass and they might have to come up and make a tackle. My recollection is, the ball got there very quickly, which means a flat trajectory. He had a great arm and was entertaining, but he was not a good QB. He was physically an NFL player but he should have been playing another position. I have heard strong safety, tight end and tailback suggested. In retrospect, I would try strong safety first, but I consider his consistent football IQ in doubt. You can't have constant lapses in the defensive backfield.
In his day, with some added weight he could have been an edge rusher. Even today, some at the position are not really bigger than he was.
Not quick enough for a strong safety, a perfect tight end, does not require a lot of thinking, just catch the ball and run. He could do both very well !! I really believe he could have been a HOF tight end !
keep the ball in his hands he was a wicked balls out runner, tail or full back I think he would have done some damage.
DB's back than played long passes like outfielders played long fly balls. Super Bowl X-when Swann caught his pass, the Dallas defender had no idea Bradshaw could launch it that far
Anonymike - I agree, Douglass had a cannon, but not always accurate. I think Dan Pastorini could launch them about 75 yards also, he was underrated I think.
@@kurtoelmann7745 Douglass was worse than not accurate. He had no touch. His ball was sometime thrown so hard it was uncatchable. He had a career QB rating of 48.5 and threw only 36 touchdown passes in 53 starts over ten years.
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jeez he had a gun for a arm. I think he was a guy that let his athletism keep him from become a really great quarterback.
I'm afraid you're right. I remember that 1972 season for how awful the team was but damn was he fun to watch. He was quite an athlete.
Lamar is going to surpass Bobby , at the running game.
Tim Tebow with a strong arm
Tim Tebow wasn't a quarterback...Bobby Douglass was
@Weedfreek I was there. He did have an arm and did make some plays. But he was not a QB
Drew Bledsoe was just as strong, but way more accurate.
@Randall Denison Apparently the same thing every other coach and player saw, which is why he was a one and done
@Randall Denison Yeah, never mind that he was a terrible quarterback...I'm sure that had nothing to do with it
Josh Allen reminds me of Douglass- A big running bull and cannon arm who could makes things happen-Unfortunately bad as well as good.
Well fortunately Allen is young. His TD to int was 2:1 ... not the best but still not the worst. Maybe they should have some more designed runs with him, he's a pretty effective runner, over 500 yards, 4.7 ypc. Maybe get him another reliable wideout or tight end. Both Jackson and Mahomes have great tight ends which makes it easier on a young qb. For the running he doesn't need to be Lamar Jackson, just enough designed runs to make the defense have to worry, then play action is more effective. Hopefully add another back cuz nobody was really afraid of Gore running last year. In the playoff game he had more rushing yards than the other backs combined
@broncbulls black people were playing at the time Douglass played, the league had been integrated for over a decade. And no one has really broken it. Michael Vick is technincally number 1 with 1039 but that is in 16 games, Douglass had 968 yards in 14, which = 69.1 rushing yards per game compared to Vick's 64.9 yards per game rushing. Douglass had 8 rushing tds that season, when he ran he went all the way, Vick's 1,000 yards season he scored a total of TWO tds.
Lamar Jackson broke Michael Vick’s record and he did it in 14 games.
@@mikevanriel7573 in an offense designed around the qb running the ball almost 200 times a season against defenses built to stop the pass... Jackson averaged the same ypc as Douglass 6.9.
@@cfhighlightvideo Every offense in the early ‘70s was designed around running 200+ times. And the Bears in ‘72 centered around Douglass running 200+ times. They were essentially a wishbone offense by the end of that season.
Too bad coach Gibron was not very good. Douglass could have been a much better player.
1:24 that would be a fine now a days 😒
About 68 yards in the air !! 1:48
...Douglass ANNILATES Cliff Harris @03:31
olofpalme63 Total devastation !
olofpalme63 Watch the move he puts on Ken Ellis 4:16
6400az...Douglass was right..."I hit the people when they were open (which more often than not, he did) but, in game situations when you're playing against the Minnesota Vikings and you get 2 seconds to throw, I don't care who you are...you're not going to look good"...and especially considering the fact that Douglass played behind one of the worst offensive lines in the league...in retrospect...as far as I'm concerned...he was a pretty damn good QB (with what he had to work with).
olofpalme63 Yep, we would get all the information form NFL Films and take it at face value. Some for different reason but it was just a sign of the time.....take a great athlete and deprive him of playing QB just because ( Rex Kern, Paul Krause ) Although he led his team to the Rose Bowl, Joe Kapp was NOT allowed to play QB when the Redskins drafted him . They had him on defense and returning kicks. Even though that wasn't the case with Douglass, he was never the less,heavily criticized.
Even his own teammate Ed O'bradovich buys into it. With that Bears line, it was probably the only way to play QB....very similar to Tarkenton's situation in his early years , just no other choice but to scramble.
Watch Douglass shake off Bobby Bell 4:57
I heard that Douglass got heavily addicted to cocaine and loved his nose candy
Terry Bradshaw brought me here as many of the other commentators also had no idea who this Bobby guy was after he had made a comment about him.
no no...Butkus was eligible...the extra point counted, Bears beat the Eagles 21-12 in a 1972 game played at the Vet.
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AND, it was the SECOND year in a row Butkus scored an extra point in a game (the year before, ALSO thrown by Douglass, against Washington! Now THERE'S a great bar bet.......How many extra points did Dick Butkus score in his NFL career? Two !! 1971 and 1972 (along with one fumble recovery for a TD (1973), and credit for forcing one safety (1969).....for a total of 10 points scored in his NFL career!)).
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In HS Butkus scored all the points for his team. He also kick off and kicked all the field goals and extra points along with being the Full back in the T !!! The guy was amazing !! We use to joke he showed up early and lined the field.
i saw that gm vs redskins won 16-15
Fair to say Bobby was not a very accurate passer...
Gr8 runner with good speed and a bad QB. Should have switched to tailback.
Vick is a better mobile qb.
Bobby was impossible to pull down. Vick and Cunningham were shiftier like Staubach and Tarkenton.
Steve Grogan and Doug Flutie were better than all of them.
@@davidlafleche1142 A young Steve Grogan
Vick was amazing, Hard to touch. Shifty in a good way.
@@liverslap8249 Douglass was more like Tim Tebow with a power running style than Vick or Cunnningham.
Lamar will surpass him.
Douglas stunk.
The Bears should have made Bob Douglass a halfback, not a quarterback.
Dont' think so.He could make more plays as a QB .. The thing was a player like him just wasn't accepted at the QB position during the times.
6400az...precisely the reason everyone scoffs at Douglass (they think he should have been a running back), football "fans" (in general) only know what they're told via NFL Films...of which more often than not, ridiculed Douglass...not taking into consideration that his o-line stunk. ...the Bobby Douglass I remember watching as a kid, didn't always necessarily run by design...he ran because he had to. ...strange thing about so-called Bears fans...why should Douglass be converted to a RB?...the Bears have always had good RB's...in fact, if Jim Harrison, Cyril Pinder, Ken Grandberry or Carl Garrett enjoyed the same o-line Finks built for Payton...they might not have even drafted Payton.
6400az...there was a reason Payton consistently rushed for over 1,000 yards every year...because he always had a solid o-line in front of him...even Roland Harper gained 900 plus yards playing second fiddle to Payton in '78 (don't get me wrong, I thought Harper was a good back...but he's no Sayers, Foreman or Payton)...example, Chuck Foreman was a damn good RB (even more so because the Berserkers had a great o-line)...but, you put Foreman in the same backfield with Douglass, Foreman would be lucky if he rushed for 300 yards all year...that's how terrible the Bears o-line was. ...and more likely than not, probably contributed to Sayers' injury riddled career towards the end.
That's true. Payton lucked up with the Bears because right when he came in 1975, the Bears started drafting good O-linemen, like Revie Sorey, Noah Jackson and Dennis Lick. Payton was great, but it's easy when you have a bunch of guys up front opening huge holes for you. Ask O.J. Simpson. Before 1972, his line was sorry too.
the professor...exactly 100% RIGHT! ...Jackson was highly coveted by George Allen, Sorey was an All-Pro, Lick & Albrecht were NFC all-rookies at their respective positions. I get so sick and tired about hearing how Payton did everything by himself. Want proof positive?...look at Harper's '78 stats.
@broncbulls Tebow will break that some day =)
armyboy694227 No boy
i think he meant that his passes usually missed the receiver by 90 yards. The worst passer I have ever seen.
Hr had to go over the coverage in chicargo. Windy and cold his reviewers probley weren't getting the to the ball they didn't have bob hayes
Steve Grogan > Bobby Douglass
Grogan was better. When Ray Berry became the Patriots coach, it was the first time they had a QB coach. Berry taught Grogan how to be a pocket-passer, worked on his accuracy, and let him run only when necessary. Grogan's best year as a passer was 1985.
Many were surprised to learn Grogan had the record for the most rushing TD's by a QB. But young Steve Grogan was the best rushing QB to run from the pocket. He had a knack to know when to take off