@@sugabearchiraq5755 What he's saying is not impossible at all. Everybody that plays has that opportunity every season. What he said is "Until hits 2000 yards in 14 games...." What he means by that is until somebody breaks OJ's mark in the 14th game of the season, he doesnt want to hear about it" Meaning, hitting that mark, and then theres still 3 games left in the season
Among those of us old enough to watch OJ Simpson play live, he is remembered for being a great running back, powerful and graceful, on a relatively poor team, broke and set rushing records, and made the Hall of Fame for good reason. Period.
I was fortunate to get to see him play in his prime, he was a great running back. I grew up during the 70s playing football and I would try to emulate his moves. To this day I think the 3 best running backs that I have ever seen were O.J., Walter Payton and Earl Campbell, you could also throw Barry Sanders in with that group as well. I did not get to see Jim Brown play, so I can't include him based upon who I watched, but clearly from a historical perspective Jim Brown was the best.
You definitely picked the four greatest RBs of all time imo. I’ve always said, give me Earl Campbell, Barry Sanders and Walter Payton (or Bo Jackson), and that’s a team that will never lose.
Jim Brown was a social phenomenom. For blacks he meant everything. He had the talent, but he was still hit as hard as possible by those by-gone day ruffians. He gained most of his yards on hard hard contact. Yes, Jim Brown - well if they gave a trophy to running backs it would be the Jim Brown trophy.
@@terrenceolivido741 He was the all time leading rusher when he retired. He won the MVP 3 times, and was still young when he retired. In addition to being a great football player, he was as an outstanding Lacrosse player in college as well. He also played Fullback back in those days the fullback was just as integral as the halfback. Now both the fullback and halfback have pretty much been eliminated. It is just the single running back position these days.
I remember watching OJ pass the 2000 yard mark. It was December 16, 1973. I remember the date because it was my dad's birthday. Buffalo's Offensive line was the "Electric Company", and OJ was "The Juice". Juice ran behind Joe DeLamielleure and Reggie McKenzie as guards. Oddly enough, the most rememberable OJ runs were when he would cutback across the field. He had a long stride and bent forward at the waist. He looked a bit like an animation. Dude was spectacular. ( That is no commentary on his later infamy). If you want a RB with an opposite running style for comparison, Eric Dickerson was nearly opposite in style. Dickerson ran straight up...also very fast. OJ was bent forward.
I promise you OJ was everything during his time. He was Jim Brown and Gayle Sayers rolled into one. The critical thing is mentioned here. ... whatever you think of OJ personality, he stands up to the best running backs ever. period. He gave 1000 percent on the field -always. the narrator talks about brain damage, well OJ - for all his grace and speed - look at how tough he was with contact - fought his way through the toughest tacklers. One thing that was hilarious was his legs. ... he had skinny seemingly undeveloped legs. So when he made contact it was like a boxing match as he used his upper bady strength to fend off tacklers. When OJ went over 2000 yards for the season he did that with the last game played essentially on ice. Strangely, that game illustrated more than anything his particular genius. It turned out he was the most gifted man on the field precariously balancing himself on ice and rushing for more than 100 yards. that game and season was the equivalent of the Dolphins perfect season. forever etched in history.
Living in Chicago, I fervently believe that Walter Payton was the greatest all-around running back I have ever seen. But there was no running back more exciting to watch than the Juice.
@@xxcelr8rs you’re entitled to your opinion but consider this: -Jim brown averaged over 5 yards per carry for his career & -OJ ran for over 2000 yards in a season of 14 games Neither of these feats have been accomplished since!
What many people don’t realize about OJ was that added to his size (6’ 3” 225 pounds), he was one of the fastest running backs EVER. His last year at USC, he finished 4th in the U.S. Olympic trials meaning if he had not turned pro, he would have been part of the U.S. 4x100 meter relay team.
The Olympic Trials statement is not true. He was an NCAA All-American in the 100, and he was an NCAA champion on USC's 440-yard relay that set a world record. You can check all of these facts on the Track & Field News website. His height/weight is listed as 6'2 212 pounds on the Pro Football Reference website. I didn't look these up today, my friend. I knew them already. OJ ran 9.4 in the 100-yard dash. A stud, for sure.
Interesting theory on CTE being the catalyst in the murders. First thing that would be brought up to dispute that testimony would probably be that OJ was also an experienced film actor and sideline reporter who passed rather unsuspecting as a well adjusted person. It’s more believable that and this is coming from Nicole’s therapist that retired athletes living well off still have a superiority complex. OJ even replied to his civil disposition that he would never beg Nicole to reconcile, knowing he can get hot younger women in the snap of a finger. The CTE can be thrown out in a would be trial. Simpson was in complete control of his impulses.
The DNA did not match, it was close but not a match. OJ has a son with violent tendencies who absolutely hate that Goldman fellow. Cops knew OJ didn’t do it but went after him as revenge over OJ getting his son lawyered up as well as out of California before police could fs him. No CYE scamboogery will change my mind. OJ was innocent. No I am not black, not a libtard. Neon the people I associate even agrees with me on this because their culture assumes blacks are guilty and they back the blue without an original thought. I came to this conclusion by ignoring the media and paying attention to the trial and noticing the world salad spewed by prosecutors and witnesses dancing around the DNA being close but no match.
there is a mystery always. maybe a combination of the two. ..maybe. or maybe the therapist was 1000percent correct. I think women are responsible because they encourage macho men and believe they can control their ego.
Oj is the reason i started watching football..i still remember it very clearly, my first football game i ever watched was with my uncle and his friends around 1972 or 73 buffalo vs Oakland and oj was spectacular!!
How good was OJ actually? He actually LEFT all the evidence at the crime scene to make the prosecution think "Ain't nobody this stupid to leave a glove and drops of blood on their car. Nah OJ didn't do this."
To anyone who doubts his talent; 2003 yards-14 games on a team whose entire offensive game plan was; 1st down; OJ in tailback following Braxton between Guard and Tackle. 2nd down; OJ in HB around end. 3rd down; (when needed) another handoff to OJ, or fake, then screen pass to him out on the wing. *Maybe* hit the WR if the D was overplaying the run. If the QB Ferguson threw 20 times in a game it was rare and shocking.... EVERYONE knew he was coming, and no one could stop him.
I grew up in the 1970’s, I didn’t see him often because I lived in the south and the Bills didn’t come on often down here. But when I did see him, all I remember was he running on 1st and 2nd down and them passing to him on 3rd. I don’t think the Bills had any other option. He clearly was the man.
Not only a great player, but the most marketable player of all-time despite playing before the social media craze, only Broadway Joe Namath could match or come close to his appeal.
i see a lot of commenters observing the obvious ( which can be the hardest to observe ), OJ had a subtlety to his running. he seemed to disgard tacklers with the subtlest of moves.
OJ was the greatest running back I ever saw, in my opinion of all time. He was also beloved by virtually everyone, even in the heavier racial times of the 60s-70s. It seemed like every time he was stopped and gang- tackled at the line that he still got 6 yards. His moves weren’t herky-jerky, but rather smooth/fluid, he was 6’2”/215 lbs, and if he got ONE step on the defender he was GONE. A well-spoken, intelligent guy always smiling, he also was a great sports announcer. But he played for the Buffalo Bills who were TERRIBLE, worst in the NFL. It makes me wonder what if he had played for Dallas or any sort of decent team. I was shocked out of my gourd when the OJ murder situation slammed America, and, of course, his entire trial was one gigantic farce. What he did cannot be forgiven, ever, but the rest of us who watched Monday night and Sunday football will never forget “The Juice”. PS: Lest I forget: In 8 of OJ’s 10yr NFL career, they played 14 games. In today’s NFL they play 17 games, the man AVERAGED 143 yds/game!!
He had this ability where you would think you had him dead to rights but nope,never got caught. He could get away with things others couldn’t. Let’s not take anything away from the defensive team, the best money could buy.
You're not gonna put one of my childhood MT Rushmore heroes down. The Juice, Crazy Legs, The Freight Train and Barry were the baddest. Honorable mention to Gayle Sayers, Emmit Smith, Eric Dickerson and Adrian Peterson.... 2nd tier mt rusmore.
Everybody wanted to pattern their game after OJ in the early 70s. I never got to see Jim Brown or Gayle Sayers in the 60s. I was still a young child. But I remember OJ vividly; he was the best ever at that time! The only person as exciting as a running back was Barry Sanders.
OJ was the face of the NFL in the early and mid-1970s, above any of the QBs of that era. I can't think of any other non-QB to do that. But as great as he was, his downfall was self-inflicted. From the time he was a teenager, he didn't play by the rules, and would do whatever he could get away with. Prior to the double murder, there were accusations of domestic violence, but everyone looked the other way because he was OJ. He was a star and his major sponsor, the Hertz Corporation, continued to use him as their spokesman. Maybe after he passes on, the autopsy will reveal evidence of CTE, but his behavior fits what his personality has been all along.
Great running backs often have great offensive lines and OJ also had a bruising fullback. As good as OJ was, the linebackers today as well as the defensive coordinators would be able to stop him, as well as the offensive coordinators who get bored running the ball.
Liked the video, Please stop cutting randomly in the middle of your topic/sentence. happened 5 times in this video and it’s just frustrating as a viewer
OJ to me was the best running back along with Jim Brown until Walter Payton, Earl Campbell, Marcus Allen, Barry Sanders and Emmitt Smith were all drafted into the NFL and showed on the field they were better running backs, each one displaying their own definitive running style
Until Earl Campbell and Walter Payton came into the league around ‘77, O.J. was the best RB in the NFL. He was the halftime highlights star for his prime years. If OJ had been on a team like the Raiders he would have won multiple championships and MVPs. The Bills just weren’t very talented.
All these great highlights but on the day he dies all ESPN has showed is the bottom line of all his legal issues… RIP Juice, only God can judge you now 🙏🏽 give the player his respect on the gridiron
- It's the Pro Football Hall of Fame, not the NFL Hall of Fame or the Football Hall of Fame. - Peyton Manning is already retired and is already in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
OJ was great. He could slice up a defense like a hot knife through white butter. He could cut through the D like carving up a white Turkey breast on Thanksgiving. He was razor sharp. He could get away from anyone. An absolute killer running back. He totally murdered defenses. He left them lying in his wake. He truly let the juice loose. An amazing escape artist on the field. He was faster than a speeding Bronco. The football fit his hand like a glove.
Interesting how you totally glossed over the simple fact that OJ was found civilly liable for the murders in a later court case and that he has hired the best of the best attorneys for his criminal trial (and the police and prosecutors made multiple errors that negatively affected the trial outcome)...
He could’ve been a Philadelphia Eagle, but true to form, especially in those days they decided to win two out of their last three games and ended up picking third. Anyone remember Leroy Keyes? I didn’t think so….
@@morrisparrish76 briefly played both ways on a terrible Eagles team. As far as I know, the last great two-way player was Chuck Bednarik a HOF Eagle. It wasn’t Leroy Keyes fault, but he wasn’t in the vicinity of OJ.
I grew up in the '70s and NEVER got to see OJ play. I think it was regional (I grew up in Oklahoma). I didn't know he played for the Niners until last year. I missed his ENTIRE career.
(Off field and after career aside) OJ was a COMPLETE RB. He could run inside or out, could catch out of the backfield, had world class speed and tremendous stamina. Teams knew OJ was getting the ball and still couldn’t stop him.
I grew up in Mississippi and got to watch O.J play a lot. NBC had one regional and one national broadcasts every other week during that era. The Bills were on a lot of national broadcasts in the early to mid 70's due to O.J. CBS had the NFC double header the other week. @@anthonysutter1078
OJ was the best player in the NFL for about 5 years in early and mid 70’s. He was all the Bills had and teams couldn’t stop him. Rushed for over 200 in a game against the Steelers when they didn’t give up 200 in 4 games.
I’m from Buffalo and still to this day you hear old guys tell us he was the greatest lol. He’s one of those dudes you could drop into 2024 NFL football and he would absolutely destroy everyone.
I've seen a lot of OJ content. I think you did a good job of separating his off the field issues with his football career. He was the best player in his era. He ran the ball without any threat of a passing game. Everybody in the stadium knew he was getting the ball, and the best defenses of his day still couldn't stop him.
@@LoydKline-uw4no It's hard to find a better RB than OJ. I remember years ago (when OJ was retired in his 40s), he was talking to Marcus Allen (who was in his prime). MA said something that OJ took offense to, so he challenged MA to go outside and race. MA wanted no part of that because he knew that old man OJ (bad knees and all) could still smoke MA. You could see it in MA's face. :)
@@broncobilly4029 usc brothers 🏃♀️ running backs, 🏃♂️ o.j Simpson, Charles white, Marcus Allen, Anthony Davis, Ricky bell, usc running 🏃♀️ back used to owned the Heisman trophy 🏆, I remember o.j.Simpson winning the ABC athletes contest, superstar , don't remember like o.j Simpson won 🏆 the 100 yards dash contest , 1974, or 1975 , whatever , Marcus allen great Oakland raider days
My FAVORITE RB ALL-TIME RB! The greatest RB of the 1970's! 2,000 yards in just 14 games. OUTSTANDING! Not a monster/ murderer to me! The law says he's an innocent man. And that's enough for me! Opinions are like assholes! EVERYBODY HAS ONE! R.I.P. OJ! The juice is finally loose!
As an NFL fan in the 70's, OJ was just spectacular. When his downfall came, it was such a profound disappointment. He was just such an easy guy to love, and to root for, and to be awed by. To this day, my disappointment over all of it stays with me. He really was a great player.
Yep, power, speed, shake, he had it all and with all the commercials and what not it felt like he was part of the family. We all loved him. I remember waking up to the radio that Monday morning, June 13, 1994 hearing that his wife was murdered and feeling so bad for OJ. And then a few days later it became quite clear what really happened.
He was at least as good a murderer as he was a running back. The Lions defence had nothing on the LAPD, and he still managed to slip that tackle. I always thought it was bad of him to have done that, for the record.
YeH but the CTE made OJ do it...if you wanna blame someone, blame it on the CTE ...brain damage effects your behavior and, another variable to his sudden demeanor shift has to the numerous conclusions ...Nobody is perfect correct?
Even though anybody could tell he was guilty I still feel like legally he shouldn't have been convicted based on the testimony of Fuhrman. Man did that idiot Fk that investigation up
Nice video. It's hard to believe now but Simpson was tremendously popular. He had TV commercials (Hertz) and was in movies (The Naked Gun). Now that seems like it was 1,000 years ago.
I agree. I'm glad you took on an uncomfortable subject. Everyone loved OJ until he was rejected and I honestly feel he went insane. almost 30 years ago to the day is when his downfall started.
I'm old enough to witness his career. He was on a terrible team so everybody knew he was getting the ball. Didn't matter. So what made him great? He had a pattern of loping to the hole and then bursting through it, often with a juke move. Pure artistry
@LoydKline-uw4no Thurman no doubt was very good, Hall of Famer, played on overall better team at the time, but OJ put Buffalo on the NFL map at the time of the merger and resulted in them building the current stadium. No OJ at that time, stadium probably doesn't get built and Bills probably would have been out of Buffalo .
@@LoydKline-uw4no I would say oj he didn't have much of a team around him ....Thomas went to 4 super bowls didn't win one they , those teams had a lot of ballplayers
@@kevinkopko7887 You better believe it is proper. You have to evaluate the entire person. Everyone has some positive qualities. Mussolini made the trains run on time .
On the gridiron, in his prime, he was an un f’ing believable running back. He was as smooth and fast a runner as there ever was. In no particular order: Brown, Sayers, Payton, Simpson
Hard to argue with your list, but there have been so many great ones. LaDanian Tomlinson, Marcus Allen, Chris Johnson for a few years. Earl Campbell. And so many others.
Walter Payton was the most incredible athlete, the hardest never say die fight for every yard player, the best blocking back in NFL history, he could catch the ball as good as any NFL running back in NFL history, and he could throw also.
Actually in a kinda weird way his prison time was associated with the double hom. He was found at fault in a civil suit and alot of his personal Memorabilia was auctioned off to pay up. He found one of the collectors at a show and was trying to rob his stuff to get it back. Thats what he did time for.
Most of you who think of oj only know about the trial ,it was my understanding he was found not guilty , or maybe my ears weren't working , then arrested on some bogus robbery / kidnapping charge where he was the only one who got time for being a dumbass and trying to recover his own property , my heart will always go out to Nicole brown simpson , y dont they try solving that case, anyway I'm not oj lawyer but lets talk football , who can u say was ever better , take a look , youll b looking for awhile
Well done video. I like your personal viewpoint within the storyline facts. Tragic stories about sports stars and their careers are very attractive to my right hand's mouse-clicking hand!
RIP OJ 🙏🏾
Great video bro!
Google the Willie Jackerson Experiment podcast
I shared your video over to my Facebook Podcast page
Burn in Hell OJ
Until someone hits 2000 yards in a 14 game season don't want to hear it .....
Impossible….. seasons are longer
Dickerson passed him in 15 games. To your point, thats not 14.....But thats as close as you'll ever see
@@sugabearchiraq5755 What he's saying is not impossible at all. Everybody that plays has that opportunity every season. What he said is "Until hits 2000 yards in 14 games...." What he means by that is until somebody breaks OJ's mark in the 14th game of the season, he doesnt want to hear about it" Meaning, hitting that mark, and then theres still 3 games left in the season
@@jeffwatts1126 I know what he’s saying. That’s why I said impossible seasons are longer
Plus most of the NFL 🏈 stadium were outdoor in o.j Simpson Era, ❄️ snow 🌧 🌦
Among those of us old enough to watch OJ Simpson play live, he is remembered for being a great running back, powerful and graceful, on a relatively poor team, broke and set rushing records, and made the Hall of Fame for good reason.
Period.
The Juice...
He deserved to make the HOF no question
I was fortunate to get to see him play in his prime, he was a great running back. I grew up during the 70s playing football and I would try to emulate his moves. To this day I think the 3 best running backs that I have ever seen were O.J., Walter Payton and Earl Campbell, you could also throw Barry Sanders in with that group as well. I did not get to see Jim Brown play, so I can't include him based upon who I watched, but clearly from a historical perspective Jim Brown was the best.
You definitely picked the four greatest RBs of all time imo. I’ve always said, give me Earl Campbell, Barry Sanders and Walter Payton (or Bo Jackson), and that’s a team that will never lose.
Jim Brown was a social phenomenom. For blacks he meant everything. He had the talent, but he was still hit as hard as possible by those by-gone day ruffians. He gained most of his yards on hard hard contact. Yes, Jim Brown - well if they gave a trophy to running backs it would be the Jim Brown trophy.
@@terrenceolivido741 He was the all time leading rusher when he retired. He won the MVP 3 times, and was still young when he retired. In addition to being a great football player, he was as an outstanding Lacrosse player in college as well. He also played Fullback back in those days the fullback was just as integral as the halfback. Now both the fullback and halfback have pretty much been eliminated. It is just the single running back position these days.
@@StevenC32LaCrosse ! very very much like each man is a crazy running back. I played it a little. fit OJ to a " t ".
❤️ 1960s/ 1970s college & NFL football 🏃♂️running back
I remember watching OJ pass the 2000 yard mark. It was December 16, 1973. I remember the date because it was my dad's birthday. Buffalo's Offensive line was the "Electric Company", and OJ was "The Juice". Juice ran behind Joe DeLamielleure and Reggie McKenzie as guards. Oddly enough, the most rememberable OJ runs were when he would cutback across the field. He had a long stride and bent forward at the waist. He looked a bit like an animation. Dude was spectacular. ( That is no commentary on his later infamy). If you want a RB with an opposite running style for comparison, Eric Dickerson was nearly opposite in style. Dickerson ran straight up...also very fast. OJ was bent forward.
I was there also my birthday is on December 14....what a great day ...but man it was snowing and windy and 🥶
I did too. It was amazing.
OJ could take it to the house anytime he had the ball in his hands
I promise you OJ was everything during his time. He was Jim Brown and Gayle Sayers rolled into one. The critical thing is mentioned here. ... whatever you think of OJ personality, he stands up to the best running backs ever. period. He gave 1000 percent on the field -always. the narrator talks about brain damage, well OJ - for all his grace and speed - look at how tough he was with contact - fought his way through the toughest tacklers. One thing that was hilarious was his legs. ... he had skinny seemingly undeveloped legs. So when he made contact it was like a boxing match as he used his upper bady strength to fend off tacklers. When OJ went over 2000 yards for the season he did that with the last game played essentially on ice. Strangely, that game illustrated more than anything his particular genius. It turned out he was the most gifted man on the field precariously balancing himself on ice and rushing for more than 100 yards. that game and season was the equivalent of the Dolphins perfect season. forever etched in history.
Living in Chicago, I fervently believe that Walter Payton was the greatest all-around running back I have ever seen. But there was no running back more exciting to watch than the Juice.
Earl Campbell best I ever watched.
Walter was and is the RB goat! But the juice was electric. No doubt. Earl was a man playing with boys though.
@@jude999open your fucking eyes!
Barry Sanders. OJ, then whoever you like.
@@xxcelr8rs you’re entitled to your opinion but consider this:
-Jim brown averaged over 5 yards per carry for his career &
-OJ ran for over 2000 yards in a season of 14 games
Neither of these feats have been accomplished since!
What many people don’t realize about OJ was that added to his size (6’ 3” 225 pounds), he was one of the fastest running backs EVER. His last year at USC, he finished 4th in the U.S. Olympic trials meaning if he had not turned pro, he would have been part of the U.S. 4x100 meter relay team.
The Olympic Trials statement is not true. He was an NCAA All-American in the 100, and he was an NCAA champion on USC's 440-yard relay that set a world record. You can check all of these facts on the Track & Field News website. His height/weight is listed as 6'2 212 pounds on the Pro Football Reference website. I didn't look these up today, my friend. I knew them already. OJ ran 9.4 in the 100-yard dash. A stud, for sure.
The Juice was exactly 6 foot 1 inches tall and weighed 212 pounds in his NFL days.
As a football player, O.J. is one of the best ever. No question.
Loved OJ. Read his biography back in the 70's. He was my hero!
Interesting theory on CTE being the catalyst in the murders. First thing that would be brought up to dispute that testimony would probably be that OJ was also an experienced film actor and sideline reporter who passed rather unsuspecting as a well adjusted person. It’s more believable that and this is coming from Nicole’s therapist that retired athletes living well off still have a superiority complex. OJ even replied to his civil disposition that he would never beg Nicole to reconcile, knowing he can get hot younger women in the snap of a finger. The CTE can be thrown out in a would be trial. Simpson was in complete control of his impulses.
The DNA did not match, it was close but not a match. OJ has a son with violent tendencies who absolutely hate that Goldman fellow. Cops knew OJ didn’t do it but went after him as revenge over OJ getting his son lawyered up as well as out of California before police could fs him. No CYE scamboogery will change my mind. OJ was innocent. No I am not black, not a libtard. Neon the people I associate even agrees with me on this because their culture assumes blacks are guilty and they back the blue without an original thought. I came to this conclusion by ignoring the media and paying attention to the trial and noticing the world salad spewed by prosecutors and witnesses dancing around the DNA being close but no match.
there is a mystery always. maybe a combination of the two. ..maybe. or maybe the therapist was 1000percent correct. I think women are responsible because they encourage macho men and believe they can control their ego.
He was the best of the best. He was always exciting to watch. The Hertz rental car commercials were fun to watch too.
yeah the Hertz commercials were genius. we all loved the legend of OJ at that time. he was super handsome and very articulate.
Can't deny what he did on the field.
No - but today's woke culture will always try to do that because they believe in suspending history that they dont like
that is right - what he did on the field will never be forgotten.
Oj is the reason i started watching football..i still remember it very clearly, my first football game i ever watched was with my uncle and his friends around 1972 or 73 buffalo vs Oakland and oj was spectacular!!
If you remember it very clearly, wouldn't you remember the year?
It was 1972. OJ had 144 yards on 28 carries. The Raiders won the game, 28-16 thanks to scoring 3 TD's in the 4th quarter...
This man ran 273 yards in a single game, 2000 yards in a 14 game season the juice was a beast.
How good was OJ actually? He actually LEFT all the evidence at the crime scene to make the prosecution think "Ain't nobody this stupid to leave a glove and drops of blood on their car. Nah OJ didn't do this."
I had every copy of sports. Illustrated, when OJ ran for over 2000 yd, it was amazing.
Did you get any of the bloodstained souvenir copies after he was acquitted?
Top 10 all time no matter what
#1 Player of the 70's and Top 3 of all-time IMO...
To anyone who doubts his talent; 2003 yards-14 games on a team whose entire offensive game plan was;
1st down; OJ in tailback following Braxton between Guard and Tackle.
2nd down; OJ in HB around end.
3rd down; (when needed) another handoff to OJ, or fake, then screen pass to him out on the wing. *Maybe* hit the WR if the D was overplaying the run.
If the QB Ferguson threw 20 times in a game it was rare and shocking....
EVERYONE knew he was coming, and no one could stop him.
In the most contested top of all times argument in all of sports OJ has always been my number one. Shout out to Jim Brown and Bo Jackson.
Jim brown & OJ Simpson were dammed near wilt chamberlain like in their durability! The same cannot be said of Bo Jackson!
OJ had Jim Brown's tackle breaking ability with Barry Sanders moves and Gale Sayers breakaway speed.
I grew up in the 1970’s, I didn’t see him often because I lived in the south and the Bills didn’t come on often down here. But when I did see him, all I remember was he running on 1st and 2nd down and them passing to him on 3rd. I don’t think the Bills had any other option. He clearly was the man.
Not only a great player, but the most marketable player of all-time despite playing before the social media craze, only Broadway Joe Namath could match or come close to his appeal.
Next to Jim Brown he’s about the best I’ve seen!
If white america could get off race & 1994: they could see this too!
Am I the only one in the civilized world willing to mention OJ & football in the same sentence?
He was a terrific slasher.
People forget how powerful a runner he was. Still the best running back I ever saw play.
Eric Dickerson >>> Orenthal James...............and Eric never done killt nobody
The way he could knife through any defense made him an absolute killer……..
i see a lot of commenters observing the obvious ( which can be the hardest to observe ), OJ had a subtlety to his running. he seemed to disgard tacklers with the subtlest of moves.
His slashing ability is second to none for sure………
Ok Norm, LOL.
OJ was the greatest running back I ever saw, in my opinion of all time. He was also beloved by virtually everyone, even in the heavier racial times of the 60s-70s. It seemed like every time he was stopped and gang- tackled at the line that he still got 6 yards. His moves weren’t herky-jerky, but rather smooth/fluid, he was 6’2”/215 lbs, and if he got ONE step on the defender he was GONE. A well-spoken, intelligent guy always smiling, he also was a great sports announcer. But he played for the Buffalo Bills who were TERRIBLE, worst in the NFL. It makes me wonder what if he had played for Dallas or any sort of decent team. I was shocked out of my gourd when the OJ murder situation slammed America, and, of course, his entire trial was one gigantic farce. What he did cannot be forgiven, ever, but the rest of us who watched Monday night and Sunday football will never forget “The Juice”.
PS: Lest I forget: In 8 of OJ’s 10yr NFL career, they played 14 games. In today’s NFL
they play 17 games, the man AVERAGED 143 yds/game!!
i really have the same opinion. as far as the case, i still do not know what actually happened.
He was also a great TV analyst after his career.
Good piece! When I was little as a Chicago Bears fan Walter Payton was always my fav RB, but OJ and Dallas Cowboys Tony Dorsette were a close 2nd.
They called the Bills offensive line "The Electric Company" because they kept The Juice running
He knifed through defenses like butter!
1 of the best ever 😊
In his heyday day he did not come across as a “crazy man.” In fact, he was very intelligent, very well spoken.
He is the best I have seen in my lifetime, I didn't see Jim Brown OJ is the greatest running back in my book
He had this ability where you would think you had him dead to rights but nope,never got caught. He could get away with things others couldn’t. Let’s not take anything away from the defensive team, the best money could buy.
Bro next up 💯
Preciate that 🙏🏾
It was amazing how O.J. sliced his way through the defense.
Much love and respect to OJ he is the truth
In the mid 90s he performed his greatest feat when he outran the criminal justice system.
273 yards rushing against the Lions in 1975 might be a close second.
OJ Simpson is the most gifted athlete I have ever seen on a football field.
You're not gonna put one of my childhood MT Rushmore heroes down. The Juice, Crazy Legs, The Freight Train and Barry were the baddest. Honorable mention to Gayle Sayers, Emmit Smith, Eric Dickerson and Adrian Peterson.... 2nd tier mt rusmore.
(Insert murder pun here) 👇
He was a great at cutting and running.
Everybody wanted to pattern their game after OJ in the early 70s. I never got to see Jim Brown or Gayle Sayers in the 60s. I was still a young child. But I remember OJ vividly; he was the best ever at that time! The only person as exciting as a running back was Barry Sanders.
If you say he's the goat back I can agree with you player of the decade in the 70s
OJ was the face of the NFL in the early and mid-1970s, above any of the QBs of that era. I can't think of any other non-QB to do that. But as great as he was, his downfall was self-inflicted. From the time he was a teenager, he didn't play by the rules, and would do whatever he could get away with.
Prior to the double murder, there were accusations of domestic violence, but everyone looked the other way because he was OJ. He was a star and his major sponsor, the Hertz Corporation, continued to use him as their spokesman. Maybe after he passes on, the autopsy will reveal evidence of CTE, but his behavior fits what his personality has been all along.
Great running backs often have great offensive lines and OJ also had a bruising fullback. As good as OJ was, the linebackers today as well as the defensive coordinators would be able to stop him, as well as the offensive coordinators who get bored running the ball.
Actually, he was one of the best running backs in the history of the NFL.
Liked the video, Please stop cutting randomly in the middle of your topic/sentence. happened 5 times in this video and it’s just frustrating as a viewer
Ngl this isn’t the way the video was originally I’m gonna fix it though
He was in the last game I attended, a playoff game against the Steelers
that's cool.. unfortunately for oj that would be his lone playoff game
OJ to me was the best running back along with Jim Brown until Walter Payton, Earl Campbell, Marcus Allen, Barry Sanders and Emmitt Smith were all drafted into the NFL and showed on the field they were better running backs, each one displaying their own definitive running style
Until Earl Campbell and Walter Payton came into the league around ‘77, O.J. was the best RB in the NFL. He was the halftime highlights star for his prime years. If OJ had been on a team like the Raiders he would have won multiple championships and MVPs. The Bills just weren’t very talented.
One of my sport heroes still is awesome!!!
All these great highlights but on the day he dies all ESPN has showed is the bottom line of all his legal issues… RIP Juice, only God can judge you now 🙏🏽 give the player his respect on the gridiron
to me..he always was,and ever shall be THE JUICE🏈🏈
- It's the Pro Football Hall of Fame, not the NFL Hall of Fame or the Football Hall of Fame.
- Peyton Manning is already retired and is already in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
OJ was great. He could slice up a defense like a hot knife through white butter. He could cut through the D like carving up a white Turkey breast on Thanksgiving. He was razor sharp. He could get away from anyone. An absolute killer running back. He totally murdered defenses. He left them lying in his wake. He truly let the juice loose. An amazing escape artist on the field. He was faster than a speeding Bronco. The football fit his hand like a glove.
god, talk about " pile on " jokes ... We may have something here !
He would slice up that defense, a real killer footballer
Interesting how you totally glossed over the simple fact that OJ was found civilly liable for the murders in a later court case and that he has hired the best of the best attorneys for his criminal trial (and the police and prosecutors made multiple errors that negatively affected the trial outcome)...
He was a great player. The only bad season he had was his rookie year.
Why would you say he shouldnt be remembered for his football career? He made history and it did happen.
2K yards in a 16 team season should say it all.
Even better! It was a 14 game season.
He could’ve been a Philadelphia Eagle, but true to form, especially in those days they decided to win two out of their last three games and ended up picking third. Anyone remember Leroy Keyes? I didn’t think so….
He was the last 2 way player in the NFL (full time)!
@@morrisparrish76 briefly played both ways on a terrible Eagles team. As far as I know, the last great two-way player was Chuck Bednarik a HOF Eagle. It wasn’t Leroy Keyes fault, but he wasn’t in the vicinity of OJ.
Anyone who asks this question never saw the man play. I have been watching football for over 50 years and OJ was the best RB I ever saw.
I grew up in the '70s and NEVER got to see OJ play. I think it was regional (I grew up in Oklahoma). I didn't know he played for the Niners until last year. I missed his ENTIRE career.
(Off field and after career aside) OJ was a COMPLETE RB. He could run inside or out, could catch out of the backfield, had world class speed and tremendous stamina.
Teams knew OJ was getting the ball and still couldn’t stop him.
I grew up in Mississippi and got to watch O.J play a lot. NBC had one regional and one national broadcasts every other week during that era. The Bills were on a lot of national broadcasts in the early to mid 70's due to O.J. CBS had the NFC double header the other week. @@anthonysutter1078
Ikr. We all (1973-1978) wanted to be OJ Simpson, until we saw Tony Dorsett and Earl Campbell.
❤️ o.j Simpson my hero,❤️ watching 👀 o.j Simpson 🏃♀️ running with 🏈
OJ was the best player in the NFL for about 5 years in early and mid 70’s. He was all the Bills had and teams couldn’t stop him. Rushed for over 200 in a game against the Steelers when they didn’t give up 200 in 4 games.
Love the Stat just hate it's against Pittsburgh being that I'm a diehard Steeler fan😂
Lol it happens @@Rahchasportstalk
Usc & Buffalo bill o.j Simpson was unstoppable in the 1970s 🏃♂️ running with the football,
Oj is Mr football!
love o.j simpson super grat college& nfl football career@@rickyhollis4892
OJ runs like the police are chasing him!!
OJ was good at running. Decent at catching. Amazing at killing.
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LoL!!!!!!!
LOL!!
Forgot to used the word great as college & NFL running back 🏃♂️ with the football
@@LoydKline-uw4no yeah. For the Hesimann, I heard he was neck and neck with the competition.
I’m from Buffalo and still to this day you hear old guys tell us he was the greatest lol. He’s one of those dudes you could drop into
2024 NFL football and he would absolutely destroy everyone.
Got that right
A great football player and a despicable human being.
9.2 sprinter
@@billmorrison9068 He definitely could go the distance anytime he touched the ball.
@@MsTdougherty
Two opinions……one happens to be right!
I've seen a lot of OJ content. I think you did a good job of separating his off the field issues with his football career. He was the best player in his era. He ran the ball without any threat of a passing game. Everybody in the stadium knew he was getting the ball, and the best defenses of his day still couldn't stop him.
He was the second best Ive ever seen, only Jim Brown was better, with apologies to Sayers, Sweetness, Sanders and all the other greats
❤️ o.j Simpson my hero, was unstoppable 🏃♂️ 🏃♀️ running with the 🏈 college& NFL
@@LoydKline-uw4no It's hard to find a better RB than OJ. I remember years ago (when OJ was retired in his 40s), he was talking to Marcus Allen (who was in his prime). MA said something that OJ took offense to, so he challenged MA to go outside and race. MA wanted no part of that because he knew that old man OJ (bad knees and all) could still smoke MA. You could see it in MA's face. :)
I saw that on a behind the scenes clip from when they were eon that show First & 10 in the 80s.
@@broncobilly4029 usc brothers 🏃♀️ running backs, 🏃♂️ o.j Simpson, Charles white, Marcus Allen, Anthony Davis, Ricky bell, usc running 🏃♀️ back used to owned the Heisman trophy 🏆, I remember o.j.Simpson winning the ABC athletes contest, superstar , don't remember like o.j Simpson won 🏆 the 100 yards dash contest , 1974, or 1975 , whatever , Marcus allen great Oakland raider days
Huge Bills fan. Incredible running back on a very poor Bills team. Fast and powerful runner. MVP on a 1 to 2 win season is hard to do.
My FAVORITE RB ALL-TIME RB! The greatest RB of the 1970's! 2,000 yards in just 14 games. OUTSTANDING! Not a monster/ murderer to me! The law says he's an innocent man. And that's enough for me! Opinions are like assholes! EVERYBODY HAS ONE! R.I.P. OJ! The juice is finally loose!
As an NFL fan in the 70's, OJ was just spectacular. When his downfall came, it was such a profound disappointment. He was just such an easy guy to love, and to root for, and to be awed by. To this day, my disappointment over all of it stays with me. He really was a great player.
Yep, power, speed, shake, he had it all and with all the commercials and what not it felt like he was part of the family. We all loved him. I remember waking up to the radio that Monday morning, June 13, 1994 hearing that his wife was murdered and feeling so bad for OJ. And then a few days later it became quite clear what really happened.
He was at least as good a murderer as he was a running back. The Lions defence had nothing on the LAPD, and he still managed to slip that tackle. I always thought it was bad of him to have done that, for the record.
OJ was found not guilty!! He is one of the greatest in NFL history!
YeH but the CTE made OJ do it...if you wanna blame someone, blame it on the CTE ...brain damage effects your behavior and, another variable to his sudden demeanor shift has to the numerous conclusions ...Nobody is perfect correct?
haha ...!
Even though anybody could tell he was guilty I still feel like legally he shouldn't have been convicted based on the testimony of Fuhrman. Man did that idiot Fk that investigation up
Look brother I am hands down part of and proud to be in Bills Mafia but c’mon man you know this man did it
@DerrickRandolph He protected his son who must've got CTE thru DNA. There's a lot of good reasons to look at him. Look it up bro. 😉
I was looking for this video because his career is something that needs to be studied
Nice video. It's hard to believe now but Simpson was tremendously popular. He had TV commercials (Hertz) and was in movies (The Naked Gun). Now that seems like it was 1,000 years ago.
I agree. I'm glad you took on an uncomfortable subject. Everyone loved OJ until he was rejected and I honestly feel he went insane. almost 30 years ago to the day is when his downfall started.
yeah, we are dinosaurs.
Probably the greatest running back of his era? He WAS the greatest at that time!
I'm old enough to witness his career. He was on a terrible team so everybody knew he was getting the ball. Didn't matter. So what made him great? He had a pattern of loping to the hole and then bursting through it, often with a juke move. Pure artistry
sigh ..., OJ was magic. it was insane. you can still see it today looking at these films.
There would be no team in Buffalo today if it weren't for O.J. Simpson.
Thurman Thomas vs o.j Simpson who was better??
@LoydKline-uw4no Thurman no doubt was very good, Hall of Famer, played on overall better team at the time, but OJ put Buffalo on the NFL map at the time of the merger and resulted in them building the current stadium. No OJ at that time, stadium probably doesn't get built and Bills probably would have been out of Buffalo .
@@LoydKline-uw4no OJ Simpson no question. He was a helluva lot faster than Thomas by a long shot.
You forgot his acting career. I saw him in the 70s and especially followed the 2,003 yard season. He had power and grace - an amazing athlete.
We are keeping comments On the Field. Peace.
Only time he was caught from behind was in that white bronco remember the 2003 in 14 games had 200+ against the steel curtain that yr
O.j Simpson outrun college & NFL football 🏈 defensive football player& police
LOL!!!!!
I was there at Shea stadium when he broke the 2,000yards in a season rushing title he was smooth as a runner
That’s incredible
He slid in the snow for most of the yards
Wow legendary & lucky
Who was better Thurman Thomas or o.j Simpson for Buffalo 🐃 bill running 🏃♂️ back
@@LoydKline-uw4no I would say oj he didn't have much of a team around him ....Thomas went to 4 super bowls didn't win one they , those teams had a lot of ballplayers
If the glove don't fit you must aquit.....why didn't the prosecutor say , if you had the knife you must get life.
He was a "slasher" in more ways than one .
Not a proper comment we are talking about his football career 🫠🫠🫠🫠
@@kevinkopko7887 You better believe it is proper. You have to evaluate the entire person. Everyone has some positive qualities. Mussolini made the trains run on time .
@@kevinkopko7887 Hitler rebuilt the German army. He's still an evil person.
Easily a top 3 halfback all time. Still the highest yards/game in history, 1973. He was a real slasher.
He was acquitted. Is a great football player one of the best ever. Let's talk about that shit man
He’d get 130 yards in a game and we’d be disappointed he didn’t reach 200! 😅. Once he got into open field it was like humans trying to catch a gazelle
You were a little nervous yet you delivered great commentary on a very controversial public figure.
A controversial white public figure!
On the gridiron, in his prime, he was an un f’ing believable running back. He was as smooth and fast a runner as there ever was.
In no particular order: Brown, Sayers, Payton, Simpson
Hard to argue with your list, but there have been so many great ones. LaDanian Tomlinson, Marcus Allen, Chris Johnson for a few years. Earl Campbell. And so many others.
Brown, Sanders, Simpson, everyone else
Walter Payton was the most incredible athlete, the hardest never say die fight for every yard player, the best blocking back in NFL history, he could catch the ball as good as any NFL running back in NFL history, and he could throw also.
In a particular order : brown-OJ-sayers & Payton!
They drafted Michigan and Michigan State offensive lineman and Jim Braxton
Actually in a kinda weird way his prison time was associated with the double hom. He was found at fault in a civil suit and alot of his personal Memorabilia was auctioned off to pay up. He found one of the collectors at a show and was trying to rob his stuff to get it back. Thats what he did time for.
But it wasn't, though.OJ was caught on-camera stealing memorabilia.He wasn't caught on-camera slicing and dicing nicole and ron.
Good video, good take,, CTE definitely. Went crazy.lost his mind. Sad for families,Ron@ Nicole.
that's BS. He snapped in jealous rage.
Most of you who think of oj only know about the trial ,it was my understanding he was found not guilty , or maybe my ears weren't working , then arrested on some bogus robbery / kidnapping charge where he was the only one who got time for being a dumbass and trying to recover his own property , my heart will always go out to Nicole brown simpson , y dont they try solving that case, anyway I'm not oj lawyer but lets talk football , who can u say was ever better , take a look , youll b looking for awhile
Braxton was a very good blocking back for OJ.
gotta have those blockers. God bless them.
Speak for yourself. I remember the football player/ broadcaster/ actor. One of the greatest RB of all time. That other BS isn’t on my radar.
The Juice!!!!!
BS. The Juice is still remembered as one the NFL rushing greats
Well done video. I like your personal viewpoint within the storyline facts. Tragic stories about sports stars and their careers are very attractive to my right hand's mouse-clicking hand!
Thank you I’m glad you appreciate the content!
The best
Video is just like the Mike Tyson interview😅😂🤣🤔🙄🤷🏼