Everyone Murders

July 10th, 2015 at 8:40 AM ^

Or at least that trend recently ended. 

To your point, he was like Fran Tarkenton in the way that he learned his craft more and more every year.  Great QB, and 69 is awfully young by today's standards (although sadly, maybe not for an NFL player of Stabler's era).  Sad news.

LSAClassOf2000

July 9th, 2015 at 9:30 PM ^

I actually read his autobiography years ago - "Snake" - and remember being amused by the fact that, while he was in Houston, there was a brief flirtation with a locally-made soft drink called "Snake Venom". It bombed, but Stabler was cool with it - he himself said it tasted pretty much like it sounded. He was on SNL, "Married With Children" and a couple other shows in a guest role too, and he even had a children's book out there, I believe. 

R.I.P. "Snake"

softshoes

July 9th, 2015 at 9:49 PM ^

My love affair with the NFL began back in the days of Stabler vs Bradshaw. They had some epic showdowns. I think it was when NFL Films really hit it's stride as well.

Condolenses to the Stabler family and the NFL.

maizenblue92

July 9th, 2015 at 10:59 PM ^

He probably appreciated the fact he died at the age of 69.



Serious note, my dad thought he was great and brings up the days of the 70's with him regularly.

Ricky from Sunnyvale

July 10th, 2015 at 6:38 AM ^

He had a reputation of being a badass tough guy. Stabler used to study the playbook at nightclubs and felt obligated to enjoy his female fans. One of the best QBs ever in the clutch/4th quarter(probably because last nights booze was worn off by then). A lot of people don't know that the "Immaculate Reception" happened right after Stabler had scored the then go ahead touchdown. Before he tore up his knees was an elite mobile QB too.