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00:0512 has magic attached to it. Absolutely true.
00:13The magical number right now is 12, 12.
00:17In football, players' identities are tied to their numbers, and no digit has more prestige than 12.
00:25Although wide receivers can wear 12, our list features the guys who get them the ball.
00:31You can't have single digits in my mind and be a quarterback, and number 12 looks like I'm in charge.
00:36Something about the one next to the two just looks balanced.
00:39You can't take anything away from 12.
00:4112's a leader, and you can't find many better leaders than this group of guys.
00:47Once again, number 12 coming up big.
00:5014 Super Bowls have been won by quarterbacks wearing 12.
00:54A lot of iconic moments in the NFL, right at the center of the spotlight, is somebody wearing the number
01:0012.
01:01But championship victories aren't the only reason a player makes our list.
01:05You should be able to do things that other normal humans can't do now.
01:08Thanks for telling me.
01:09Think of somebody who is going to rip off their jersey, right, and have an S on their chest, and
01:17it stands for swagger.
01:18Swagger, swag, that's what a number 12 has.
01:21You know I look sweet.
01:22He walks onto the football field and has a je ne sais quoi.
01:27The liberal arts have their place, but this show is all about the numbers.
01:31So we turn to a numerologist to get to the meaning of 12.
01:35That number 12 has had power attached to it since the beginning of time.
01:40If you look at astrology, there are obviously 12 planets that we pull from.
01:44Chinese astrology, there are 12 symbols that we look at.
01:47And Christianity, the 12 apostles.
01:49You take the number 12 and you break it down.
01:51The one is ambition and drive.
01:53The number two, I'm intuitive.
01:55It's about love and being loved.
01:57And then one plus two is three.
01:58And three means communication.
02:00No!
02:01What?
02:02The day you're born is significant.
02:04You take your full date of birth and reduce it to one day.
02:06And number 12 of all time.
02:08Andrew Love.
02:11His neurology fascinates me.
02:13His destiny number, which comes from his full birth certificate name, is the number three.
02:17And he's wearing number 12.
02:19This is something you want to keep your eye on.
02:21Let's go 12!
02:23Threes are known for their eyes, their smile, their voice.
02:25Huddle up!
02:26Let's go!
02:26I'll bet money, he's charismatic and likable.
02:29Gotta be an all-day affair, fellas.
02:31Let's keep rolling, all right?
02:32I'm glad he's on my team.
02:34Our number 10 player, wearing 12, was born on, get this, September 12th.
02:39The fact that he was born on the 12th day, and wears the number 12, is perfect for him.
02:48As the top overall pick of 2012, Andrew Luck was one of the most hyped rookies ever.
02:55He took over a team that was 2-14 in 2011.
02:59You look at what happened to that franchise when Peyton Manning wasn't there.
03:03Then you bring in this rookie kid from Stanford.
03:05We're going to fall, let's get a good one of them.
03:07Pretty big shoes to fill.
03:09And I think Andrew Luck, he's got some potential.
03:12Andrew Luck has now won more games as the first overall pick than any quarterback in NFL history.
03:19Like a lot of other number 12s who I'm guessing are on this list, Luck has a knack for elevating
03:25his play in crucial moments.
03:27Last play of the game, Luck rolling out.
03:30And doing whatever he needs to do to move the sticks or light up the scoreboard.
03:35Touchdown!
03:35Colts win!
03:36Colts win!
03:37When you look at Andrew Luck, he picked that number 12.
03:40That to me signifies that he thinks he could be one of those great ones.
03:43I think Luck's well on his way.
03:50The number 10 player wearing 12 on our list is by far the youngest, and his inclusion may be the
03:57most controversial.
03:58I don't know who makes this list up and how they rank these guys.
04:02I'm not paid to make those decisions.
04:03I think he's a little premature after one year.
04:06Put him on the greatest number 12s of all time.
04:08If this was a list of neckbeards, Andrew Luck would be on it.
04:11I had my clippers and I both trimmed it down and I realized I didn't have any razors in my
04:15house.
04:16So, I'm sorry, I would have shaved.
04:21You guys are just riding the Andrew Luck train.
04:24I see how it is.
04:25He's the popular one.
04:26I get it.
04:27Sure, Susanna, the best 12s are popular, but Luck's accomplishments earned him a spot on our list.
04:34Unbelievable play by Andrew Luck.
04:36The only quarterback in NFL history to be drafted first overall and then take that team to the playoffs.
04:42It's been awesome seeing Andrew as a rookie.
04:44When this airs as a rerun, it might be a little silly having Andrew Luck this low on the number
04:4912 list.
04:51Coming up.
04:52Roger the Dodgers.
04:53Oh, he's good.
04:54Touch.
04:55Yes, sir.
04:56Raymond.
04:56In Super Bowl XLVII, he scored 14 points to lead Baltimore to victory.
05:03Mr. Long Distance has struck a guy.
05:06That's right.
05:07After the season, Jones.
05:09And R.I.P. him.
05:10Took his moves from the football field to the dance floor.
05:13Our number 9, number 12 also did great work away from the gritter.
05:18John Brody.
05:19The number 9, number 12 of all time.
05:23John Brody.
05:25Well, I'm delighted that you guys put John Brody on there.
05:28I'm not sure if he belongs on the list.
05:2917 years with the same team?
05:32201 games?
05:33Brody never did ultimately win anything in football.
05:37Brody goes back to Barnes.
05:39And the 6'2 N cooperates with a spectacular reception for a touchdown.
05:46You grew up in Northern California.
05:48John Brody was the guy.
05:49I wanted to wear 12 as a kid.
05:51To me, that was what a quarterback was.
05:53The big strappy guy who would stand back there and take the hit and throw that thing down the field.
06:00Joe Montana is the greatest quarterback in San Francisco history, but you could make an argument that John Brody's knocking
06:07on Steve Young's door for number 2.
06:09Pissing me off.
06:10Just relax, man.
06:11No, he's not.
06:11The ring's under control.
06:13See, this is what we do.
06:15Half back out.
06:16On one.
06:16Ready?
06:16Ready?
06:16Ready?
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06:17Ready?
06:18Ready?
06:18Ready?
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06:19Ready?
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06:20Ready?
06:23Ready?
06:23innovators.
06:23biberauto's best season came in 1965 when he led the NFL with more than 3,100 passing yards and 30
06:29touchdowns.
06:33Brody was revered on the one hand, but when we lost a big game, the quarterback is the guy that
06:40always takes the heat.
06:41If you could take a number 12 jersey and do DNA testing to see which had the most beer stains
06:46on it, it would probably be John Brody because people used to throw
06:49beer in cans and bottles out of the stands at him, and Kesar.
06:52They had this big wire screen over the top of the tunnel, and I was standing next to John Brody
06:56and said,
06:56Hey, what's that chicken wire? And he says, You'll find out.
06:59John United's story. He and Brody are walking off the field.
07:03United says to Brody, John, why do you still have your helmet on?
07:05And about that time, a beer bottle comes crashing down, and it darn near hits Brody on the helmet.
07:09That's why.
07:09That's why.
07:13Brody's second career involved a different kind of flying projectile.
07:17John Brody was a tremendous athlete. He could throw the football.
07:20But as a golfer, I mean, he was something special.
07:23Think about that.
07:24Well, I've been one of the best players of my era in a really, really tough sport.
07:30Time for me to hang it up.
07:32Think I'll go be one of the best players in another sport.
07:35And on the Senior PGA Tour, Brody had, fittingly, 12 top 10 finishes.
07:41I just wish John Brody would have taken it to the next level on the Senior Tour
07:45and wore a number 12 jersey while he played.
07:49That would have been cool.
07:53Brody didn't wear it, but his connection to the magical number didn't end
07:58when his 49er career came to a close.
08:01His son-in-law, Chris Chandler, also wore 12.
08:03He was another pretty good quarterback.
08:06While our number 9, number 12, had a love-hate relationship with the fans,
08:10in the end, it was only love.
08:14Late in his career, had a great moment.
08:18Last regular season game to clinch the NFC West.
08:20And I believe it was Steve Spurrier who wasn't getting it done.
08:22And he came off the bench, scored two late touchdowns.
08:32And the fans at Candlestick carried him on their shoulders in toward the locker room.
08:37That's the kind of hero that he had become late in his career.
08:41There were a lot of great 12s when I was a kid, don't get me wrong,
08:43but John Brody was my 12.
08:51If you put 12 on, there's something, like, transformative about it.
09:00Almost like a superhero putting on his costume.
09:03Randall was amazing.
09:04I remember watching as a kid and thinking,
09:07he shouldn't be able to do that.
09:08No human being should be able to do what he can do.
09:15Look, Randall Cunningham might have been the most exciting number 12 that ever lived.
09:19You never knew what was going to happen on a week-to-week basis.
09:22To me, he deserves to be high on this list as one of the best number 12s.
09:27Randall big, flattened at the 10, but thrown the ball to close for a touchdown.
09:33I'll never forget that cover of Sports Illustrated, the ultimate weapon.
09:36I thought that kind of summed up what Randall Cunningham was.
09:39So even though he's not quite a Hall of Famer, I could see him on the list with the 12s.
09:44Spectacular feats were commonplace for our number 8, number 12.
09:47Wearing the number 12, Randall Cunningham in the Buffalo game.
09:52This is a very big play for the Eagles.
09:54Cunningham is back.
09:55He's being cracked.
09:56He comes under three minutes.
09:58I remember him scrambling.
09:59I think he's still scrambling.
10:01He's rolling.
10:02He's heaving a deep downfield.
10:04He uncorks this unbelievable throw that you think,
10:07how could any human being possibly throw the ball that far?
10:10Cunningham threw a Hail Mary to a 95-yard touchdown to Fred Bournemouth.
10:21Cunningham had many superpowers bestowed upon him by the number 12,
10:25and he made good use of his x-ray vision in the fog bowl.
10:29The fact that those guys made all those catches,
10:32and the fact that Randall actually saw them in that fog,
10:34is one of the most amazing things I've ever seen in sport.
10:37You can't even see the f***ing ball!
10:40Cunningham threw for over 400 yards in the fog bowl,
10:42while he never won a Super Bowl,
10:45and never got to that level.
10:49If you talk to the nucleus of guys that were on that team,
10:51to a man,
10:52they believe that if the fog hadn't rolled in,
10:55that they would have won that game and gone on to the Super Bowl.
10:58Wow.
11:00So if Randall was that special,
11:02why is he so low on our countdown?
11:04His greatest year came while wearing purple, not green,
11:08and with a different number on his back.
11:11You can't turn your back on your one love,
11:14the number 12.
11:15There's a certain something about number 12.
11:17You go to Minnesota,
11:18you go to number 7,
11:19and you subtract 5 digits off of that jersey number.
11:23You go to subtract 5 places off of this list.
11:26What?
11:27Up next, find out which current number...
11:29Number 7,
11:29number 12 of all time,
11:32Kansas State Stamers.
11:33All right.
11:34We got a little problem here.
11:35Number 7, did you say?
11:37Number 7 on your list,
11:38we can do better.
11:39What's the matter with you guys?
11:41There's an anti-Raider conspiracy.
11:43You look at the Hall of Fame,
11:44you look at the Raider players,
11:46you look at the games that we were jobbed on.
11:51And there's a collision.
11:52And that's just cut out of the air.
11:54The immaculate deception, as I call it.
11:57And I know a lot of people would say,
11:59I joined your crown over Spill.
12:00I'm going,
12:01what am I talking about?
12:01Facts.
12:02Kenny Stabrum being number 7 on your list,
12:04there's another immaculate deception.
12:07That shit's going on around here.
12:11When Stabler played,
12:13there was no term swag.
12:15But let's face it,
12:17Ken Stabler invented swag.
12:19Our number 7 player who wore 12
12:21had a colorful personality
12:23that qualified him to lead the 70s Raiders.
12:2740 renegades together, you know?
12:28If you've got a smiley face sticker on your helmet,
12:31you deserve entry onto this list.
12:33Look at those sidebars.
12:34Look at that waving hair.
12:36He looks like a quarterback
12:38that should wear number 12.
12:40He partied.
12:40He was a ladies' man.
12:42He could literally go drink a bottle of scotch
12:45and then show up and play a football game.
12:47No matter where his exploits led him on Saturday night,
12:49he was always ready to play and win on Sunday.
12:53The fact that he could play hungover,
12:54really impressive.
12:58He actually has the 1 and the 2 in his birth numbers,
13:01let alone was he wearing the number 12.
13:04He's a 2 life path,
13:05and he's got a 1 attitude.
13:07The tough guys are tough guys on the field,
13:09but the football players are no different than anybody else.
13:11He's got a lot of 2s in his chart,
13:13which means he's actually very sensitive.
13:14They have feelings,
13:15and I've seen guys that are really hurt by not winning,
13:18and I've been one of them.
13:21Let's see here.
13:22Rodgers, Brady, Bradshaw, Ken Stabler.
13:25Those are 4 players to win a Super Bowl in the MVP,
13:29and he's 7th.
13:32He should be 5th because of Rodgers Stabler.
13:41Check out the number of quarterbacks who walk to it.
13:44I guarantee you,
13:45Kenny Stabler should be ranked in the top 3 of 4.
13:48This guy's won the Super Bowl.
13:50Yasha Heifetz never played a violin with more dexterity
13:54than Kenny Stabler is playing the Minnesota Viking defense.
13:57You look at the number of events that occurred as a result of the Raiders.
14:02It's only fitting that players wearing 12
14:04starred in some of the most memorable games in NFL history,
14:08and our number 7, number 12, won some of the wildest.
14:12The Olsen Raiders have scored on the most singing,
14:17unbelievable, absolutely impossible dream of a play.
14:20One of the great nicknames,
14:22the snake,
14:23because it really was like this serpentine, you know,
14:27I'm sitting back, I'm sitting back, I'm moving.
14:29There he is looking, he's under the gun.
14:31Gotcha.
14:32It's a ball.
14:34It's a ball.
14:35It's unbelievable.
14:37If you want to talk about Kenny Stabler
14:40and the ice through the veins type of thing.
14:42He goes medium deep to Casper.
14:44Casper makes it over the shoulder.
14:46Number 12, quarterbacks, that era.
14:49He's right at the top of that list.
14:51The number 6, number 12 of all time,
14:54Aaron Rodgers.
14:58I might have him at number 1.
15:00I don't know who you got ahead of him.
15:02He's at number 6,
15:02so you know there's a lot of guys on that list
15:05that are in the history books already.
15:07But there are very few, if any,
15:09that should be above him.
15:11A clean-shaven Rodgers,
15:13then yes, he belongs at number 6
15:15on the all-time 12s list.
15:17But if we're talking about the mustache Rodgers,
15:19I say move him down 8, 9, maybe even 10.
15:24Aaron Rodgers leads all number 12s
15:27in completion percentage and quarterback rating.
15:29But our number 6, number 12s rise to stardom
15:32was anything but meteoric.
15:35If you believe this saying,
15:36patience is a virtue,
15:39it pertains to Aaron Rodgers.
15:40His whole birthday,
15:42when you reduce it to the life path number,
15:43it's the number 8.
15:44And 8s can sometimes be frustrated,
15:46like they learn the hard way.
15:48He's had to learn to be patient.
15:50But every time that's occurred,
15:52whether it's high school, junior college,
15:53draft day, behind Brett,
15:55that served a purpose.
15:57But here's what's beautiful.
15:58When you're an 8 life path
16:00and you keep your focus
16:01and you don't let it bother you,
16:02you win.
16:03extra effort
16:04and hustle today.
16:05Let's go dominate on 3.
16:061, 2, 3, dominate.
16:08And like many players
16:09who are passed over,
16:11he was really driven
16:12to be successful.
16:14There's some silver lining
16:15in all of that too
16:16because the end result
16:18was terrific.
16:22You know, Aaron,
16:23everyone loves it
16:24when a great player
16:25makes a comeback.
16:29Yeah, but not always.
16:31You know, some people wish,
16:32you know, great players
16:33would just retire
16:34and stay retired.
16:3712 is a fitting number
16:39for Rodgers
16:39because when all is said
16:40and done,
16:41he might have three times
16:42the accolades
16:43of his predecessor,
16:44number four.
16:45They're not going to know
16:46who to choose
16:47when the two careers
16:48are over
16:48as the greatest Packer
16:50quarterback ever,
16:51Brett Farber,
16:51Aaron Rodgers.
16:52I love the guy.
16:54Rodgers, like a lot
16:55of other star quarterbacks,
16:57does most of his damage
16:58before the snap.
16:59It's going to be
17:00east, right,
17:00fall, 396,
17:02bag, 26,
17:03donkey, replace,
17:05Z-Pock.
17:05Is that long enough for you?
17:10And again,
17:10that number 12
17:11has done nothing
17:12but help him
17:13because he's got the one
17:14for that ambition and drive,
17:15but he also has the two
17:17which makes him a gentleman,
17:18a good guy
17:19who's going to make
17:20a lot of money.
17:21We don't know
17:21how many Super Bowls
17:22he may or may not
17:23have in him,
17:23but we do know this,
17:24he stays healthy
17:25and he is going to put up
17:27some phenomenal numbers.
17:28This guy should be
17:28number one.
17:29If you ask anybody,
17:30not who's the best winner,
17:32who's got the most rings,
17:33who's the best quarterback
17:34in football,
17:35it's Aaron Rodgers
17:36and you'll ask 32 GMs
17:38and I'm telling you,
17:39they'll all say,
17:39if they're starting a team,
17:40they're going with Aaron Rodgers.
17:42He's the best quarterback
17:43to ever play the game
17:44and he should be
17:45number one on this list.
17:48That's a bit much.
17:49Take that back.
17:50Aaron Rodgers is not
17:50the best player
17:51to ever play in the game.
17:52I got excited.
17:5412s have been no...
17:55Number five,
17:56number 12 of all time.
17:58Roger Stahl.
17:59Way too low.
18:00Number five,
18:01that's it.
18:02Number five?
18:03What you believe in?
18:04Wow.
18:05Total travesty
18:06to have Stahl back
18:07at number five.
18:08Whoever makes this list up,
18:09I want to talk to you
18:10because we got some
18:11issues about this number 12.
18:15Are you hearing this?
18:16All right,
18:17settle down.
18:18Roger Stahl back
18:19passed for fewer yards
18:20and touchdowns
18:21than the four players
18:22who outrank him
18:23on our list.
18:23He has a good excuse.
18:25He entered the NFL late
18:26because of his
18:27Navy service time.
18:28I miss football
18:29a great deal.
18:29Yes, I do.
18:30Just think about
18:30what would have happened
18:31if he didn't miss
18:33four years.
18:34He was a great player
18:35and the ultimate competitor.
18:37Number 12 is what
18:38they called in sports
18:40a gamer.
18:41Now the Cowboys
18:42made a miracle.
18:43Pretty much invented
18:44the Hail Mary.
18:45Roger takes the snap.
18:47Pumps and wants.
18:48He's going long.
18:49Down the near sideline
18:50for Drew Pearson.
18:51Pearson makes the catch
18:53at the five.
18:53Touchdown!
18:54He went to four Super Bowls.
18:56Paul Backe drops
18:57like the pass.
18:581-2.
18:59Touchdown!
19:00Mike Lipka!
19:01There it is!
19:01The Cowboys are the champions!
19:05Play together all day long.
19:07Let's go!
19:07When you see number 12
19:09in your mind,
19:10you see that white
19:11Dallas Cowboy jersey
19:12with the blue number 12 on it.
19:13and Roger Staubach
19:14standing in the back.
19:15It wasn't always so easy
19:17for Staubach.
19:18Early in his career,
19:19it was survival
19:20of the fittest.
19:22Give my monkey a banana.
19:23The Darwin Theory
19:24lives in Dallas.
19:26We had a pretty good quarter.
19:27Craig Morton.
19:28Back in Craig Morton
19:30who had been there
19:31and, you know,
19:32had really played
19:33extremely well
19:34and we actually rotated
19:35those guys in games
19:37and alternated
19:38calling plays
19:38between the two of them.
19:40Staubach turned 12
19:41into everyone's
19:42favorite number.
19:43Until they told me
19:44I was going to be a lineman.
19:46Um,
19:47I wear 12.
19:48When I was growing up,
19:49my favorite number
19:50was number 12
19:51and it was because
19:52of Roger Staubach.
19:53He was Captain America
19:54for the Cowboys.
19:56He was what made
19:57the Cowboys
19:57America's team.
19:58They are the Dallas Cowboys.
20:01America's team.
20:03Staubach
20:03and 12
20:04and clean.
20:05Those are kind of
20:06three things that go
20:07hand in hand in hand.
20:08He did openly talk
20:10about his sexual life
20:11with Phyllis George.
20:12You know,
20:12I enjoy sex
20:13as much as Joe Namor.
20:15Only I do it
20:16with one girl.
20:17I think that
20:18Staubach was
20:19a little more edgy
20:21than we like
20:21to give credit for.
20:25Like any superhero,
20:27our number 5,
20:28number 12
20:28had other aliases.
20:30None more appropriate
20:31than Captain Comeback.
20:33The Cowboys
20:34have pulled from behind.
20:36Roger bleeping
20:37Staubach.
20:3842 seconds left
20:39in the game.
20:40Cut the heart
20:41out of Redskins fans
20:42time and time again.
20:43Redskins by 6.
20:45Staubach throwing
20:46in the end zone.
20:46Tony Hill
20:47hits down.
20:49He really did make
20:50everybody around him
20:51better by the sheer
20:51force of his personality
20:53and leadership.
20:56If you're from Texas,
20:57number 12
20:58you think Roger Staubach.
21:00When I was in
21:00second grade,
21:01I wanted to marry
21:02Roger Staubach.
21:03Well, I told him
21:03that story and he says,
21:04I could have been
21:05your father.
21:06He laughed, you know,
21:07and he's told his wife
21:08about it, so
21:08it's pretty funny.
21:10Most of the moms
21:11and grandmas
21:11could care less
21:12about quarterbacks,
21:13but everyone
21:14knew Roger Staubach.
21:15He used to be
21:16the president
21:16of the United States.
21:17It's pretty obvious
21:18to me.
21:20The number 4,
21:22number 12
21:23of all time,
21:24Jim Kelly.
21:25When you study
21:26the game,
21:27you know the quarterback
21:28is incredibly important.
21:31It must be an energy
21:33that is charismatic
21:34enough for us
21:35to be drawn to it.
21:36Jim Kelly's another guy
21:37with great swagger,
21:39incredible confidence
21:40to wear a number 12
21:42and to do it
21:43basically his way.
21:45What you gotta do?
21:45Jim Kelly
21:46and the Kagan offense,
21:48while they didn't
21:49invent the no huddle,
21:50they perfected
21:51the no huddle.
21:52In the no huddle
21:53offense,
21:54he throws long
21:56this time
21:56and he is caught.
21:58He's out of the way
21:59for a touchdown.
22:00And the style
22:01that they played
22:02was so exciting.
22:03They were
22:04the greatest show
22:05on turf
22:05before there was
22:06a greatest show
22:07on turf.
22:07When he's wearing
22:08that number 12 jersey
22:09and they're going
22:10down the field,
22:12that's keeping people
22:12glued to the television.
22:16So why is Kelly
22:17ranked ahead of
22:18Staubach?
22:19Captain America
22:20was one of the many
22:20great 12s of his era.
22:22Kelly was the top 12
22:23of the 90s
22:24running the decade's
22:25most prolific offense.
22:27I think the NFL
22:27saw that
22:28and they thought
22:29this is the kind
22:29of football
22:30we want to see.
22:31That's why
22:31all the rules
22:32are in favor
22:33of the offense
22:34was eventually
22:35to set up an offense
22:36like the Buffalo Bills
22:37in Jim Kelly.
22:41That number 12
22:43has had power
22:44attached to it
22:45since the beginning
22:46of time.
22:46Kelly
22:48going to be
22:49a success
22:50no matter
22:51where he went
22:52or what system
22:52he was going to be in.
22:54Everybody take care
22:54of your own assignment.
22:55We'll get this job done
22:56today, okay?
22:56Let's put it all together.
22:57I mean, Jim
22:58is the ultimate competitor.
23:00You know,
23:00he had a linebacker mentality
23:02playing quarterback.
23:04One of the great leaders
23:05at quarterback
23:06of all time.
23:07Give me some time.
23:09Damn it.
23:09Give me a little time.
23:10They're so wide open.
23:11Give me a little time.
23:12And one of the best
23:13out of not only himself
23:14but his teammates.
23:18It's unfortunate
23:19that we think
23:20of the Bills
23:20and Kelly
23:21as the guys
23:21that couldn't win it
23:22because they won
23:23the AFC
23:23four years in a row.
23:25That's remarkable.
23:26That's something
23:26we'll never see again.
23:28Kelly!
23:29Kelly!
23:29Kelly!
23:30And I think
23:31if Jim Kelly
23:31had won one Super Bowl
23:32he'd be up a notch.
23:35Pretty great.
23:36Pretty great spot
23:37to be in
23:38given all the great
23:38number 12s.
23:40But, you know,
23:41he's outranked
23:41by some guys
23:43who just managed to win.
23:45Somebody's gonna win,
23:45somebody's gonna lose
23:46but, you know,
23:47you'd always think
23:48why...
23:49If he wins the Super Bowl
23:50he's the best
23:50number 12
23:51of all time.
23:52We ain't done!
23:53Nope!
23:54We have three more
23:55number 12.
23:56Number three,
23:57number 12
23:58of all time.
24:00Joe Namath.
24:01Top ten players
24:02for number 12.
24:03Well, the first guy
24:04is Namath.
24:04That's the first guy
24:05that jumps in my mind.
24:06Joe Namath's number three?
24:08Nah.
24:09Nah.
24:09There's only one
24:10number 12
24:10in the history
24:11of National Football League
24:12and that is Joe Namath.
24:13Namath?
24:14Are you kidding me?
24:16Oh, that fires me up.
24:17Come on, Namath.
24:18Namath won a game.
24:21Sure, Namath may have
24:22the lowest QB rating
24:24of all our number 12s
24:25but nobody has done more
24:27to popularize the number
24:28or the NFL.
24:31Joe Namath is an eight life path
24:34and the eight
24:35is a business-minded number.
24:36It's all about
24:37what's in it for me
24:38on terms of,
24:38hey, now I'm a football player
24:40but what can I turn this into?
24:41Can I turn this into money?
24:43Now, I don't wear pantyhose
24:45but a beauty mask
24:46can make my legs look good.
24:48Imagine what they'll do
24:49for yours.
24:50You know how at the Oscars
24:51they ask you,
24:52what are you wearing?
24:53Oh, Tom Ford, Versace,
24:54whatever, okay.
24:55What are you wearing?
24:56Nobody wore 12
24:57better than Joe Namath.
24:58When you say
24:59number 12 jersey,
25:00what I think of
25:01is a white jersey
25:03with green lettering.
25:07Many of the guys
25:08who came later
25:09wore number 12
25:10because of him.
25:10Joe Namath
25:11defined an error.
25:13Joe Namath
25:14changed errors.
25:15Football was
25:16black cleats
25:17and Johnny U
25:18and crew cuts.
25:19Joe Willian
25:20was long,
25:21black hair,
25:22fur coats on the sidelines,
25:24white shoes.
25:25He's the guy
25:26that brought
25:26entertainment
25:27and the NFL together.
25:31here, this is sacrilegious
25:33to Jets fans
25:34because this is what
25:34they hang on to.
25:36Joe Namath
25:37was so overrated
25:39as a quarterback
25:40in number 12.
25:41if you're a Jet fan
25:42and you're like me
25:43and you saw him play
25:45and you go back
25:45to 1965
25:46as rookie year
25:47and all that,
25:48this guy's the man
25:49and so far
25:50nobody's come close.
25:52Just because you
25:52win a Super Bowl
25:53doesn't make you great.
25:54What he did for football
25:55was wonderful
25:56but Mark Sanchez
25:57has more playoff wins
25:58than Joe Namath.
25:59He ran right
26:00with a clap
26:00a great day more.
26:01Yeah, I'd like to point out
26:03that
26:04Joe Namath
26:05actually had a losing
26:06record in his career.
26:09The most inconsistent
26:10up and down quarterback
26:12you'd ever want to find.
26:13He had some
26:14awful games.
26:15I mean,
26:16five and six
26:17interception games.
26:18Just puzzling
26:19how awful
26:20he could be sometimes.
26:22He's got to be on the list.
26:23He just can't be
26:24this high on the list.
26:25The legend,
26:25the myth,
26:26the lore,
26:26cool.
26:27To be this high
26:29on the list
26:29you have to deliver
26:30on the football field
26:31as well
26:32and there was a lot
26:33of times
26:33where Namath
26:34just didn't do that.
26:39I feel that way
26:40and it's not
26:41an overconfidence thing
26:43it's football sense.
26:45Namath's guarantee
26:46and subsequent win
26:48in Super Bowl III
26:49were pivotal
26:50to the AFL-NFL merger
26:52and left us
26:53with one of the most
26:54iconic images
26:55in sports history.
26:57He might not be
26:57the best player
26:58but it's Joe Namath
27:00and he won
27:01the Super Bowl
27:01against the Colts
27:02one of the greatest games
27:03in the history
27:04of this league
27:05and one of the most important.
27:07So how do we do
27:08ranking one of the most
27:09polarizing number 12s?
27:11Number three
27:12is just about right
27:13if not a little
27:14too high
27:14in my eyes.
27:15Joe Namath
27:16should be number one.
27:17He's the number one
27:17all time number 12.
27:18All of those other
27:19quarterbacks are so much
27:20better than Joe Namath.
27:21Joe Namath
27:22is number 12
27:24period
27:25end of story.
27:26There's no debate.
27:27Come on.
27:28He's 12.
27:29Maybe I should hate Namath
27:30because it wasn't for him
27:31I wouldn't be a Jet fan.
27:32Maybe I'd be better off.
27:33I don't know.
27:34Three of the number 12s
27:35already on our countdown
27:37were named
27:40Joe Namath
27:42had 15 games
27:43with four or more
27:44interceptions
27:44and six
27:46with
27:47four or more
27:48touchdowns.
27:49Him being on any list
27:50is a joke.
27:52Here's the number two
27:53number 12
27:54all time
27:55Terry Bradshaw
27:57to win Toronto.
27:58Terry Bradshaw
27:59is the greatest
28:00number 12
28:01quarterback ever.
28:02Bar none.
28:04Terry Bradshaw
28:05never lost
28:05a Super Bowl
28:06in his life.
28:07Bradshaw is going
28:08to squad
28:08and score
28:09makes his work
28:10as good.
28:10Two Super Bowl
28:11MVPs
28:12league MVP
28:15twice led
28:16the league
28:16in touchdown passes.
28:17There's a blonde
28:19bomber.
28:20Now Bradshaw
28:21pumping
28:22firing down
28:22field.
28:23There goes
28:23Stoller.
28:23Our number two
28:24player scored
28:25many of his
28:26touchdowns
28:26with a big arm
28:27worthy of
28:28the number 12.
28:29A perfect
28:30strike by
28:31Terry Bradshaw
28:32and it's a
28:32touchdown
28:33for Pittsburgh.
28:37And quarterback
28:38number 12
28:39Muriel Bradshaw.
28:42Good luck today, man.
28:43Our number two
28:44number 12
28:44hailed from
28:45Shreveport
28:46and his
28:46southern drawl
28:47was just part
28:48of his unique
28:49persona.
28:50Some people
28:51say that
28:51football teams
28:52are like a
28:53family.
28:53Would you
28:53agree with that?
28:54Oh, I hate
28:55all these guys.
28:56I don't enjoy
28:57them at all.
28:59He's a character.
29:01He's a
29:01Weisenheimer.
29:02Good old boy.
29:04Redneck.
29:05He was missing
29:06his front tooth.
29:07Part of him
29:08liked the fact
29:09that he seemed
29:10dumber than he
29:11was.
29:12He liked the
29:12whole hillbilly
29:13type thing.
29:14If that continues,
29:15you know,
29:15that's going to
29:16be great.
29:17I can be
29:18anything with
29:18that image that
29:19I want to be
29:20knowing deep
29:21down inside
29:21the joke's on
29:22you.
29:22It's not on
29:23me.
29:23I'm a whole
29:23lot smarter
29:24than you think
29:24I am.
29:25He was a
29:26renegade.
29:26He was
29:27anti-establishment.
29:28If you're
29:29never going to
29:29listen and
29:30you're going
29:30to blow
29:30off all the
29:31rules,
29:32at least you
29:32got all the
29:33rocks to
29:34show for it.
29:37Look, I
29:38think that
29:38Bradshaw deserves
29:39to be on this
29:40list for no
29:40other reason than
29:41his appearance
29:42in Cannonball
29:43Run in 1981.
29:44Because you're
29:44talking about
29:45A-list of
29:46A-list.
29:47Farrah Fawcett,
29:48Dom DeLuise,
29:50Dean Martin,
29:51Sammy Davis Jr.
29:52So if Bradshaw
29:54could appear in
29:54this, I think he
29:55deserves to be
29:56on the list.
29:57Bird, if you're
29:57watching, talk to
29:59my agent about
30:00my next movie.
30:02Make it a
30:02western.
30:03The number
30:0312 was magic
30:04for him.
30:05When you put a
30:05number on that's
30:06compatible to your
30:07energy, especially
30:08when it has to do
30:08with your destiny of
30:10who you are, you
30:11feel emboldened.
30:12Giving Bradshaw a
30:13forum and a
30:13microphone is like
30:14giving Vizine to a
30:15peeping Tom, you
30:16know?
30:17And now he's all
30:18about communication,
30:19which makes perfect
30:21sense in his
30:22numerology.
30:26Right,
30:26number two,
30:30I wouldn't argue
30:31with that.
30:32He is absolutely
30:33not the second
30:34greatest quarterback
30:35to ever wear the
30:36number 12.
30:37Harry Bradshaw was
30:38a good quarterback
30:40who played on a
30:41team with an
30:42amazing defense.
30:44That is some kind
30:45of meat grinder
30:46that's rolling
30:47through the NFL.
30:48Good running
30:49backs.
30:59And great wide
31:00receivers.
31:01Teams win games.
31:03Well, Aaron,
31:04although Bradshaw
31:05had plenty of
31:05talent around him,
31:07our number two
31:07player wearing 12
31:08was the straw that
31:10stirred the Steelers
31:11drink.
31:11Bradshaw firing for
31:12Cunningham, a
31:13Pittsburgh touchdown.
31:15Bradshaw was smart
31:16enough to realize he
31:18could use all those
31:19weapons to his
31:20advantage.
31:20They only have five
31:21guys up the line
31:22of scrimmage.
31:22I'm going to give
31:23the ball to Franco
31:23Harris, who's going
31:24to run for 20 yards.
31:26They were looking
31:26for the pass.
31:28Bradshaw called it
31:28perfectly, a draw
31:29play.
31:30When you go 4-0 in
31:31Super Bowls and make
31:33it to the Pro Football
31:34Hall of Fame.
31:35I mean, it was fun.
31:36What a ride.
31:38Number two?
31:38Yeah, you can make an
31:39argument for him at
31:40number two, if not
31:41number one.
31:44So if none of these
31:45guys are our number
31:46one player to ever
31:47wear...
31:48And now, we're
31:49going to number one,
31:51number 12 of all
31:52time, Tom Brady.
31:54Brady.
31:55Tom Brady is without a
31:56doubt the best number
31:5712 ever.
31:57I don't think it's
31:58really that close.
31:59Whatever number
32:00Brady wears, that's
32:01the number you want
32:02your quarterback
32:03wearing.
32:03He's the standard
32:04setter.
32:05Tom Brady's your
32:06number one, and
32:06Terry Bradshaw's
32:07number two is an
32:08insult.
32:09He's got the whole
32:09package.
32:10He's got championships,
32:11he's got great
32:12numbers.
32:13As good as Terry
32:14Bradshaw was, if I
32:15were looking at who
32:16would I want to
32:17quarterback my team,
32:18I don't think there's
32:18any doubt it would
32:20be Tom Brady.
32:22But at one point,
32:24many doubted how
32:25number one, number
32:2512 would ever step
32:26foot on an NFL
32:28field.
32:29Tom Brady's life
32:30story begins once
32:33upon a time and is
32:34written in
32:34calligraphy.
32:35It's a fascinating
32:36story because here's
32:38a guy that was a
32:40long shot.
32:40This is the draft
32:41report on you.
32:43Basically, it goes
32:44poor build, skinny,
32:47can't drive the ball
32:48downfield.
32:48System type player
32:49who can get exposed
32:50if forced to add
32:52lift.
32:52That kind of gets me
32:53fired up because I'm
32:53thinking, you know,
32:54what the hell do
32:55these people know.
32:55Brady is proof that
32:57whatever system you
32:58set up, you cannot
32:59always be sure that
33:01the measurables are
33:02going to tell you
33:03exactly what you
33:04have.
33:07You start to question
33:08all the evaluations.
33:10What did we miss?
33:12We learned that what
33:14he doesn't have in terms
33:16of measurables may not
33:17be as important as we
33:20all think.
33:21I like sticks.
33:22I like double seam.
33:24I like 10 seam.
33:24But his work ethic in
33:26terms of mental
33:26preparation and film and
33:29study and the cerebral
33:30part of the game are
33:32what has made him.
33:38To accompany his three
33:39Super Bowl championships,
33:41Brady leads all number
33:4212s in passing yards,
33:44touchdowns, and winning
33:45two percentage.
33:47Easily.
33:48Brady, back to throw,
33:50fire, spin, touchdown.
33:52What's underappreciated
33:53about Brady is he has
33:55had major success in a
33:57multitude of different
33:58systems.
33:59He's done a wider variety
34:01of things that don't show
34:02up on paper than any
34:04quarterback who's played
34:05the game in this era.
34:06Don't forget, before
34:07Moss got there, his top
34:08receivers were David
34:09Givens, Troy Brown,
34:11Richie Caldwell, and
34:12Deion Branch.
34:15No, there weren't any
34:17all pros there.
34:19Tom Brady reads defenses
34:22better than any
34:23quarterback I know
34:24right now.
34:25And he is that type of
34:27quarterback that stands
34:28the test of time.
34:29Tom Brady would be
34:29great in 1963 every bit
34:33as much as he is in
34:342013.
34:36There will never be
34:37another one of him
34:38that could just stand
34:39up there upright and
34:40just carve you up.
34:41The way that he does
34:43is spectacular.
34:46And just like that,
34:47a two-play, 72-yard
34:49drive.
34:52Call me when Tom Brady
34:54wins his fourth
34:55Super Bowl.
34:55He hasn't won a
34:56Super Bowl in a long
34:57time, people.
34:58You can't go like
34:59almost a decade without
34:59winning a Super Bowl
35:00and say you're a great
35:01quarterback.
35:01Brady should be like
35:02number five.
35:03He should be out there
35:04with the guy from
35:04Green Bay.
35:05Let's say David
35:06Diary doesn't make
35:07that catch, or Wes
35:09Welker does make
35:11that catch five years
35:12later.
35:12Tom Brady's got four
35:13or five rings.
35:14Did he lose those
35:15games due to anything
35:16that has to do with
35:17Tom Brady?
35:18No.
35:21Like many of the
35:2212s on our list,
35:24Brady transcends the
35:25gridiron, demanding as
35:27much attention in the
35:28media as he does in
35:30the huddle.
35:30Championship play
35:31right here, fellas.
35:32You can talk to any
35:33player who plays with
35:34the Patriots.
35:35He is the undisputed
35:36leader of that team.
35:38They all follow him.
35:39Hey, rise up!
35:40Hey, take it to another
35:41level, right?
35:42And they're going to be
35:43right there again.
35:43They're going to be
35:44knocking on the door
35:44again.
35:45His job is not yet
35:46done.
35:47The one thing I don't
35:48like is ranking a guy
35:49number one in anything
35:50before his career is
35:51done.
35:52Let's let the guy retire
35:53and then we can sift
35:54through his career.
35:56But look, Brady, I
35:57mean, Brady wins at
35:57everything in life anyway,
35:58so let him win this
35:59list as well.
36:01Number 12 is it.
36:02It's a number that in a
36:03lot of iconic moments,
36:05the image that you
36:06think of is a guy
36:07wearing number 12.
36:08Terry Bradshaw coming
36:10off the field after
36:11throwing the touchdown
36:11pass.
36:12The only perfect team
36:13we've seen is the 72
36:14Dolphins, quarterback by
36:15number 12.
36:16Roger Stolbach, the
36:17Hail Mary pass.
36:18You know, Joe Namath,
36:2012.
36:21I mean, all of these
36:21sort of moments in
36:23football history, right
36:24at the heart of it, is
36:25somebody wearing the
36:25number 12.
36:27Yeah.
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