Who is the oldest player in the nfl
The OLDEST NFL Players of All-Time
the average age to retire in the united
states is currently
66 years old in the nfl
it's 26. to make it in the national
football league for a long time
not only do you have to be one of the
best in the world at what you do
but you have to be fortunate enough to
stay healthy playing
one of the most physically demanding
games on the planet
the 40 years in over club a club more
rare than the hall of fame
only has four active members and out of
approximately 25
000 men to ever put on nfl uniform there
are less than
70 members ever what's going on
everybody i'm kto
and today we're going to be discussing
the oldest men to ever play in the nfl
now there is one thing to consider when
discussing this topic
as many of you know kickers and punters
tend to last a lot longer
since they don't participate in the
physical aspect of the game as much
so for this video we will first dive
into who the oldest player
ever was and then later dive into the
oldest at the other positions on the
field
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let's dive into the oldest player in nfl
history
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now by no means is it easy to be a
kicker or punter
but they can play a lot longer than
other positions on the field
kickers and punters make up for more
than a third of the nfl's 40 years in
over club
and on top of that the six oldest
players in nfl history
were all kickers adam benatari is
currently 47
and will be 48 in december of this year
he is holding his own right now as the
oldest player in the nfl
and third oldest of all time if you want
a tangible example of how long he's been
in the league
i wasn't even one yet when he entered in
1996.
here i am 24 years later and fina terry
is still playing
crazy but like i said finitary is the
third oldest player of all time
coming in just behind number two morgan
anderson
who was the former all-time record
holder for points
for those of you who remember my video
about kickers he once wrote a pretty
tight song
and now we move on to number one the
oldest nfl player of all time
george blanda a man who wasn't just a
kicker
in fact he was also a quarterback blanda
has one of the most
interesting and mind-blowing career
paths you'll ever see
he started his pro career in 1949 as a
quarterback for the chicago
bears then in 1975 he would play his
final game for the oakland raiders
a career that spanned over four separate
decades
when you start hearing about what other
records and awards he has
it just shows you how unique his career
was i mean who else would
have a record like most pats made and
attempted in a career
and seven touchdowns in a single game
only this guy
and i gotta mention his most notorious
one he once threw 42 interceptions in a
season
a record that only jameis winston could
break
but despite all those unique records
what blanda did in 1970
is what elevated him to legendary status
at the age of 43
blanda was older than most coaches he
served as the team's place kicker and
backup quarterback
then after the team got off to a
disappointing start to the season
blando would go on to have an incredible
five-game stretch
it started in week six against the
pittsburgh steelers
oakland starting quarterback daryl
lamonica was benched in the first
quarter
due to a back injury blanda the oldest
player in that game
came in and threw three touchdowns
putting the raiders back on the right
track of winning
no one was ready for what happened next
he throws one from the cup a fine catch
at the 15 he screamed at the 46 yard
line of the chiefs and with eight
seconds
george flanders handed the incredibly
difficult job
of about a 47 or 48 yard field goal
it snapped it's down it's kicked it is
good it's good it is good
george splendor has taken a 48 yard
field
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and the right blanda back to pass
plantalux plan to throws
complete touchdown wells raiders score
now the conversion snap spotted kick
good it's time it's 20 20.
44 seconds to go gets the blocking all
the time in the world he thrills one
intercepted by the corn mccord
wide to the right knocked down by kelly
seven seconds to go
they're gonna try field goal from 53
yards the ads against this must be about
76 million to a half well george did it
from 48 last week with maybe three feet
to spare
left hash mark stabler will hold stable
not as experienced holding his lamonica
fourth down here it is snap spot it it's
kick
that's got a chance that is good
it's good holy toledo the place has gone
wild
no i don't believe it
i don't believe it
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by delong he's at the 40. he first down
at the 45
the raiders have the first down 18
17 16. the clock still going at 13 at
12.
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clock stopped at seven seconds they set
it where they wanted it
and they knew everybody here knew
exactly what they were waiting for
and here comes george wanda after the
the 16-yard line the monica was spotted
he wait it snapped it spotted
it's checked
into a george lead four seconds remain
to go
blanda's incredible five-game run will
go down as one of the greatest stretches
of all time
along with another game-winning extra
point in week 12 he helped the raiders
reach the afc
championship game a game in which he
scored all 17 of the team's points
the associated press named him 1970 male
athlete of the year for his services
it just has me thinking how ridiculous
it would be to see tom brady
lead a drive down field and then nailed
a game-winning field goal
now blando's career came to a
heartbreaking end in 1976
the raiders cut him if it was his choice
he probably would have kept playing
it just wasn't in the cards and that
year the raiders finally went on to win
a super bowl
blanda had to watch from home still
blanda's career should be celebrated for
what he was able to accomplish
if there's ever a movie made about his
football life woody harrelson should
play him
anyways let's move on
as far as pure quarterbacks go tom brady
is closing in
on the oldest ever fast approaching 43
years old he is trailing just four other
dudes
topping that list is steve de berg de
berg was a bit of a journeyman
he played for multiple teams until he
retired at the age of 39
then out of nowhere after a five-year
hiatus
he signed with the atlanta falcons and
he must have known something that others
didn't because
they went from a losing franchise the
previous year to going 14-2
and making the super bowl and it just
happened to follow de berg's 45th
birthday he gets to claim the honor as
the oldest active player
on a super bowl roster pretty dope
honestly though
neither being a kicker nor a quarterback
is as impressive as playing other
positions at an older age
while quarterbacks do take a hit every
once in a while
offensive and defensive linemen have to
hit each other on every single play
that's what truly makes rey brown and
jim marshall stand out
ray brown is the oldest offensive
lineman to play in the modern era
starting a few games for washington at
the age of 42.
some things do age like wine and this
was the case for brown's football career
after playing his first 15 seasons in
the league brown made his first pro bowl
at the age of
39. now let's look at jim marshall the
man who's most notoriously known for
running backwards with the ball once
despite this hilarious blunder marshall
is the definition of an iron man
he started his pro career in cleveland
in 1960
but was traded to minnesota in 1961 then
for 19 straight seasons 282 consecutive
games
he started every single one of those
this is the most by any defensive player
ever
and it only ended because he finally
retired at the age of 42.
minnesota had some dogs back in the day
it's
truly a shame that they never won a
super bowl but
that's a topic for another video okay
let's shift gears
let's look at skill positions looks like
a rare art of the audible from the
hassle back who fires in the pass a
one-handed grab
by for a lot of older football fans
this has to be one of the weirdest
things to look at jerry rice
49ers legend pulling in one-handers for
the seahawks at 42 years old
due to how dominant jerry rice was and
how long he played
he has some of the most untouchable
career records that you'll ever
see the man has one of the greatest work
ethics of all time
and was as consistent as they come
honestly just saying this little doesn't
do him justice and he probably deserves
a video on his own
but for the purposes of what we're
talking about jerry rice is the oldest
receiver to ever play by far
he also had a thousand yard season at
the age of 40 which gives him even more
legendary status
currently larry fitzgerald is hanging in
there as the oldest active receiver in
the nfl
if he wants to match rice's age when he
retires fitz will have to play
through the 2025 season playing wide
receiver at a high level requires so
much skill and athleticism
it makes sense why there's not that many
old dudes out there but
what about the guys who have to guard
those dudes man i think i had some good
mentors ahead of me
you know who taught me the game and
at an early age let me slow the game
down a little bit
now that i'm older i don't have to play
much off a skill i can just play off my
mind
tramon williams is the oldest active
defensive back in the league
he credits former teammates like charles
woodson who helped teach him the mental
part of the game
coincidentally woodson played till he
was 39.
now nfl defenses are incredibly complex
more complex than the average nfl fan
understands
but one thing that most football fans
understand is the differences between
man and zone zone coverage is more of a
mental game
you stick to your zone you see what's
happening in front of you and
you react accordingly but man coverage
is a totally different ball game
you got to be able to stick with guys
who move like this go against seattle
and what they did on third down roger's
gonna air it out devonta
adams down field he's got it
when you look at the all-time great man
cover corners you begin to get
perspective of how hard it is to play
man on man
at an older age darrell rivas was one of
the best corners in the nfl
and he was still playing at a high level
at the age of 30 but by 32
he was barely playing and he was
released after a single season with the
chiefs
he would retire shortly thereafter champ
bayley was one of the greatest corners
of all time
and is now a hall of famer at 35 he
couldn't manage to make an nfl roster
and finally arguably the greatest corner
ever
dion sanders played till he was 38 but
he had taken three years off
after retiring at 33 he would play two
seasons with the ravens
but he didn't even start that many games
for them before he retired for the final
time
the reasons for these guys falling off
makes sense they no longer contained
that same
freak-like speed and athleticism that
they had in their younger years
but then there's daryl green here's
mcnabb on the play fake
and the pass and it's picked off
redskins get it back so first down is
the old guy
daryl
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19th straight season with an
interception
and that is an nfl record when daryl
green intercepted that pass
it extended his record as the oldest
player ever to get an interception
which was at the age of 41 and he still
started a handful of games at corner
at the age of 42. now listen to this
next story because this truly shows how
much of a freak this dude was
this is from an article done on green by
espn in 2001
quote green's best known title is the
nfl's fastest man
which he won several times in off-season
competitions in the 1980s
and carried on officially for nearly a
decade he finally lost his title of the
redskins fastest player in 1999
but marveled teammates by regaining it a
year later with a
4.24 time in the 40-yard dash
i tried to find out whether this was a
hand time or an automatic time because
it would make a difference but i
couldn't find any substantial evidence
however the one thing i did find was
chant
bailey was on that team and for those of
you who know
champ bailey was a burner he ran a 4.28
at the combine just
one year before that and 40 year old
daryl
beat him that's unbelievable his
nickname was the ageless wonder
we might not see another dude like this
for a while if
ever but now let's wrap this video up by
talking about the one position that's
harder to play at an older age
than cornerback i'm talking about
running backs
being an nfl running back is a grueling
job
you constantly have to run into or block
defensive linemen and linebackers
dudes who are usually much bigger than
you who are paid millions of dollars to
light you
up looking at current running backs
there were only four in 2019
that got significant playing time over
the age of 30. mark ingram
lashawn mccoy adrian peterson and the
man who just hit
37 years old frank gore frank gore
suffered two devastating knee injuries
in college
and entering the nfl draft he didn't put
up very impressive combine stats
and he fell to the third round but one
thing that people didn't know
was how reliable and durable this dude
would become
you look at the top 15 rushers in nfl
history 13 of them were first round
picks and expected to be great
only two were not high draft picks
curtis martin
and our man frank gore gore is never
really talked about as the best running
back
nor has ever really been in that
conversation yet
what he's been able to accomplish in his
career is nothing short of spectacular
at one point frank gore had racked up
1200 yards from scrimmage in 12
straight seasons that's the most all
time by two years
and you look at the three guys behind
event number two and that list includes
curtis martin emmett smith and barry
sanders
all of which are in the hall of fame i'm
not trying to convince you that he's
better than any of those guys
all i'm trying to say is who would have
thought in 2005
that a third round pick a guy who ran a
slow 40 and suffered two
torn acls in college would become the
most durable
and reliable running back of the next
generation
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san francisco
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52-yard rip breaking tackles
and taking it the distance
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