Archie Manning Highlights

A legend to never go to the playoffs, or a Superbowl. He had some amazing skills for a QB. He was running for his life. His offensive line was so horrible.

It must've been a real relief to Archie that his sons were on good teams and able to reach their full potential.

The owner of the Saints was asked why he wouldn't hire Archie an offensive line to protect him and some receivers who could get open and catch a football. He replied, "Why spend all that money? Archie will fill the stadium every home game." I grew up 20 miles from Ole Miss and watched him play college ball 4 years. He was amazing!!

Imagine Pat Mahomes with better footwork but similar creativity playing on the worst team in football with no o-line and trash receivers. That's Archie Manning. He was my favorite QB as a boy, I really looked forward to the weeks where the Saints played, even though I wasn't a fan. I was an Archie fan. I'd have rather had him on my dream team of the 70s than Staubach, Griese, Stabler or Bradshaw. The only guy as good was Tarkenton. Some of his greatest plays ever will never make the highlight reels because in a typical game at least once he'd make an unbelievable scramble, break out of three tackles and then throw a 40 yard dime on a dead run...and the no good receiver would drop the ball.

Ive been a die hard Saints fan since even before Archie - but I loved #8 - he had some damn good numbers considering he NEVER had a decent O-Line blocking for him

Had never seen Archie's highlights before but Drake Maye reminds me of him a lot.

Lowest lifetime winning percentage among NFL QBs with 100 or more games played. Most times sacked. An entire career with minimal or no supporting cast, it's a miracle that Archie wasn't left mentally broken.

Louisiana loves Archie

Should have hired Eddie Robinson. If race wasn't such an issue back then Coach Robinson would have made the Saints a winner.

He was always running for his life. The one year that he got a little protection-1978- he was the league MVP.

Crazy play starting at 2:39 where Archie (8) throws an underhand pass to Mike Renfro (82) on a broken play. That game was in ‘82, the strike shortened year and Archie was playing for Houston.

Makes me sad. My late father used to cut Archie's hair at his dad's shop in Eastgate shopping center in Oxford. At Ole Miss Archie was almost like a God. Tiny little Oxford, Ms, had a claim to fame.

…and the above video shows folks where Arch Manning got his ability to scramble. His Grandpa,Archibald Manning…👍👍👍

saints fan, not even gonna sugarcoat it, saints weren't that good back then, archie manning was fighting for his life 😭

Archie Manning had a powerful arm, but he should have been a Hall of Fame, if he won a Super Bowl or played with excellent offensive line. The Saints back then when he played was very terrible and couldn’t get his team to win games.

Archie Manning was a master of the underhand pass.

The one other thing about Archie; he is also a good man. He started the Ronald McDonald house in New Orleans, given of his time to charities, and infused that into his sons who have carried on good works.

Terry Bradshaw and The Steelers started out from the same exact place as Archie Manning and The Saints: In Bradshaw’s rookie year, the Steelers were 5-9, then they were 6-8. That was 1970 and 1971. In 1969, the season before Bradshaw joined The Steelers, Chuck Noll and Company was 1-13. Yet The Steelers GOT THE PLAYERS, and BUILT A DYNASTY. The Saints could have done the same thing, but didn’t. Bad Decision-Making. Bad Management. Losing Team, Losing Philosophy.

Archie Manning is one of the greatest football players of all time. In some ways, he was better than his sons.

Could you imagine him throwing this many 50/50 balls in 2024 ? Wed all call him carson wentz 😂