January 12, 1969. The AFL Champion New York Jets, behind future Hall of Fame quarterback Joe Namath, win Super Bowl III despite being 18-point underdogs to the NFL’s Baltimore Colts. Three days earlier, Broadway Joe raised eyebrows at the Miami Touchdown Club when he proclaimed, “We’re gonna win the game, I guarantee it.” What didn’t the handicappers know? What did Namath know? And after the most legendary bet ever made on the New York Jets proved to be a winner, how has it come to be that the franchise has been the NFL’s preeminent star-crossed loser ever since?Do you believe in lifelong curses? One of our counselors does. The Honorable Judge Dom DeAngelo, host of the 1 Of A Kind With RVD podcast and longtime Jets fanatic, rules on whether 82-year-old Joe Namath’s continued existence ensures failure for the Jets.

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