{"id":6567,"date":"2015-07-10T15:49:11","date_gmt":"2015-07-10T22:49:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/BigJimIndustries.com\/wordpress\/?p=6567"},"modified":"2015-07-18T15:54:26","modified_gmt":"2015-07-18T22:54:26","slug":"the-snake-gone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/2015\/07\/10\/the-snake-gone\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;The Snake&#8221; Gone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/espn.go.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/13230192\/ken-stabler-former-oakland-raiders-quarterback-dies\" target=\"_blank\"><em>from ESPN<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<h1>Ken Stabler, former Raiders QB, dies<\/h1>\n<p><script src=\"http:\/\/player.espn.com\/player.js?playerBrandingId=4ef8000cbaf34c1687a7d9a26fe0e89e&#038;adSetCode=91cDU6NuXTGKz3OdjOxFdAgJVtQcKJnI&#038;pcode=1kNG061cgaoolOncv54OAO1ceO-I&#038;width=480&#038;height=270&#038;externalId=espn:13243627&#038;thruParam_espn-ui[autoPlay]=false&#038;thruParam_espn-ui[playRelatedExternally]=true\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Former <a href=\"http:\/\/espn.go.com\/nfl\/team\/_\/name\/oak\/oakland-raiders\" target=\"_blank\">Oakland Raiders<\/a> quarterback Ken Stabler died Wednesday from complications resulting from Stage 4 colon cancer, the team confirmed Thursday. He was 69.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Raiders are deeply saddened by the passing of the great Ken Stabler,&#8221; owner Mark Davis said in a team release. &#8220;He was a cherished member of the Raider family and personified what it means to be a Raider. He wore the silver and black with pride and poise and will continue to live in the hearts of Raider fans everywhere. Our sincerest thoughts and prayers go out to Kenny&#8217;s family.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A native of Foley, Alabama, Stabler threw for 27,938 yards during his 15-year career in the NFL, compiling a 96-49-1 record as a starting quarterback and a win over the <a href=\"http:\/\/espn.go.com\/nfl\/team\/_\/name\/min\/minnesota-vikings\" target=\"_blank\">Minnesota Vikings<\/a> in Super Bowl XI. He played for the Raiders from 1970 to 1979, winning the NFL MVP award in 1974 and earning Pro Bowl honors four times.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was head coach of the Raiders the entire time Kenny was there, and he led us to a whole bunch of victories, including one in Super Bowl XI,&#8221; former Raiders coach John Madden said in the team release. &#8220;I&#8217;ve often said, if I had one drive to win a game to this day, and I had a quarterback to pick, I would pick Kenny. Snake was a lot cooler than I was. He was a perfect quarterback and a perfect Raider. When you think about the Raiders you think about Ken Stabler. Kenny loved life. It is a sad day for all Raiders.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>[ <a href=\"http:\/\/espn.go.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/13230192\/ken-stabler-former-oakland-raiders-quarterback-dies\" target=\"_blank\">click to continue reading at ESPN<\/a> ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>from ESPN Ken Stabler, former Raiders QB, dies Former Oakland Raiders quarterback Ken Stabler died Wednesday from complications resulting from Stage 4 colon cancer, the team confirmed Thursday. He was 69. &#8220;The Raiders are deeply saddened by the passing of the great Ken Stabler,&#8221; owner Mark Davis said in a team release. &#8220;He was a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-culture-art"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6567","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6567"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6567\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}