loved traveling the country. he was that guy sitting with you as you twhached nfl football game he s broadcast in his famous way. lawrence: if you are in your house and you have children and did you go in their room, i guarantee you most definitely if they have a game console, madden is there. and it s because john madden almost became synonymous with football. he was football no one could narrate the game. no one could predict plays. no one could add context to the plays more than john madden. john madden said that football was his life. watch. football is my life. get rid. i say probably. but, it s complicated. you can t write the history of professional football without john madden.
you something that jim gray, long time nfl broadcaster had to say. jim gray in a fascinating quote that i thought put this into context said that john madden is the most famous figure connected dot nfl and i thought about that for a moment. and i thought about all the terry brad shaw s and roger staubachs, the tom bradies, i came back around to i think jim gray is right. if there is one name at the top of your mind when it comes to the nfl that name either because of broadcasting or coaching or to your point, lawrence, because of the video game is the nfl. it is the name of the nfl and tom brady who would perhaps be the only other name to rival that honor said the following on instagram. he said john called our first super bowl. he was always so good to me. rest in peace to a legend of our game my con dolan lenses and love to the madden family.
and then i thought well, somebody is really trying to get me. so i looked. and i could see that they left a voice mail and i could read the transcript and so when i saw it was about the game, i answered the phone and when she told me, i still didn t believe it and so she said they are going to announce it at halftime so i sat there and i watched in amazement and i was totally blown away. will: and they announced it on national television at halftime that s got to be amazing. so what do you do now, lou? what do you do with the money? $250,000 was the cash option. oh my gosh. well, i want to do some upgrades on my house and pay off my mortgage and i had a million things i wanted to do. and all i could think about was i get to pay down my mortgage. if not pay it off. any left over i would like to
kayleigh, to your point while being a legend so relatable. it felt like he was one of us. yeah. no doubt about it. you know, when someone passes, you learn a lot about them and you read all of the memorials that pour in and just the accounts i m reading of his generosity, his kindness, his love for america, for life, for the game, it s really touching to read. and actually as it pertains to that fox documentary i heard bob costa say that indeed john madden got watch the documentary surrounded by family on christmas day, we all heard here on fox & friends that he was going to do it. bob costa said he was very very moved by it made the really good point that most people don t hear about the impact their life makes because the contributes come in after their passing. but, i don t know madden had the unique experience of getting to see how much he was loved and cherished through the eyes of this documented tri. we have a promo for it call all madden documentary tonight on
fox sports at 9:00 and 10:30 eastern. tomorrow at 8:30 eastern on fox as well. we will take a look at that lawrence? lawrence: reflecting on john madden, this is surely a man that lived a good life. a great life but was a humble man. someone that was such an expert in the game. you know, will, you talk about the cowboys run. i was much young much more young during that period of time. i reflect on madden by rewatching those tapes of him calling the game. and adding so much color to the game. and we re going to miss that in the league. we have few people can predict the play. i mean, you got your tony romos of the day. it s very risky in the business to anticipate what was gonna happen and he had that ability, will. will: we will have more time to