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The 80’s were a wonderful time of growth for both the NFL and rap music. And like anyone who looks back on their time growing up, there are bound to be some embarrassing moments. With the Super Bowl 3 days away I thought this article on Terrible NFL Rap Songs was just the piece of overlooked analysis that can make a 4 hour pre-game show palatable.

Of course everyone knows about the Bears Super Bowl Shuffle video, but did you know that the Rams and 49ers also made videos? In fact the Rams video was clearly the best of this bunch:

LA Rams - Rammin’ It
Okay, when a bearded man in stretch pants sings, “I like to ram it as you can see, no one likes to ram it more than me,” you potentially leave yourself open to ridicule. The only thing missing in this video is a backdrop of two dudes 69ing.

Talk about your catchy tunes. I’m sure it’ll be stuck in my head and at the most inappropriate of times, I’ll start singing “Let’s Ram it. Weeee’re gonna Ram it. Let’s Ram it.” Of course, not lost in the double entendre humor is where Eric Dickerson says that his nickname is Dick. Now (no lie) people call him E.D. Oh, the humor just writes itself.

The Raiders’ video looked like the most polished of the bunch. I mean - when you can get Howie Long, Matt Millen, and Head Coach Tom Flores to rap in your video, you almost think that this was an official Team project! I also think there may have been a little Milli Vanilli action going on on all these videos as I really doubt that a bunch of football players, including Lester Hayes, could really rap at that speed without mistakes. They would have run out of film!

Notable for his non-appearance in the Dolphins video especially in clips of the Dolphins’ games was Dan Marino. I’m sure it had something to do with a likeness licensing deal. Also of note, Walter Payton’s dance part in the video had to be dubbed in later via green screen because he couldn’t make the original shoot.

Let’s Ram it!

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