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Happy 50th! Joe Namath and Super Jets to be honored at Sunday's game

Joe Namath and former receiver Don Maynard were side by side again Saturday night at MetLife Stadium for a dinner to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Jets Super Bowl III championship team. Namath was accompanied by his granddaughter and Maynard by his son (far right). The dinner was hosted by Chris Berman (far left). Photo credit: Brian Heyman Photo Credit: Brian Heyman

They walked the “Green Carpet” outside MetLife Stadium as Saturday afternoon turned toward night, older men nearly half of a century removed from that Super day at the Orange Bowl in Miami when they were younger men pulling off one of the greatest upsets in the history of sports.