Ex-NFL Player Quits At The Perfect Time! | Deal or No Deal USA Season 1 Episode 11

Added: 2026-05-23

[00:00:04]Hello and welcome to Deal or No Deal.

[00:00:06]I'M HOWIE MANDEL.

[00:00:08]THANK YOU.

[00:00:09]>> [cheering] >> IT'S GOOD TO HAVE YOU.

[00:00:11]BEFORE I GO ANY FURTHER, PLEASE help me welcome our 22 [cheering] contestants who are going to BE WITH US ALL WEEK LONG.

[00:00:18]WELCOME, EVERYBODY.

[00:00:20]>> [cheering] >> WELCOME.

[00:00:22]OKAY, IN JUST A MINUTE, ONE OF THEM is going to have a chance of a lifetime, the opportunity to walk out of here with a half a MILLION DOLLARS.

[00:00:30]>> [music] >> EXACTLY, WHO GETS TO PLAY lies in the hands of our models. Yes, Tamika and Patricia. Hello, ladies. Hi, Howie.

[00:00:39]Right back at you. They got the deal wheel. So, what's going to happen, they're going to spin the wheel and drop the ball. Whatever number, there are 22 numbers in the wheel, just like there's 22 of you, wherever that ball lands determines who's going to be walking out of here with possibly a fortune. [music] You ready? Ready. Ladies, please.

[00:00:58]Number four.

[00:00:59]>> [cheering] [music] [cheering] [music] [cheering] [music] [cheering] [music] [cheering] [cheering] [screaming] [screaming] [cheering] >> WELCOME. [applause] WHAT A START TO A WEEK FOR YOU, HUH?

[00:01:44]WELCOME, NOBLE. DAVID. I LIKE that name, NOBLE.

[00:01:47]>> WOO! WOO! RIGHT BACK AT YOU, NOBLE.

[00:01:50]OKAY, welcome to Deal or No Deal. Tell me a little bit about Noble.

[00:01:53]>> Oh, man, I'm an ex-ball player, Howie.

[00:01:55]You're an ex-ball player?

[00:01:56]>> Yes, yes.

[00:01:57]>> Who'd you play Played in the NFL. You played in the NFL? What team? Oh man, I played with Denver. Went from Denver to Dallas, DALLAS CAROLINA. OH WOW!

[00:02:06]>> [applause and cheering] >> AND ARE YOU MARRIED? DO YOU HAVE ANY I'M I'M MARRIED. I have eight grandkids. Oh wow! You look so young.

[00:02:14]>> Oh man, I love my grandkids.

[00:02:17]Yes, you have a lot of them. Okay, and should you win a half a million dollars, what do you want to do? Man, I'm going to make sure my grandkids are all right and take my wife on a nice, real nice vacation. ALL RIGHT.

[00:02:26]>> [cheering] [applause] >> HERE WE GO. ALL RIGHT.

[00:02:30]WE HAVE 22 cases each holding a random amount of money. We don't know what's in what case. We do know that one case is holding a half A MILLION DOLLARS.

[00:02:38]>> [cheering] >> HOWIE, ALL YOU GOT TO DO IS PICK THE [applause] CASE WITH A half a million dollars. Now, we picked you standing behind case number 21. You could keep this case if you believe the half a million's in here or you could switch cases. You want to switch cases? No, I don't. No, you don't. Okay, so you want to keep 21. You want to stay with that. Okay, you can stay with that. This is yours to keep, to spend, to take home or you may want to sell it. We'll talk about that later.

[00:03:04]Want to find out if the half a million's in here? Yes. Yes. You know how we do that? We open up those. Whatever in those is not in your case. We'll start by opening [applause and cheering] UP FIVE CASES.

[00:03:15]NUMBER 10, HOWIE. THAT IS ROBBIE. HI ROBBIE.

[00:03:19]>> [cheering] [music] >> THAT'S A BIG AMOUNT, BUT IT'S NOT THE HALF A million dollars. Okay.

[00:03:28]Number three. Okay.

[00:03:29]>> [applause] >> Open your case.

[00:03:32]>> [music] [applause and cheering] >> Three more cases. Move to the left side, Howie.

[00:03:41]>> [applause] >> Number 18.

[00:03:43]Number 18.

[00:03:44]>> [cheering] >> Tracy. Tracy, OPEN YOUR CASE.

[00:03:47]>> [applause and music] >> YES.

[00:03:50]>> [cheering] >> TWO MORE [applause] CASES.

[00:03:55]OKAY, number eight. Number eight. Okay, Lambert's. Lambert's, open your case.

[00:04:02]>> [applause] >> Whoa!

[00:04:06]$7,500.

[00:04:08]Well, you're consistent. You're on that right side. Top amount still in play including a half a million dollars. One more case to open in this round. Let me see number 12.

[00:04:17]>> Number 12, last one in this round.

[00:04:20]>> [applause] >> You're not being consistent anymore.

[00:04:21]Left side, Rex, open your case.

[00:04:24]I'm rooting for you.

[00:04:28]>> [screaming] [cheering] >> Huge amounts still left in play. 75,000, 100,000, a quarter of a million, and a half a million dollars. I AM THRILLED.

[00:04:40][cheering] I WANT YOU TO TAKE IT HOME. He doesn't.

[00:04:43]That's the banker. He wants to buy that case down, send you home [cheering] with as little as possible. He's about to call with your first offer.

[00:04:51]Hello.

[00:04:55]He says, "Why [music] did you leave the NFL?"

[00:04:58]>> [cheering] >> The NFL left me. The NFL The NFL left him.

[00:05:05]Okay.

[00:05:08]First offer, $17,500.

[00:05:12]It's yours if you say deal and hit this button. If you say no deal, you have to open up five more cases.

[00:05:17]>> [cheering] >> Bo Jackson.

[00:05:20]DEAL OR NO DEAL?

[00:05:22]>> [cheering] [cheering] >> FIVE.

[00:05:34]>> [cheering] >> YES. OKAY.

[00:05:37]FIVE CASES TO OPEN, ONE CASE to fix.

[00:05:40]>> [cheering] >> LOOK AT THAT. THE NFL DIDN'T know what they were doing when they got rid of you. They didn't.

[00:05:46]15. 15.

[00:05:49]I'm a believer. [cheering] OPEN YOUR CASE.

[00:05:55]ONE MORE CASE.

[00:05:58]>> [cheering] >> NUMBER TWO NUMBER TWO IS AMBER.

[00:06:02]OPEN YOUR CASE.

[00:06:09]THREE MORE CASES.

[00:06:12]NUMBER FIVE NUMBER FIVE is Suzy. Suzy Open your case.

[00:06:17]Open the case. Let's go, SUZY.

[00:06:19][cheering and applause] THAT'S OKAY.

[00:06:22]500 TWO MORE CASES. [applause] NUMBER 11 [cheering] NUMBER 11 IS RAYMOND.

[00:06:31]Open your case.

[00:06:32]You know what? If it's a penny, everyone's going to love you. Come on, BABY.

[00:06:42]>> [cheering and applause] [screaming] >> THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

[00:06:45]ONE MORE CASE.

[00:06:47]NUMBER nine Number nine NUMBER NINE >> [cheering] >> THIS IS MARIA.

[00:06:52]Couldn't see her. She's little. She's behind the case. Hopefully, it's a little amount. Maria, open your case.

[00:07:01]>> [cheering] >> TOP FOUR AMOUNTS STILL IN PLAY including a half a million dollars. We got a broken case. We'll find out what the offer is when we return.

[00:07:14]>> [applause and cheering] >> Welcome back to Deal or No Deal. THIS IS NOBLE JACKSON.

[00:07:24]>> [cheering] >> YES.

[00:07:27]AND NOBLE, YOU ARE PLAYING A noble game.

[00:07:29]You are living up to your name. Look at that. The top four amounts are still in play. 75,000, 100,000, a quarter of a million dollars, and a half a million dollars.

[00:07:38]You say you want to do a lot [cheering] for your grandchildren. What kind of things do you really want to do if you walk out of here with a half a million dollars specifically?

[00:07:44]>> put some money away for my grandson and get him squared away for his education.

[00:07:49]>> Oh, that is wonderful. The the future where you can really do that and you want to take the big trip.

[00:07:52]>> I want to take my wife somewhere real nice. Now you've done a great job here.

[00:07:56]You have done a great job. That is an amazing board. Before the break we were about to get an offer. It's that time.

[00:08:02]Call me.

[00:08:04]Hello.

[00:08:07]Okay.

[00:08:09]Okay, let me just tell you he's not happy that you broke his button.

[00:08:13]>> [laughter] >> But it did go up. It went [music] up to $28,000.

[00:08:18]>> [cheering] >> $28,000 and four to open if [applause] you say no deal. So the question is Noble Jackson, DEAL OR NO DEAL?

[00:08:29]>> [cheering] >> NO DEAL, HOWIE.

[00:08:32]NO DEAL. NO DEAL. WOW, IT DIDN'T WORK.

[00:08:35]>> [cheering] [applause] >> HOW MANY GRANDKIDS DO YOU HAVE? I HAVE EIGHT. YOU HAVE eight grandkids.

[00:08:39]>> Eight grandkids. Ranging in age from? 14 on down to three months. 14 to three months. So there's a lot of college. You need money for a lot of college. Four cases open. Stay away from that bottom four there on the right. Okay. Okay?

[00:08:52]Let's go. 17, Howie.

[00:08:54]>> 17, that's Thomas.

[00:08:56]Thomas. No no [applause] no. Open your case. No no no.

[00:09:01]That's okay. It's okay.

[00:09:03]$10,000. Three more cases. Three more cases.

[00:09:07]Number one. Number one, THAT'S ROSIE.

[00:09:11]WHAT DO YOU THINK IS IN ROSIE'S CASE?

[00:09:13]You got a penny or dollar, Rosie? Yes, I have it. Open the case.

[00:09:18]>> [music] >> THERE YOU GO.

[00:09:20]YES. ALL RIGHT.

[00:09:21]WOO. ALL RIGHT.

[00:09:23]>> [applause] >> TWO MORE CASES.

[00:09:24]>> [cheering] >> NUMBER 20. NUMBER 20.

[00:09:28]>> [applause] >> Go ahead, Karen. Open your case. I got something GOOD FOR YOU.

[00:09:33]YES.

[00:09:35]>> [cheering] >> TWO MORE CASES.

[00:09:38]THESE ARE THE LAST TWO OF YOUR MADNESS.

[00:09:40]NO, NO.

[00:09:43]MAN, I'm going with my gut here.

[00:09:44]>> Yeah? Oh, man. And uh 16. 16, Andre. Come on, Andre.

[00:09:51]Andre, low amount. Low left side or even the top of the right. Andre, open your case. Low, low, low.

[00:09:59]>> [cheering] [applause] >> That is great.

[00:10:03]That's great.

[00:10:05]Got through that round and you kept that magic box together. LOOK AT THAT. LOOK at that bottom right. That is magic.

[00:10:10]This is your board. This is your game.

[00:10:13]>> [cheering] >> THIS IS MAGIC MONDAY.

[00:10:18]HELLO.

[00:10:19]>> [applause] >> OKAY.

[00:10:24]OKAY.

[00:10:26]Be careful.

[00:10:27]>> Boy, in the NFL, when it got down to crunch time, how did you DEAL WITH THAT?

[00:10:32]>> [screaming] >> I'D SIT AND LISTEN TO THAT SOUND. IS THAT WHAT YOU WOULD DO? GET them to hit them quick. Really? Hit them to hit them quick because it is crunch time. The decisions are bigger. The money is bigger. The stakes are bigger. And this offer is bigger. Here's the offer.

[00:10:50]$51,000.

[00:10:53]$51,000.

[00:10:55]Huge money still on the board. Two cases open. If you say no, we'll find out what HE SAYS WHEN WE COME [cheering] BACK.

[00:11:04]>> [applause] [cheering] >> I'll come back to deal or no deal. This is Noble Jackson.

[00:11:14]Noble Jackson, you are having a very noble game [cheering] here. You've kept the block on the bottom right intact.

[00:11:21]There are [music] four huge amounts, including a half a million dollars and four other amounts that are private.

[00:11:27][cheering and applause] So, you got a 50/50 shot at walking out of here with huge money. You have two cases open if you don't take the $51,000. There are four greater and four less.

[00:11:39]Tell me what you're thinking. Man, I'm I'm I feel like I'm back on the field, Howie. Yeah. Woo! I'm ready to hit.

[00:11:45]>> Yes. Okay, feel like you're back on the field.

[00:11:47]>> ready to hit it. Do you break the bank today? You already broke the button.

[00:11:52]Two cases to open. Big decision.

[00:11:54]>> [cheering] >> Bo Jackson, DEAL OR NO DEAL?

[00:12:01]HOWIE, >> [cheering] >> NO DEAL.

[00:12:06]>> [screaming] [cheering] >> TWO CASES.

[00:12:11]TWO CASES.

[00:12:12]>> [applause] >> GOT A nice safety net.

[00:12:14]Can't knock off four of them out. Stay away from that bottom four. Here we go.

[00:12:18]50/50 shot. You hit those or something else.

[00:12:22]Number six. Number six, that's Joanne.

[00:12:25]Come on, Joanne. [cheering] Low, low, low.

[00:12:27]>> [applause] >> He's a low amount. Here he's got to keep that safety net intact. Let's go for the penny. No, she wants to go for the penny. No.

[00:12:36]I like the way she thinks.

[00:12:39]Another $1,000 is gone.

[00:12:42]One more case. As bad as that is, as bad as that is, the two top amounts are still in play.

[00:12:48]>> [cheering] >> Quarter of a million dollars or half a million dollars.

[00:12:52]>> [applause] >> One more case.

[00:12:56]Howie, number 13.

[00:12:59]>> Number 13 is Marlene.

[00:13:01]GREAT NUMBER! COME ON, MARLENE. I FEEL GOOD. Come on, low. I'm feeling real good. She's feeling really good. Come on. Let it be good. Open your case.

[00:13:14]>> [applause] >> Great money.

[00:13:16]>> [cheering] >> You're the man.

[00:13:18]YOU'RE THE MAN.

[00:13:20]TIME TO TALK TO THE OTHER MAN.

[00:13:22]>> [applause] >> WOO!

[00:13:25]HELLO.

[00:13:29]OKAY.

[00:13:30]HE SAYS THIS IS RIDICULOUS. It is ridiculous.

[00:13:32]>> It is ridiculous. That's an amazing board, a broken [music] button. He's not having a good day.

[00:13:38]Okay?

[00:13:40]$76,000.

[00:13:44]$76,000 is yours if you say deal and hit that button. If you say no deal, you have two more cases [cheering] to open.

[00:13:53]Two more cases.

[00:13:54]Noble Jackson, deal [cheering] or no deal?

[00:14:02]You have a one in three chance, a one in three chance that you have at least a quarter of a million dollars in this case. Are you willing to sell [cheering and applause] that chance?

[00:14:11]Noble Jackson, deal or no deal?

[00:14:14]>> [applause] [cheering] >> YOU SHOULD TAKE THE MONEY. TAKE IT.

[00:14:20]NO DEAL.

[00:14:21]>> [cheering] >> TAKE THE MONEY.

[00:14:24]TAKE THE >> [cheering and screaming] [applause] >> TOUGH GAME.

[00:14:33]GREAT BOARD, TWO cases open. Hopefully, you just made the best choice of your life. We're about to find out. Two cases open, buddy.

[00:14:44]>> [cheering] >> Number four. Number four, ALVIN.

[00:14:56]>> [cheering] >> NO, ALVIN. NO, NO, NO, NO.

[00:15:00]>> [applause] >> You said no deal, right?

[00:15:03]>> Absolutely.

[00:15:03]>> You went on. You helped convince him to go on. I think I did.

[00:15:06]>> Now the pressure's on.

[00:15:08]He's going to find out now if he was right. What? Let's go, buddy. I'm right there with you, Noble. Right there with you. He's with you. No, no, no.

[00:15:14]>> Open your case, Alvin.

[00:15:15]I don't know.

[00:15:17]THERE YOU GO.

[00:15:19]>> [cheering] [applause] >> THAT'S RIGHT, ALVIN.

[00:15:28]>> [cheering and applause] >> ONE MORE CASE.

[00:15:35]>> [applause] [cheering] [cheering] >> NUMBER 19. OKAY, DARYL.

[00:15:55]>> [applause and cheering] >> DARYL.

[00:15:57]DARYL'S THE ONE THAT SAID, "Take the case."

[00:16:00]>> [applause] >> Right?

[00:16:01]You got a great safety net. A quarter of a million dollars, a half a million dollars is in one of these cases. Don't want it to be in Daryl's. You ready?

[00:16:08][cheering] We will open Daryl's case when we come back.

[00:16:15]>> [applause] [applause] >> Noble Jackson, you're playing the game of your life. You've been in a lot of tight spots. This is like the fourth quarter. You're you're you're you're yes, and and you're up by like six touchdowns, right? This is huge cuz look at that board. There were five cases there. Two of them have a quarter of a million dollars and a half A MILLION DOLLARS.

[00:16:38]>> [cheering] >> IF YOU CAN GET THROUGH THIS ROUND, IF YOU CAN DODGE this bullet, you are sailing cuz you're only opening one case at a time, including the last of the two cases, number 19, Daryl. We've got to get through this case and you will have the [music] safety net of your life and possibly a half a million dollars in your pocket.

[00:16:54]>> [screaming] [applause] >> YOU READY TO SEE IT?

[00:16:58]DARYL.

[00:16:59]Stay away from that bottom two. Daryl.

[00:17:02]Low. Open your case.

[00:17:06]>> [cheering] >> So, half a million dollars out of play.

[00:17:16]>> [applause] >> But, there's still a chance at a quarter of a million dollars.

[00:17:22]>> [applause] >> There are only four cases left in play.

[00:17:24]You got a a 50/50 chance of walking out of here with at least $75,000 and a one out of four chance [cheering] of walking out of here with $250,000, [applause] a quarter of a million dollars. Hello.

[00:17:38]Okay.

[00:17:40]>> [music] >> You said you should have punted. Don't fumble it any further.

[00:17:44]Okay?

[00:17:45]One case to open at a time now.

[00:17:47]$32,000. [music] He hits it. Okay, $32,000, one case to open. Noble Jackson, deal or no deal?

[00:17:59]One case.

[00:18:02]Noble deal.

[00:18:04]One case.

[00:18:06]>> [cheering] [applause] >> One case.

[00:18:08]Wow.

[00:18:11]Ah, Howie.

[00:18:16]Go with your gut, buddy.

[00:18:18]Howie? Yes.

[00:18:20]Woo.

[00:18:21]Right, that's not a number. Here we go, number 14.

[00:18:24]>> Number 14. Mercedes. Listen to the guy.

[00:18:27]Come on, Mercedes. [applause] Mercedes.

[00:18:29]Stay away from Come on, Mercedes. the two higher amounts. I want to see Noble walk out of here with a quarter of a million dollars. It's up to you, Mercedes.

[00:18:35]Open your case.

[00:18:36]>> Come on.

[00:18:39]>> [music] >> Ooh.

[00:18:42]>> [cheering] [applause] >> $75,000. There's only three cases left in play. One of them is a quarter of a million dollars. Should you decide to go on, you only open one case. You got a two out of three chance of opening anything but the quarter of a million dollars. Think about that. Here's the offer.

[00:18:57]Hello.

[00:19:00]Okay.

[00:19:02]Okay. You think it went up or down?

[00:19:05]I think it went up, Howie.

[00:19:06]>> It did, just a bit. $37,000.

[00:19:10]One case to open.

[00:19:12]>> [applause and music] >> Noble Jackson, deal or no deal?

[00:19:17]Two out of three chances you'd open anything but the quarter of a million dollars.

[00:19:23]>> [cheering] [cheering] >> Congratulations.

[00:19:40]Okay, [applause] we know it's a lot of money, but we don't know if it was a good deal. Had you said no deal and gone one more time, your case choice would have been what?

[00:19:49]22. 22, Jonathan. Jonathan, open your case.

[00:19:54]>> [music] >> A PERFECT DIAMOND.

[00:19:56]ABSOLUTELY PERFECT.

[00:19:58]You got out at the perfect time. You sold this case for $37,000. You always knew you made a good deal. Jacob, open your case.

[00:20:05]>> [applause and cheering] >> Congratulations, Noble Jackson, on your $37,000 deal. That was a thrilling game. We'll see you next time, right here on Deal or No Deal.