For real. Was gonna say before I saw this comment, Ronnie Lott chose to have his finger amputated on the sideline rather than get surgery and miss 2 months. That alone is frightening.
Larry Csonka should have been on this list. He is the only back that got an unnecessary roughness penalty for leveling someone, and that was in the early 70s when those kind of rules were non existent lol. Greatest fullback in nfl history
Dick Butkus, Ray Nitchke, Conrad Dolbler, Lawrence Taylor, Larry Wilson, Tommy Nobis, Chuck Cecil, Ronnie Lott, Larry Little, the list goes on.........
@@firefighterd1265I'm hoping these aren't in order. Butkus was the scariest player ever. Gale Sayers said that the hardest he'd ever been hit was by Butkus... in PRACTICE. Jim Brown, one of the toughest running backs ever, would sit in his hotel room and cry the night before he'd play the Bears. Butkus embodied everything about a football player. RIP #51.
Earl Campbell, was the most electrifying and powerful running back to ever play that position. He sacrificed his body like no one else ever. Give him the respect he deserves.
And he was targeted by all teams after his first year .. fav running backs of all time Earl Campbell and Walter Payton .. both were humble too .. just did the job
I don’t get it. Earl Campbell needs to be in any conversation regarding the greatest RB’s. If you were watching football from 78 to 83 Earl was dominant. Houston gave him the ball and stood around and watched a slight exaggeration but not really he was Mashawn way before Marshawn. He was Adrian Peterson way before Adrian he would’ve had 2000 yards if he played 16 games I believe in 1980. He was the Houston Oilers without him. That team was 500 at best. He didn’t run behind Tony Dorsett, Dallas Cowboys Walter Payton was very special but I’ve never seen anybody quite like Earl Campbell on the Mount Rushmore and I don’t understand why he isn’t talked about like that is only played For five years, he didn’t have the Los Angeles Rams offensive line like Eric Dickerson, and Eric Dickerson was special. He didn’t have Emmett Smith Dallas Cowboys offensive line. If he did, he might still be playing the most devastating running back I’ve ever seen
I remember a quote I saw at the Packers Hall of Fame next to a picture of Ray. " If you were on a bus and Dick Butkus sat down next to you you would probably get up and move to another seat. If Ray Nitschke sat next to you get up and move to another bus."
Earl Campbell was the most devastating, most powerful running back I have ever seen, not excluding Jim Brown. Trying to tackle the man was like trying to tackle a tank.
As good as Earl the pearl was, I have seen Christian Okoya more amazing things. Thats why he was calle the Nigerian Nightmare. That hit on Campbell by tatum would have put tatum on the sideline now days. Speared him with his helmut, right it the numbers
As a Washington fan, I respect Lawrence Taylor as he was celebrating after taking down Theisman, and once he saw the injury his hands instantly went to his head in worry.
can say LT is awesome,met him like 6 years ago,hes awesome, he feels geniune remorse for the theisman injury all the time. So we were told not to mention that to him when meeting him because of how serious he takes that. LT is one of the coolest people ive ever met hands down, even got me into family guy
I think that was an accident of physics. Taylor had Theismann in a bear hug as the pile was forming, and the momentum appeared to push Taylor's knee against Theismann's lower leg with his foot planted.
I don't remember the celebrating part. Then again, I'm a Giants fan. I do remember him calling the sideline. Anyone to can find the video and see how Theisman's leg broke in slow motion. Seriously disturbing to see.
Mark Bavaro carried Lott on his back during a pass catch. It took Lott and 3 other 49ers to take mark Bavaro down. Bavaro even played a game with a broken jaw
Larry Csonka, John Riggins, Christian Okoye, O.J.(Ottis), Anderson, Bo Jackson, Mike Alstott, and Jerome Bettis....just a few offensive monsters of the gridiron 😮......
No Deacon Jones?? They say had they kept sack stats for his entire career, he would hold the all-time sack record. His head slap left many an O lineman's ears ringing. He even coined the term "sack", that's how synonymous he is with the QB sack.
@@aarondigby5054There are also a few non hall of famers defenders that were very feared on the football field Hardy Nickerson Greg Lloyd Mark Gastinou
Remember: Jack Lambert didn't need fire coming out, didn't need to do a voodoo dance, didn't need to yell and holler like a crazed lunatic. He let his play do all the talking for him. Ray Lewis my a$$.
Agreed. Seeing Earl as a kid being from Texas. Knowing what he could do in the NFL and he did it. Nobody in 50 years comes close. Bo might have. Sadly his injury stopped him. No stopping The Tyler Rose though. lol
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This list needs to be longer for sure. You got Atwater, Ronnie lott, ray nitschke, john lynch, mike alstott, Troy polamalu, ed Reed, Brian dawkins, Warren sapp, Michael strahan, Joe green, Larry czonka... so many. I could go on forever and ever.
They should have told the story about when Butkus ran his mouth and Joe went out on the field and spit in Dicks face and stared him down. Butkus was smart and walked away. Greene would have hurt him badly.
Joe Greene raised more hell on the field in his career than most people realize. Thrown out of half of the games in 1969, hurled the ball out of Franklin Field in 1970, broke Bob DeMarco's jaw when he was with the Browns for cheap shots to him one game, kicked another Browns lineman in the jewels in 1975 for repeated holds and cheap shots which caused a bench clearing brawl, and punched a Broncos lineman in 1977 that cost him his playoff check. Those are a handful of his stories. He is the greatest Steeler in history and will remain so because he changed the culture of the franchise which was not to accept losing or failure
Walter Payton missed ONE game in his 13 year career. career. He had the biggest heart...heart of a lion. He was by far the toughest football player ever.
I loved watching Payton but toughest ever? - Ronnie Lott cut his finger off so he wouldn't miss a game, Rashad Johnson had a finger snap off in the middle of a game and didn't know it until he removed his glove after the game and the finger was in the glove. And then there is Jack Youngblood who played 3 games on a broken leg. Not even close to being the toughest player ever
Cool fact: I was a production assistant on a show called HEELS which features James Harrison, I’ll never forget, I walked into the back and saw him and I’ve never felt an aura so intense before, his workouts are still the same too, I looked and thought, “this is just a film man” but it’s just how he’s hardwired!
My uncle was a starting tackle in the NFL. A good one too. Told me that Reggie White lifted him off the ground once and threw him into the fullback, who then hit the QB for a sack. Did I mention it was with one arm? Just that hump move.
@@Matt_237 Stan Brock, I remember watching him, very good player. If Reggie White could rag-doll Larry Allen, he could pretty much rag-doll anyone...and did, often.
Really cool that you put the "Minister od defense " in this video!!! He really was amazing and sadly may he rest in peace...as well as Dick Butkis who has recently passed away.
Two people were killed in the incident in question. RL might not have killed them personally but he definitely helped in preventing the actual killer/s getting caught.
Jack Lambert was only 212 lbs at 6'-5". There are WR's bigger than that in todays game. But just imagine how hard Lambert would have hit if he had another 20 or 30 lbs on him. Now "THAT" is scary that he hit that hard at that size!
I’ve been a Browns fan since I was a kid. I remember when Lamberts nailed Brian Sipe. Doug Dieken nailed Lambert. Both got thrown out of the game. Dieken said it was worth it.
Troy was a beast and should be on this list due to how unpredictable he was. He did things on the field that have never been done before. It was scary how he just knew where to be to mske insane plays
@@Phoenix-pm2qr as a bengals fan it was frustrating playing him twice a year. The man was in the camera frame at least every play if he wasn't making the tackle. Just all over the dam place.
Earl Campbell was an absolute beast out there. I was only. 4/5 years old when he played. He was my favorite player despite growing up a jets fan in NY.
As a Steelers fan, he made me nervous every time we played Houston. But I admired him. When he was playing I always hoped that if we couldn't win the Super Bowl, the Oilers would do it.
@@mastick5106 as a diehard Oilers fan, my favorite games were Oilers & Steelers. you knew you were about to see some top shelf football being played. they brought out the best of each other.
Much Respect Blitz.Glad to see you put Players from the 50s 60's 70'S in there. Night Train Lane .Dick Butkis Jim Brown. Sam Huff who played with the Giants at Middle Linebacker in the 50s and 60's Said Jim Brown hit him so hard when he Tackled Him it Knocked the Enamel off his Teeth! And Huff was as Tough as they Come!
And Lyle Alzado was left out why? He's the only player to have a rule named after him in the Alzado rule that banned players from ripping off an opponents helmet and smacking him with it
@@xpchbum2937yup, then took his money, bought a restaurant, had a pretty good life. Then...died, far too young!, of brain cancer from steroid abuse. Never forget that last PSA he did.. 😪 but hey, thanx to technology, the memories live on!👍
In my opinion, Lawrence Taylor was the scariest defensive player I have ever seen. Watching from home, I was always terrified on behalf of the opposing quarterback. For offense, Larry Csonka was amazing. He could run up the middle in a play that the defense read perfectly... And still make ten yards.
Yeah, Csonka was special. He'd even put the second arm over the football, which you almost never see anybody do, and just plow straight ahead....That was one POWERFUL man. He has to be in the top 3 or 4 among the really large running backs of all time, along with Earl Campbell and Jerome Bettis...But I don't know if anybody thrived on contact the way Csonka did. He played a man's game.
Jim Taylor/ 1 of the most powerful running backs that ever played/ this man would welcome contact; A fierce competitor; Was working weights before they were popular. He "turned the tables" on defensive players. Taylor tried to inflict pain as an offensive player on defensive tacklers
Jack Tatum was the identity of the Raiders in his time, he’s the reason the Raiders were feared, in my opinion he’s the scariest NFL player to ever play. Also one of the reasons I became a die hard Raider fan.
Today's game would have gotten Tatum removed from the game because there are certain tackles or hits that we'll supposed to protect the high priced QBs
Walter Payton was smaller than any of those guys and he would look for people to smash into. Also, John Riggins. He laid out so many defensive players in his career.
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@@calibrazxr750 not saying your wrong but man. If I was playing against a dude who would intentionally break people’s fingers I’d be terrified. He was incredibly dirty but I think they makes it even scarier.
Butkus played with so much intensity that I think even if you just brought him to today's NFL with a time machine, he'd still be a force. But imagine if he had lifted weights... done plyometrics...
Let me explain to Tatum how he became the “villain” in the Stingley hit. It’s called getting paid a bounty from Al Davis for putting players out of the game. Not for great plays but for actually injuring players. I can’t believe that you left Ronnie Lott off the list. He was, if not the one of the hardest hitting players period, the most savage defensive back to ever play the game. He also had a passion for playing that’s unparalleled. How many players have, at their own request, had a finger amputated so they could continue to play? Answer? ONE and his name is Ronnie Lott. Now THAT is dedication to playing folks.
Sir Wayne Thomas "Buck" Shelford. Had his sack torn open during a game with a testicle hanging out, got it sewed back up in the lockers and went straight back out to play. I know it's NRL, but it still stands out to me
A player that was absolutely brutal but only played 4 seasons was William Afflis. He played for the Packers from 1951-1954. He is better known as the legendary,Dick the Bruiser, the world's most dangerous wrestler.
Jack Lambert projected that brutal caveman image, but he was super smart. He chose to play football instead of continuing his plan of becoming a veterinarian, because he figured it would be a short career. Instead he ended up a football icon. He knew what he was doing, and it was terrifying.
"Chicago linebacker Dick Butkus, blocking for punt returner Gayle Sayers, blindsided the oncoming Greenwood, knocking him unconscious near the Steelers' bench. Butkus stood over the fallen rookie like Ali stood over Liston. Onto the field stepped Greene. Eye-to-eye with Butkis, Greene threatened him and spat in his face. "Butkus was standing there with this [spit] thing hanging down his face mask," Mansfield said. Mansfield thought, This is going to be the greatest fight in the history of the NFL! But Butkus turned and walked away. Decades later, Mansfield said, "That was the beginning of the end of the Pittsburgh Steelers' problems."
Gotta say Sweetness was the toughest player we ever. Never saw him run out of bounds! Always wondered where all that strength came from. He played on many,many teams that weren’t good. He still gave it his all every game!!!
Unless a team is trying to stop the clock I truly despise watching the ball carriers running out of bounds in order to avoid taking a hit. In a game of inches if a player at 6' tall stayed in bounds and just fell forward that would be an extra two yards on every play (theoretically of course). Regardless, even if they only fell forward for a couple of feet it would add up over three downs (or four if the team goes for it on 4th down) nevermind over the course of the game! I love it in the preseason watching RB's and WR's that are just trying to make the team. Whenever I see one who mans-up by dropping his shoulder, cutting back inside taking on the defender one on one, staying in bounds? I know that player has heart and quietly root for him to make the team as its players like that who make the difference between a winning team and a losing team. Each persons effort matters and these coaches and players just don't seem to get it that players will play how they practice!!! Back before the players union got in the way, training camps had full uniforms on for most of it and players would be tackling and hitting throughout camp. Now sure, there were injuries but there are even more injuries now within the first three games because players are not in 'football shape' and 'being in shape' and 'being in football shape' aren't even close to being the same thing. Anyone who has played the game at a team level knows that. The players have gotten bigger and stronger but they are also a LOT softer mentally and will sit out of a practice or game for the slightest injuries. I blame it on greed. Greed of the owners and greed of the players. Why was it that players were a helluva lot tougher before all of these safety rules and before they made millions of dollars annually? It will likely never happen, but these team owners should be trying to sell the stadiums out for every game. They CAN do that if they charged a fair amount for a seat and parking yet they refuse to. Sure, players wouldn't get 40 million dollars a year but I'm willing to bet that they would likely play for $500,000 as 99.9% would never make that in a regular secular job. Greed... always a killer of everything good.
Dick Butkus he should've been the most scariest NFL player to go play against and he was the big, bad bear you should've never got mad like a tank or monster of the Midway from Chicago, IL!
Chuck Cecil had a relatively short career mostly with bad Packer teams, but anyone who saw him will remember him. He was an absolute maniac. An unguided missile.
I just started watching KC when Joe Montana went there from Frisco just to see how he did, and Cecil was the first guy the reminded me of growing up watching Jack Lambert. If you Google his career, they say he was kind of forced out of the NFL for hitting to hard.
No Ronnie Lott? Who has a better tape of crushing hits? Replace one of the running backs with him. Earl Campbell was tough but offensive players can't inspire actual fear the way the defense can. Defenders always know they can gang tackle. Offensive players know they might get blindsided.
As a Bronco fan, I totally agree. As much as I hated him when the Broncos played the Chiefs, I was truly sad for a while when he died. Great player and dude. Von Miller wore 58 in his honor.
If Brady had played in the 70s or 80s or 90s, his career would have lasted 10 years with the little mobility he had and facing these real headhunters.... maybe one or two rings and that... maybe. .. without the QB protection rules, playing against Lawrence Taylor or Jack Lambert...he would have shit his pants 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Earl Campbell: The Tyler Rose. His thighs were like tree trunks. He can’t walk really anymore now because the Oilers ran him to death. But the man makes some good BBQ and BBQ sauce
You forgot Larry Czonka even his name sounded tough! He'd bulldoze his way running straight ahead at players dragging them into the end zone talk about 3 tough yards and a cloud of dust!
I absolutely lost it when i heard John Elway's quote. "Keep the money, just get me outta here!"
bro same
Ronnie Lott and Steve Atwater. This needs to be a longer list.
Agreed. Atwater had some really nasty hits. Brutal. One of the nicest guys too.
Agreed bro I have an signed Ronnie Lott card and I cherish that thing
For real. Was gonna say before I saw this comment, Ronnie Lott chose to have his finger amputated on the sideline rather than get surgery and miss 2 months. That alone is frightening.
Yeah dude when I saw that I was thinking This Man Is Crazy🤣@@dazed1nyc
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Larry Csonka should have been on this list. He is the only back that got an unnecessary roughness penalty for leveling someone, and that was in the early 70s when those kind of rules were non existent lol. Greatest fullback in nfl history
Earl Campbell was extremely punishing as well. Two tough players
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I had the ambition to be an NFL. Corner or safety had the wheels. Then I saw Larry Csonka I hit the books instead. 😮
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No Jim brown best FB of all time
Dick Butkus, Ray Nitchke, Conrad Dolbler, Lawrence Taylor, Larry Wilson, Tommy Nobis, Chuck Cecil, Ronnie Lott, Larry Little, the list goes on.........
Jack Lambert #58 my favorite NFL PLAYER OF ALL TIME.
Same
Jack Lambert is the best all time and I hate the Steelers.
Jack Lambert made that defense a monster.
@@ghozt9119 Jack was a coke freak My dad sold to him LOL
@@dennisstorey9658 horse shit .
We lost a good one recently, RIP Dick Butkus
RIP bro🙏
THE GREATEST EVER
Butkus should have been #1
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@@firefighterd1265I'm hoping these aren't in order. Butkus was the scariest player ever.
Gale Sayers said that the hardest he'd ever been hit was by Butkus... in PRACTICE.
Jim Brown, one of the toughest running backs ever, would sit in his hotel room and cry the night before he'd play the Bears.
Butkus embodied everything about a football player.
RIP #51.
Earl Campbell, was the most electrifying and powerful running back to ever play that position. He sacrificed his body like no one else ever. Give him the respect he deserves.
And he was targeted by all teams after his first year .. fav running backs of all time Earl Campbell and Walter Payton .. both were humble too .. just did the job
I don’t get it. Earl Campbell needs to be in any conversation regarding the greatest RB’s. If you were watching football from 78 to 83 Earl was dominant. Houston gave him the ball and stood around and watched a slight exaggeration but not really he was Mashawn way before Marshawn. He was Adrian Peterson way before Adrian he would’ve had 2000 yards if he played 16 games I believe in 1980. He was the Houston Oilers without him. That team was 500 at best. He didn’t run behind Tony Dorsett, Dallas Cowboys Walter Payton was very special but I’ve never seen anybody quite like Earl Campbell on the Mount Rushmore and I don’t understand why he isn’t talked about like that is only played For five years, he didn’t have the Los Angeles Rams offensive line like Eric Dickerson, and Eric Dickerson was special. He didn’t have Emmett Smith Dallas Cowboys offensive line. If he did, he might still be playing the most devastating running back I’ve ever seen
Earl ... my all time fave ...
Who earl Campbell soup!!!!
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Ray Nitchke of Lombardis Packers has to be on list! Are you kidding?
Agreed !
You're absolutely right. Whoever put this together was sports minded blind!
I remember a quote I saw at the Packers Hall of Fame next to a picture of Ray. " If you were on a bus and Dick Butkus sat down next to you you would probably get up and move to another seat. If Ray Nitschke sat next to you get up and move to another bus."
Ray would be across the line and tell you,,,Im gonna rip your head off,,,,,and He Meant It!!!!
I think his loss to the Mean Machine kept him off the list.
Earl Campbell was the most devastating, most powerful running back I have ever seen, not excluding Jim Brown. Trying to tackle the man was like trying to tackle a tank.
As good as Earl the pearl was, I have seen Christian Okoya more amazing things. Thats why he was calle the Nigerian Nightmare. That hit on Campbell by tatum would have put tatum on the sideline now days. Speared him with his helmut, right it the numbers
@Rick-ux5ku I think you meant "DO more amazing things".
@@trwent yes tanx teach.
Earl Campbell was a wrecking crew but how about Jerome Bettis?
As a Washington fan, I respect Lawrence Taylor as he was celebrating after taking down Theisman, and once he saw the injury his hands instantly went to his head in worry.
You could here Theismann's leg snapping through the TV, I'll never forget that snapping sound.
@@aarondigby5054 I remember not thinking it was that bad until they showed the reverse angle.
can say LT is awesome,met him like 6 years ago,hes awesome, he feels geniune remorse for the theisman injury all the time. So we were told not to mention that to him when meeting him because of how serious he takes that. LT is one of the coolest people ive ever met hands down, even got me into family guy
I think that was an accident of physics. Taylor had Theismann in a bear hug as the pile was forming, and the momentum appeared to push Taylor's knee against Theismann's lower leg with his foot planted.
I don't remember the celebrating part. Then again, I'm a Giants fan. I do remember him calling the sideline. Anyone to can find the video and see how Theisman's leg broke in slow motion. Seriously disturbing to see.
No Ronnie Lott, you have failed.
How could I forget Ronnie Lott. This dude was my childhood role model, with me playing the same position 👍
Absolutely need Lott on this list , he gave up part of a finger to play
Mark Bavaro carried Lott on his back during a pass catch. It took Lott and 3 other 49ers to take mark Bavaro down. Bavaro even played a game with a broken jaw
I try to blind side em. He ran me over lmfao
Literally couldn’t believe he wasn’t on this.
Jack Lambert Mannnnnn he was Nasty on Defense.. Thanks for the Great football memories, Sir..😄
What a great list. So many videos often have “all time” list, but only highlight players from the last decade or so. This video was truly all time.
Jack Tatum was the dirtiest player in NFL history. His hit on Stingley was away from the play.
Vontaze Burfict and Ndamukong Suh would like a word with you.
Larry Csonka, John Riggins, Christian Okoye, O.J.(Ottis), Anderson, Bo Jackson, Mike Alstott, and Jerome Bettis....just a few offensive monsters of the gridiron 😮......
The 'A' TRAIN was THAT DUDE!!!
The Nigerian Nightmare. Yes
Bill Romanowski
The Diesel!
R.I.P. Dick Butkus🙏🏼
LOL
James Charles’ favorite nfl player
Dick was an animal on the field and a teddy bear off of it.
Butkus once said he had dreams of hitting quarterbacks so hard their heads popped off. RIP Dick.
Plus Ray Nitchke should be on this list too.
@@rustyrelicsfarm2406 agreed also Derrick Thomas.
He once (in the mid '70's), nearly murdered me (see my post above).
Butkus was a beast
Also Sam Huff if we're going back that far @@rustyrelicsfarm2406
No Deacon Jones?? They say had they kept sack stats for his entire career, he would hold the all-time sack record. His head slap left many an O lineman's ears ringing. He even coined the term "sack", that's how synonymous he is with the QB sack.
I know right?
Deacon Jones the lynch pin that fortified the "Fearsome Foursome" they were an exceptional D-line
@@aarondigby5054There are also a few non hall of famers defenders that were very feared on the football field Hardy Nickerson Greg Lloyd Mark Gastinou
He's the reason the NFL made head slaps illegal!
Concrete Charlie Bednarik was badass. Played O & D & even some special teams. And flattened Frank Gifford, per the famous b&w photo....
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Remember: Jack Lambert didn't need fire coming out, didn't need to do a voodoo dance, didn't need to yell and holler like a crazed lunatic. He let his play do all the talking for him. Ray Lewis my a$$.
Ray's dance was lame
Great List. Watching Earl Cambell as a kid ruined me. He is the best back I’ve seen in my life
34” thighs. Each. Dude was BEAST.
Agreed.
Seeing Earl as a kid being from Texas. Knowing what he could do in the NFL and he did it.
Nobody in 50 years comes close.
Bo might have. Sadly his injury stopped him.
No stopping The Tyler Rose though. lol
Jack-o-lantern Lambert was the reason I started watching football. Still my favorite all time player to this day.
Yeah ok🤨
He was my favorite also I had a chance to meet him at Kent State where he played football pretty nice guy but on the field he was a beast
@@ironeagle2526Jackie is a quiet beast. He didn't need to talk. He let his play and downright crazy demeanor as a defender do the talking for him.
Chico.... My favorite Cousin! Still.
One of the Steel Curtain ❤
Rest in piece Dick Butkus 🙏
A real Chicago icon.
rip Butkiss!
Even as a Pack fan, massive respect for that man.
It's PEACE, NOT Piece.
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Back in the day the meanest guys were Conrad Dobler, Dick Butkus, Big Ben Davidson, Mean Joe Greene,Lyle Alzado,
MEAN JOE was the 'CEMENT' in the STEEL CURTAIN!!!
I miss those days! If a defensive player’s face wasn’t covered in blood by the end of the game, then they were bench warmers.
Ted Hendricks too.
Lyle Alzado, Ronnie Lott, Bill Romanowski.
John Matuzak
This list needs to be longer for sure. You got Atwater, Ronnie lott, ray nitschke, john lynch, mike alstott, Troy polamalu, ed Reed, Brian dawkins, Warren sapp, Michael strahan, Joe green, Larry czonka... so many. I could go on forever and ever.
Good list. I loved watching Earl Campbell run. #1 on this list of scary players has to be Butkus.
Agreed
Mean Joe Greene a linebacker!? Show the greatest Steeler of all time some respect and at least get his position right! He was a defensive tackle!
They should have told the story about when Butkus ran his mouth and Joe went out on the field and spit in Dicks face and stared him down. Butkus was smart and walked away. Greene would have hurt him badly.
I got to shake hands with that man. He made me feel like I was a midget. His hand engulfed my hand. He was a really polite person though.
Joe Greene wasn’t even on the list
Joe Greene raised more hell on the field in his career than most people realize. Thrown out of half of the games in 1969, hurled the ball out of Franklin Field in 1970, broke Bob DeMarco's jaw when he was with the Browns for cheap shots to him one game, kicked another Browns lineman in the jewels in 1975 for repeated holds and cheap shots which caused a bench clearing brawl, and punched a Broncos lineman in 1977 that cost him his playoff check. Those are a handful of his stories. He is the greatest Steeler in history and will remain so because he changed the culture of the franchise which was not to accept losing or failure
Walter Payton missed ONE game in his 13 year career. career. He had the biggest heart...heart of a lion. He was by far the toughest football player ever.
He was also the best all around player ever. Period.
@@PatrickForrest-pv4wv 'Sweetness"
This is all time scary list though.
@@PatrickForrest-pv4wvnot really, his playoff career sucked.
I loved watching Payton but toughest ever? - Ronnie Lott cut his finger off so he wouldn't miss a game, Rashad Johnson had a finger snap off in the middle of a game and didn't know it until he removed his glove after the game and the finger was in the glove. And then there is Jack Youngblood who played 3 games on a broken leg. Not even close to being the toughest player ever
Cool fact: I was a production assistant on a show called HEELS which features James Harrison, I’ll never forget, I walked into the back and saw him and I’ve never felt an aura so intense before, his workouts are still the same too, I looked and thought, “this is just a film man” but it’s just how he’s hardwired!
"Dracula in cleats" 😂Loved Jack Lambert as a kid.
My uncle was a starting tackle in the NFL. A good one too. Told me that Reggie White lifted him off the ground once and threw him into the fullback, who then hit the QB for a sack. Did I mention it was with one arm? Just that hump move.
What's your uncle's name?
There's no shame in getting thrown around by Reggie White. The man was a monster.
@@thesbleeder2162 Stan Brock
Giants could gotten white imagine him and LT together
@@Matt_237 Stan Brock, I remember watching him, very good player. If Reggie White could rag-doll Larry Allen, he could pretty much rag-doll anyone...and did, often.
Reggie was the best defensive end i ever seen and the strongest. Who manhandled giants
Also note that Taylor himself was signaling the Redskins' bench for help after he realized that Theismann was seriously hurt.
I was watching that game when it happened, and I believe it was a Monday night game.
It's kind of a natural reaction when you see someones leg bend 90° where it's not supposed to.
That's right! Taylor wasn't a dirty player but, he was tough.
I saw that happen live. It was pretty gruesome
@@lorijohnson1478 Yes. The worst part was they replayed it several times, unlike now where you might see a bad injury replayed once and that's it.
Really cool that you put the "Minister od defense " in this video!!! He really was amazing and sadly may he rest in peace...as well as Dick Butkis who has recently passed away.
He said I tried to blindside Ray.He ran me over, bro. That was some funny shit.🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Mel blunt Mooney Winston both were BEAST. You never hear of Mooney but his inside backer play was astounding !
The “Mel Blount” rule in the NFL…. nuff said!
Butkus was the meanest sob on the field.
My inspiration😶
I totally agree
Ray Lewis actually killed a guy and got away with it, doesn't get much more scary than that!
Allegedly
Two people were killed in the incident in question. RL might not have killed them personally but he definitely helped in preventing the actual killer/s getting caught.
lol
@@einundsiebenziger5488 two taken out - two super bowls! we all know that last one was fixed like a mutha...
Tatum did it on the field.
Epic video, thanks for the editing effort. Love me some Earl Campbell....
Jack Lambert was only 212 lbs at 6'-5". There are WR's bigger than that in todays game. But just imagine how hard Lambert would have hit if he had another 20 or 30 lbs on him. Now "THAT" is scary that he hit that hard at that size!
Same thing with Randy White, the DT from the Cowboys. Imagine that guy with another 30 pounds of muscle on him.
I’ve been a Browns fan since I was a kid. I remember when Lamberts nailed Brian Sipe. Doug Dieken nailed Lambert. Both got thrown out of the game. Dieken said it was worth it.
This was a well made video. Could have been on NFL Films. Deserves more views. 👍
Not without Bo and Ronnie Lott it doesn’t 💁🏻♀️
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It was weird seeing James Harrison in a Bengals uniform. Always liked him & Palamalu.
Troy was a beast and should be on this list due to how unpredictable he was. He did things on the field that have never been done before. It was scary how he just knew where to be to mske insane plays
@@Phoenix-pm2qr as a bengals fan it was frustrating playing him twice a year. The man was in the camera frame at least every play if he wasn't making the tackle. Just all over the dam place.
You might say Ray “killed it”. Especially in white…
I can’t believe Aaron Hernandez and OJ Simpson did t make the list!
Jack Tatum is still remembered 50 years later.
And all of these players would be suspended by today's NFL.
Great list. Honorable mention, Deacon Jones, Merlon Olson, Ronnie Lott.
And Bo
Plus Ray Lewis literally murdered someone.
Someones, like 2 of 'em.
And got away with murder. What a punk.
no.... he ratted them out
Earl Campbell was an absolute beast out there. I was only. 4/5 years old when he played. He was my favorite player despite growing up a jets fan in NY.
As a Steelers fan, he made me nervous every time we played Houston. But I admired him. When he was playing I always hoped that if we couldn't win the Super Bowl, the Oilers would do it.
@@mastick5106 I have a beautiful throw back Oilers jersey with Campbell on it. It’s for very special Sundays.☺️
@@mastick5106 as a diehard Oilers fan, my favorite games were Oilers & Steelers. you knew you were about to see some top shelf football being played. they brought out the best of each other.
Much Respect Blitz.Glad to see you put Players from the 50s 60's 70'S in there. Night Train Lane .Dick Butkis Jim Brown. Sam Huff who played with the Giants at Middle Linebacker in the 50s and 60's Said Jim Brown hit him so hard when he Tackled Him it Knocked the Enamel off his Teeth! And Huff was as Tough as they Come!
🤣🤣@01:30 I love ocho so much sometimes lmao
Great vid. Could have *maybe* fit Singletary or Lott in there. Still, thanks for the great video!
Samurai Mike.
And Lyle Alzado was left out why? He's the only player to have a rule named after him in the Alzado rule that banned players from ripping off an opponents helmet and smacking him with it
Randy White did that too. A game against the Bears.
During training season the Raiders shared dinner tables Lyle Alzado sat alone at his own table
Like 8 ft tall in pads..Goliath Jr. Lol
@@xpchbum2937yup, then took his money, bought a restaurant, had a pretty good life. Then...died, far too young!, of brain cancer from steroid abuse. Never forget that last PSA he did.. 😪 but hey, thanx to technology, the memories live on!👍
@@DoJ79I remember the psa he did. It's sad that happened to him
This list could have been a top 20 for sure
5:31 ‘They send one of ours to the hospital, we’ll send one of us to the morgue’ like in The Untouchables! So appropriate for a Chicago linebacker.
In my opinion, Lawrence Taylor was the scariest defensive player I have ever seen. Watching from home, I was always terrified on behalf of the opposing quarterback.
For offense, Larry Csonka was amazing. He could run up the middle in a play that the defense read perfectly... And still make ten yards.
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Yeah, Csonka was special. He'd even put the second arm over the football, which you almost never see anybody do, and just plow straight ahead....That was one POWERFUL man. He has to be in the top 3 or 4 among the really large running backs of all time, along with Earl Campbell and Jerome Bettis...But I don't know if anybody thrived on contact the way Csonka did. He played a man's game.
Yeah, cocaine is a helluva drug. That, and being a sociopath made him into an animal.
LT he was on cocain every night
Repent and believe in the gospel
Fullback Jim Taylor of the Lombardi Packers would fight tacklers after they tackled him. It was fun to watch him as he tried to intimidate defenseman.
Jim Taylor/ 1 of the most powerful running backs that ever played/ this man would welcome contact; A fierce competitor; Was working weights before they were popular. He "turned the tables" on defensive players. Taylor tried to inflict pain as an offensive player on defensive tacklers
Jack Tatum was the identity of the Raiders in his time, he’s the reason the Raiders were feared, in my opinion he’s the scariest NFL player to ever play. Also one of the reasons I became a die hard Raider fan.
Me 2 read a book about him in 3rd grade been a raiders fan ever since
We'll I'm sure Tatum from the bottom of his heart wanted to go to the hospital and a chance to apologize to Stingley
Today's game would have gotten Tatum removed from the game because there are certain tackles or hits that we'll supposed to protect the high priced QBs
@@JohnJones-xx6nt dude he would’ve ended up in prison had he played in this era lol 😂
he is the reason that the cowboy's Cliff Harris thought that he could play Lyn Swan one on one in the Superbowl that year but he was so wrong
O.J. will murder somebody, but draws the line at saying “ass” A man of morals, I respect it.
I met Ray Lewis in a bookstore in 2015. He couldn’t have been more gracious.
You’re lucky to be alive
@ ha! true.
Walter Payton was smaller than any of those guys and he would look for people to smash into. Also, John Riggins. He laid out so many defensive players in his career.
All because of his haircut ;)
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@@misternewman1576Jesus Loves you He died on the cross for your sins and if you repent if your sins and confess with your mouth His is Lord and son of God you are saved. God bless 😊😊
I would add Earl Campbell or Christian Oyoke.
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Well, Ray Lewis is only scary if you expect him to get convicted of killing you.
Ray Lewis was a thug
If not for sports alot of these thugs would be in prison or the cemetery
He stabbed someone right?
@@grady1807 Oh, please. This is Baltimore, we stab each other as a way of saying hello. Also, 73% of the air here is composed of bullets.
No Bill Romanowski is crazy
Ive expected him at #1
He was just flat out dirty.
@@calibrazxr750 well yeah that’s what made him scary he’d intentionally hurt players
@kyleallen7169 scary for all the wrong reasons. Which is probably why he's not on the list. He was pure scum.
@@calibrazxr750 not saying your wrong but man. If I was playing against a dude who would intentionally break people’s fingers I’d be terrified. He was incredibly dirty but I think they makes it even scarier.
Lambert looks like an old prospector! "There be gold in them there hills!" 😂
Thanks for Sharing... I Enjoyed that
Butkus played with so much intensity that I think even if you just brought him to today's NFL with a time machine, he'd still be a force.
But imagine if he had lifted weights... done plyometrics...
Jim Brown definitely brought the aggression. Especially to the women in his life.
oooooohhhhhh edgy!!!!!
Wassup with people with the name brown beating the women in their life?
Let me explain to Tatum how he became the “villain” in the Stingley hit. It’s called getting paid a bounty from Al Davis for putting players out of the game. Not for great plays but for actually injuring players. I can’t believe that you left Ronnie Lott off the list. He was, if not the one of the hardest hitting players period, the most savage defensive back to ever play the game. He also had a passion for playing that’s unparalleled. How many players have, at their own request, had a finger amputated so they could continue to play? Answer? ONE and his name is Ronnie Lott. Now THAT is dedication to playing folks.
Where’s your proof of this so called bounty? You’re full of it.
Sir Wayne Thomas "Buck" Shelford. Had his sack torn open during a game with a testicle hanging out, got it sewed back up in the lockers and went straight back out to play. I know it's NRL, but it still stands out to me
Couldn't agree more. They didn't come any tougher than Ronnie Lott.
Honorable mention for Steve Atwater.
You would probably have to add bo jackson on the list then because bo ran through Ronnie Lott like nothing!
Now ,the Nancie’s practice the fine art of arm tackling.
Joe Greene was not a linebacker, he was a defensive tackle.
Great Vid! Nice work! All my favorite things! I miss this kind of football so much!
A player that was absolutely brutal but only played 4 seasons was William Afflis. He played for the Packers from 1951-1954. He is better known as the legendary,Dick the Bruiser, the world's most dangerous wrestler.
Excellent reference.
I seen him wrestle at Tindle Armory when I was a kid. I loved that shit!! Ernie Ladd was on the card also.
Guys like Tatum made me a Raiders fan for life.
LT didnt also just break theismanns leg, he also singlehandedly dismantled the Detroit lions with a sprained ankle
crack will make you do that
While on coke
Randy White?
The monster
.....The 'Manster'....
Jack Lambert projected that brutal caveman image, but he was super smart. He chose to play football instead of continuing his plan of becoming a veterinarian, because he figured it would be a short career. Instead he ended up a football icon. He knew what he was doing, and it was terrifying.
The Steelers need more players like Jack Lambert and James Harrison. They used to be unstoppable
The crazy part is that Joe Greene was "scarier" than both:
"Chicago linebacker Dick Butkus, blocking for punt returner Gayle Sayers, blindsided the oncoming Greenwood, knocking him unconscious near the Steelers' bench. Butkus stood over the fallen rookie like Ali stood over Liston. Onto the field stepped Greene. Eye-to-eye with Butkis, Greene threatened him and spat in his face. "Butkus was standing there with this [spit] thing hanging down his face mask," Mansfield said. Mansfield thought, This is going to be the greatest fight in the history of the NFL! But Butkus turned and walked away. Decades later, Mansfield said, "That was the beginning of the end of the Pittsburgh Steelers' problems."
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What do you guys think about T.J.Watt? Not the "scariest", but definitely a great, great Linebacker.
Glad to see Brown made it. So many guys, just hate to see that Ronnie Lott wasn't in the running.
Jim Browns passing away was the most under covered celebrity passing I can think of tbh. Something is off about that.
@@chawmcgraw4309 Yeah...
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Tatum need not apologize for his style of playing that's how the game was played back then.
Sean Taylor. RIP. Hit like a freight train. Half or more of these great players on this list, could not take a hit from him.
I know for a fact Lyle Alzado was scarier than many of these guys.
I know for a fact he wasn't.
3 Mile Lyle
Deacon Jones will haunt your dreams for overlooking him here.
But deacon jones wasn’t a hard hitter
@@Supbros1902 Nonsense. You obviously never saw him play. I saw (and heard) his hard hitting many times back in the day.
@@leestamm3187 I have
@@leestamm3187 he was dominant
@@leestamm3187 the head slap
Gotta say Sweetness was the toughest player we ever. Never saw him run out of bounds! Always wondered where all that strength came from. He played on many,many teams that weren’t good. He still gave it his all every game!!!
Read "Never Die Easy"
@@jonathanbennett4233 thanks. I will
Unless a team is trying to stop the clock I truly despise watching the ball carriers running out of bounds in order to avoid taking a hit.
In a game of inches if a player at 6' tall stayed in bounds and just fell forward that would be an extra two yards on every play (theoretically of course).
Regardless, even if they only fell forward for a couple of feet it would add up over three downs (or four if the team goes for it on 4th down) nevermind over the course of the game!
I love it in the preseason watching RB's and WR's that are just trying to make the team. Whenever I see one who mans-up by dropping his shoulder, cutting back inside taking on the defender one on one, staying in bounds? I know that player has heart and quietly root for him to make the team as its players like that who make the difference between a winning team and a losing team.
Each persons effort matters and these coaches and players just don't seem to get it that players will play how they practice!!!
Back before the players union got in the way, training camps had full uniforms on for most of it and players would be tackling and hitting throughout camp.
Now sure, there were injuries but there are even more injuries now within the first three games because players are not in 'football shape' and 'being in shape' and 'being in football shape' aren't even close to being the same thing.
Anyone who has played the game at a team level knows that.
The players have gotten bigger and stronger but they are also a LOT softer mentally and will sit out of a practice or game for the slightest injuries.
I blame it on greed.
Greed of the owners and greed of the players.
Why was it that players were a helluva lot tougher before all of these safety rules and before they made millions of dollars annually?
It will likely never happen, but these team owners should be trying to sell the stadiums out for every game.
They CAN do that if they charged a fair amount for a seat and parking yet they refuse to.
Sure, players wouldn't get 40 million dollars a year but I'm willing to bet that they would likely play for $500,000 as 99.9% would never make that in a regular secular job.
Greed... always a killer of everything good.
Always love when O-Line gets some love. Should show how scary Trent Williams can be
Dick Butkus he should've been the most scariest NFL player to go play against and he was the big, bad bear you should've never got mad like a tank or monster of the Midway from Chicago, IL!
Decent video presentation, but the list is incomplete.
*Erik Williams, Larry Csonka & Lyle Alzado* are all missing.
Chuck Cecil had a relatively short career mostly with bad Packer teams, but anyone who saw him will remember him. He was an absolute maniac. An unguided missile.
I watched Chuck go end zone to end zone with an interception at U of A vs the ScumDevils. But yeah, he tried to knock dudes into the afterlife.
I just started watching KC when Joe Montana went there from Frisco just to see how he did, and Cecil was the first guy the reminded me of growing up watching Jack Lambert. If you Google his career, they say he was kind of forced out of the NFL for hitting to hard.
this dudes channel is so underrated
Earl Campbell looked like a weakling against Notre Dame in the 1977 cotton bowl!
No Ronnie Lott? Who has a better tape of crushing hits? Replace one of the running backs with him. Earl Campbell was tough but offensive players can't inspire actual fear the way the defense can. Defenders always know they can gang tackle. Offensive players know they might get blindsided.
Yeah im supprised he wasnt here
Him & Atwater, nasty safeties, nasty...
Lott's hit on icky woods is legendary!
I've watched several of these type videos, all good ones, but 1 common trend people seem to forget is Derrick Thomas !!
As a Bronco fan, I totally agree. As much as I hated him when the Broncos played the Chiefs, I was truly sad for a while when he died. Great player and dude. Von Miller wore 58 in his honor.
@4:15 you could hear Theismann's leg snap through the Tv, never will forget that snapping sound.
No Ronnie Lott = no credibility to make a list like this
If Brady had played in the 70s or 80s or 90s, his career would have lasted 10 years with the little mobility he had and facing these real headhunters.... maybe one or two rings and that... maybe. ..
without the QB protection rules, playing against Lawrence Taylor or Jack Lambert...he would have shit his pants 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Earl Campbell: The Tyler Rose. His thighs were like tree trunks. He can’t walk really anymore now because the Oilers ran him to death. But the man makes some good BBQ and BBQ sauce
Is there a recipie on line
Earl is my favorite all time RB
You forgot Larry Czonka even his name sounded tough! He'd bulldoze his way running straight ahead at players dragging them into the end zone talk about 3 tough yards and a cloud of dust!
Dick Butkus looked like a straight up serial killer. 🗡
Bro jack tatum stopped buddy in his tracks nd sent the ball back to the person who threw it all in one hit lmfaoo savage
Howie Long, Conrad Dobler, Larry Wilson, Billy Sims.....😮
Where's Zonk?
Ray Lewis was even scarier off the field and on the streets. He was indicted for murder and then copped a plea to get off.