Apologies all. The video just got demonetised for a (~10 second) clip of the Mike Harden hit, so I had to blur it. It was not flagged when I first uploaded it otherwise I would have fixed it before uploading.
Born in Seattle. Die hard fan. We knew most years the seahwaks would suck in the 70s/80s but always tuned in to see Largeant pick apart elite defenses.
As a slow white kid with great hands, Steve Largent was my hero growing up. I could outrun nobody but catch everything. Actually, I wasn't that slow, but I was not speed demon either. I used to wish I could run faster. I eventually gave up on my dream of being the next Steve Largent.
I just felt Dave Krieg deserved a little more respect than an "average" QB. He had his best years in Seattle and is arguably underrated. He received a lot of criticism for fumbles, and did lead the NFL in fumbles when he retired. But he was passed in the fumbles category by Bret Favre and Warren Moon. Losing playoff games had teams releasing or replacing Dave Krieg (see Chiefs: signing Joe Montana; and Krieg was the QB in Detroit when Barry Sanders was stopped in only playoff game. I find it interesting Sanders retired at age 29 and Lions did not make the playoffs for 29 years after not resigning then 36 yr old Krieg ...). But, his regular season stats are HOF worthy: 38,147 yds passing is 27th all time and Krieg's 261 TD's is 20th all time.
@@BruceWalther-s2lso basically he was great and got teams to the playoffs that didn’t actually deserve to be there and they would scape goat him for it. That’s sucks.
Not only was Largent a great receiver, he is a great man. He often supported charity events, and after he retired from football, he served 4 terms as a US congressman representing Oklahoma. When I was a college student, he and Jim Zorn came to a charity event for a college organization I belonged to, and both he and Zorn gave short speeches to support the organization. I've been a fan of his for many years.
Longtime Seahawks fan since my family moved to Washington State as a 2 year old from Minnesota. My family went through the 70s enduring the Vikings losing the Superbowl 3Xs. Steve Largent was what made me of fan of the Seahawks.
Largent was the man, period! The best rarely are the most gifted. They are the hardest workers and the most dedicated! You can’t count the number of players that wasted their natural talent.
I used to be a diehard football fan. When I spotted your caption about a slow white receiver who dominated the league in his day...I knew exactly who you were going to talk about; Steve Largent. The guy just played with an intensity, dedication, determination, ran his routes to perfection, and could catch anything. He's kind of like a Larry Bird on the football field.
Raymond Berry, Johnny Unitas's favorite target, wasn't very fast either. But he took the career receptions record after Don Hutson, and only dropped 3 passes in his entire pro career.
@@gerardsotxoa I think what is needed is a 40 yard dash zig zagging through the pile ons. How fast is Messi? Average at the 100 but we know he's fast in a burst all right.
Greetings from London, Largent is the franchise GOAT. I remember that game against the Broncos up in Denver back in 84, that was on Channel 4 . Largent absolutely torched those orange bastards. Go Hawks
Today the NFL is absolutely massive over here now but back then it was a just a niche sport. Largent record's are even more impressive when you consider he played in an era when football was a runners game and before they made it easier to pass the ball. Go Hawks
Back in the day and brother and I used to love this guy, even though neither one of us were Seahawks fans. We used to call him "Patterns" because the guy's route running was crazy. Someone who'd I compare him to these days is Cooper Kupp: quick feet, stop on a dime, shake and bake, go where the DB isn't and put them in the spin cycle. Plus he was scrappy and would catch everything near him. Unreal.
@Melmoth191 Maybe size wise they're similar, but Lockett is much faster. Lockett runs good routes too, but he ran a 4.4, whereas Largent was 4.6. Kupp is definitely bigger and stronger, but his speed and route-running are similar.
A friend of mine met Hanford DIxon (CB for the Browns in the '80s) years ago. He asked Hanford who was the toughest guy to cover? Without hesitation, he said, "Steve Largent. He wasn't fast, but he ran perfect routes and could catch everything thrown at him." Big praise towards Largent!
My dad says his great strength was that he had the strongest ankles of anyone. He was never particularly fast, but he could change directions faster than anyone.
I'm 57, Largent isn't forgotten. I was in high school during his career and there's not one NFL fan from that time that doesn't remember his name. Both Largent and Lynn Swann had planned on going into politics after the playing days were over. They should run for President/Vice President.
I grew up in the 60’s watching many of these “slow, white receivers”--Raymond Berry, Fred Biletnikoff, Jimmy Orr, Bob Chandler. They had nowhere near the speed of today’s WRs, but those glue-fingered, acrobatic catches were exciting as hell to watch!
Steve Largent was the best receiver in NFL history! He made impressive catches and moves that made him a legend on the field. He is the GOAT of all the wr’s of all time. He played the game with passion he wasn’t a ball hog like present receivers. ❤
I had a brush with Largent at the height of his career. I was filling up my car near the Hawks training camp which then was in Kirkland. I guy in the minivan next pump over was checking on his kids. He stands up turns around... its Largent. We briefly made eye contact. In that moment he was a football icon but just a dad. My admiration grew exponentially.
I watched his whole career as a kid in jr high through being in the USMC. The REVENGE HIT was iconic and along with Steve Atwater KO’ing 2 guys and himself in a game. Being from the Northwest Seattle was the newest and closest NFL team to us. So since their inception, I have been a fan.
Those of us that were around during Steve's career certainly remember him. As a Chiefs fan, we were division opponents, so i got to watch him cook a lot.
Steve Largent eventually becoming one of the most popular players in Europe in the future in terms of being a legend would be amazing. Nothing beats “Grit” and “Lunch pale mentality” (if you know, you know) Greeting from Seattle
Listening to a non-american that wasn't old enough to be born when largent played do a mini documentary on largent!! Pretty f****** awesome good job man!!!
I had the privilege of watching most of Largent's career as a child and young man. One thing you didn't highlight is the fact that back when 80 played the game players on the opposite team were actually allowed to defend the pass. His records were broken when it became all but illegal to contact a WR.
Exactly! And they were broken by Rice, who was on a pass first team with a HOF coach and two HOF QBs throwing to him...and it took him more years playing to do it! Largent is the greatest WR ever! If he played for a big market team he would be known nationally as the NFLs Larry Bird! The GOAT!!!
I watched Largent from the Seahawks first game in 1976, I was 9 years old and remember it like it was yesterday. Its truly unfortunate that the Seahawks couldn't match Largent up with a stud QB. I watched Largent's last game and was at the game when he hit Hardin and grabbed the fumble.
When I was far too young to remember, my parents owned a Kawasaki shop and invited the seahawks (the entire team) to come over to my parent's place for a bonfire party. They lived right on the lake, so it's a great place for parties. My dad invited them as a joke, really. He did it so he could say "I invited the whole team once"..... ....but he was shocked when the majority of them actually showed up! 😂😂😂 Again, I was too young to remember any of this... but the pictures are hilarious 😂 At one point, late in the night, the bonfire was going but they were out of wood. ....so, "this new rookie" who went by the name: "The Boz" [😂 yep, Bozworth was there!] solved the problem....by taking my parents wooden outhouse and just tossing it into the fire. 😂😂😂 Largent was there too, which is just amazing! I wish I were old enough to remember it but it was 1987....so, I was almost 3yo. 😂
Jerry Rice is my favorite player of all time. He is a living legend. Steve Largent, as this video correctly points out, was Rice's idol. Largent was phenomenal!
Wow! Amazing story! I am a lifelong 12... and I am in awe that your family has that in their history! Largent and the Boz at a bonfire at your house? Amazing!
The stereotypes against White athletes are essentially just gatekeeping at this point. I wonder when NFL fans will realize there are more Kupp's, McCaffery's, DeJean's, out there. Football has funneled White athletes away from so many positions over the decades. Any White athlete that becomes the dominant player at the position is viewed as an "outlier" therefore stopping the conversation. The conversation needs to continue and NFL coaches, NFL GMs, NFL scouts, College coaches, college recruiters all need to stop ignoring White athletes because they are White.
Nobody's ignoring White athletes. If you are good enough, you WILL get found. This is just how like for DECADES Black quarterbacks were thought of as not intelligent enough to play the position and were sometimes forced to play other positions because of management and often times bigoted fan bases.
i.e. Larry Bird. He couldn't jump, was slow...it seems like we white people want to hear black people say that a few white people could play/compete at the highest level. Why don't we just say that these are guys are good players?
This is true. There have always been fast white guys but there developed after the 1970s in major college football and the NFL the attitude that they must only be allowed to play wide receiver or quarterback. Ironically it was a black head coach who let Christian McCaffrey play running back at Stanford.
I wouldn’t call running a 4.6 40 yard dash “slow” even by NFL wide receiver standards 40+ years ago. It’s not world class sprinter speed like Bob Hayes,Cliff Branch or Isaac Curtis but still not bad for 45 years ago It’s a cliche but Steve Largent could cut on a dime. As noted such” precise routes” and “ gluelike hands”. Steve could get open in a phone booth!!! As a Raider fan growing up in the 70s and 80 s I always hated to see The Seahawks on the schedule because of Steve Largent.
He made the best hit i have ever seen. Denver DB got a IT while covering Largent but he interfered with Largent and Largent ran after him and just smacked him about 5 yards in the air and made him fumble...that is the one that is shown on this video.
Bro was literally a 78 speed but 99 acceleration and agility. He’s that two star in-state prospect you used to get in NCAA video games that went on to win the Heisman.
I remember a kid out of the state of Oregon who was often compared to Steve Largent: Mike Hass. After graduating from Portland's Jesuit High School as the first receiver ever to be named the state's Offensive Player of the Year at the highest enrollment classification and being the main reason why Jesuit won the state championship his senior year, no major university offered him a scholarship. The rap against him was that he was "too slow", yet like Largent, Hass ran precise routes, never dropped a pass, and had what many called "excellent game speed". He eventually walked on at Oregon State and became their best receiver, winning the Fred Biletnikoff Award as college football's top wide receiver his senior year. Even then, no NFL team would draft him. Once again, Hass was considered too slow. Try as hard as he could to make it to an NFL team, no team was ever willing to give him a chance. I don't know how Hass would have done had an NFL team given him the opportunity. Maybe he would have become successful like Steve Largent before him. I suppose we'll never know.
it is an interesting flaw in how players are assessed. Who wouldn't take the likes of Jerry Rice, Steve Largent, etc. Who cares if their 40 yard time isn't sub 4.4! 4.6 is hardly 'slow' right...
Hass was drafted in 2006 by my Saints in the 6th round. Released in preseason, he was picked up by the Bears, later spending time with the Seahawks. He played in a total of two regular season games.
I remember a quote about the Oakland Raiders HOF great receiver Fred Biletnikoff: "Fred could run the forty in about a week - but could shake his own shadow when he had to." Steve Largent was that type of receiver.
Great lookback. We loved the new Seahawk expansion team and Steve Largent's beyond amazing catches. i still recall never seeing him ever drop a pass. Reliable beyond comprehension compared to other butterfingers
4:20 - Largent had the unique ability to look for the ball over one shoulder, see it thrown to his other shoulder, and switch shoulders without breaking stride and make the catch in stride. It's very rare for a receiver to be able to do that, because you have to look away from the ball and run to the spot and re-acquire the ball in time to catch it. My big brother and I would practice that in the back yard.
Watching Steve Largent put the JuJu on defenders was almost mesmerizing. He could make them cross their ankles behind their heads. Then, he would stretch out like Superman to catch footballs while levitating horizontally in the air. All he lacked was the cape.
IMO he's the greatest receiver of all time. He gave maximum effort on every play, unlike a few I could name. The only one that can come close to him is Rice, who was surrounded with All-Pros.
100% I said this in my own comment! He was the vest by far! Rice was on a pass first team with HOF QBs and Coaches and it took him more years to beat Largents numbers!
Before Largent was Fred Biletnikoff and they both were similar in how they played. Both ran perfect routs and caught most anything that came their way!
I grew up a Cleveland Browns fan and because of some distant (location) relatives, and my love of a team's uniforms, logo, a left handed QB as well as a certain, too slow, too small, white (have to admit) WR, I would find myself in turmoil the 3 seasons the Seahawks played the Browns (78, 79, 83). I couldn't root for anyone. Strange feeling. But, despite Largent becoming an Oklahoma Republican State rep (I never did hear if he had an opinion on Trump, a good 20 yrs after Largent lost his election seat ...) I had spent my teen years playing schoolyard, tackle football games, running patterns like I had learned from Largent. I watched the 1983 playoff game against the Raiders in disgust knowing the Seahawks would not beat the Raiders for the 3rd time in same season. Raiders had 13 TOs(!) in the 2 regular season losses. Seahawks lost 30-14 (the week after the playoff win over Marino and the Dolphins. Shown in video). Brian Brennan would become my favorite Browns receiver, said to be a "poor man's" Steve Largent in knowing football circles. Brennan is in Browns lore fore catching the long TD pass from Bernie Kosar in the AFC chanpionship game to give the Browns the lead -- until the Denver Broncos led by John Elway would convert on The Drive (1986), eventually winning in OT for Super Bowl birth. ugh.
As a kid we used to pretend that we were either Steve Largent or Lynn Swan. That was until I had to get stitches in my chin for the second time. We discovered that grass could be very hard, especially during the winter
NFL Unveiled, Great post! I had no idea. I guess that proves that I am not paying attention. grrr Largent - sort of reminds me of Adam Thielen for the Vikes.
I was just talking about Largent 2 weeks ago! I got to see him and Zorn play in Cleveland on a very cold December day and of course Browns ended up losing!
I might be wrong, but to my knowledge, only three men have held the career receptions record, receiving yardage record, and receiving TD record all at once. Don Hudson was the first, Rice is the last and most current, and between them was Largent.
Apologies all. The video just got demonetised for a (~10 second) clip of the Mike Harden hit, so I had to blur it. It was not flagged when I first uploaded it otherwise I would have fixed it before uploading.
damn, that seems harsh.
@@BruceWalther-s2l it's a shame, it is difficult to use any relevant game footage although I understand why
YT is pathetic
So....they ok'ed the hit on Largent, but not his hit on Mike Harden......
To echo my fellow commentor, YT is pathetic!
Such BS.
Born in Seattle. Die hard fan. We knew most years the seahwaks would suck in the 70s/80s but always tuned in to see Largeant pick apart elite defenses.
The hawks were competitive for most of the 80s
I was born in 1980. When I was about 5, I saw Steve Largent on TV and became a lifetime fan.
What? The Seahawks went to the AFC championship in 1983 and went 12-4 in 1984.
Steve Largent is and was my favorite player of all time. we are the same age and size. He was a inspiration.
While I wasn't a Seahawks fan, I was a Steve Largent fan!
he deserved a ring!
@@nflunveiled: Unfortunately for him, he played for a franchise that was decades away from playing in their first Super Bowl
Me too; dang guy beat my team all the time..
As a slow white kid with great hands, Steve Largent was my hero growing up. I could outrun nobody but catch everything. Actually, I wasn't that slow, but I was not speed demon either. I used to wish I could run faster. I eventually gave up on my dream of being the next Steve Largent.
@@iliv4disc77 ..Packers fan..had a Steve jersey as a kid..shhhh. ;)
Steve Largent Owned TECMO BOWL, You are a GOAT Steve and we will always love you!
Largent was a stud. The numbers he put up with average QBs is nuts.
yeah impressive af
I just felt Dave Krieg deserved a little more respect than an "average" QB. He had his best years in Seattle and is arguably underrated. He received a lot of criticism for fumbles, and did lead the NFL in fumbles when he retired. But he was passed in the fumbles category by Bret Favre and Warren Moon. Losing playoff games had teams releasing or replacing Dave Krieg (see Chiefs: signing Joe Montana; and Krieg was the QB in Detroit when Barry Sanders was stopped in only playoff game. I find it interesting Sanders retired at age 29 and Lions did not make the playoffs for 29 years after not resigning then 36 yr old Krieg ...). But, his regular season stats are HOF worthy: 38,147 yds passing is 27th all time and Krieg's 261 TD's is 20th all time.
@@BruceWalther-s2l You make an excellent case. It does my heart good to see so many truly knowledgeable football fans here in the comments.
@@BruceWalther-s2lso basically he was great and got teams to the playoffs that didn’t actually deserve to be there and they would scape goat him for it. That’s sucks.
@@BruceWalther-s2l Jim Zorn was not a total bum either.
Thanks for tis wonderful video. Jim Zorn and Steve Largent were 2 of my all time favorite SeaHawks :)
@@johnpaulbacon8320 appreciate it John!
Not only was Largent a great receiver, he is a great man. He often supported charity events, and after he retired from football, he served 4 terms as a US congressman representing Oklahoma. When I was a college student, he and Jim Zorn came to a charity event for a college organization I belonged to, and both he and Zorn gave short speeches to support the organization. I've been a fan of his for many years.
Longtime Seahawks fan since my family moved to Washington State as a 2 year old from Minnesota. My family went through the 70s enduring the Vikings losing the Superbowl 3Xs. Steve Largent was what made me of fan of the Seahawks.
Largent was the man, period!
The best rarely are the most gifted. They are the hardest workers and the most dedicated! You can’t count the number of players that wasted their natural talent.
this is spot on
I DEEPLY ENJOYED HIS HIGH ENERGY AND ABILITY TO CATCH ALMOST EVERYTHING THROWN AT HIM!!!!DR.BRYANT LANE
I used to be a diehard football fan. When I spotted your caption about a slow white receiver who dominated the league in his day...I knew exactly who you were going to talk about; Steve Largent. The guy just played with an intensity, dedication, determination, ran his routes to perfection, and could catch anything. He's kind of like a Larry Bird on the football field.
Slow is relative. In a straight line is one thing, weaving with those big hams gave him football quickness. His vertical leap was good too.
Raymond Berry, Johnny Unitas's favorite target, wasn't very fast either. But he took the career receptions record after Don Hutson, and only dropped 3 passes in his entire pro career.
Fast is also relative.
Most when says "Fast" they mean *speed " but quickness is also part of being fast.
@@gerardsotxoa I think what is needed is a 40 yard dash zig zagging through the pile ons. How fast is Messi? Average at the 100 but we know he's fast in a burst all right.
vertical and broad jump are a much better predictor of sport speed than 40.
The clutch master. There was no stopping him
The Seahawks with Jim Zorn and Steve Largent at the Kingdome was the first live football game I ever went to.
that's a great memory to have
My first live football game was the Seahawks' very first playoff game, against the Broncos.
Largent is royalty in Seattle.
Thank you. I'm Welsh, started supporting the Seahawks in 1984 when NFL first on UK TV.
that's awesome, thanks for watching! Would you say Largent is your all-time favourite Seahawk?
We all did.😀
Greetings from London, Largent is the franchise GOAT. I remember that game against the Broncos up in Denver back in 84, that was on Channel 4 . Largent absolutely torched those orange bastards. Go Hawks
@@eddisonfoncette9103 love that I'm getting some UK fans come through!
Today the NFL is absolutely massive over here now but back then it was a just a niche sport. Largent record's are even more impressive when you consider he played in an era when football was a runners game and before they made it easier to pass the ball. Go Hawks
Steve Largent was the man for years
I've said it before, I'll say it again: The greatest payback in the history of the NFL.
I remember a dude named Bird who was also considered too slow and couldnt jump well enough for his sport, too.
And ALWAYS kicked Jordan's butt in the playoffs
His vertical leap was the same as Karl Malone and better than Dennis Rodman
Yup, another "slow white guy".
@@Phoenix-pm2qrlmfao Jordan avg more pints than bird did bird had the better team cut it out bird was not stopping Jordan
The Steelers had Rocky B, Franco H and Merrill Hoge as RBs during the Noll era and they all were hard, effective runners
Back in the day and brother and I used to love this guy, even though neither one of us were Seahawks fans. We used to call him "Patterns" because the guy's route running was crazy. Someone who'd I compare him to these days is Cooper Kupp: quick feet, stop on a dime, shake and bake, go where the DB isn't and put them in the spin cycle. Plus he was scrappy and would catch everything near him. Unreal.
yeah Kupp is a good comp. I've heard Largent say that Kupp reminds him of himself
@Melmoth191 Maybe size wise they're similar, but Lockett is much faster. Lockett runs good routes too, but he ran a 4.4, whereas Largent was 4.6. Kupp is definitely bigger and stronger, but his speed and route-running are similar.
First hawk in the hall, and a congressman of the highest morals . Hero!❤
Terrific hands and ran precise routes.
A friend of mine met Hanford DIxon (CB for the Browns in the '80s) years ago. He asked Hanford who was the toughest guy to cover? Without hesitation, he said, "Steve Largent. He wasn't fast, but he ran perfect routes and could catch everything thrown at him."
Big praise towards Largent!
that says it all!
My dad says his great strength was that he had the strongest ankles of anyone. He was never particularly fast, but he could change directions faster than anyone.
Thanks for making this video of the Seahawks legend - I liked your use of humor as well
I'm happy to hear that - thank you 🙏
@@nflunveiled 👍
I enjoyed watching him play…he was great.
agreed!
I'm 57, Largent isn't forgotten. I was in high school during his career and there's not one NFL fan from that time that doesn't remember his name. Both Largent and Lynn Swann had planned on going into politics after the playing days were over. They should run for President/Vice President.
As and old Colts fan Largent was just like Raymond Berry never dropped a pass and ran great routs
Largent was in Congress
Great video! Glad you showed the revenge hit
appreciate it! Can't talk about Largent without mentioning that hit lol
I grew up in the 60’s watching many of these “slow, white receivers”--Raymond Berry, Fred Biletnikoff, Jimmy Orr, Bob Chandler. They had nowhere near the speed of today’s WRs, but those glue-fingered, acrobatic catches were exciting as hell to watch!
with no gloves…these guys hands are unmatched to this day!
Everyone was a Steve Largent fan.
Largent was a class act
Everyone? Former Broncos DB Mike Harden wasn't. Payback is a b**ch!
@@MrDevtun 😂
as a lifelong seahawks fan i love Steve ❤️
@@Northwest425 I’m not a Seahawks supporter but I too love Largent!
Largent had ankles of steel. DBs would comment that if they cut like him they would break their ankles.😂
Largent was a true Football player! He knew where to be on the field! That's something that's missing in today's game fundamentals
Largent is the REASON as to WHY I am a die hard "12TH MAN" for life!!!
LOVE Largent’s work ethic! “You will be what you will to be.”
Steve Largent was the best receiver in NFL history! He made impressive catches and moves that made him a legend on the field. He is the GOAT of all the wr’s of all time. He played the game with passion he wasn’t a ball hog like present receivers. ❤
I just made a similar comment! He had Rice level numbers on much worse and run first teams and without two HOF QBs throwing to him...
By far my favorite Seahawk ever.
I had a brush with Largent at the height of his career. I was filling up my car near the Hawks training camp which then was in Kirkland. I guy in the minivan next pump over was checking on his kids. He stands up turns around... its Largent. We briefly made eye contact. In that moment he was a football icon but just a dad. My admiration grew exponentially.
I watched his whole career as a kid in jr high through being in the USMC. The REVENGE HIT was iconic and along with Steve Atwater KO’ing 2 guys and himself in a game. Being from the Northwest Seattle was the newest and closest NFL team to us. So since their inception, I have been a fan.
I could watch that hit on replay 1000 times and not get bored
Well done! That's a great summary of the career of a legend.
thank you Ben!
I remember that playoff game in Miami.
There is speed, then there s football speed.
Nobody ever seemed to catch Jerry Rice from behind, either, and he was in the 4.6 range...
My childhood hero. I cried when he retired.
Best deal for seattle ever… precise and reliable
Better than the Broncos heist? Maybe.
I’d rather have a slow Largent that caught everything than a guy with 4.3 40 speed that couldn’t catch a cold and there have been plenty of them !
totally agree
John Ross for example.....
Daryl Turner comes to mind...
Those of us that were around during Steve's career certainly remember him. As a Chiefs fan, we were division opponents, so i got to watch him cook a lot.
Doug Baldwin always reminded me of Steve Largent. Two legendary Seahawks!
Bronco fan here that loved Largent,
One of my all time favorites, even snoop dogg loved him !!
Steve Largent eventually becoming one of the most popular players in Europe in the future in terms of being a legend would be amazing.
Nothing beats “Grit” and “Lunch pale mentality” (if you know, you know)
Greeting from Seattle
*Lunch pail.
I loved the Seahawks when I was in the area, Sedro Woolley, WA.
Listening to a non-american that wasn't old enough to be born when largent played do a mini documentary on largent!! Pretty f****** awesome good job man!!!
haha thank you!
I had the privilege of watching most of Largent's career as a child and young man. One thing you didn't highlight is the fact that back when 80 played the game players on the opposite team were actually allowed to defend the pass. His records were broken when it became all but illegal to contact a WR.
Exactly! And they were broken by Rice, who was on a pass first team with a HOF coach and two HOF QBs throwing to him...and it took him more years playing to do it! Largent is the greatest WR ever! If he played for a big market team he would be known nationally as the NFLs Larry Bird! The GOAT!!!
Steve Largent was gold.
I watched Largent from the Seahawks first game in 1976, I was 9 years old and remember it like it was yesterday. Its truly unfortunate that the Seahawks couldn't match Largent up with a stud QB. I watched Largent's last game and was at the game when he hit Hardin and grabbed the fumble.
When I was far too young to remember, my parents owned a Kawasaki shop and invited the seahawks (the entire team) to come over to my parent's place for a bonfire party. They lived right on the lake, so it's a great place for parties.
My dad invited them as a joke, really. He did it so he could say "I invited the whole team once".....
....but he was shocked when the majority of them actually showed up! 😂😂😂
Again, I was too young to remember any of this... but the pictures are hilarious 😂 At one point, late in the night, the bonfire was going but they were out of wood.
....so, "this new rookie" who went by the name: "The Boz" [😂 yep, Bozworth was there!] solved the problem....by taking my parents wooden outhouse and just tossing it into the fire. 😂😂😂
Largent was there too, which is just amazing!
I wish I were old enough to remember it but it was 1987....so, I was almost 3yo. 😂
Jerry Rice is my favorite player of all time. He is a living legend.
Steve Largent, as this video correctly points out, was Rice's idol. Largent was phenomenal!
wow that's freaking amazing!
Wow! Amazing story! I am a lifelong 12... and I am in awe that your family has that in their history! Largent and the Boz at a bonfire at your house? Amazing!
The stereotypes against White athletes are essentially just gatekeeping at this point. I wonder when NFL fans will realize there are more Kupp's, McCaffery's, DeJean's, out there. Football has funneled White athletes away from so many positions over the decades. Any White athlete that becomes the dominant player at the position is viewed as an "outlier" therefore stopping the conversation. The conversation needs to continue and NFL coaches, NFL GMs, NFL scouts, College coaches, college recruiters all need to stop ignoring White athletes because they are White.
Love this comment ❤️ almost like we being replaced or something.....
Nobody's ignoring White athletes. If you are good enough, you WILL get found. This is just how like for DECADES Black quarterbacks were thought of as not intelligent enough to play the position and were sometimes forced to play other positions because of management and often times bigoted fan bases.
i.e. Larry Bird. He couldn't jump, was slow...it seems like we white people want to hear black people say that a few white people could play/compete at the highest level. Why don't we just say that these are guys are good players?
USMNT would like to thank the stereotype 😂
This is true. There have always been fast white guys but there developed after the 1970s in major college football and the NFL the attitude that they must only be allowed to play wide receiver or quarterback. Ironically it was a black head coach who let Christian McCaffrey play running back at Stanford.
I wouldn’t call running a 4.6 40 yard dash “slow” even by NFL wide receiver standards 40+ years ago. It’s not world class sprinter speed like Bob Hayes,Cliff Branch or Isaac Curtis but still not bad for 45 years ago It’s a cliche but Steve Largent could cut on a dime. As noted such” precise routes” and “ gluelike hands”. Steve could get open in a phone booth!!! As a Raider fan growing up in the 70s and 80 s I always hated to see The Seahawks on the schedule because of Steve Largent.
No, 4.6 is not slow. Wasn't that Emmitt Smith's speed?
@@buddyvilla7393 Stanley Morgan and Willie Gault come to mind as well
He made the best hit i have ever seen. Denver DB got a IT while covering Largent but he interfered with Largent and Largent ran after him and just smacked him about 5 yards in the air and made him fumble...that is the one that is shown on this video.
He was an incredible route runner
5' 10" was not unusually small for an 80s wide receiver.
Imagine what he would have done to the league with Marino, Montana, or Elway as a QB? His records would still stand today
Next video: "How a slow Black guy, Jerry Rice, Dominated the NFL."
Rice and Montana were a team unto themselves
Bro was literally a 78 speed but 99 acceleration and agility. He’s that two star in-state prospect you used to get in NCAA video games that went on to win the Heisman.
This dude is who I learned how to catch over the shoulder from.
I remember him well. What a great receiver!
one of the best!
I remember a kid out of the state of Oregon who was often compared to Steve Largent: Mike Hass. After graduating from Portland's Jesuit High School as the first receiver ever to be named the state's Offensive Player of the Year at the highest enrollment classification and being the main reason why Jesuit won the state championship his senior year, no major university offered him a scholarship. The rap against him was that he was "too slow", yet like Largent, Hass ran precise routes, never dropped a pass, and had what many called "excellent game speed". He eventually walked on at Oregon State and became their best receiver, winning the Fred Biletnikoff Award as college football's top wide receiver his senior year. Even then, no NFL team would draft him. Once again, Hass was considered too slow. Try as hard as he could to make it to an NFL team, no team was ever willing to give him a chance. I don't know how Hass would have done had an NFL team given him the opportunity. Maybe he would have become successful like Steve Largent before him. I suppose we'll never know.
it is an interesting flaw in how players are assessed. Who wouldn't take the likes of Jerry Rice, Steve Largent, etc. Who cares if their 40 yard time isn't sub 4.4! 4.6 is hardly 'slow' right...
Hass was drafted in 2006 by my Saints in the 6th round. Released in preseason, he was picked up by the Bears, later spending time with the Seahawks. He played in a total of two regular season games.
It is crazy how many great players never get a shot!!! Really sad!
I started watching NFL football his last season.
I remember a quote about the Oakland Raiders HOF great receiver Fred Biletnikoff: "Fred could run the forty in about a week - but could shake his own shadow when he had to." Steve Largent was that type of receiver.
Thanks to UA-cam...
Now I remember this great athlete ...
UA-cam algorithm coming in clutch
Great lookback. We loved the new Seahawk expansion team and Steve Largent's beyond amazing catches. i still recall never seeing him ever drop a pass. Reliable beyond comprehension compared to other butterfingers
seriously, some of the best hands ever...with no gloves!
Tyreek Hill stated Steve Largent as being one his favorite receivers of all time.
wise man!
He will always be my favorite seahawks player
The Seahawks were in the AFC in Largent's day, not the NFC.
The Seahawks were in the NFC their first season in 1976.
@@MrDevtun That I did not know; thank you. I stand corrected.
We can thank Art Moddel for that happening, whiney loser.
4:20 - Largent had the unique ability to look for the ball over one shoulder, see it thrown to his other shoulder, and switch shoulders without breaking stride and make the catch in stride. It's very rare for a receiver to be able to do that, because you have to look away from the ball and run to the spot and re-acquire the ball in time to catch it.
My big brother and I would practice that in the back yard.
Watching Steve Largent put the JuJu on defenders was almost mesmerizing. He could make them cross their ankles behind their heads. Then, he would stretch out like Superman to catch footballs while levitating horizontally in the air. All he lacked was the cape.
IMO he's the greatest receiver of all time. He gave maximum effort on every play, unlike a few I could name. The only one that can come close to him is Rice, who was surrounded with All-Pros.
100% I said this in my own comment! He was the vest by far! Rice was on a pass first team with HOF QBs and Coaches and it took him more years to beat Largents numbers!
SL is one of the best WR is NFL history, and I don’t care for the Seahawks, I give credit to where credit is due.
yup 🙌
And receivers got PUNISHED back in the day.
it was far more physical!
Before Largent was Fred Biletnikoff and they both were similar in how they played. Both ran perfect routs and caught most anything that came their way!
He was the modern version of Fred Biletnikoff. But ran like the wind
Steve Largent, Pepperidge Farms remembers.
He ran perfect routes every time. If you aren’t extremely fast you have to be perfect.
This is the greatest wr who didn't have a hall of fame qb throwing to him.
Did his job, was a team player, didn’t start celebrating before the accomplishment, acted like he had been there before.
can't ask for much more!
2:39 the Seahawks were AFC West when Largent played for them, not NFC.
you're right, my mistake! thanks for the correction
They had to change injury time out rules because of Largent. Bro was a legend 😂😂
I live in San Diego and whenever he played the chargers they had a really hard time covering him
I grew up a Cleveland Browns fan and because of some distant (location) relatives, and my love of a team's uniforms, logo, a left handed QB as well as a certain, too slow, too small, white (have to admit) WR, I would find myself in turmoil the 3 seasons the Seahawks played the Browns (78, 79, 83). I couldn't root for anyone. Strange feeling. But, despite Largent becoming an Oklahoma Republican State rep (I never did hear if he had an opinion on Trump, a good 20 yrs after Largent lost his election seat ...) I had spent my teen years playing schoolyard, tackle football games, running patterns like I had learned from Largent.
I watched the 1983 playoff game against the Raiders in disgust knowing the Seahawks would not beat the Raiders for the 3rd time in same season. Raiders had 13 TOs(!) in the 2 regular season losses. Seahawks lost 30-14 (the week after the playoff win over Marino and the Dolphins. Shown in video).
Brian Brennan would become my favorite Browns receiver, said to be a "poor man's" Steve Largent in knowing football circles. Brennan is in Browns lore fore catching the long TD pass from Bernie Kosar in the AFC chanpionship game to give the Browns the lead -- until the Denver Broncos led by John Elway would convert on The Drive (1986), eventually winning in OT for Super Bowl birth. ugh.
thanks for sharing Bruce. And yes...The Drive must still be a heartbreaker to this day!
Brian caught everything at BC like Tom Waddle
It’s weird that we can admit group average differences when they are physical and advantage others
LoL... it all depends on the group....
As a kid we used to pretend that we were either Steve Largent or Lynn Swan. That was until I had to get stitches in my chin for the second time. We discovered that grass could be very hard, especially during the winter
NFL Unveiled, Great post!
I had no idea. I guess that proves that I am not paying attention. grrr
Largent - sort of reminds me of Adam Thielen for the Vikes.
thank you Michael, I appreciate it!
Crazy how many these days have no idea who he is
Gifted!
I think he worked more methodically and was craftier than any other receiver.
He could play!
that is for sure
Ah, one of those "sneaky athletic" guys...
Yes, he was white.
I was just talking about Largent 2 weeks ago! I got to see him and Zorn play in Cleveland on a very cold December day and of course Browns ended up losing!
STEVE LARGENT!!! And I Subbed
Steve is the man! Thank you so much 🙏
4:23 - That route is not a Post. It is a "Po-Co," short for Post Corner, as it fakes the Post and bends to the Corner.
yep you're right my mistake - thanks for the correct Paul 👍
Why was Largent's hit censored out of the video?
pinned comment explains
I might be wrong, but to my knowledge, only three men have held the career receptions record, receiving yardage record, and receiving TD record all at once. Don Hudson was the first, Rice is the last and most current, and between them was Largent.
yep that is correct