Reggie White's REVENGE Game | Panthers @ Rams (2000)
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Prior to a 2000 game between the Carolina Panthers and the St. Louis Rams, Rams head coach Mike Martz decided to call out former Eagles and Packers defensive end Reggie White, saying he wasn't very good anymore. As you can expect, this backfired horribly. This is the story of the time Mike Martz made some comments about the Minister of Defense, and it didn't end well for him
Reggie White was an American professional football player who played defensive end in the National Football League (NFL) for 15 seasons during the 1980s and 1990s. He played college football for the University of Tennessee, and was recognized as an All-American. After playing two professional seasons for the Memphis Showboats of the United States Football League (USFL), he was selected in the first round of the 1984 Supplemental Draft, and then played for the NFL's Philadelphia Eagles, Green Bay Packers, and Carolina Panthers, becoming one of the most awarded players in NFL history.
The two-time NFL Defensive Player of the Year, 13-time Pro Bowl, and 13-time All-Pro selection holds second place all-time among career sack leaders with 198 (behind Bruce Smith's 200 career sacks) and was selected to the NFL 75th Anniversary All-Time Team, NFL 1990s All-Decade Team, and the NFL 1980s All-Decade Team. During his professional career, he was also known for his Christian ministry as an ordained Evangelical minister, leading to his nickname, "the Minister of Defense". White is a member of the College Football Hall of Fame and the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
After his college football career, White was chosen by the Memphis Showboats in the 1984 USFL Territorial Draft, and the opportunity to play pro ball in the same state where he went to college was enough enticement to get "The Minister of Defense" to sign with the 'Boats. He played for Memphis for two seasons, starting in 36 games. As a member of the Showboats, he racked up 23.5 sacks, one safety and one forced fumble recovered for a touchdown.
When the USFL collapsed in 1985, White took a salary cut in Philadelphia. The Eagles signed him to a four-year, $1.85 million deal after buying out the remaining three years on his Memphis contract. At the time White was still an unproven entity, but his anonymity did not last long. He joined the Eagles after the 1985 season had begun, missing the first few games. When he finally did start, he made ten tackles and two-and-a-half sacks in his very first game. By season's end he had turned in 13 sacks in as many games, and he was named NFC defensive rookie of the year.
He played with the Eagles for eight seasons, He played in 121 games and picked up 124 sacks, becoming the Eagles' all-time sack leader. He also set the Eagles' regular-season record with 21 sacks in a single season (1987, a season shortened to 12 games). The lowest number of sacks he ever recorded in Philadelphia was 11 in 1989. White also became the only player ever to accumulate 20 or more sacks in just 12 games. He set an NFL regular-season record during 1987 by averaging the most sacks per game, with 1.75. Over the course of his tenure with the Eagles, White actually accumulated more sacks than the number of games he played. In 1991, he set the record for most passes defended in a single season by a defensive lineman with 13, a mark that has been since broken by J. J. Watt.
In 1993, White became a free agent. He was signed by the Green Bay Packers and agreed to terms on a four-year contract worth $17 million. He played for the Packers for six seasons. White notched up another 68.5 sacks to become, at the time, the Packers' all-time leader in that category (third now to Clay Matthews III and Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila). White was also just as valued for his role as a team leader. He helped the Packers win a Super Bowl, with a game-ending sack, in Super Bowl XXXI. That victory was his only championship at any level. In 1998, White was named the NFL Defensive Player of the Year for the second time.
In 2000, he came out of a one-year retirement and started all 16 games for the Carolina Panthers. White had five and a half sacks and one forced fumble while with the team. He again retired at the end of the 2000 season.
At the time of his retirement, White was the NFL's all-time sacks leader with 198. (He has since been surpassed by Bruce Smith, who has 200.) Counting his time in the USFL, White has 221.5 sacks in professional football, making him professional football's all-time sacks leader. White also recorded three interceptions, which he returned for 79 yards. He recovered 19 fumbles, which he returned for 137 yards and three touchdowns. His nine consecutive seasons (1985-1993) with at least 10 sacks remain an NFL record. He was named an All-Pro for 13 of his 15 seasons, including eight as a first-team selection. Reggie White is considered by many to be one of the best defensive players in NFL history. - Спорт
Sounds like Reggie was a class act. Thats what I always thought and nothing has changed my mind. Great player Great guy RIP Mr. White and I'm a Rams fan
I'm not surprised that Martz would say this, after being the OC of the Rams championship offense he was given the HC job and he thought that he was the smartest person ever. He was ridiculously arrogant.
R.I.P Reggie White 🙏🐐🕊
How you not show the 2 sacks??
How did you not know that Carolina was in the NFC West?
I remember hearing about this. I thought Martz had lost his damn mind at the time.
Reggie was a great man/ and the best defense player
So we don’t get to actually see the sacks?
If only that were the stupidest thing that Mike Martz did while he was coach of the Rams. It's so far down on the list that I'd actually forgotten about it.
Reggie was a good a man as he was a football player. I'm a life long Eagles fan and I've never had any ill will toward the Minister of Defense as he was such a great guy. He was taken to soon R.I.P. Reggie.
I guess Martz should have kept his mouth shut; especially about Reggie White. Whether an Eagle, a Packer, or a Panther; he is still and always will be the "Minister of Defense". We miss you Reggie
He looks strange in that uniform.
Alot of people say aaron donald is better. Pffft not even close.
He helped revolutionize the game
No chance in hell. Reggie White is easily the best defensive line man ever
Aaron Donald is nowhere near what Reggie was. The man put Larry Allen on his ass with the hump move. Think about that...6'3" 325lb, 700lb bench press Larry Allen got tossed to the ground by Reggie White like nothing to it. Donald woulda been pancaked by Allen!
He's better than LT... Reggie's appearance alone was so scary
@@MJIZZEL agreed don't think AD could get through Larry Allen
The rams got swept by the panthers In 2000
And it cost them an NFC 3-peat
In hindsight, Martz wasn't wrong but yeah, that's saying the quiet part out loud. There are other ways to evoke what he meant without being blatant and disrespectful about it.
Oh and I forgot how gimmicky ESPN was in 2000, Pack vs Cats? REALLY?!
You can blame Disney for that. Same reason they had Dennis Miller in the booth.
Reggie White may not have record overall but his sacks/hurries plus being tripled team and still got to QB. Reggie was the best !!
You mention that Reggie is the sack leader, which was true back in 2000, but Bruce Smith has 2 more sacks than him.
Smith also played longer and was record chasing at the end of his career with Washington. It turned off a lot of players in the locker room and fans of the team.
Smith played 2 more seasons than Reggie to only be 2 sacks ahead. Reggie was way better than Bruce Smith.
@@dannybranigan1984 thanks to dan snyder 🤣
@@dannybranigan1984 I think Bruce Smith was great in his own right, but Reggie White could play any position on the defensive line and for most of his career no opposing team could do anything with him. Plus I think White was more reliable throughout his career.
@@gluserty I agree with you 100%
Um...seeing as those two sacks were the last of White's career and this was just the 9th game of the season, doesn't that actually make Martz...pretty much right?
No, it makes him stupid.
Really??? Crazy analogy
Carolina wasn’t in the NFC west
Yes they were. In 2000, the NFC West consisted of New Orleans, St. Louis, Carolina, Atlanta, and San Francisco
Yeah I been a lifelong saints fan. We always got our butt kicked by 49ers twice a year and then when they fell off, the Rams got hot. Carolina was an expansion team in the mid 90's and got put in the NFC west of all places. Kinda seems weird now since the restructure but it was those 5 in the NFC west for a lil while!
And you had the Phoenix Cardinals in the NFC East
Pre realignment NFL was nuts. 6 teams in the AFC Central. It makes me feel old remembering east coast teams playing out west in division games and vice versa.
lmao plz tell me you're not a Panthers fan😂
Ummm, yes they were. Not only were they in the West for like 7 years they won an NFC West title while they were there.