The LOB is the greatest Defense of All Time and there's no argument for it because you hear about all these historic defenses (85 bears, 2000 ravens, etc) but all of them were 1 year wonders. The LOB was the best defense 4 years in a row in an era that favors the offense with stats that matched all these other historic defenses
One thing usually forgotten about that Super Bowl loss was that both Kam and Thomas were injured in the NFC Championship, Sherman injured in practice in the bye week. Lane, the healthy DB intercepted Brady but also broke his arm in the first quarter. I don't think the Patriots had a chance against a healthy LOB
Criminally underrated just like anything related to the seahawks. This defense was the best of all time. It was perfect in every area. Cliff Avril, Michael Bennett, Brandon Mebane, Red Bryant, Bruce Irvin, Malcolm Smith, KJ Wright, Bobby Wagner, Brandon Browner, Byron Maxwell, Walter Thurmond, Richard Sherman, Earl Thomas, Kam Chancellor. That is the most complete defensive unit the NFL has ever seen. Legendary
I mean they shut down the greatest offensive team we've ever seen.. So I'd say they were pretty fucking good. Also they should've won 2 rings If they just actually gave the god damn ball to marshawn lynch
The Legion of Boom is only a reference to the Seahawks secondary, not the whole defense. And yes, that's the greatest secondary in the history of football.
The Seahawks were confident going up against Denver because they knew they'd already beaten the best team in the league: the San Francisco 49ers. They dominated Denver so much that backup quarterback got to play a few snaps even though Wilson wasn't injured.
They were so good, they made like 15 NFL teams think Cover 3 and Cover 4 was a secret weapon. Then everyone realized, including the Hawks post LOB, that those coverages had little to do with their success. It was the room of badas-es that made that defense great - not the scheme. That group could have just ran Man and still dominated.
@@PowerTGod no they barely ran man cuz Cover 3 clamped the whole league. Go look up Sherm man coverage cuz you clearly don’t know what you’re talkin about. Yes he’s a zone corner but he’s far from being “terrible” in man coverage.
People forget the combination of marshawn lynch on the other side, that was the worst running back to face for defenses and the LOB was the worst defense to face for offenses, cause they would leave you hurting afterward. I remember hearing players from opposing teams talk about how you had to just get into a different mindset when you faced them cause of how physical they were. I remember hearing a crazy stat where they had this long streak where teams that would play them, would almost all go on to lose the following week, guessing cause they would be so beat up.
The year before the Super Bowl, they became headhunters that year. Our defense ended RG3’s career the year it started and barely got beat by some Matt Ryan B.S. the defense really was on some it’s you or us stuff in those years
You will NEVER see a defense as great as the LOB ever again. They werent just great for one year. They were the #1 defense in the NFL for FOUR STRAIGHT SEASONS. “2012 to 2015 seasons, the Seahawks led the league in scoring defense, allowing the fewest points scored each year for four years straight. The only other team to accomplish this feat were the Cleveland Browns of the 1950s” You will not ever see a consistent, PHYSICAL defense like the LOB. Truly the last defense of its kind. You cant play that kind of football in the modern NFL. They wont allow it. New defenses will be great, schemes even better than the LOB potentially, but the consistency and the legacy will never be surpassed. That defense and team was a family on and off the field, and so were the fans. Time sure have changed in Seattle. Hopefully better years are soon to come.
There is a pro wrestler that use to say this ? He said ..Best there is Best there was and Best there ever will be .. I think that is The Legion of Boom ' I don't think there will ever be another Defense like The Legion .
Not only the best secondary but the best defense ever. People forget it was more than the secondary. Cliff Avril, Michael Bennett, Bobby Wagner, Bruce Irvin, KJ Wright, cmon now
I've never seen another secondary even close. The Raiders team that won their second Super Bowl had a good secondary. They all had stickum on their hands. Mike Haynes and Lester Hayes were the corners, but Seattle had two stars at corner 2 stars at safety. The rush was very good which meant our secondary made a lot of plays on the ball. KJ Wright, Bobby Wagner, and Malcom Smith as our linebackers. There was not one weak link
We had the guys with weird bodies that just worked too, (mebane/red Bryant/ Paul mcquistan or Breno giacomini (huge way too aggressive penalty getter, but worked in our system) on the o line… real football players, not just chiseled athletes.
@@3hour830 I like how everyone is agreeing with me and not you. Could just be that you’re another ‘hawks fan in denial. You know what I’m saying is true deep down.
How good were they? So good that other teams feared them. So good they were ranked #1 def in so many categories for the first couple of yrs playing together
Mike McDonald is gonna be the hot name this year. Byron Murphy looks legit, and the fact we basically got a top 5 player at pick 16 because the league is desperate, it’s looking spicy.
Seattle could have gotten an opportunity to do what the Chiefs are gearing up for this upcoming season. 😞 I don’t believe for one second that team not winning a third Lombardi had Marshawn scored that SuperBowl TD against New England. LOB was in their absolute peak and Russ was still on a rookie contract. Same for our WRs Kearse and Baldwin. And probably the biggest catalyst of the LOBs success; Bobby Wagner/Michael Bennett/Cliff Avril. Those turnovers don’t happen without pressure up front. For those who probably don’t remember, Avril and Bennett were fairly cheap free agents. And at first, they were primarily used as 3rd Down options. Fresh legs for those critical 3rd down stops. It’s a damn shame of what could have been. They could have been remembered as the best NFL team ever, unequivocally. Give me a three-peat over one undefeated season, any day.
Literally the best defense ever. I dare you to make an argument against it the players and the scheme? Yo it’s not even close. And it wasn’t just a secondary either . It was a whole defense the front 7 and the back half all did there part and was great at it. And to top it all off. The defense was built out of “scraps” literally Wagner and Thomas was the only people on that defense to be early round picks (1st and 2nd) or atleast drafted by the team
All they had to do was run it in and they would have won it back to back, I'm not even a football fan but I remember being interested in Seattle because of their team and because of how they destroyed the broncos in that super bowl
Maybe not the greatest defense of all time, but certainly the best secondary ever. In a pass-first league, full of rules that benefit the offense and make effective pass defense harder and harder, these guys absolutely killed the best over and over again. They did it while openly talking shit they knew they could back up too.
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The LOB is the greatest Defense of All Time and there's no argument for it because you hear about all these historic defenses (85 bears, 2000 ravens, etc) but all of them were 1 year wonders. The LOB was the best defense 4 years in a row in an era that favors the offense with stats that matched all these other historic defenses
This is the best argument I’ve seen for this case
Bro what, the 86 Bears were even better.
@@Cruz474 No they weren't. They crumbled faster than the Eagles offense last year
@@Hationoryou dont know ball
The steel curtain???
One thing usually forgotten about that Super Bowl loss was that both Kam and Thomas were injured in the NFC Championship, Sherman injured in practice in the bye week. Lane, the healthy DB intercepted Brady but also broke his arm in the first quarter.
I don't think the Patriots had a chance against a healthy LOB
Kam tore his acl the night before the game too. Sherm came out and said that on his podcast
Criminally underrated just like anything related to the seahawks. This defense was the best of all time. It was perfect in every area. Cliff Avril, Michael Bennett, Brandon Mebane, Red Bryant, Bruce Irvin, Malcolm Smith, KJ Wright, Bobby Wagner, Brandon Browner, Byron Maxwell, Walter Thurmond, Richard Sherman, Earl Thomas, Kam Chancellor. That is the most complete defensive unit the NFL has ever seen. Legendary
Crazy names on there huh all playmakers all of THEM!
Chris Clemons
I mean they shut down the greatest offensive team we've ever seen.. So I'd say they were pretty fucking good. Also they should've won 2 rings If they just actually gave the god damn ball to marshawn lynch
Yes the LOB is the greatest secondary of all time, Kam is one of my.all time favorites
The Legion of Boom is only a reference to the Seahawks secondary, not the whole defense. And yes, that's the greatest secondary in the history of football.
Thanks for clarifying that to some of those in the comments who are triggered that Bobby Wagner wasn’t mentioned.
11:01 as a Seahawks fan I can’t watch this
Greatest Defense of all time and it isn't close
It’s criminal that I haven’t heard Bobby Wagner mentioned 7:36 into this and still no mention of HOFer first ballot.
It's a video about the Legion of Boom. Wagner is one of the greatest to play, but the secondary is the LOB
Also criminal no mention of Lynch
The Seahawks were confident going up against Denver because they knew they'd already beaten the best team in the league: the San Francisco 49ers.
They dominated Denver so much that backup quarterback got to play a few snaps even though Wilson wasn't injured.
They were so good, they made like 15 NFL teams think Cover 3 and Cover 4 was a secret weapon.
Then everyone realized, including the Hawks post LOB, that those coverages had little to do with their success.
It was the room of badas-es that made that defense great - not the scheme.
That group could have just ran Man and still dominated.
this take is funny facts
@@PowerTGodhorrible take. Sherman wasn’t terrible in man. We barely ran it and when we did Sherm didn’t do bad at all
@@PowerTGod no they barely ran man cuz Cover 3 clamped the whole league. Go look up Sherm man coverage cuz you clearly don’t know what you’re talkin about. Yes he’s a zone corner but he’s far from being “terrible” in man coverage.
That 2012 shutout of the cardinals was 58-0. Starting the 3 week stretch winning with a combined 150-30
Love your channel. Keep putting out great content
Thank you Adam!
People forget the combination of marshawn lynch on the other side, that was the worst running back to face for defenses and the LOB was the worst defense to face for offenses, cause they would leave you hurting afterward. I remember hearing players from opposing teams talk about how you had to just get into a different mindset when you faced them cause of how physical they were. I remember hearing a crazy stat where they had this long streak where teams that would play them, would almost all go on to lose the following week, guessing cause they would be so beat up.
The year before the Super Bowl, they became headhunters that year. Our defense ended RG3’s career the year it started and barely got beat by some Matt Ryan B.S. the defense really was on some it’s you or us stuff in those years
Best secondary ever, top 3 defense all time.
You will NEVER see a defense as great as the LOB ever again. They werent just great for one year. They were the #1 defense in the NFL for FOUR STRAIGHT SEASONS. “2012 to 2015 seasons, the Seahawks led the league in scoring defense, allowing the fewest points scored each year for four years straight. The only other team to accomplish this feat were the Cleveland Browns of the 1950s” You will not ever see a consistent, PHYSICAL defense like the LOB. Truly the last defense of its kind. You cant play that kind of football in the modern NFL. They wont allow it. New defenses will be great, schemes even better than the LOB potentially, but the consistency and the legacy will never be surpassed. That defense and team was a family on and off the field, and so were the fans. Time sure have changed in Seattle. Hopefully better years are soon to come.
It was actually like 5 seasons maybe even 6
@@jaedenmclaughlin1585the vibe and rep carried them farther than raw numbers, and they had those too 😅
@@Saixjacket exactly
This was a lot of work just to end up in another "just run it in" gut punch
There is a pro wrestler that use to say this ? He said ..Best there is Best there was and Best there ever will be .. I think that is The Legion of Boom ' I don't think there will ever be another Defense like The Legion .
As far as Like the Modern game The LOB is the best of their era and a top 3 Defense OAT
The media gave the LOB absolutely no chance in Superbowl 48. All they did was slobber on the Broncos offense+Manning.
lol the Seahawks “appetizer” wideouts 😂
@@Saixjacket Pedestrian
It really comes down to each was the best of their era
great vid
Paul Allen built an amazing franchise.
Not only the best secondary but the best defense ever. People forget it was more than the secondary. Cliff Avril, Michael Bennett, Bobby Wagner, Bruce Irvin, KJ Wright, cmon now
LOB the greatest defense of all time
I've never seen another secondary even close. The Raiders team that won their second Super Bowl had a good secondary. They all had stickum on their hands. Mike Haynes and Lester Hayes were the corners, but Seattle had two stars at corner 2 stars at safety. The rush was very good which meant our secondary made a lot of plays on the ball. KJ Wright, Bobby Wagner, and Malcom Smith as our linebackers. There was not one weak link
We had the guys with weird bodies that just worked too, (mebane/red Bryant/ Paul mcquistan or Breno giacomini (huge way too aggressive penalty getter, but worked in our system) on the o line… real football players, not just chiseled athletes.
The Seahawks literally threw their dynasty away.
injuries killed the team it wasnt thrown away...
@@3hour830 Yes they did the moment they didn’t give the ball to Lynch. Everything shifted at that point.
@@ONCICOLA kind of like cam newtons fumble
@@ONCICOLA if thats how you wanna look at it sure ig.
@@3hour830 I like how everyone is agreeing with me and not you. Could just be that you’re another ‘hawks fan in denial. You know what I’m saying is true deep down.
How good were they? So good that other teams feared them. So good they were ranked #1 def in so many categories for the first couple of yrs playing together
It was beautiful
8:24 you said "star", but you meant "sorry"***
I still can’t believe he passed the ball!
Pain
YES!! LOB BABY !
New coach this season and we took another defensive player from Texas the similarities are eerie but hopefully the legion will be back
Boom
Mike McDonald is gonna be the hot name this year. Byron Murphy looks legit, and the fact we basically got a top 5 player at pick 16 because the league is desperate, it’s looking spicy.
Watched 11 minutes before I stopped watching, the most heartbreaking way to lose a superbowl.
The fact that Bobby Wagner didnt end get a mention is questionable
big Sherman guy 💪
Seattle could have gotten an opportunity to do what the Chiefs are gearing up for this upcoming season. 😞
I don’t believe for one second that team not winning a third Lombardi had Marshawn scored that SuperBowl TD against New England.
LOB was in their absolute peak and Russ was still on a rookie contract. Same for our WRs Kearse and Baldwin.
And probably the biggest catalyst of the LOBs success; Bobby Wagner/Michael Bennett/Cliff Avril. Those turnovers don’t happen without pressure up front.
For those who probably don’t remember, Avril and Bennett were fairly cheap free agents. And at first, they were primarily used as 3rd Down options.
Fresh legs for those critical 3rd down stops.
It’s a damn shame of what could have been.
They could have been remembered as the best NFL team ever, unequivocally.
Give me a three-peat over one undefeated season, any day.
Literally the best defense ever. I dare you to make an argument against it the players and the scheme? Yo it’s not even close. And it wasn’t just a secondary either . It was a whole defense the front 7 and the back half all did there part and was great at it. And to top it all off. The defense was built out of “scraps” literally Wagner and Thomas was the only people on that defense to be early round picks (1st and 2nd) or atleast drafted by the team
Hot take!
Yes they were the best secondary in the nfl
Kam was the MVP of SB48
You mention Wilson a lot... but the beating heart of the offense was Lynch
BTW what a crime to snubb Bobby
How good were they? There was none better. GoHawks!!!
Yes they were the greatest of all time
All they had to do was run it in and they would have won it back to back, I'm not even a football fan but I remember being interested in Seattle because of their team and because of how they destroyed the broncos in that super bowl
The pain still lives today.
lob is the best secondary
They are the GOAT
how the hell do you throw into a defense that had LOB alumni Browner watching and knew that play...
Seahawks !!!
Maybe not the greatest defense of all time, but certainly the best secondary ever. In a pass-first league, full of rules that benefit the offense and make effective pass defense harder and harder, these guys absolutely killed the best over and over again. They did it while openly talking shit they knew they could back up too.
Strong and hard to argue point.
Uh. I could see this as true but the front 7 doesn’t get enough credit
Who had a better defense please elaborate...
If Russ never threw that int we would have a dynasty it ruined the Seahawks smfh
Sad
2000 ravens defense best defense ever but I will say the LOB was the greatest defensive secondary ever
Malcom Smith wasn’t the MVP of that game. Kam Chancellor was.
Yes
Yes
Richard Sherman was great at Cover 3. But they're are many better Corners. Revis Island and Charles Woodson were elite.
That’s fair but Sherman was top 5 in da league
@@jaedenmclaughlin1585 Top 5 in hype? Or as a corner?
@@zacharymagana6946 as a corner in that time
8 turnovers forced in one game. Best ever.
Was this written and voiced by AI?
Allen Iverson does not run this channel. Though that would be cool lol.
L GOAT B
Jams Please 😢😅
The no fly zone was better
God bless! Jesus Christ is King and saves and is the way! Psalms 62 - "Truly my soul finds rest in God; my salvation comes from him. Truly he is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will never be shaken." Jeremiah 29:11 - "For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."
But could they play basketball?