Forgotten Performances: Kordell Stewart TORCHES the Broncos (1997)
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- Опубліковано 11 вер 2024
- Can't forget about Yancey Thigpen's monster first half either!
Kordell Stewart would go off for 5 TD in a clinching game in the AFC.
Yes, he would ultimately lose in the playoffs against Denver later that year.
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Kordell Stewart is the reason I’m a huge Steelers fan!!!! I watched the Steelers on a Monday night game when I was 9 and became a huge fan of his!!! Now I’m a diehard Steelers fan!!!
I got 37 years in. Did you know they are very racist? They are! Look what, and how, they treat BLK stars! Hello! Pow
Dale Johnson What are talking about?!!
@@fitpit4242 it's the truth! The whole truth! And nothing but the truth! Amen
Dale Johnson
I never knew they mistreated him that harshly
I know he had his ups and downs as a starting QB for the Steelers but whoa 😮
@@dumisatonyjohnson8145 where is that big back ? In NY with the jets! Anto io ? Join Owens ! Your big brother !
I remember thinking I may have seen the best performance ever in my time. Hats off to my guy Yancey Thigpen too, wish we paid Receivers back then.
Makes me smile hearing Three Rivers roar like that again.
I wish I made it to Pittsburgh before they tore down 3 rivers stadium.
But I do count my blessings that I was able to travel to the great city of Pittsburgh a couple times, see all the attractions and enjoy a few games at 🍅Heinze🍅 field.
The blast furnance!!!!!
You damn Skippy! Memories forever!
I miss that stadium 😢😢
Kordell Stewart was very underrated.
Kordell was the Man! And seeing coach Cower pumped like that makes my heart smile! LETS GO LETS GO!
Stewart is a great forgotten player. Had the great game leading a comeback against the Ravens
Video idea. Tommy Maddox's forgotteb performacne against the Bucs in 2002
@shakespeare jeru so?
@shakespeare jeru i never said he was great. If he choked in the playoffs bit still lead us to two AFC Championships that shows he was good. He may be a poor man's Jackson he was still the Jackson of that time.
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@@matthewmontgomerygolf9670 yeah. I may have forgotten my comment😂😂😂
One of the underrated Steelers in my opinion.
Kordell may have been a great QB if the Steelers kept the same offensive system for more than a season. He was exciting to watch tho!
If Kordell played in Today's era he would have much more success
I think he would whoop some ass in today's era.
Especially with some of the genius offensive coordinators these days, and how athletic and quick the offensive linemen are.
He could have so many sweet packages made up for him especially in situational football moments.
I think he could run more of a chief's/ravens type of gimmick and be very successful at it.
Kordell was something something special.. Is can't remember who he had as a QB coach and Offensive Coordinator at the time, I.don't think it was the Whiz, but Kordell definitely could have been utilised even better and definitely had a longer more productive career.
Thanks for the memories KS10!!!!
More passing tds for sure but i think the steeler teams would be the same great quality now as then
Remember, him playing QB then was unique along with their offensive style, heck the steelers have had a unique style since Cowher took over and a reason why most of their OCs became HCs
@@BradyIsAfagInHeat he didn't have a dedicated QB coach till 2001. In 97 he had Chan Gailey at OC. 98 he had Ray Sherman as his OC (was the interim WR coach in 2019 after coach Drake passed). In 99 and 2000 he had Kevin Gilbride as the OC. In 01 Mularkey was promoted to OC and held the position till 03.
@@TheSteelers4190 if they could've kepted chan Hailey he would've had way more success. Chan played to all Kordell strengths
Who wouldn't. Today's NFL is sissy ball compared to the old days when you could actually play defense.
He would've been a SUPERSTAR if he didn't have 3 different offensive coordinators in all his years in PITTSBURGH!
Maybe so..dude had some skills!
I've been arguing that point since the Steelers parted ways with him...also let's not forget in 99 when they banned him from QB meetings cause they wanted him to go back to wr.. Also people forget "mainly Steelers fans" that from 97-00 we were clearly in rebuilding mode..look at all the free agents we lost after the 97 season. I will never forget that at one point we had a guy by the name of BO Orlando starting for us on defense..
All he needed was a QB Coach. He wouldve been great and a consistent OC.
Especially two bad ones. Ray Sherman was awful and Gilbrides offense was way too complicated not just for him but everyone else
Facts 💪🏽
Every time the announcer said Thigpen I kept thinking Ben Ben lol.
I remember this game. I was in the seats in one of the end zones. Great game. Very cold.
I was at this game it was f*cking great. Sadly, a couple weeks later we played the same team in the same stadium for the right to go to the SB and we lost. If Kordell had just been more consistent with that type of play, we have one or two more Lombardi's in the trophy case. He waa so exciting to watch though!
Consistency was always his problem. Especially when it came to hitting a moving target like a crossing pattern.
These days that's been the problem with the Steelers no consistency I hope that changes soon if we ever get to play again With fans and all
We lost that game 24-21 and it nearly killed me. That championship was lost because of 3 key mistakes. A missed field goal after Levon Kirkland intercepted John Elway on the first throw of the game and put us in scoring position and 2 of Kordell's 3 interceptions in the end zone by Kordell with Bill Romanowski mocking him. That was the most painful loss ever because it brought back the pain from the 1994-95 championship game loss to the Chargers.
@@roningaijin7701 That was what was so frustrating about the mid-90's Steelers. They clearly had the coaching and talent to win (they decisively beat Denver in this game), only to have inconsistent and poor QB play in the playoffs. It shows just how the QB is THE most important position in sports. We didn't right the ship until we got a future HoF'er in Ben.
RoNiN I have hated Rominowski ever since. He was a proven steroid user and a world class asshole on the field. Wouldn't piss on his gums if his teeth were on fire
Still my favorite Steelers team!!! Kordell was ahead of his time!
He wasn’t lol kordell was ass let’s not act like he was any good I remember him always disappointing the city
Kordell just needed the right coach. Chan Gailey knew how to use him... after he left, they didn't make use of his strengths as well.
No way...not a good qb....
@@robbie192 kordell was a good QB when he was comfortable. 98-00 the steelers had 3 new offensive coordinators, his #1 wr was charles Johnson and his #2 was Courtney Hawkins, (it wasnt until the 01 season when Ward and Plax was truly the #1 wrs for those steelers fans who act like those were always his weapons). Besides the bus and slash who else did they have on offense? The quick answer in pittsburgh for a struggling team is to bench the QB and thats what happened in kordell case. He was benched every season in favor for Jim miller and kent Graham only to win his spot back everytime . He was also banned from Qb meetings in 99 and told to go back to playing the slash role again, I dont think It would be good for a QBs confidence when you make decisions like that. Again those years were definitely reloading years for the Steelers, does anyone remember Donell woolford or Bo orlando? Cause those guys were starting on defense in the secondary for us. But Kordell took the blame for all of it. Do I think he was a Great QB? No. But do I think he was a good QB with the potential to be a great QB if circumstances were different and the Steelers actually showed that they believed in him instead of benching him to appease the fan base. Yes. Keep in mind (Kordell wasnt the only one having beer poured on him, Cowher and the coaches got it to). Either way he was an amazing athlete and can we please find a way to get Greg Lloyd into the Hall of Fame.
@@brypeteLove Lloyd!! Disagree on Kordell...1 for 2 ain't bad
@@KeithFroehlich07 That's true. I do remember that. Ray Sherman was terrible. LOL.
@Robbie was not the best passer, but he was an amazing runner
GR8 vid!! How I miss the days of 'Slash' Stewart!! Sittin' in the stands @3 Rivers watchin' Slash break the ankles of opposing DB's followed up w/The Bus breakin' well, EVERYTHING on opposing defenders provided such amazing memories growin' up. Honest to God I'd PURPOSELY try & lose my voice, that'd b the litmus test as to whether or not it was a good game. When my Pops & I'd get home, my Mom would say something to me to see if I still had a voice, & if I didn't, she'd know we'd won, 😂.
Ha ha ha it's the other way around for me. If my voice is 🐎, then my girl knew we lost. Ha ha ha ha
@@BradyIsAfagInHeat yeah that can go either way I guess, but for me, if they're losing I just sit there & pout until I eventually leave if they don't get back into the game, ha.
I loved this team but like many of cowherd teams they under achieved, still love them all and always will.
My favorite part of this game was that the KC game finished early and the Chiefs fans got to stay and watch the closing minutes of this one on the Jumbotron. The Broncos loss put the Chiefs in the driver's seat for home field. They had to have been just as pumped when Kordell put the dagger in this one.
Courtney Hawkins was a solid play maker for the STEELERS in the slot.
RIP Justin Strzelczyk...
Yancey played his ass off in this one, but this was Kordell's day. 10 was droppin dimes the whole game.
This video brings tears to my eyes
Love and respect to Stewart for all the great memories.
Fantastic game for Kordell!
The Championship gm against Denver broke my heart, that interception by Kordell and if I remember correctly, a missed fg. I still remember my mom telling me, It's gonna be alright😥
Yeah, we know your pain. Recall the 1994 AFC Championship game loss to the Chargers..at home?? Tough to be a fan sometimes. :-)
I guess all the kids was crying cause I did too
So do y'all Blame Cowher or the players
@@franchiseboy3944 The Denver gm I blame Kordell, Cowher didn't throw those interceptions, If I remember correctly one of those int's we're in the end zone which probably would've won the gm. For the Steelers. I blame Cowher on the way they lost to the Chargers the year before.
Never saw him play because I was born in 05 but man his highlights are fun to watch. Bought his jersey on eBay 10 bucks
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I'm so happy to say that this channel is the ONLY channel where I watch their videos and there is NEVER any dislikes at the time in watching them.
This has become one of my favorite channels on UA-cam, and I hope the quality of the videos does not start to decline, or drop off in any way.
Thanks for the content man. Keep up the SOLID work!!!
Thank you so much for always watching! I plan on trying to up the quality with each video! :-) I really appreciate it!
@@ItzYinzburgh you're doing a fine job Mr. Ginsburg. Lol
You have any other channels, or editing experience?
The Steelers have always had great receivers!! I forgot about Yancy Thigpen!! Great receivers!
What a GREAT guy. Loved Kordell. One of the best on field post game interviews you’ll ever see.
Thanks for the great content! I was all Cowboys when I was a kid until I saw Slash playing.
You found the god team
I remember this game -- watching him that day felt like a coming of age moment -- his relationship with Cowher is similar to Lamar and Harbaugh today -- love to see it.
I used to have a K.Stewart Throwback in high school and play NFL Blitz all the time
Thank you
He could of been a Hall of Famer if he could finish a season!!! NEVER LOST A MONDAY NIGHT GAME
Slash was such an X Factor during that SB run. Defenses started honing in on his weakness to throw down the middle.. he put in the work for the Steelers. Had some real good years.
Charles Johnson, Ernie Mills, Yancey Thigpen, Courtney Hawkins and Will Blackwell, a true blast from the past.
When he was on, Kordell was really fun to watch.
My first favorite football player lol. What a performance!
This was thee first football game i ever watched i was instantly a steelers fan !
Very impressive and exciting! Thigpen is amazing too!
Played some HUGE games against that great Broncos team that year.
I wish he had that same type of game against them in the playoffs. Still he had a heck of a game.
I watched the game not to long ago and it look like the we got out coached they had stop doing what got them to the afc championship which was let flash loose tryna make him a pocket passer
He was a weapon, I think if he would have been inserted in that Superbowl against the Cowboys, they may have won.
If O'donell wasn't a bone head there would be 7 trophies for sure.
I'll put it this way. We may not have won, but we definitely wouldn't have lost.
You know what I'm saying?
📋 «·····O'Donnel should have been holding that.
@@BradyIsAfagInHeat they were on the comeback, bam morris was getting the first downs and all they needed was passing to throw the cowboys off balance
He would've made it interesting in that 4th quarter
Funny u say that. I did a coaching clinic with a guy that played for the Cowboys in that SB. His exact words were...thank god Cowher took Kordell out and ran Bam Morris. We would have lost otherwise...
He shouldn't have been replaced by ODonnell anyway. Funny thing with Kordell's talent and the element of the run, why didnt we run 5 wide for him,,, but as soon as O'Donnell came in we were in the 5wide...Odonnell had great 20-20 stats, because of 5 wide, but sucked ass in the redzone. Stewart would have been much better running the same offense.
Slash was at his peak in 1997. I remember the ravens game that same year. Down 21-0, Stewart overcame 3 interceptions, and scored 5 touchdowns in a comback victory
I started watching football around this time as a kid and Kordell was my favorite player for a while. Sucks that this was kind of the peak for him but it does show you that he had a lot of talent
Same, lol. My first favorite football player. This season did it for me.
The throw at 1:35 was perfect. This dude could play! Shame he never won one here.
My dude your killing it. Keep up the good work
Thank you so much!
I was at Ft. Hood, TX watching this game in the US Army.
I believe this season we will finally be able to take a lead into the 4th, and run the clock out giving the d a break. I think Snell will be in great shape this yr instead of the rookie camp legs. If he is able to give Conner a break so he don't get injured, it's a long 4th quarter for the other d
Im truly hoping for that to happen. I've always hated how in the past few years when we've got a narrow lead and instead of just sticking with the momentum and finishing out the game. We go into bullshit play picking to run out the clock and not only not get first down to run it out but go backwards instead and give them great field advantage and put all pressure on an unreliable group of DB's at the time and end up losing. Our Defense is really clicking with Minka out there with his TP like presence and Big Ben fully healthy with a year plus off of bumps and bruises and what not.
#Snellforlife
Things that didnt age well.
STRAIGHT UP GEM 💎 AWESOME WORK ITZ YINZBUGH, WAY TO BRING BACK CLASSICS. 💯
Thank you so much!! 🖤💛
I really felt like 97 was a Superbowl year for the Steelers... That AFC championship loss to the Broncos was devastating.
The steelers should had won more Super Bowls in the 90's.
Just one SB win back then would of made me happier than a kid at Christmas
Maybe this could also be called,, Yancey Thigpen torches the Broncos.
He had an amazing first half! I also included every one of his catches in my Yancey Thigpen season video & didn’t want to repeat players
@@ItzYinzburghI love your content and w work ethic. I look forward to your videos popping up in my notifications man.
Your channel has quickly become one of my favorites. Keep up the good work!
Ken Cranston Again, thank you so much! :-)
Kordell was a human highlight film before Michael Vick, RG3, Cam Newton and Russell Wilson.
Who the fuck is RG3, and why is he even mentioned in your list of great mobile QB's?
Did the dude even play a full season in the NFL?
@@BradyIsAfagInHeat calm down sweetheart, I was only giving examples
His rookie year 2012 won rookie of the year took the redskins from 3-6 to 10-6 an to the playoffs before his stupidity and arrogance destroyed him.
@@cedricholmes4837 not to mention the Redskins terrible organization 😬😬😬
Ken Cranston idk what NFL u watched, but there was a time where RGIII was scary and his rookie season was pretty incredible. Dick face
Him and Yancy had a great relationship ;)
Cowher never did hide his emotions very well. Wasn't hard to guess if he was happy or mad.
A very talented athlete and a "okay" qb that I always wished would have remained slash. He would have been around a whole lot longer in my opinion. I will only root for one team in my life and that is the Pittsburgh Steelers. Just throwing that out there so that it is clear my comment came from within the 4-1-2!
Pittsburgh Steelers Always Always Contenders Never Never Ever Pretenders. Sincerely From Tucson , Arizona No Doubt About It Baby !!!!!!!
Underrated and forgotten. He was just a wink and a nod away from two or three Super Bowls.
This is the definition of All-time Performance.
Out-Dueling The Legend ; Elway.
So glad Coach Cowher got into the HOF. If he had had a good QB for his whole career, the Steelers might have 10 rings right now.
Even if he had a quarterback he wouldn’t play that’s why I didn’t like cowher he kept so much talent on the bench or not even a chance Big Ben would of never seen the field if Maddox didn’t get hurt and mike vrabel he never let play and we needed a lb at the time smh I was never a fan of cowher
@@steelers3172 How is that worse than what we have now? 3 playoff wins in 9 years with a HOF QB, one of the best RBs in the league and the top WR in the league the past few years and nothing to show for it.
Kurt Threlkeld Tomlin has 2 Super Bowls and 0 losing seasons the last 13 years Bill was 6-10 with the SAME team tomlin took to the playoffs the following season
There is plenty of teams with a good quarterback running and pro bowl receiver to not win a super bowl a lot of those loses was BEN fault throwing dumb interceptions just because he’s a future hof don’t mean he doesn’t t cost us games. Coach don’t have anything to do with bens poor decision making
Kurt Threlkeld if cowher is Is in hof tomlin should get in no question because he DONT LOSE like COWHER 🤷🏾♂️ if Maddox never got hurt bill would of NEVER let BEN see the field don’t believe me ask mike vrabel
My favorite player!
Slash was da man!!!! He was soooooo much fun to watch.
I loved Yancey too! Thanks for taking me down memory lane❤💛💛💛💛❤
These videos are top quality. You deserve so many more subscribers
Thank you so much, I truly appreciate it!
Kordell would kill it today in the nfl.
The whole reason I be came a steelers fan so many years ago..lol
Cordell is exciting to watch...Forgot about all those great plays!!💥
Great player...one of the 1st qbs of this style plus trust from team
Talkin bout a throwback
Kordell was my hero as a kid so deadly
To do that with your family watching is awesome when my family came to see me play that’s when I sucked when they didn’t I did great 😂😂😂
6 months later thigpen Hawkins wolford streltzyk were all gone and replaced by no one.
they did draft a WR at the tail end of the third from Georgia.....
Kordell had his bad games but this game he was simply stellar and beat the shit out of a really good Broncos team.
I’m a bronco fan and I liked this video 😂
All he needed was a team that appreciated him. His best year was the ONLY YEAR they he had a QB Coach.
Thigpen was a beast
Yancey was a beast!
When Kordell was decisive, he was really good. Shout out to the N.O. represent.
As a Broncos and CU fan my second favorite team was Pittsburgh when they had Kordell and Charles Johnson. I remember the post game interview Kordell said he was sorry he had to beat the Broncos as he knew CU fans are mostly Broncos fans.
Yinz cannot forget! Hell no!
My fav. announce team in this game.
Three touchdown passes
2 TDS on the run
Kordell and Thigpen was dominant that season
I remember this shit.
I also remember what happened during "The Revenge Tour '97". How sweet that AFCCG was. *chef's kiss*
Those were the days 🎶
This the steelers team I miss... still a steelers fan, but it just ain't the same. From coaching to players
i was at this game and the AFC Championship game we lost to Broncos!
I think the successor to Roethlisberger should be a dual threat type player that can not only beat you with his arm, but his legs as well. That is what made Stewart so dangerous.
The atmosphere of Three Rivers is sorely missed...!
I delivered a pizza to Yancy Thigpen.
Wow great
Been apart of STEELER NATION SINCE 1974... STEELER NATION HAD NEVER HAD OR MAY NEVER HAVE A DUAL THREAT QB LIKE KORDELL STEWART.. DIDN'T CALL HIM SLASH FOR NOTHING...GO STEELERS!!
Steward. When he was good, he was very very good. When he was bad, he was awful.
kordell was great.
i was at that game. i was 8 or 9 years old
Funny, no one accused cowher of being a cheerleader even when he raced down the sideline to hug n kiss his players
Funny isn't it 🤔🤔
@@draines9237 That was where the Kordell is gay and so is Cowher came from. Excitable coach, who you were better off if he kissed rather than talked to you. You got less wet when he kissed.
Kordell and the Steelers beat the eventual Super Bowl Champs and made them look foolish.
Lost to the same team in the AFC championship, though, and he did not play particularly well.
I’m no Kordell hater. He was better than a lot of people seem to remember and certainly had talent and athletic ability. I thought he was the victim of some unfair criticism at times as well. He even gave off the impression of being a decent guy. That being said, he just wasn’t quite good enough and/or consist enough to win a Super Bowl.
I like his comment at the end, btw:”Sorry we beat the Broncos, but, hey, we had to do it.”
Bill Chuck mike all Steelers champions all our coaches won the big game thats the Steelers way💯❤
Hard to believe after watching this game Denver would beat them in the AFC championship game and go on to win the Super Bowl.
Losing Yancey Thigpen after 1997 who was Kordell go to guy, really had a effect on him.
My very 1st jersey..#10 'slash'..still got it
That turf needs a comeback but modern
Look at DAWSON push that fucking pile on that qb draw!
This could also be called "Yancey Thigpen Torches the Broncos"