I was born in Seattle in 1973, where I grew up. Japanese-American and male (this shows you where, when and HOW I grew up). In 2002, I saw his Beyond The Glory segment, and learned that Kordell's problems around 1999, were due to his mother passing away. I immediately became sympathetic towards Stewart. And then in March 2003, my father unexpectedly passed away, and life hasn't been the same for me ever since. That was when I really looked at Kordell Stewart as an inspiration. Even BEFORE my Dad passed away, I remember that on Beyond The Glory, Kordell said that "If he had been willing to talk with other people about his mother's passing, that would have really helped him cope with his loss."
Yeah Cunningham was definitely the first dual threat QB, but I can't say that Stewart wasn't also one of the first before Vick or Lamar to also play that way. It's just that Stewart wasn't as talented as Lamar, Vick, or other dual threat quarterbacks.
Yea but imagine Cowher letting Kordell do lore running rather than making him be a pocket passer. If he’s been used in a different offense then he’d have been even more fun to watch & might have led the Steelers to a SB.
Well, the very first Lamar Jackson was "scrambling" Randall Cunningham. As for Kordell, I remember him going all the way back to his Colorado years. He was definitely a supreme talent. There was so much buzz about him in his 1st year with Pittsburgh. He had a couple of really good QB seasons with Pitt, getting them to the AFC title game in 98 and 02, but he just couldn't quite get them over the hump. A solid to good NFL career though.
@@Ozknot81 no he wasn't. Randal was very inconsistent. VERY. He kept getting benched as well. Steve Young is like Lamar but a much better thrower and a little bit slower. Kordell was a little worse throw than Lamar but crazy with the leg work. That's why I called him Lamar v1.
@@PhoenixDawnX77 Nah, Cunningham was a much better passer and runner than Stewart. With 942 rush yards in 1990, Randall Cunningham is one of the few who comes close to matching guys like Lamar Jackson, Michael Vick and Justin Fields on the ground.
Watching Kordell as a kid and looking back, my first thought is that he was a classic "feast or famine" player. When he was on his game, he was terrific. When he was off his game, it was obvious as well.
I never forgot about Kordell. I have been a lifelong Chicago Bears fan. But as a kid, I had a Stewart jersey and an autographed helmet, because I always admired seeing him play every position and back then I always wished he was a Bear. Then my wish came true when he got traded to Chicago, but sadly, as is the curse for all Bears players, he was pretty much washed up at that point.
He has the greatest throw in history, as far as I'm concerned. Go back and watch the miracle at Michigan. That ball was thrown 75 yards on the fly. That was back when NCAA balls were rounder. Amazing.
HA! WHAT!?!?!? How on earth do you know who these guys are? I thought you were young but at this point im convinced you must be 40. Theres noway you gained this knowledge without watching. Fantastic video! I loved him. Couldn't believe what i saw him do in the nfl. I always felt he got screwed over.
Vince Young and Kordell Stewart are very similar and have very similar college carrers. Also the 2 best finishes to a NCAA game are held by those 2 guys also both number 10.
Was 14 when Kordell was a rookie in 1995. Dude was a sensation. Called him “Slash” and although he never was all that great at QB he had a lot of fans watching the Steelers to see what he’d do next. Just a suggestion, literally any star from the 1995 NFL Draft class would make an awesome video. A really solid class that gets looked over a lot.
@@youngf.l.y.1467 Justin Fields is most like Vick. No one wants to admit it but Mike was extremely inconsistent as a passer pre-Eagles and even then he just had a good 10 week stretch with the Eagles.
@@Watchingvideoslikeufields not Vick either he’s more polished as a passer as crazy as it is to say ..again bruh we haven’t seen another Vick yet Oml ..
Very ahead of his time...he was Russell Wilson before Russell Wilson. If I could afford a kordell Stewart jersey I'd buy it. He was very underrated! In fact, I think Stewart was the influence for the Willie Beamen character in Any Given Sunday. Also, I wouldn't doubt I'd Micheal Vick drew inspiration from Stewart, although Vick said Steve young was his favorite player.
Kordell Stewart was known as Slash for playing multiple positions like running back and wideout. He was the most versatile athlete of his era. If he played in the NFL today, he would do well as a dual threat quarterback.
Kordell had his days. He was okay but never a pro level quarterback. His int/td ratio was terrible. If he had accepted being "Slash" he could have had a much longer career. He didn't like the role.
my crazy but serious case for Kordell in the HOF: who has or will ever have: 658 yds receiving 5 rec tds, and punt 3 balls inside the 20, 14,000 yds passing 77 td passes, 3,000 yds rushing 38 rush tds, lamar might be HOF but he is along the mold of michael vick and cunningham and never caught passes stewart is in a league of his own...my reasoning is that there is literally no comparison for what he did and he is an important part of football history
@@gringostarr7858 ok give me someone else who did everything that he did? (i realize this is a radical statement but when you break it down there is a case to be made. not as a qb, but as "Slash")
i honestly think theres a case for him to be in the HOF... for the simple fact there is no one comparable to him and there probably never will be and he is an important part of football history. who else has or ever will have: who has or will ever have: 658 yds receiving 5 rec tds, and punt 3 balls inside the 20?l 14,000 yds passing 77 td passes, 3,000 yds and 38 rush tds?
@@targetegrat : Doug Played for The Buccaneer’s before the Redskins and he wasn’t the first AA QB. Kordell wasn’t the starting QB either. But if it wasn’t for slash being a successful hybrid athlete, the mainstream wouldn’t have believed in dudes that came after. I’m not a youngster, I seen Doug get drafted. Seen Randall C & Warren Moon, all of them. Even the busts like Akili Smith. 🫡 Doug was just the first to win a Superbowl, he was aiight.
Better Handing by the OCs would have made a huge difference in Kordell. Still exciting guy who scared defenses. Fun times...and maddening times. Hahaha
I get WHY he didn’t want to, but I really wish he would have embraced the slash role. I honestly think the guy could have put up 2k passing/500 rushing/500 receiving every year if he had.
I hate how he was treated. He was GREAT! They never gave him the opportunity to reach his full potential, when far lesser quarterbacks got chance after chance. If he were playing today he definitely would have been similar to Vick, RG III, or Lamar Jackson.
Stewart did well under his first OC but the next OC system didn't fit Stewart's skill set. The offense in Baltimore was built around Lamar Jackson's strengths.
My dad loved Stuart and The Jaw but wanted him to stay at WR only used at QB in gimmick plays. They asked to much of him and it broke him because he just wasn't a top QB and taking big hits rushing was a horrible thing. Once the league figured him out it was over. So Sad because if used correctly he could have been special far longer. Ok in the Wildcat but but exposed by big D lineman and big hits by linebackers had they kept him at Receiver DBs and Safeties that drag players down not trying to end their careers in huge open field hits.
he was good at everything, but not great at anything...and im a steelers fan, loved the excitement he brought because you never knew, was it going to be heroic, or a let down on every play...his best position was WR, had many one handers and yards after catch was great
Just because Kordell Stewart was a good running QB doesn’t make him even close to Lamar. Jackson is a legit RB if he was to switch positions. The throwing ability of Jackson compared to Kordell isn’t close.
Ya the brother was talent no doubt Buh the Lamar Jackson is top 3 most athletic qbs of all time nd he not even n his 30s yet sooooo….. I’d compare em to Tyron Taylor or deshaun watson. Buh no Lamar Jackson
Definitely my era coming up watching slash i thought i was him as a kid playing every position well in to here someone put out a false Accusation against him was cruel in just uncalled for sad
Shit comp to lamar. Kordell was a very poor mans sammy baugh, sammy baugh is still eons past Stewart seeing how baugh was a 4 down player and played defense.
I was born in Seattle in 1973, where I grew up. Japanese-American and male (this shows you where, when and HOW I grew up). In 2002, I saw his Beyond The Glory segment, and learned that Kordell's problems around 1999, were due to his mother passing away. I immediately became sympathetic towards Stewart. And then in March 2003, my father unexpectedly passed away, and life hasn't been the same for me ever since. That was when I really looked at Kordell Stewart as an inspiration. Even BEFORE my Dad passed away, I remember that on Beyond The Glory, Kordell said that "If he had been willing to talk with other people about his mother's passing, that would have really helped him cope with his loss."
First Lamar Jackson is a HUGE STRETCH seeing as Lamar is a MVP Qb ..the first Lamar is Randall Cunningham should fix the title dawg kinda offensive
I was gunna say the same thing, glad someone else did
More like the first Taysom Hill
Yeah Cunningham was definitely the first dual threat QB, but I can't say that Stewart wasn't also one of the first before Vick or Lamar to also play that way. It's just that Stewart wasn't as talented as Lamar, Vick, or other dual threat quarterbacks.
@@darrenharris3434Taysom is a great comparison. Both gadget players
Yea but imagine Cowher letting Kordell do lore running rather than making him be a pocket passer. If he’s been used in a different offense then he’d have been even more fun to watch & might have led the Steelers to a SB.
SLASH on Madden was unstoppable
Steve McNair,Vinny Testaverde and rich Gannon are some other great but forgotten qbs
Mike Vick ?
@@samuraibeastwarrior2886key word "forgotten"
Those three are great names to do, especially Gannon: the most forgotten mvp in my eyes
Trent Geen, Jake Delhomme, and Rodney Pete I think should be on that list also
@@samuraibeastwarrior2886 maybe his older cousin Aaron Brooks
Well, the very first Lamar Jackson was "scrambling" Randall Cunningham.
As for Kordell, I remember him going all the way back to his Colorado years. He was definitely a supreme talent. There was so much buzz about him in his 1st year with Pittsburgh. He had a couple of really good QB seasons with Pitt, getting them to the AFC title game in 98 and 02, but he just couldn't quite get them over the hump. A solid to good NFL career though.
but none of them caught 5 tds and had 3 punts inside the 20. cunningham did have a 90-something yard punt before tho
Nah. It's Kordell that was 1st next level. Title is right.
People forget Steve young ran his ass off too but Randall was amazing back in da day
@@Ozknot81 no he wasn't. Randal was very inconsistent. VERY. He kept getting benched as well. Steve Young is like Lamar but a much better thrower and a little bit slower. Kordell was a little worse throw than Lamar but crazy with the leg work. That's why I called him Lamar v1.
@@PhoenixDawnX77 Nah, Cunningham was a much better passer and runner than Stewart. With 942 rush yards in 1990, Randall Cunningham is one of the few who comes close to matching guys like Lamar Jackson, Michael Vick and Justin Fields on the ground.
Watching Kordell as a kid and looking back, my first thought is that he was a classic "feast or famine" player. When he was on his game, he was terrific. When he was off his game, it was obvious as well.
Next QB up... Warren Moon!
Warren moon was one of the best quarterbacks during the 90’s but unfortunately couldn’t win in the playoffs
Moon was my favorite QB along with Dan Marino growing up
It's amazing to think how much Warren Moon's stats would have been if he went straight from college into the NFL instead of his years spent in the CFL
Warren Moon, still the only black quarterback in the Pro Football Hall of Fame to this day.
This is a great one on Kordell "Slash" Stewart, but how about could you please do one on Levon Kirkland.
nice
That pass against Michigan....omg! He had a hose in his prime....good look showing Slash some love.
I remember watching that game, I was like 8 years old. That was the first time I ever saw a hail Mary win a game. Amazing play
rams v steelers is the sb we all wanted in 2001
I never forgot about Kordell. I have been a lifelong Chicago Bears fan. But as a kid, I had a Stewart jersey and an autographed helmet, because I always admired seeing him play every position and back then I always wished he was a Bear.
Then my wish came true when he got traded to Chicago, but sadly, as is the curse for all Bears players, he was pretty much washed up at that point.
He has the greatest throw in history, as far as I'm concerned. Go back and watch the miracle at Michigan. That ball was thrown 75 yards on the fly. That was back when NCAA balls were rounder. Amazing.
Great video.
He was such a stud what a legend he was a great player
HA! WHAT!?!?!?
How on earth do you know who these guys are? I thought you were young but at this point im convinced you must be 40. Theres noway you gained this knowledge without watching.
Fantastic video! I loved him. Couldn't believe what i saw him do in the nfl. I always felt he got screwed over.
Bruh it's football calm down
@@heretolearn5084 ha! That you found that post exciting is very bizarre. Simpleton, comes to mind.
Being young is an excuse when you have internet and RUclips.
@@seanwebb4291 he watched in real time.
Vince Young and Kordell Stewart are very similar and have very similar college carrers. Also the 2 best finishes to a NCAA game are held by those 2 guys also both number 10.
Was 14 when Kordell was a rookie in 1995. Dude was a sensation. Called him “Slash” and although he never was all that great at QB he had a lot of fans watching the Steelers to see what he’d do next.
Just a suggestion, literally any star from the 1995 NFL Draft class would make an awesome video. A really solid class that gets looked over a lot.
Lamar Jackson is the first Lamar Jackson. Kordell was a tremendous athlete in his own right.
Wouldn’t Randall Cunningham be moreso Lamar Jackson than Kordell Stewart?
Mike Vick
@@samuraibeastwarrior2886 stylistically Lamar is closer to Randall than Vick ..we have yet to truly see another Vick bro
@@youngf.l.y.1467 ok
@@youngf.l.y.1467 Justin Fields is most like Vick. No one wants to admit it but Mike was extremely inconsistent as a passer pre-Eagles and even then he just had a good 10 week stretch with the Eagles.
@@Watchingvideoslikeufields not Vick either he’s more polished as a passer as crazy as it is to say ..again bruh we haven’t seen another Vick yet Oml ..
Took the Steelers to two AFC Championship games at home in 97 and 2001.....just couldnt get over the hump to the Big Game.
Very ahead of his time...he was Russell Wilson before Russell Wilson. If I could afford a kordell Stewart jersey I'd buy it. He was very underrated! In fact, I think Stewart was the influence for the Willie Beamen character in Any Given Sunday. Also, I wouldn't doubt I'd Micheal Vick drew inspiration from Stewart, although Vick said Steve young was his favorite player.
Do jeff blake
Great content, well researched and presented. Brought back a lot of good memories.
Kordell was 20+ years too soon. If he was playing today's game, he'd be a superstar. No doubt about it!
He's the reason I watched and became a steelers fan. Never saw a guy who could do everything. Not a great QB but a great athlete.
😮Yancey was raw when i was n High School
Kordell Stewart was known as Slash for playing multiple positions like running back and wideout. He was the most versatile athlete of his era. If he played in the NFL today, he would do well as a dual threat quarterback.
FPP dis what I’m talking bout football Ace do one on derick Mason
Thanks. Good video. You really did your homework. How did you get HS film on Slash. Nice.
The Real Buffs.. LL Rashaan Salaam. 😇
Kordell was the first Taysom Hill
he doesnt have small hands thou
Yep, that’s what I said
@@historybuff1483 tasyom has tiny hands
@@jmgonzales7701 are you mental or something?
Good switch up 👍🏾
My favorite player growing up...after barry sanders retired it was this guy
Love to see one of these on Duce Staley, Jerome Betty's or Mike Alscott. Nobody talks about Devin Hester or Brian Westbrook either.
Yo, can you do Steve McNair next?
Slash......we came along way
Slash was apart of my childhood. It sucks he can’t get the credit he deserves.
Kordell was the first all position player. Dude punted also. Oh and yall remember the Michigan game 😂. Dude was a jack of all trades.
Kordell had his days. He was okay but never a pro level quarterback. His int/td ratio was terrible. If he had accepted being "Slash" he could have had a much longer career. He didn't like the role.
Could have been a Pro Bowl level receiver, that's where he was extremely talented. But he still ended up having a good career.
please tell me who has the better history between the six time superbowl champions the steelers and patriots
David Patten when he was with the Patriots he passed rushed and caught a touchdown in the same game
How about Jason " Nuts So Hairy " Terry next?
Before Micheal Vick and Lamar Jackson there was Randell Cunningham and Kordell Stewart. He would have been even more a better player in today NFL.
Kordell Stewart: The Black Taysom Hill 😂
Can we do McNair or Hines Ward
There was a Miami dolphins player who played running back tight end wideout middle linebacker and special teams
my crazy but serious case for Kordell in the HOF: who has or will ever have: 658 yds receiving 5 rec tds, and punt 3 balls inside the 20, 14,000 yds passing 77 td passes, 3,000 yds rushing 38 rush tds,
lamar might be HOF but he is along the mold of michael vick and cunningham and never caught passes stewart is in a league of his own...my reasoning is that there is literally no comparison for what he did and he is an important part of football history
Stewart hall of famer? Gtfoh
Interesting
@@gringostarr7858 ok give me someone else who did everything that he did? (i realize this is a radical statement but when you break it down there is a case to be made. not as a qb, but as "Slash")
Here we Go Steelers here we go!!!
I remember the gay rumors. A lot of people believed it and it really tarnished his reputation. That cop should’ve been reprimanded for defamation.
Cops don’t even get reprimanded for illegal murders
it wasnt really that big of a deal...it didnt stop him from getting qb jobs in pitt and chi even though he wasnt great as a pure qb
i honestly think theres a case for him to be in the HOF... for the simple fact there is no one comparable to him and there probably never will be and he is an important part of football history.
who else has or ever will have: who has or will ever have: 658 yds receiving 5 rec tds, and punt 3 balls inside the 20?l 14,000 yds passing 77 td passes, 3,000 yds and 38 rush tds?
@2:58 those numbers tells ya he could pass the ball
I’m in Pittsburgh they said he was up Schenley Park in city. Kissing men with biker shorts on. That was a rumor I remember
Kordell Steward was the Leon during his football career
Do a Hines ward one please
The First Slash. If it wasn’t for Slash there would be no Starting AA QB’s in the League Today.
Kordell was that Dude.
Look up Doug Williams
@@targetegrat : Doug Played for The Buccaneer’s before the Redskins and he wasn’t the first AA QB.
Kordell wasn’t the starting QB either.
But if it wasn’t for slash being a successful hybrid athlete, the mainstream wouldn’t have believed in dudes that came after.
I’m not a youngster, I seen Doug get drafted. Seen Randall C & Warren Moon, all of them.
Even the busts like Akili Smith.
🫡 Doug was just the first to win a Superbowl, he was aiight.
Doug Williams
Warren Moon
Randell Cunningham….. came before kordell
@@ZPMBTV Kordell is an afterthought compared to truly great black Qbs that came before him like Moon, Cunningham and Williams
@@AK-74K : Agreed, they Only Played QB tho. Kordell was the first QB / RB / WR / P / KR
I thought Mike Vick was the 1st Lamar Jackson
Randall Cunningham was.
ok@@Manny-nm8dh
He was a good player no where near Lamar Jackson but a good video keep it up
Y'all talk so much trash about Lamar,so I'm confused 🤔🤔
He didn't run enough....And Kordell is also the QB that helped kick off the Pats Dynasty.
Prime should hire Slash to work with Travis Hunter
Better Handing by the OCs would have made a huge difference in Kordell. Still exciting guy who scared defenses. Fun times...and maddening times. Hahaha
C.U. BOY. The Ann arbor miracle. C.U. love them Hail Mary's. Daj Vu S.Sanders throw a hail Mary on the same day 30yrs later for the win .
Slash #10
I get WHY he didn’t want to, but I really wish he would have embraced the slash role. I honestly think the guy could have put up 2k passing/500 rushing/500 receiving every year if he had.
Don't Disrespect Lamar like that Kordell was ok but Never A MVP caliber player 🤦🏿🤦🏿
Should’ve kept Lamar Jackson out of this. Lamar isn’t a Swiss Army Knife. He’s only taken snaps as a quarterback in the NFL.
Randle el like dam man
I hate how he was treated. He was GREAT! They never gave him the opportunity to reach his full potential, when far lesser quarterbacks got chance after chance. If he were playing today he definitely would have been similar to Vick, RG III, or Lamar Jackson.
Career TD to Int ratio was 77 to 84. Kordell wasn't a starting calibre Qb talent in terms of throwing the ball.
Antwon Jamison please
pocket passers will always reign supreme.
Stewart did well under his first OC but the next OC system didn't fit Stewart's skill set. The offense in Baltimore was built around Lamar Jackson's strengths.
At 18:44 this is just plain depressing...
He didnt win the Heisman. Salam won it in 1994.
He had to have the most fumbles in his time of play
So he was done playing in 2005. But officially retired 7 years later in 2012 ??? I'm confused
The Lamar disrespect is outrageous
Taysom Hill esque
I love that comparison as far as both of them being gadgets
Should have stayed WR because he wasn't an elite NFL QB but at receiver he could have lasted longer than at QB.
My dad loved Stuart and The Jaw but wanted him to stay at WR only used at QB in gimmick plays. They asked to much of him and it broke him because he just wasn't a top QB and taking big hits rushing was a horrible thing. Once the league figured him out it was over. So Sad because if used correctly he could have been special far longer. Ok in the Wildcat but but exposed by big D lineman and big hits by linebackers had they kept him at Receiver DBs and Safeties that drag players down not trying to end their careers in huge open field hits.
Yeah I’d have to agree this is what Cunningham did first Steward was 2.0
53.8% completion in his best season. He was average at best athletic yes always did good on a team where defense carried the team
he was good at everything, but not great at anything...and im a steelers fan, loved the excitement he brought because you never knew, was it going to be heroic, or a let down on every play...his best position was WR, had many one handers and yards after catch was great
Yep, a phenomenal natural talent at WR. Could have been one of the bests in that position.
Just because Kordell Stewart was a good running QB doesn’t make him even close to Lamar. Jackson is a legit RB if he was to switch positions. The throwing ability of Jackson compared to Kordell isn’t close.
Randall Cunningham?!
I guess you never heard of Randall Cunningham.
He just needed consistency. He'd be unstoppable one week and completely unplayable the next.
fran tarkenton is the original
Ya the brother was talent no doubt Buh the Lamar Jackson is top 3 most athletic qbs of all time nd he not even n his 30s yet sooooo….. I’d compare em to Tyron Taylor or deshaun watson. Buh no Lamar Jackson
Didn't know Lamar played WR
Other than being black, kordell and lamar are nothing alike
27:22
He was never close to Lamar’s talent. He’s more closer to Geno Smith talent 🤷♀️
He was the first Taysom Hill……
Im sorry Kzs wasnt thst hood. I hrt its about noltesiga
Rocket Ismail
A Cop started a rumor huh...
Character Assination... Good
Old America...
LooneyBen
He was destined to be great but he was not coached well 😮
Definitely my era coming up watching slash i thought i was him as a kid playing every position well in to here someone put out a false Accusation against him was cruel in just uncalled for sad
Randall Cunningham =Lamar Jackson
Shit comp to lamar. Kordell was a very poor mans sammy baugh, sammy baugh is still eons past Stewart seeing how baugh was a 4 down player and played defense.
crazy comparing stewart to jackson nowhere near
Yall be trying Lamar. I use to love Kordell but he wasnt like Lamar at all.
*Taysom Hill
Based on this video he turnover prone
Bill Crowder held him back that's my opinion
Id take kordell over lamar anyday
😂😂