Absolutely! I am now 53 and was a huge Minnesota Viking since Joe Kapp to Brett Farve (1969-2009)..and remember in 87' when Anthony Carter went nuts on the world champion/ team of the 80's..*.49 ers! Then came to D.C. and Green had a great game and shut down those streaking Vikes' to of course blowout Denver in the big game! D. Green was a huge part of that D' and he ran EVERYBODY down! 5'8 180 lbs. ....."speed always kills!"
I still remember where I was when I watched Darrell Green run down Eric Dickerson. It was mind-bogglingly epic. Darrell did not have any angle on Eric, he just flat out ran him down from behind--even though Eric had a huge head start. WOW.
Eric was running with his head back and body lean back... He was running on "his heels". Darryl was running with a forward lean. Any track person knows, you don't run as fast on your heels as you do on your toes. It was a given he'd be caught. Bo Jackson ran on his toes, and so did Bob Hayes.
Redskins fan since Darrell's rookie season and I've seen him save dozens of touchdowns just out running guys and catching them from behind. They even played him on kick coverages just to do that. Whenever someone got behind the defense I would literally shout "Darrell!!!" at the TV... and Darrell would appear... and... make the tackle. And I would say "Thank you". Good times. Great man.
You made me watch it again!... But yeah, he got caught up in the middle of the line surrounded by other players when Allen reversed field and he didnt get to him. It was his rookie season and he was out of position on that play, it was a great run. Later he learned to avoid traffic like that.. probably because of that play. "Darrell Green did not see me go by and I felt like I could outrun the rest of the guys" -Marcus Allen
I recall him playing the safety position on kickoff coverage, only Ron Brown could out run him and to be honest if Darrell had 5 more yards to work with he would have caught Ron Brown.
Darrell green: “when someone asks me how fast i am i say, faster than whoever I’m racing!” That’s it right there. Dude was fast and had the confidence. He retired as the fastest man in the NFL. Unheard of and insane. HTTR!
@Thanos Car Dude. Lol. Tony Dorsett was NEVER EVER one of the 4 fastest runners in the world. Lol. He was not a track man. Also you have little concept of time. There is no possible way for a 3 whole second gap between 2 sprinters. Green was faster than Sanders. That was no secret.
@Thanos Car I'm not going to suggest you are on drugs, but you are severely misinformed. When did Dorsett run track and what team did he run track for? What event and times did he run? Dorsett got into the league because he was a great running back for University of Pittsburgh. I can name 7 players that have run faster than Green.
Dickerson was not one of the fasted running backs, but he was one of the "largest backs" with speed. Tony Dorsett was faster than Dickerson, so was Herschel Walker and Bo Jackson. I saw all of them play. While Green, did run Dorsett down. Green had a severe angle advantage to catch him. Not a big deal, when you're running full out, and the running back is having to hold back a little for his blockers.
Darrel Green came to my school and gave an inspirational speech, I’ve took those words to heart and started football. Whenever it’s tough I just remember Darrel Green. A funny, smart, athletic champion.
I grew up in the DC area and saw BOTH of those games when he ran down Dorsett (I'm a Cowboys fan) ....he actually prevented a touchdown because as close as we were, we ended up settling for a field goal on that drive .... and I saw the Rams game when he caught Dickerson from behind out of NOWHERE .... I HATE the skins ....but Darryl Green ... Art Monk ... and Sean Taylor get props from me
William Fout They played in different periods, and even if the played at the same time, Dorsett, and Hayes were both cowboys, so he would not need to catch him. lmao I am
One thing that you guys aren't considering is that Hayes was running straight-line sprints in the Olympics. On the field you have to be able to change direction while retaining speed. Green was great at doing just that. It's always harder to hit a moving target. Who would win in a race? I really couldn't begin to guess. They both had incredible speed.
Darrell had both regular speed and football speed. That's hard to beat in any aspect. In a head-to-head sprint, it would be close. On the football field, in a game, Darrell would've kept up with Hayes.
@Roger Martin No doubt as far as timing goes Bob Hayes was faster but they are determining or making their case that way. They are saying at that speed for that many years and I concur.
You better go back nd look at Hayes highlights .. Catching deep balls , Short field YAC , Straight line speed etc .. All due respect to Mr. Green , but Hayes is that Dude.
NFL players know the difference between track speed and game speed, some guys dont time the whistle that well but on the field they run faster then guys who run on the track
+Poke Power QB's don't need speed...Maybe quickness to avoid sacks, not speed. Wait, you're right, speed does win championships. I mean look at Michael Vick, he has how many rings....Ooh, wait... In all seriousness, quarterbacks throw the ball, not run. Accuracy > Speed for Quarterbacks.
Ephinecko Films I'n aware of that. I was joking because i've seen Tom able to run for a first down on third down so many times yet he decides to try and force the ball to some one.
Well, he'll be the first to say he's not perfect. It's easy to say, "he could have ran for a first down". I know that feeling watching him but, it's easier said than done obviously. He's a passive player and usually doesn't take to many risks. He sticks to what he knows. It is what it is...
+Ephinecko Films Umm..Did you not see him on Sunday? Dude must've been eating Tootsie Rolls all off-season...#1 Rusher for the Pats vs the supposedly #1 D in the league
I'm a die hard COWBOYS fan but seeing Green run down Tony and Eric is amazing , then the punt return vs the Bears in 88 was great, his td won the gm for the Skins. He was great player much respect for Mr Green
I saw Green chase down Dickerson LIVE! I fell out of my chair. The hype was true and Darrell has forever made a lasting impression on me and millions of other people as well. God given talent and the effort to use what he had.
For all you kids there used to be something called "Walking Someone Down" Someone would break away and then get caught before they scored. Noone is known for that more than DG.
+Sitizen Kane Now that both are retired, a comparison can be made with those two, along with longtime cornerback Rod Woodson, who played 17 seasons in the NFL, and Champ Bailey, who played 16 seasons.
After all, the best players in 100 years of the NFL are almost reduced to a decade: the 80's and it was a pleasure to have lived it, Pete Rozelle's dream come true.
Darrell first made contact with Dorsett at the 17 yard line.....and he first made contact with Dickerson at the 22 yard line....and those 2 RBs had huge headstarts.......this is spectacular defense......Respect
2:05 count the yards in this Dorsett Play. Tony ran 82 yards through the entire Washington defense. How is this on Darell Green’s highlight reel and not on Tony Dorsett’s?
Forty and sixty yards are not true measures of speed. These are measures of quickness. I remember back in 1987, during a Superstars 100 yard dash competition, Herschel Walker beat Darryl Green. Herschel ran a 9.57s and Darryl ran a 9.72s. I wish that I still had that VHS tape of the race.
I don't understand how this can be argued. We know Bob Hayes was faster. It was measured. It's like arguing which car has the highest top speed. It's been measured, there's nothing to argue.
@Andrew Where does it say that? How fast did Hayes run on the field? How fast did Green run on the field? You don't know. What you do know is what they ran on the track. That is documented. Hayes was faster on the track. So they both put on 8-12lbs of equipment, the both use cleats, and they both run on turf or grass. Everything is still even. the both are used to wearing the equipment because they both played through college. So what would slow Hayes down more than Green? Or How would Green magically get faster?
Yes Bob Hayes was faster but what they are saying in the film is Darryl Green is the fastest because he has been that fast , that long. (20 years) freakish That's what they are going by. And I agree.
He was the fastest player I've ever seen When he got up to speed he was lightning and could trot faster than 90% of the league could run That Dorset moment was awesome
I wish they would have showed Darrell Green covering Randy Moss. I remember Moss having a few steps on Green on a deep pass and Green accelerating and knocking the pass away.
There were years when he didn’t intercept lots of passes though. Because for years - years - they didn’t throw in his direction. Loved watching him play.
Darrell Green, no question is the fastest.. He wasnt just fast for one or two years, he was the fastest for his entire career, and he won the fastest man comp 4 times, every time he entered.
@@seancagney1369 Hayes 10.06 on cinders, Green 10.08 on an all weather track. Hayes was definitely faster. But there are players who have run faster than both of them.
@THE REAL L.C When deciding who is faster, the 40 is irrelevant. It does not measure top speed of the fastest players. All it measures is quickness and partial acceleration because they don't reach maximum velocity til about 50m out. They are still accelerating at the 40yd mark. So the 40 cannot possibly determine who is fastest when they aren't even running their fastest. Also those hand timed 40s below 4.2 are all fluff. No human can run a legit 4.08. Christian Coleman the 60m world record holder and the quickest starter in history, ran an NFL style 40 in 4.12 semi automatically timed. None of those 4.1 hand timed players could even be close to Coleman. 4.08 is humanly impossible. Hayes ran 10.06 on cinders. Green ran 10.08 on a newer all weather track and was out run on the field in pads by Rams Ron Brown 10.06, and Falcons Mike Haines 10.35. Since you CANNOT measure speed in pads to compare players not on the same field or from different eras, how can you make a statement like, "Green is the fastest in pads"? You are NOT talking facts. Facts are things PROVEN to be true. What you are talking is your opinion.
@THE REAL L.C No. You look it up. You are the one who needs to show proof to back up your statements. I just gave you a logical explanation with proven facts why 4.08 is not possible. Yet you still seem to beleive Darrell Green a 10.08 100m sprinter can run a quicker 40yds than the 60m world record holder, the guy who has run the quickest first 30m in recorded history in 3.77, and who is the 6th fastest man in the history of planet Earth. Think about it.
We do know. Hayes ran a 10.06 100M WR in the 64 Olympics on a chewed-up cinder track with his lane in very poor condition. Green ran 10.08 on a synthetic track 20 years later. Hayes was the world's fastest human in the early to mid-1960s, and Green was never considered that. Darrell Green was a class act and a super nice guy, a great football player but never the world's fastest human.
I thought Darrell always ran faster when he was chasing someone down. He made everyone else look like they were running in slow motion. As much as I like him as a football player, he is even a greater person.
And Dorsett was coasting at the end because he never saw Green coming and thought he was home free. And then there was an angle. Not the best one, but still an angle and a headstart when you consider that Green lined up at last 10 yards off the line o f scrimmage prior to the snap. I saw the game when it happened and I have it on tape.
That play when he runs down Dorsett is exactly how I feel about Sam Shields. Time and time again when a big play breaks off, some Packer defenders are helplessly flailing their arms trying to catch an offensive player and in comes Shields out of nowhere to tackle the dude from behind. I have that same reaction every time "...what?"
Yes, he was a class player and still a classy person. This isn't a "classy player" award, it's about being the "fastest" runner. Hayes and a few others were faster. ruclips.net/video/3KbrlxrCbk8/видео.html
lloyd kline now that I think about it, not so easily. Bob Hayes may have the slight edge in straight line speed (Green could’ve easily been an Olympic medalist in the olympics do not fool yourself), but Green wasn’t just fast in a pure dash. He was fast running backwards, going lateral, easily changes directions without losing speed. I admit I never really watch bob Hayes film, but I think it would be much tougher for him to torch Darrell green. There was no one in that time that had half the speed that green had, let alone even be half the corner that he was.
Pause it at 2:35, he’s got his back turned while being held by the wr and Eric is almost in full stride. To make this almost unbelievable, he was diagonal to him so it wasn’t a full on vertical catch up speed... i dont wana go on. That’s just ridiculous.
You don’t find many elite, high character corners like Darrell Green. Guys like him, Art Monk, and Joe Gibbs are why the Skins won 3 Super Bowls in a decade. Absolutely high class individuals who only cared about winning.
Darrell Green was winning fastest NFL player contests AFTER he retired and was like 44 years old. If you don't think he was fast, watch the Dorsett play. Tony Doresett had a THIRTY yard head start before Green began to pursue, and Green caught him before he scored. Search it and find out where Green was before he entered the picture. Or just watch Eric get caught
dorsett was coasting to the goal line and didn't anybody would catch him. nobody knew who green was at the time. besides, i think dorsett was in his 5th or 6th year. green was a rookie.
@@redgrapeskins once dorsett got past the 3rd level of defense, it was time to start celebrating. meanwhile, darrell was running like he was trying to catch a rabbit or something.
@@redgrapeskins What was Dorsett's 40 yard time? Not like Greens You said Dorsett was in the league 9 years.....Green was in 20 years and he was still one of the fastest guys in the NFL.
#28 was a BIG part of those years the Redskins were so great! Mr. Green is also a class act of a man! I loved how he got Dickerson from behind!! Nobody ever caught him in full stride! That was a beautiful thing to watch when it happen "live"...I was there ( seeing it on TV! I am now 53)...I saw most of this great footage that is now on youtube! I loved " The Vikes" from 69'-2009"....40 years of heartbreak! I wish them well, but I rarely watch the NFL these days. D.Green was awesome! HOF!
I admire this guy. When I turned 50 I found out I could still run fast - you never lose your fast twitch muscles - they just breakdown a little more often. At the age of 59 I overtook the opposition's rugby winger so I could get a better photograph (I do the pictures for my team). The opposition said I should have been playing against them but I told them my age and said my body wouldn't survive the tackles. I'm sure Darrel could still run fast if he wanted to. Sprinter Kim Collins ran 9.93 at the age of 41. So what is age? Just a number. If you want to run fast - you can - at any age.
Not only ran down Dickerson but made him look slow. Walked down jery rice, Tony Dorset and many others! Such a great player and role model for kids. I started playing football because of Darrell Green and wanted to be just like him, I gave it my all and of course didn't have the success he did but there was days out on those football fields where I had 2 or 3 interceptions in a game and I sure felt like I was Darrell Green lol. He was always underrated and I don't understand why? He played for 2 decades and was still a very capable player when he retired. I was 5 when he was drafted and I didn't really start watching football til around 85-86 season so I was 7,8 and watching him immediately made me a fan of him and of Washington which I'm still a proud fan of til this day. Those was some great years for Washington and it's been a longtime since any real success but the franchise finally looks like it's on the upswing and maybe Washington will get back on top and be a proud organization it once was. Hey Darrell we need to pick up a cornerback this offseason are you interested? I bet he can still play and even if he's lost another step or two he'd still be faster than a lot of players. Hail to Washington and Hail to the all time greatest Washington cornerback ever #28 Darrell Green.
What is missed and overlooked is that he was a great football player. Great tackler in run support. We don't win the Super Bowl in '87, without him. 1. The Punt Return TD vs. da Bears in the 3rd divisional round playoff meeting in 4 years between them. He also shut down track nemesis Willie Gault in the 1st half before getting injured after said punt return. 2. The shutdown of AC in the NFC chip and the "heads up" pass defense at the goal line on Darrin Nelson to seal the game. His continued excellence at the position and solid consistency there has a set a bar that may not be attained ever.
@@delanomcravin4484 You do know speed is not an opinion. It is measurable and provable. Just using an opinion on speed is like using your opinion on who is the heaviest. You have the weight because it was measured, just like you have the speed thst was measured.
@@sydboski i know that for years DG won the NFL fastest man contest (a measurable) Several times. Ya get older and you slow down but the parameters used to make this list he ranks first. When you or someone else makes their list based on whatever therein lines the debate.
@@delanomcravin4484 And just what are the parameters for this list? Green won the competition 4 times and beat Ron Brown twice. But Ron Brown had the fastest time ever in the history of the competition (a measurable) which came between Green's wins. So, who ran the fastest? I've already made my list.
Darrell Green's best 100 meter time was 10.06. Ron Brown's was 10.01. Bullet Bob Hayes' best was 9.91. These guys are all world class. They would've made one great relay team.
Darrell green was whopping up on modern players in the pro bowl skills challenge in 2004 I believe. He was right in step with guys like Allen Rossum. I think he was over 50 too.
Well, Darrell Green did play long after most people of his talent had retired...he was also the last player from the 1983 draft to retire, and he was still a starter at age 42 (his final year in the league).
If I could build a time machine and had the choice to only bring back one player to play on the Skins' current team, it would be to go back to the days of Darrell Green's ultimate prime and bring him with me, without somehow fucking up the future in some unforeseen and terrible way.... Actually, nah, fuck it, I'd probably just bring back the whole 1991 Washington Redskins Superbowl team with me.
This probably best tells how good at covering WRs Green was. Super Bowl XXVI: Whenever the Redskins put man coverage on Andre Reed,Green was the one who covered Reed(others committed pass interference on Reed)and Reed had less than 30 receiving yards. Super Bowls XXVII & XXVIII: Against the top 10 Cowboys defenses,Reed had a combined 15 catches for over 220 yards.
I would think so too but if you heard why they chose Darryl Green is because he was so fast for so long. I don't know any NFL player that played 20 years in the NFL and was as fast as was when he retired .
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I just don’t like how they are doing fastest players and still putting the highlights in slow motion
James Kernan wait, that was slow motion??
@@smokeydarighty6264 right over your head
Fish_Stix69 you mean over your hair
Fish_Stix69 yeah that went over your head
@Javier M Rodriguez Bo is slightly slower than darrel green but bo is also like way heavier. They both fast af
That's unbelievable: chased down Eric Dickerson who had a massive head start. Simply unbelievable.
NOBODY ever did that to the great #29!
same with tony dorsett
Also he had to adjust his angle as well, that's pretty nuts.
Absolutely! I am now 53 and was a huge Minnesota Viking since Joe Kapp to Brett Farve (1969-2009)..and remember in 87' when Anthony Carter went nuts on the world champion/ team of the 80's..*.49 ers! Then came to D.C. and Green had a great game and shut down those streaking Vikes' to of course blowout Denver in the big game! D. Green was a huge part of that D' and he ran EVERYBODY down! 5'8 180 lbs. ....."speed always kills!"
He also caught Rice from behind when you can run the 100m in 10.08 you can do things like that.
3:10
*as green is clearly clutching his ribs*
Summerall "he might have pulled a hamstring*
Lmao
Pat was known to take a few nips before the game.
He actually did that run with a broken rib.
@@davidbarbee1276 Yes. He did hurt himself when he hurdled a Bear player. What a great player! Great man also!
Ol' Pat liked the bottle.
I still remember where I was when I watched Darrell Green run down Eric Dickerson. It was mind-bogglingly epic. Darrell did not have any angle on Eric, he just flat out ran him down from behind--even though Eric had a huge head start. WOW.
Eric was running with his head back and body lean back... He was running on "his heels". Darryl was running with a forward lean. Any track person knows, you don't run as fast on your heels as you do on your toes. It was a given he'd be caught. Bo Jackson ran on his toes, and so did Bob Hayes.
@@davidsafely732 So if he had ran with a forward lean Dickerson might not have been caught???
@@davidsafely732 plus when running with ball, you don't get maximum stride and speed from not being able to pump your arms fully
@@davidsafely732 wow you're so smart David!
It wasn't a huge head start, it was like 1or 2 yds.
i met him recently. very nice and inspirational guy. He even let me take a picture with his hall of fame ring.
Unrelated to Green.
I love how Spice went from a well known NFL player to a social media sensation
Zay Flacko he’s funny asf
Redskins fan since Darrell's rookie season and I've seen him save dozens of touchdowns just out running guys and catching them from behind. They even played him on kick coverages just to do that.
Whenever someone got behind the defense I would literally shout "Darrell!!!" at the TV... and Darrell would appear... and... make the tackle. And I would say "Thank you".
Good times. Great man.
saytr4 couldn't chase down Marcus Allen in the Superbowl
You made me watch it again!...
But yeah, he got caught up in the middle of the line surrounded by other players when Allen reversed field and he didnt get to him. It was his rookie season and he was out of position on that play, it was a great run. Later he learned to avoid traffic like that.. probably because of that play.
"Darrell Green did not see me go by and I felt like I could outrun the rest of the guys" -Marcus Allen
Yeah, it made me watch it again too.
I recall him playing the safety position on kickoff coverage, only Ron Brown could out run him and to be honest if Darrell had 5 more yards to work with he would have caught Ron Brown.
@@rocket_mansvods4201 He Darrell chasing him?
Darrell green: “when someone asks me how fast i am i say, faster than whoever I’m racing!”
That’s it right there. Dude was fast and had the confidence. He retired as the fastest man in the NFL. Unheard of and insane. HTTR!
How do you figure he retired as the fastest man in the NFL?
Dude he ran down Eric Dickerson, one of the top 4 known fastest guys in the world at the time, he deserves to be number 1
Dickerson was never in the fastest 4 in the NFL let alone the world. Green isn't in the 4 fastest in NFL history any more either.
@Thanos Car Dude. Lol. Tony Dorsett was NEVER EVER one of the 4 fastest runners in the world. Lol. He was not a track man.
Also you have little concept of time. There is no possible way for a 3 whole second gap between 2 sprinters. Green was faster than Sanders. That was no secret.
@Thanos Car I'm not going to suggest you are on drugs, but you are severely misinformed. When did Dorsett run track and what team did he run track for? What event and times did he run? Dorsett got into the league because he was a great running back for University of Pittsburgh.
I can name 7 players that have run faster than Green.
@Thanos Car No, he wasn't "literally a track person". He was an Heisman winning running back at Pitt, and that is how he "got into the NFL".
Dickerson was not one of the fasted running backs, but he was one of the "largest backs" with speed. Tony Dorsett was faster than Dickerson, so was Herschel Walker and Bo Jackson. I saw all of them play. While Green, did run Dorsett down. Green had a severe angle advantage to catch him. Not a big deal, when you're running full out, and the running back is having to hold back a little for his blockers.
Darrel Green came to my school and gave an inspirational speech, I’ve took those words to heart and started football. Whenever it’s tough I just remember Darrel Green. A funny, smart, athletic champion.
Darrell Green ran a 4.4 at 50.. Dude is gifted..
@msimmons3877Doubt he ran 4.2. That is borderline track speed at 50. Think track speed would be 4.15.
Bob hayes would've left him in a smoke on the football or track fried
Not sure about that, Green was legit 4.2. In the 80’s, only person that could get him and Hayes was Bo
Deon was much more dynamic . More interceptions,more kickoffs taking to the house.
@@loydklineI saw Green run the 100 meter in10.05 in Kingsville Tx.He was a world class sprinter he just played football.
AWWW YEEAAA MY FAVORITE PLAYER. back when the Redskins were... *sniff* good.
The Redskins r doing pretty good under Cousins.
+TheXPERT891 check your picture bro ;)
Steven Rye I knoow they now are fuckin awesoooome. they put their shit together and made the playoffs!!!!!
jacky pattersont Now theyre doing fuckin great i cant wait till we play packers
+TheXPERT891 beat the packers yo
I grew up in the DC area and saw BOTH of those games when he ran down Dorsett (I'm a Cowboys fan) ....he actually prevented a touchdown because as close as we were, we ended up settling for a field goal on that drive .... and I saw the Rams game when he caught Dickerson from behind out of NOWHERE .... I HATE the skins ....but Darryl Green ... Art Monk ... and Sean Taylor get props from me
Quiet Art Monk, that guy just kept delivering.
Lawrence Taylor, a name I'm sure you remember well 🔵🔴🔵🔴
dont forget the hogs
Should had Sonney Jurgenson....he could do some special throws!!!
🙏🏽 ✌🏽☝🏽#21
"Darrell Green didn't win an Olympic gold medal."
Yeah? Well, Bob Hayes never chased down Tony Dorsett from behind either!
William Fout They played in different periods, and even if the played at the same time, Dorsett, and Hayes were both cowboys, so he would not need to catch him. lmao
I am
William Fout Hayes was on offense so he couldn't.
William Fout Hayes 10.06 on dirt>Green 10.08 on newer all weather track.
William Fout because they played in different eras. How can one be so dumb?
sydboski
10.06 hand timed=10.08 automatically timed in college, if not 10.08 is faster
One thing that you guys aren't considering is that Hayes was running straight-line sprints in the Olympics. On the field you have to be able to change direction while retaining speed. Green was great at doing just that. It's always harder to hit a moving target. Who would win in a race? I really couldn't begin to guess. They both had incredible speed.
Darrell had both regular speed and football speed. That's hard to beat in any aspect. In a head-to-head sprint, it would be close. On the football field, in a game, Darrell would've kept up with Hayes.
@Roger Martin No doubt as far as timing goes Bob Hayes was faster but they are determining or making their case that way. They are saying at that speed for that many years and I concur.
@@Tyrunner0097 Hayes did a 5.27 or 28 in the 60 yards... "football field". ruclips.net/video/3KbrlxrCbk8/видео.html
@vpose Possibly two
You better go back nd look at Hayes highlights ..
Catching deep balls , Short field YAC , Straight line speed etc ..
All due respect to Mr. Green , but Hayes is that Dude.
NFL players know the difference between track speed and game speed, some guys dont time the whistle that well but on the field they run faster then guys who run on the track
It should be Peyton manning . He's the fucking faster player ever .
Solomon Leslie I didn't know that you had a sense of humor!!!
+Dwight Love He wasn't being funny..
Yeah he ran the 40 yard dash in 3 seconds
+Regretti I heard Peyton Manning was the inspiration to Sonic the Hedgehog.
+Dwight Love who tf are you lmao
Tom Brady should start eating Tootsie Rolls
+Poke Power QB's don't need speed...Maybe quickness to avoid sacks, not speed. Wait, you're right, speed does win championships. I mean look at Michael Vick, he has how many rings....Ooh, wait... In all seriousness, quarterbacks throw the ball, not run. Accuracy > Speed for Quarterbacks.
Ephinecko Films I'n aware of that. I was joking because i've seen Tom able to run for a first down on third down so many times yet he decides to try and force the ball to some one.
Well, he'll be the first to say he's not perfect. It's easy to say, "he could have ran for a first down". I know that feeling watching him but, it's easier said than done obviously. He's a passive player and usually doesn't take to many risks. He sticks to what he knows. It is what it is...
+Ephinecko Films Umm..Did you not see him on Sunday? Dude must've been eating Tootsie Rolls all off-season...#1 Rusher for the Pats vs the supposedly #1 D in the league
Tom Brady could eat tootsie rolls until he turns 60 it still would not matter!!!!!!
First guy to stop a Moss bomb was Darrell Green.
I'm a die hard COWBOYS fan but seeing Green run down Tony and Eric is amazing , then the punt return vs the Bears in 88 was great, his td won the gm for the Skins. He was great player much respect for Mr Green
If Darrel Green covered Bob Hayes they would be sitting in the endzone having a picnic waiting for the ball to finish getting to the quarterback...
Turhan Henderson 😂😂😂
This made the comments worth it!!
Not just fasted but the nicest guy! Class act.
I saw Green chase down Dickerson LIVE! I fell out of my chair. The hype was true and Darrell has forever made a lasting impression on me and millions of other people as well. God given talent and the effort to use what he had.
For all you kids there used to be something called "Walking Someone Down" Someone would break away and then get caught before they scored. Noone is known for that more than DG.
. . .and a class act both on and off the field.
He ran a 4.3 at 40 years old
And a 4.43 at 50
4.43 at 50
actually it was 4.26
He clocked in at 4.09 at a Redskins workout in 86
so what?
Darrell Green and Charles Woodson are my two favorite NFL players of all time.
+Sitizen Kane Now that both are retired, a comparison can be made with those two, along with longtime cornerback Rod Woodson, who played 17 seasons in the NFL, and Champ Bailey, who played 16 seasons.
Coming straight out of H-Town!!
Once asked about the secret to his amazing speed & longevity:
"Good clean living"
Yes sir!
Darrell Green is perhaps the greatest player in Redskins history. 20 years with the same team. HTTR!
Dan Hanna Sean Taylor
@@soprecise7993 Nah, It's Heath Shuler.
Dan Hanna .. Amen HTTR
Sammy Baugh
Scored 4 touchdowns on offense and intercepted 4 passes on defense in the same game
Sammy Baugh, dude..
When asked how fast he was by a reporter, he replied "as fast as I need to be". Wow
youngins don't know about green, tootsie roll in the sock
After all, the best players in 100 years of the NFL are almost reduced to a decade: the 80's and it was a pleasure to have lived it, Pete Rozelle's dream come true.
Love how Summerall just botches his injury as he's holding his ribs.
" He might have hurt his hamstring"
Yeah but Summerall and Madden together was great and they did all the 80’s Redskins games .. RIP BOTH
Darrell Green vs Willie Gault. What a matchup watching those two on the turf
Darrell is the greatest Washington football player ever. Great role model too.
Darrell first made contact with Dorsett at the 17 yard line.....and he first made contact with Dickerson at the 22 yard line....and those 2 RBs had huge headstarts.......this is spectacular defense......Respect
Actually Green had the headstart on Dorsett so you dont know what you are talking about
20 years with one team will that happen ever again?
2:05 count the yards in this Dorsett Play. Tony ran 82 yards through the entire Washington defense. How is this on Darell Green’s highlight reel and not on Tony Dorsett’s?
Because he was run down from behind.
Forty and sixty yards are not true measures of speed. These are measures of quickness. I remember back in 1987, during a Superstars 100 yard dash competition, Herschel Walker beat Darryl Green. Herschel ran a 9.57s and Darryl ran a 9.72s. I wish that I still had that VHS tape of the race.
Happy Birthday to my favorite defensive back to ever play the game!!
I don't understand how this can be argued. We know Bob Hayes was faster. It was measured. It's like arguing which car has the highest top speed. It's been measured, there's nothing to argue.
There’s more to being the fastest car then just having the highest top speed
@Andrew Where does it say that? How fast did Hayes run on the field? How fast did Green run on the field? You don't know. What you do know is what they ran on the track. That is documented. Hayes was faster on the track. So they both put on 8-12lbs of equipment, the both use cleats, and they both run on turf or grass. Everything is still even. the both are used to wearing the equipment because they both played through college. So what would slow Hayes down more than Green? Or How would Green magically get faster?
Yes Bob Hayes was faster but what they are saying in the film is Darryl Green is the fastest because he has been that fast , that long. (20 years) freakish That's what they are going by. And I agree.
He was the fastest player I've ever seen
When he got up to speed he was lightning and could trot faster than 90% of the league could run
That Dorset moment was awesome
I wish they would have showed Darrell Green covering Randy Moss. I remember Moss having a few steps on Green on a deep pass and Green accelerating and knocking the pass away.
At the time moss was young and Green was old
@@MrDcbrockwell89 True and Green hung with him. I'm a Vikings fan but give respect to Green.
There were years when he didn’t intercept lots of passes though. Because for years - years - they didn’t throw in his direction. Loved watching him play.
Darrell Green, no question is the fastest.. He wasnt just fast for one or two years, he was the fastest for his entire career, and he won the fastest man comp 4 times, every time he entered.
erivers71 Bob Hayes is faster at their best🤷🏿♂️
@@SoulSociety404 Debatable.....
@@seancagney1369 Hayes 10.06 on cinders, Green 10.08 on an all weather track. Hayes was definitely faster. But there are players who have run faster than both of them.
@THE REAL L.C When deciding who is faster, the 40 is irrelevant. It does not measure top speed of the fastest players. All it measures is quickness and partial acceleration because they don't reach maximum velocity til about 50m out. They are still accelerating at the 40yd mark. So the 40 cannot possibly determine who is fastest when they aren't even running their fastest. Also those hand timed 40s below 4.2 are all fluff. No human can run a legit 4.08. Christian Coleman the 60m world record holder and the quickest starter in history, ran an NFL style 40 in 4.12 semi automatically timed. None of those 4.1 hand timed players could even be close to Coleman. 4.08 is humanly impossible.
Hayes ran 10.06 on cinders. Green ran 10.08 on a newer all weather track and was out run on the field in pads by Rams Ron Brown 10.06, and Falcons Mike Haines 10.35. Since you CANNOT measure speed in pads to compare players not on the same field or from different eras, how can you make a statement like, "Green is the fastest in pads"? You are NOT talking facts. Facts are things PROVEN to be true. What you are talking is your opinion.
@THE REAL L.C No. You look it up. You are the one who needs to show proof to back up your statements. I just gave you a logical explanation with proven facts why 4.08 is not possible. Yet you still seem to beleive Darrell Green a 10.08 100m sprinter can run a quicker 40yds than the 60m world record holder, the guy who has run the quickest first 30m in recorded history in 3.77, and who is the 6th fastest man in the history of planet Earth. Think about it.
We'll never know who's faster between bullet Bob and Hayes, but we can always reminisce how amazing their careers were
That is because they are the same person.
Ron Brown of the Rams out ran him on Monday night in 87. On the kick off.
All of Bob's times, are faster than Green's. And Hayes ran those times, on dirt, and cinder tracks, on many occasions.
@@MichaelSimmons. with hand times
We do know. Hayes ran a 10.06 100M WR in the 64 Olympics on a chewed-up cinder track with his lane in very poor condition. Green ran 10.08 on a synthetic track 20 years later. Hayes was the world's fastest human in the early to mid-1960s, and Green was never considered that. Darrell Green was a class act and a super nice guy, a great football player but never the world's fastest human.
"I had a run, when I broke, I knew he was coming."
I thought Darrell always ran faster when he was chasing someone down. He made everyone else look like they were running in slow motion.
As much as I like him as a football player, he is even a greater person.
Bob Hayes should be No.1. Yeah Darrell Green is real good.
2:00 Darrell Green caught Dorsett only after Dorsett gained 80 yards on the run while carry a football. Not a great example of athletic prowess
And Dorsett was coasting at the end because he never saw Green coming and thought he was home free. And then there was an angle. Not the best one, but still an angle and a headstart when you consider that Green lined up at last 10 yards off the line o f scrimmage prior to the snap. I saw the game when it happened and I have it on tape.
Waiting for the fake Odell to say he is faster than him
Lol ikr
+K-Team Sports Green would torch him
Odell is fast but not that fast he was clocked in the 4.40 neighborhood.
+Jeff Simpson If your talking about Odell then yes Darrel would eat him alive!!!!!!
I like O dell...He would b welcome here in Philadelphia any day. ..
That play when he runs down Dorsett is exactly how I feel about Sam Shields. Time and time again when a big play breaks off, some Packer defenders are helplessly flailing their arms trying to catch an offensive player and in comes Shields out of nowhere to tackle the dude from behind. I have that same reaction every time "...what?"
Watched Darrel Green when I was growing up. Still the fastest I've ever seen.
I guess you never saw these.
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The people that gave the 136 thumbs down i guess dont know football...DG was a class act and one of the best corners ever to play
But he wasn't the fastest player of all time.
Yes, he was a class player and still a classy person. This isn't a "classy player" award, it's about being the "fastest" runner. Hayes and a few others were faster. ruclips.net/video/3KbrlxrCbk8/видео.html
A race between Darrell Green and Bob Hayes certainly would have been close.
Hayes would win 100 meters, green on 40 yards
Bob Hayes was fast. 🏃♂️
If Darrell Green had to cover Bob Hayes...
Where do you even start?
Joshua Rinosa on your mar.....where the hell are they??? Lol
big ian not if the quarterback judges right your like 8 you don’t know what your talking about
Bob hayes blow Darren green off the field
Somebody has to have simulated that in the Madden video game.
lloyd kline now that I think about it, not so easily. Bob Hayes may have the slight edge in straight line speed (Green could’ve easily been an Olympic medalist in the olympics do not fool yourself), but Green wasn’t just fast in a pure dash. He was fast running backwards, going lateral, easily changes directions without losing speed. I admit I never really watch bob Hayes film, but I think it would be much tougher for him to torch Darrell green. There was no one in that time that had half the speed that green had, let alone even be half the corner that he was.
Pause it at 2:35, he’s got his back turned while being held by the wr and Eric is almost in full stride. To make this almost unbelievable, he was diagonal to him so it wasn’t a full on vertical catch up speed... i dont wana go on. That’s just ridiculous.
You don’t find many elite, high character corners like Darrell Green. Guys like him, Art Monk, and Joe Gibbs are why the Skins won 3 Super Bowls in a decade. Absolutely high class individuals who only cared about winning.
So glad we have a new owner !
Darrell Green was winning fastest NFL player contests AFTER he retired and was like 44 years old. If you don't think he was fast, watch the Dorsett play. Tony Doresett had a THIRTY yard head start before Green began to pursue, and Green caught him before he scored. Search it and find out where Green was before he entered the picture. Or just watch Eric get caught
dorsett was coasting to the goal line and didn't anybody would catch him. nobody knew who green was at the time. besides, i think dorsett was in his 5th or 6th year. green was a rookie.
@@redgrapeskins once dorsett got past the 3rd level of defense, it was time to start celebrating. meanwhile, darrell was running like he was trying to catch a rabbit or something.
@@redgrapeskins What was Dorsett's 40 yard time? Not like Greens You said Dorsett was in the league 9 years.....Green was in 20 years and he was still one of the fastest guys in the NFL.
"How you gonna ask a grown man in the locker room for a Tootsie Roll?"
As far as players during Gibbs years besides theismann and the hogs hes the best overall player on those teams ecspecially accolades also
"Uhhh..hey man..you think maybe i could get one of them too?"
To catch Eric D., a great stand-up runner all the while needing to make up 10 yards to do it, is IMPRESSIVE !!!
#28 was a BIG part of those years the Redskins were so great! Mr. Green is also a class act of a man! I loved how he got Dickerson from behind!! Nobody ever caught him in full stride! That was a beautiful thing to watch when it happen "live"...I was there ( seeing it on TV! I am now 53)...I saw most of this great footage that is now on youtube! I loved " The Vikes" from 69'-2009"....40 years of heartbreak! I wish them well, but I rarely watch the NFL these days. D.Green was awesome! HOF!
I admire this guy. When I turned 50 I found out I could still run fast - you never lose your fast twitch muscles - they just breakdown a little more often. At the age of 59 I overtook the opposition's rugby winger so I could get a better photograph (I do the pictures for my team). The opposition said I should have been playing against them but I told them my age and said my body wouldn't survive the tackles. I'm sure Darrel could still run fast if he wanted to.
Sprinter Kim Collins ran 9.93 at the age of 41. So what is age? Just a number. If you want to run fast - you can - at any age.
I know it’s and old post, but totally agree.
@@JesseWilliams-ii9xs I still train hard and last year managed to run up and down 81 steps , 50 times, in one hour 7 minutes.
Not only ran down Dickerson but made him look slow. Walked down jery rice, Tony Dorset and many others! Such a great player and role model for kids. I started playing football because of Darrell Green and wanted to be just like him, I gave it my all and of course didn't have the success he did but there was days out on those football fields where I had 2 or 3 interceptions in a game and I sure felt like I was Darrell Green lol. He was always underrated and I don't understand why? He played for 2 decades and was still a very capable player when he retired. I was 5 when he was drafted and I didn't really start watching football til around 85-86 season so I was 7,8 and watching him immediately made me a fan of him and of Washington which I'm still a proud fan of til this day. Those was some great years for Washington and it's been a longtime since any real success but the franchise finally looks like it's on the upswing and maybe Washington will get back on top and be a proud organization it once was. Hey Darrell we need to pick up a cornerback this offseason are you interested? I bet he can still play and even if he's lost another step or two he'd still be faster than a lot of players. Hail to Washington and Hail to the all time greatest Washington cornerback ever #28 Darrell Green.
Neal Anderson toasted him in 1988
Thank you! And he mentored Champ Bailey, who is now also HOF
20 years in the league wow
If Forest Gump played in the NFL, he would be number 1
Straight hilarious if he all that then have him challenge deion Sanders
Thats comical Run forrest run.
He wouldn’t even be the fastest white guy in the NFL, let alone the fastest. Be realistic.
Jade, it was a joke....idiot
What is missed and overlooked is that he was a great football player.
Great tackler in run support.
We don't win the Super Bowl in '87, without him.
1. The Punt Return TD vs. da Bears in the 3rd divisional round playoff meeting in 4 years between them.
He also shut down track nemesis Willie Gault in the 1st half before getting injured after said punt return.
2. The shutdown of AC in the NFC chip and the "heads up" pass defense at the goal line on Darrin Nelson to seal the game.
His continued excellence at the position and solid consistency there has a set a bar that may not be attained ever.
Was lucky enough to watch this guy in his prime
Could run down anyone
Sorry but that is not true. ruclips.net/video/DXr8vr8TB-4/видео.html FF to 11:45
and ruclips.net/video/rUOKK89nSrk/видео.html ff to 2:44.
I met him today
STOP SPAMMING MY SUB BOX AND PUT THESE TOP TENS AS ONE VIDEO
Well deserved nod as #1 NFL fastest player. great player and a good man.
How is it well deserved if there are players that ran faster.
@@sydboski It's NFL "opinion" that he is the fastest player and I agree based on what I've seen. and that's ok.
@@delanomcravin4484 You do know speed is not an opinion. It is measurable and provable. Just using an opinion on speed is like using your opinion on who is the heaviest. You have the weight because it was measured, just like you have the speed thst was measured.
@@sydboski i know that for years DG won the NFL fastest man contest (a measurable) Several times. Ya get older and you slow down but the parameters used to make this list he ranks first. When you or someone else makes their list based on whatever therein lines the debate.
@@delanomcravin4484 And just what are the parameters for this list? Green won the competition 4 times and beat Ron Brown twice. But Ron Brown had the fastest time ever in the history of the competition (a measurable) which came between Green's wins. So, who ran the fastest?
I've already made my list.
Great to see Mr. Green at Super Bowl LII!
He was the fastest man when he entered the league at 45, and when he retired at 80 lmao
Not only Darrell Green is the fastest player of all time but he is the greatest defensive back of all time.
Placed exactly at #1
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I got him ahead of Deion because he played longer and tackled way better. Deion and green had the same ridiculous football speed.
This guy was hella fast in Tecmo Bowl.
True, but the fastest Tecmo Bowl player was without a doubt, Mr. Bo Jackson!
"How u ask a grown man in the locker room for a tootsie roll" lol true
Darrell Green's best 100 meter time was 10.06. Ron Brown's was 10.01. Bullet Bob Hayes' best was 9.91. These guys are all world class. They would've made one great relay team.
I didnt even know who was darrell green until now but after I saw his footage I was like dayum this guy is fast
I know, you bears fans are not use to watching football...lol
The "Little Bullet Train That Could".....*literally*
I remember watching all those games live. Man those Skins teams were great watching growing up
You'll never see that again with Snyder at the helm!
@@marcvslicinivscrassvs7536 just read he's looking to sell for 7 billion. Hope he does.
If Darrell green would’ve played on the cowboys then no one would question him bring number one
Sorry but that is not true. The fastest man in NFL history played with KC.
1. bob hayes
2. bo jackson
3. darrel green
4. deion sanders
5. randy moss
Darrell green was whopping up on modern players in the pro bowl skills challenge in 2004 I believe. He was right in step with guys like Allen Rossum. I think he was over 50 too.
“I know he’s back there somewhere” yup Lebron chase down🤣🤣
3:44 "You didn't move me" lol
After he just got moved. 😂 Love Darrell Green.
Well, Darrell Green did play long after most people of his talent had retired...he was also the last player from the 1983 draft to retire, and he was still a starter at age 42 (his final year in the league).
+Adam Moreira I love darrell but wasn't he a nickel man at that point. we had deion sanders champ bailey and darrell green at the same time
cliff branch was pretty dam fast, i don't know if they had 40 times in those days
He ran a reported 10.24 in the 100 meters, which is quite fast for that era.
he came in the league in 1972 running a 4.1 something
definatly the fastest from 74-81
hail to the redskins
If I could build a time machine and had the choice to only bring back one player to play on the Skins' current team, it would be to go back to the days of Darrell Green's ultimate prime and bring him with me, without somehow fucking up the future in some unforeseen and terrible way.... Actually, nah, fuck it, I'd probably just bring back the whole 1991 Washington Redskins Superbowl team with me.
I would bring 2 for the Cowboys Troy aikman and Emmitt
+TheMangoGaming :D Not Staubach or Primetime??
+Rvndumb or Irvin?
Sean Taylor
+Rvndumb T.O
He was one of Time with great contributions. He was a missile.
Darrell green is a champion
To the comment made at 1:05, Green ran a 4.43 at 50 years of age and the Redskins reported a 4.09 at training camp in '86.
Didn't Darrell Green still run a 4.3 , 40 at one of the probowl flag football events in his 40's!??
2002, his final year he ran a 4.3.
He ran a 4.4 when he turned 50 just for fun. Unreal lol
In his 50th birthday, DG went out and ran a 40 in 4.43s!
This probably best tells how good at covering WRs Green was.
Super Bowl XXVI: Whenever the Redskins put man coverage on Andre Reed,Green was the one who covered Reed(others committed pass interference on Reed)and Reed had less than 30 receiving yards.
Super Bowls XXVII & XXVIII: Against the top 10 Cowboys defenses,Reed had a combined 15 catches for over 220 yards.
IN fact, I think that Bob Hayes was faster and I would put Cliff Branch up against Green on any day as well
a true legend of the game, when the NFL was a "Tough Man's game", not like the Diva's of today.
Ditka!
Bob Hayes was so fast, he invented Cover 3. He should be 1.
I would think so too but if you heard why they chose Darryl Green is because he was so fast for so long. I don't know any NFL player that played 20 years in the NFL and was as fast as was when he retired .
@@glennglenn7428 I know they said Green was #1 for so long, but what does how long you play have to do with who ran the fastest?