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  • Опубликовано: 24 дек 2024

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  • @BostonBori92
    @BostonBori92 Год назад +230

    When the GOAT WR says he idolized you idk what else needs to be said dude retired holding every record for his position Steve Largent is a top 5 WR all time

  • @san_poil_indian
    @san_poil_indian Год назад +96

    The hit on Mike Harden is still to this day my favorite moment in Seahawk history.

    • @briankady1456
      @briankady1456 Год назад +12

      Largent said that hit on Harden was his favorite play, over any catch he ever made.

    • @jamescole8355
      @jamescole8355 10 месяцев назад

      @@awprc He paid that monkey back!

    • @Joshua-Mason
      @Joshua-Mason Месяц назад +1

      mine too.

  • @UNoWhoitis23
    @UNoWhoitis23 Год назад +17

    This guy isnt just a man for what he accomplished in the field. Hes a man for obvious trepidations he had about children at first but still not letting them deter him becuase hed never had the experience. All the while raising said kids with obvious care and love. Steve Largent isnt just a hall of fame football player. Hes a hall of fame human.

  • @terryaltherr2481
    @terryaltherr2481 11 месяцев назад +11

    I'll admit I'm the polar opposite of Steve Largent (never played football, Democrat, etc.) but he is one of the greatest WRs ever and his commitment to community and family is an inspiration for us all.

    • @Joshua-Mason
      @Joshua-Mason Месяц назад +1

      i wish more republicans were like him.

  • @SuperCookieman13
    @SuperCookieman13 Год назад +12

    My favorite football player and a God fearing man. He could catch the heck outta that ball... and could do it without wearing gloves.

  • @armstrongQB1
    @armstrongQB1 Год назад +82

    He retired as the all time leading recieiver. First Ballot Hall of Famer and member of the 100th anniversary team.

  • @Sketchbag
    @Sketchbag Год назад +10

    At my ripe age of 40, I just adore the production value, narration and overall quality of these. *Thank YOU!* to whom ever contributes to these ♥♥♥

  • @Ondalay.
    @Ondalay. Год назад +31

    The gloveless goat

  • @roelcantu4035
    @roelcantu4035 5 месяцев назад +4

    Steve is a true American , Heart and Soul 🇺🇸 sublime , my favorite WR in NFL history , I’m still in awe every time I watch His highlights 💫✨, Steve and Jim Zorn America’s blue collar Heroes

  • @GeremyG
    @GeremyG Год назад +22

    The hit and fumble on Harden is just too perfect

  • @corbencarter-dixon5758
    @corbencarter-dixon5758 Год назад +47

    It’s about damn time they made “A Football Life” documentary about Steve Largent who I believe more of the forgotten names amongst wide receivers. In basketball we call Jason Williams “White Chocolate” hell Steve Largent was “White Chocolate” of the NFL. Give him his flowers.

    • @Knglx
      @Knglx Год назад +4

      This documentary came out in 2015

    • @CHRIS-pz5sr
      @CHRIS-pz5sr Год назад +1

      That's damn right SEAHAWKS 😝😝😝💙🏈💚

  • @bluegregory6239
    @bluegregory6239 Год назад +10

    One of my 10 favorite players ever. Those 1980s Seahawks teams with Largent and Kenny Easley were very good and a lot of fun to watch.

    • @2H2521
      @2H2521 5 месяцев назад +1

      No mention of Curt Warner or Dave Krieg, ridiculous.

    • @KBKB86
      @KBKB86 Месяц назад

      Lots of Krieg mention. They even interviewed him about the switch from Zorn.

    • @jamesedwards2237
      @jamesedwards2237 9 дней назад

      Kenny Easley was one of the best defensive players ever.

  • @bwill613
    @bwill613 Год назад +15

    Seeing Steve Largent wide open is giving Defensive Coordinators nightmares.😂😂😂

  • @Randall1815
    @Randall1815 2 месяца назад +1

    In my opinion Steve largent is the greatest receiver of all time that didn’t wear gloves

  • @davidclark8543
    @davidclark8543 Год назад +32

    I love this docufilm on Steve Largent! The Zorn to Largent connection on & off the field is extremely special & for all of us that grew up in the Northwest watching the young Seahawks franchise, this is it! And quite touching to see a bond of friendship like theirs! It's heartwarming honestly

    • @earlybird9679
      @earlybird9679 11 месяцев назад

      How fortunate and fitting that Largent's former coach from Tulsa was on that Seahawks staff, who was the impetus to the Zorn to Largent on-field connection, and eventual off-field close friendship.
      And athough Steve missed out on his father's presence in his life, he was sure blessed to find such an impressive woman in his wife.

  • @spookyboi8446
    @spookyboi8446 Год назад +10

    Well Steve Largent is now one of my favorite humans.

  • @warsofparadigm
    @warsofparadigm Год назад +4

    Much respect to SL. I wasn't a Seahawks fan but his play and skill gained my unwilling respect. "Steve Largent," a name I will always remember.

  • @SpaceYourFace
    @SpaceYourFace Год назад +20

    You can actually see one of Steves bloody teeth get brushed out of his hair while med staff was attending to him. That was a dirty hit, but it was sooo gratifying to see Steve get his humbling revenge hit! One of my favorites as a kid! So glad i got to see him play in his prime!

  • @briankady1456
    @briankady1456 Год назад +6

    Steve Largent is still my favorite football player of all time, still to this day.

  • @toddm9501
    @toddm9501 4 месяца назад +1

    I'm a Raiders fan. Fred B, Cliff B. Dave C. Tim B. Steve Largent was and is One of the Greats!

  • @williamglass2445
    @williamglass2445 Год назад +10

    Jim Zorn is so underrated and forgotten in history.

  • @2H2521
    @2H2521 5 месяцев назад +2

    Greatest Seahawk of all time.

  • @n_nxbattosaihimura3778
    @n_nxbattosaihimura3778 Год назад +11

    that was awesome thanks steve for the great memories,and that was football back then where many players play with his heart and soul no matter what.

  • @rustyrnds
    @rustyrnds Год назад +7

    These documentaries are so good

  • @arturoporraz6046
    @arturoporraz6046 Год назад +15

    This dude made all those catches no glue and no gloves, not like the others...

  • @karlmonet
    @karlmonet 19 дней назад

    I'm a lifelong New England Patriots fan. I went to my first game in 1977. Steve Largent was and still is my favorite player. I think he always will be. I was watching the game when Harden knocked him out AND the game when Largent drilled him and recovered the fumble. It's still my favorite play in NFL history. I just looked and I still have 4 of his rookie cards. What a great player and person.

  • @paulelliott3220
    @paulelliott3220 11 месяцев назад +2

    Steve was one amazing receiving machine
    Redskins fan and loved Art Monk, who could catch anything but watching Largent play was frankly jaw dropping and he frequently made some brilliant catches
    Definitely one of the best and he’d go on my all-NFL team

  • @jamarcuscarter5197
    @jamarcuscarter5197 Год назад +3

    One of the greatest Players to ever play the game

  • @matthewadkins9116
    @matthewadkins9116 9 месяцев назад +1

    Steve has always been my favorite player. I am originally from Ohio, but his grit and toughness inspired me. I have always wanted to meet him in person. Hopefully some day I will get that chance. Thank you for your inspiring story, sir. You are an all timer, for sure!

  • @WILLIAMHOWERTON-pz7dk
    @WILLIAMHOWERTON-pz7dk 6 месяцев назад +2

    GREAT PLAYER AND GREAT GUY TO!

  • @Canadian_Skeptical
    @Canadian_Skeptical Год назад +6

    Great player.

  • @mjulio71
    @mjulio71 Год назад +9

    Please watch the entire documentary - What an inspiring story!

  • @JSalonsky
    @JSalonsky Год назад +6

    My dad showed me this guys highlights with Jerry Rice, when I was 11, I had later gone on to see Jerry rice and Tim Brown play for the Raiders.. but never Largeant.. he inspired me to want to play receiver

  • @user-qc3rj9sz2m
    @user-qc3rj9sz2m 3 месяца назад

    My favorite receiver of all time. Heart and class.
    Largent is who Washington needs as Governor. True Leader.

  • @mikewood8561
    @mikewood8561 Год назад +6

    I grew up watching him play and wanted to catch the ball like him. That's how I learned to catch by watching him. I used to dive for every ball wether on grass or cement. It's weird cause at a early age I was a Patriots fan but loved and respected all the other stars.

  • @nickdagostino6973
    @nickdagostino6973 Год назад +2

    Steve played in a tougher time at 5’9 180 pounds. He was smaller than chad ocho. Making it look easy to set the tone of what a receiver should look like when playing receiver. He’s right there behind rice and moss in terms of greatness and just pure receiver talent.

  • @terrycolletti6793
    @terrycolletti6793 Год назад +3

    It is great to hear stories about defensive backs who thought they planned for Steve Largent's every move just to have Steve destroy everything they thought they knew on the field. Even guys like Ronnie Lott said he was uncoverable

    • @bluegregory6239
      @bluegregory6239 Год назад

      That's a hell of a statement coming from someone on the level of Ronnie Lott, probably the best safety and all-around DB to ever play the game.

  • @wormwoodwine6997
    @wormwoodwine6997 Год назад +23

    They should do a competition where NFL WRs catch footballs without gloves.

    • @Keith-x3o
      @Keith-x3o 11 месяцев назад +7

      Yep. Notice how they outlawed stickum after the 1980 season and then shortly thereafter every receiver was wearing the sticky receiver gloves...except Largent.
      Largent was pure skill.

  • @handsomeblackman255
    @handsomeblackman255 Год назад +2

    He looked just like William Katt when he was young, from the "Greatest American Hero" tv show.

  • @JS2BF
    @JS2BF 5 месяцев назад

    Thank you NFL films. This gets us through all the long summers of no football

  • @icemanleo
    @icemanleo 4 месяца назад

    What a legend of a dad!
    What a heck of a player too

  • @lukefletcher4689
    @lukefletcher4689 Год назад +1

    Loved watching Steve Largent!

  • @Famijoly
    @Famijoly Год назад +2

    This provided a nice flashback to the early years of the Seattle Seahawks, when they were in the AFC West with the Broncos, Raiders, Chargers, and Chiefs. Their identity was in the left-handed quarterback Jim Zorn and the undersized receiver Steve Largent. Those Seahawks were never great but they always exhibited a competitive work ethic that led to them winning just enough games or keeping games just close enough to make things entertaining and interesting.

  • @maxsmiley7191
    @maxsmiley7191 Год назад +2

    I was a Rams fan, but he was one of my favorites, so glad I grew up as a little kid in his era

  • @wielkibonzo
    @wielkibonzo Год назад +3

    Good, tough soul

  • @spockasmick
    @spockasmick Год назад +2

    Finally -- that was awesome!

  • @turtle19dad
    @turtle19dad Год назад +4

    My two faves were Largent and Charlie Joiner. Always competing for records.

    • @KBKB86
      @KBKB86 Месяц назад

      Howard Cosell: "Charlie Joiner. The practically perfect receiver."

    • @KBKB86
      @KBKB86 Месяц назад

      Howard Cosell: "Charlie Joiner. The practically perfect receiver."

  • @fernandoulisessosa2212
    @fernandoulisessosa2212 Год назад +1

    Raiders fan here. I hate seahawks 80. But, he deserves this

  • @carlos2003177
    @carlos2003177 Год назад +8

    Damn Jim zorn doesn’t look as old as I thought he would

    • @finchborat
      @finchborat Год назад +2

      This originally came out in 2015. Also, it seems like he's become more mellow since he got out of coaching.

  • @Billybarrool
    @Billybarrool Год назад +6

    I grew up in Canada. Had the pleasure of watching Warren Moon play in Edmonton. As luck would have it, Edmonton got Brian Kelley from Washington State in 1979.
    You can look up the stats of that!
    To this day, my two favorite receivers are Kelly, and Largent. Go look at highlights….and see how the ball is supposed to be caught. Too many receivers of today don’t understand the basket catch. It drives me nuts when I watch dropped balls because of poor technique! Largent was the master of proper technique.

  • @myunderstanding99
    @myunderstanding99 Год назад

    Very special man

  • @truthiscensored
    @truthiscensored Год назад +4

    Steve Largent was Jerry Rice before Jerry Rice in regards to receiving

  • @v1bezz03
    @v1bezz03 Год назад +1

    Steve “Yoda” Largent. Wish I could’ve watched him play

  • @RobJones-yn4xs
    @RobJones-yn4xs Год назад +3

    Another great doc

  • @williechill786
    @williechill786 Год назад +1

    Was waiting for this one!!

  • @NeonLalah
    @NeonLalah Год назад +1

    I feel Largent helped Doug Baldwin a lot, would've loved more mention of him
    But this doc is so, so, so amazing as a Hawks fan

  • @KingofPho75
    @KingofPho75 Год назад +4

    God damn sometimes u just need the chance and it comes to u

  • @stevecoffman2559
    @stevecoffman2559 Год назад

    My first favorite NFL player. ❤

  • @keenanrice2612
    @keenanrice2612 Год назад

    Was not going half way. All in all the time. A favorite when I was a kid.

  • @cameronking3551
    @cameronking3551 Год назад +2

    After Largent left the Seahawks went into the dark ages for the entire 1990s.

  • @Keith-x3o
    @Keith-x3o 11 месяцев назад

    I patterned my game after Largent and it paid dividends as it helped my high school win its first ever football state championship.

  • @eddieperez5983
    @eddieperez5983 Год назад

    Greatest Receiver of all time not naturally gifted

  • @anthonyorman596
    @anthonyorman596 Год назад +1

    As a fellow Tulsa native I loved me some Steve Largent my first NFL jersey I got from the flea market just wish anyone but the nut Jim Cizivel

  • @ricebowl3
    @ricebowl3 11 месяцев назад

    Go Hawks Steve is our GOAT!

  • @porterwake3898
    @porterwake3898 Год назад

    Played in such a tough era in the AFC. The Seahawks were so good but couldn't make it.

  • @mikescaffo4850
    @mikescaffo4850 Год назад

    One of my all time favorite guys to watch was just so talented

  • @zacharygracia3522
    @zacharygracia3522 3 месяца назад

    Imagine if this man played with even 16 game seasons let alone the 17 game seasons we have today... he'd give Jerry a run for his money on some of those records.

  • @WorkInProgress-123
    @WorkInProgress-123 Год назад +1

    Steve Largent was the Larry Bird of the NFL. Both was below average athletes but had Hall of Fame careers.

    • @earlybird9679
      @earlybird9679 11 месяцев назад +1

      You don't do what they did being 'below avg athletes'.😏

    • @BillCagney
      @BillCagney 7 месяцев назад

      @@earlybird9679 They weren't blazing fast or crazy athletic I think he means. They were great athletes though as you said, mental game is a huge part of that too and work ethic and they had both of that and then some.

  • @CHRIS-pz5sr
    @CHRIS-pz5sr Год назад

    My super favorite Seahawk of all time

  • @eddins277
    @eddins277 Год назад +1

    My heart is sooooooooo happy for this man!! GO HAWKS!

  • @sadams6663
    @sadams6663 Год назад

    Awesome!

  • @r.b.somers2052
    @r.b.somers2052 11 месяцев назад

    I love these videos!!!!

  • @leont5096
    @leont5096 Год назад

    Legendary

  • @patG85
    @patG85 9 месяцев назад +1

    Imagine how much better he woulda been had Seahawks took moon in 70s-80s instead of moon having to play in CFL

  • @JosephCantu-qq1yr
    @JosephCantu-qq1yr Год назад

    As a kid back then it seemed to me that wide receivers would be very toughest players on the field to go across the middle against someone like Donnie shell or Jack Tatum or any of the other safeties in the league was insanely dangerous.
    The receivers running full speed the DBs running full speed the f****** collisions were far far more violent than a quarterback getting hit by a defensive end or RB by a linebacker

  • @xzaviermorton9864
    @xzaviermorton9864 9 месяцев назад

    Yeaa Baltimore knew how that felt.

  • @leegoddard2618
    @leegoddard2618 Год назад +1

    Having grown up out in the Olympic peninsula. Steve Largent was the Only thing that kept the Seahawks watchable. Then Curt Warner showed up. It was those two Alone.

  • @astraldrag8562
    @astraldrag8562 17 дней назад

    We had Steve Largent as Yoda, and now we have Metcalf as Vader choking out poor DBs

  • @Freabyrd
    @Freabyrd 10 месяцев назад

    Hell of a human being! It could have gone completely opposite for this guy, he chose to lift himself up and make something of himself. Heck of a story.

  • @urbandisturbin
    @urbandisturbin Год назад +1

    When is NFL films gonna do one of these about LANCE ALWORTH!

    • @1223baddad
      @1223baddad Год назад

      There's an older but good NFL Films documentary about Bambi. What a great receiver.

    • @urbandisturbin
      @urbandisturbin Год назад

      @@1223baddad Most people don't realize how freakishly great he really was. Far more athletic, talented, consistent and spectacular than Largent,.Rice or any other receiver I've seen even to this day. Alworth is the GOAT.

  • @bryanparenteau374
    @bryanparenteau374 Год назад +1

    Instead of spending Sunday morning in bed with my wife...it was putting on my Largent jersey and sweatpants, before I sit in front of the TV to watch him play. I still have his rookie card.

  • @spinner9057
    @spinner9057 Месяц назад

    Largent was like a snake in that Miami playoff game. You won't see him for a while, but he'll eventually bite you.

  • @randyhunt4535
    @randyhunt4535 Год назад

    He is an Oklahoma hero to us all okies

  • @hugh2hoob668
    @hugh2hoob668 5 месяцев назад

    The no gloves aspect i completely overlooked too

  • @rufiorufioo
    @rufiorufioo Год назад +1

    I have this guys rookie card. It's in kind of bad condition though. Still cool!

  • @keithmotsinger918
    @keithmotsinger918 3 месяца назад

    Surprise ! Watching Largent reminded me of Berry .

  • @truthorpropaganda9001
    @truthorpropaganda9001 29 дней назад

    Jayne Kennedy in the documentary...big bonus.

  • @robertsprouse9282
    @robertsprouse9282 Год назад +1

    STEVE LARGENT was MONEY...and not just in French..

  • @gavinbeard4026
    @gavinbeard4026 Год назад

    Wish he could’ve played in todays league so he could’ve competed for a championship

  • @GavinSwaank
    @GavinSwaank Год назад

    It really is an easy story. The story of the Little Guy. First Steve, then Baldwin, and then finally Lockett. Honestly screw it I got it. 😎

  • @bolts5994
    @bolts5994 Год назад

    And he did all that without those freaking gloves of today.

  • @JosephCantu-qq1yr
    @JosephCantu-qq1yr Год назад

    The 70s to mid-80s wide receivers have been blacked out of the Hall of Fame unfairly. Less games to put up numbers defensive backs that would try to break your neck going over the middle, no tacky gloves, and QB play where a rating of 85.0 for the year was league leading
    They had the deck was so severely tacked against them.its amazing they did what they did.
    For Stanley Morgan and Isaac Curtis and Harold Jackson to be outside the HOF is ridiculous.
    Wesley Walker and Ahmad Rashad also has a stronger case, Sammy White to a lesser degree. as does Roy Green and perhaps Drew Hill.
    Then there's Sterling Sharpe and the shortened career, but John Jefferson was the absolute best for four years or so. Ditto Wes Chandler Cris Collinsworth or Henry Ellard
    Then there's TEs like Ben Coats, Russ Francis, Todd Christensen, Billy Joe Dupree, Raymond Chester
    Then maybe borderlines in Jimmie Giles, David Hill, Riley Odom's, & Rich Caster
    Hell blockers like Mike Barber, Russ Francis and Don Hasselbeck worst huge leaky in setting up some of the best rushing attacks of the era, but blocking skill for a TE is a long forgotten skill.
    Looking for the phrase Rob gronkowski gets for his catching when he is one of the best blocking tight ends to play in the last several decades

    • @earlybird9679
      @earlybird9679 11 месяцев назад

      A couple of the things that I don't like about today's modern game:
      --The continual tilting of the rulebook TOWARD offenses (particularly the passing game). It used to be more challenging and rewarding to score (as it should be).
      --The 'look at me celebrate' arrogance by players. Way too much egotistical, self-promoting, cockiness in sports culture in general.

  • @CarlosColon-m7i
    @CarlosColon-m7i Год назад

    Now just imagine Seahawks vs 49ers in a superbowl in the 80s

  • @MisterRickSinister
    @MisterRickSinister Год назад

    What a great story with a ton of great lessons ... the last and most important being ... CHURCH and STATE are separate ... and If he had just been a Democrat he would have won easily.

  • @jcdova29
    @jcdova29 Год назад +1

    Steve didn’t wear gloves he didn’t naturally. If Steve played with Tom Brady in the Patriots’ offense Steve would of put up unreachable numbers. He put up numbers as is but I am just saying.

  • @wickedlester5320
    @wickedlester5320 Год назад

    Bum Phillips could have had Steve Largent and Earl Campbell. Wow.

  • @Elitepainters-e9f
    @Elitepainters-e9f Год назад

    Can you make one about Larry fits

  • @richarddennis2603
    @richarddennis2603 Год назад +1

    The Chiefs could do with a Steve Largent right now, haha.

  • @RyanLBrown9396
    @RyanLBrown9396 Год назад

    The first Seahawk

  • @fornothingnow
    @fornothingnow 3 месяца назад

    16:46