Whenever you say the name Walter Payton!? You can't help but smile. RIP sweetness. We miss you brother. God has the most gifted running back ever to play the game of football on his team now.
I knew an NFL defensive lineman by the name of Joe Owens who played for the Saints in the 70s. He said Payton was the favorite running back by all DLs because of his great attitude. Joe said he would hit Walter, who would bounce up, smack him on the fanny, and say "good hit Homeboy!". Then come right back and run over you! When you're respected like that by your opponents it speaks volumes.
As a kid when I watched him play there was this excitement and rush just seeing him do his thing, speeding up the field graceful like a gazelle, stutter stepping cutting and juking, stiff arming and breaking tackles like a bulldozer, I was so awestruck of what he could do and when I would play football with my friends I used to try and mimic all of his moves. I remember one game he trucked a player and when their helmets collided it sounded like a shotgun blast the whole stadium gasped. There’s a highlight of him stiff arming three defenders into the ground in a row, one right after the other. No other athlete impressed me like he has and no matter how many times I watch his highlights I still get that same sensation, that primal rush of wanting to play like that when I was a kid, watching him never gets old. My favourite athlete of all time
Run and come out of the basement. Yeah from Darryl(drvs)Rivers of Morristown resident beings fresh beats to Eagles. Yeah I did watch my brothers practice.
You are so right. We love MJ here. We always will. But Walter was our city's pride in the sport that we Chicagoans feel best represents our toughness and will to keep on trying against seemingly insurmountable odds. He was OUR guy. He never left and his family is still here.
I was in 7th grade when payton was drafted. Watched him carry that team for his whole carrer. Mostly from 75 to 80. He had no help. Everyone knew that he is getting the ball half the time. Look at the first 2 minutes. He has a 18 20 yard run in minnesota. It looks like it was off tackle but he takes a couple strides outside to create the hole then cuts up breaks tackle a 15 then gets inside ten and puts head down for last 8 yd through 3 more tackles. Now those were not great tackles but that is what he created like sanders you could never get a clean hit on him. Only when he was at sideline grinding out against tacklers. That run was my favorite of his ever. I bet every guy who grew up in chicago watching him cried when they found out he died. I did.
This man did everything, from being a starting QB one game to kicking field goals in the next. Single-handedly carried the bears to the playoffs in 1977. There will never be another like him. I'm a third generation bears fan in my family. My grandfather grew up following the bears in the 30's and 40's. He remembers watching and following greats like ed sprinkle, gale sayers, butkus, to name a few. Remembers paying a dollar fifty for the 1963 championship game and sitting on the walls of soldier field (back when it was barely a stadium) to watch it. Remembers being at the game in 1955 where George Connor on the bears recorded the biggest hit in the NFL. Said the whole stadium went quiet and that everyone thought that Connor had killed the guy. My dad growing up idolized payton and wanted to be a runningback in the NFL because of him. Never worked out, but payton was always special to him. He was at the game when Payton broke the rushing record and was also at his last game in 87. He still remembers watching Payton at the end of the game, head in hands, after everyone had cleared the field and watching him run off into the locker room for one last time. He still has a signed poster of Payton from the day he broke the record. One day he said he'd give it to me.
“I will tell my kid about the games the world championship in 1985... but the first thing I will tell her is WALTER PAYTON” Dan Hampton Chicago Bears 🐻 Defensive Tackle 1979-1991
Dick Butkus was the reason I became a Bears fan. even with a single win season. - Like it says - Walter Payton is the most complete NFL player in its nearly 100-year history. - Plenty of fans argue this but RARELY does a player
Funny you bring up Butkus. Payton came in just a year after Butkus left the game, and 4 years after Sayers. The Bears always and to this day remain the "Bears". Hard nosed defensive mentally team. Payton brought the defensive mentality to the RB position. One of the reasons why I almost never root against the Bears is I've always respected the kind of players they draft and just the aurra around them by having so many great players and teams. A lot of people today talk about the Pittsburgh Steelers this way. Those 2 franchises with Green Bay are the Gold standard as far as prestige, and historical reverence. When you see thosr colors and iconic simple logos and uniforms, you cant help but imagine back to the days when you were a kid and watched these "bigger than life" guys play a game as physical and tough as it was (pre 2000s). As I'm typing this, it hits me even harder as I have feelings of passion. Asking myself questions about my own life. What kind of life am I living? Did I ever "run out of bounds" in a situation? Or did I have the toughness to turn my shoulders square, put my head down, and plow into and over a problem. We love sport because of the challenges and changes it goes through. We can learn from failure, and take winning as something earned not given, and to enjoy it for as long as our next challenge. Watching, listening, and admiring the man that he was, Walter Payton used all of his gifts to give many a platform to reach and the wisdom to get there. When you hear Payton speak, he always says things for others to absorb positively, and I bet it was a real joy to have him as a teammate.
I'm so thankful that I was able to watch the entire careers of not only the greatest NBA player in history, but the greatest NFL player who both played for the city of Chicago. #34WalterPayton RIP / #23MichaelJordan
He was the greatest player and a great human being that was what he wanted to be known for his humanity. When he died the local radio shows were filled with calls from people he had met and touched so deeply as he was more interested in them than himself.
Over his first 10 seasons, Payton was THE ONLY offensive player on his team to make the Pro Bowl. And during that stretch, he rushed for 13,309 yards, averaged 4.4 yards per carry, caught 373 passes, averaged 9.3 yards per catch, and scored 98 TDs. Opposing defenses didn't have to worry about the QB or WRs hurting them, so they stacked the box on every play to stop Payton. And they still couldn't stop him!
My cousin lived right down the street from him, & during the off season watch Payton run that hill behind his house. It would be 92 degrees, & the only thing higher than that would be the humidity! Just incredible person inside, & out....
He was my boyhood hero. My brother and I used to dive over each other onto our parents' bed the way Walter dove over players into the end zone. The greatest ever.
It was an absolute pleasure watching him his whole career. The NFL could not pick a more appropriate man to dedicate its Man of the Year after. Payton was all man, that’s for sure. None tougher, none braver, none truer, RIP Sweetness.. 🏈🇺🇸💪🏼
Well done! I see you're a big #34 guy. You can tell certain peoples character by the people they align themselves with and who they follow. So if anyone is a Walter Payton guy....'nuff said" for me. He was more than a football player, he was a "real man" and a inspiration to many by how he carried himself and gave of himself. If we all took a little piece of that.....oh well, you know!
He missed 1 game, only 1 game. And that was his rookie year. Still cannot comprehend it. Could catch, throw, run, and his character was better than all 3. RIP Walter.
Always been a Cowboys fan since I was a kid in the 60s, but I always loved Walter Payton. A real man. True warrior. Pure class. Total professional. Never a showboat. Never took a knee. Players today cannot compare and should be ashamed. BTW I went to high school with Dan Hampton here in Jacksonville Ark.
Last night I watched that horrid 1985 Cowboy beatdown. Late in the 3rd quarter the game announcers called to our attention that despite the score Dallas fans were still cheering for Walter. Despite breaking his all time rushing record, Emmitt Smith still said he was the best RB ever.
Soft spoken but carry a big stick. Velvet glove over steel fist, love this man. He talks about angles and off setting rhythm with the stutter step. This is how a boxer thinks and talks. war is war the world over
He wanted contact on every play! his running style will never be repeated in our lifetime! A complete masterpiece on the field, the absolute best these eyes have ever witnessed!!
I watched Marshawn Lynch "Beast Mode" and he has a lot of Walter in him. I wonder if Lynch was on a team that would've used him properly, what could he have done? Lynch has one hell of a highlight reel of spectaculat Paytonesqe style.
You gotta love guys that run with heart. Like the world is depending on him. Like if he doesn't put his all in, his kids would be disappointed. His nickname is wrong, it should be "WPJR" Walter Payton Junior! :) ruclips.net/video/0lDDZGLBkFY/видео.html
Only to stop the clock. He would take on lbackers 25 30 lbs bigger. These wussies now run out of bounds instead of taking on cbs or safteys 25lbs lighter. Could run them over and gain 8 10 more yards. Todays players are bigger and stronger but cant block or tackle worth a shit. Go back to a Cowboy saftey Roy Williams. 6'3 235lbs. What a wuss. Id take a 5'11 190lbs wr from yale. That buddy ryan took and turned into a free saftey. Gary fencik. Was a sure tackler and could bring it when needed.
We watched Peyton in Seattle when he was rushing for the title. You should have heard the people of Seattle roaring for Peyton to break the record for rushing yards in one season. They were more excited about Peyton than the Seahawks.!! He didn't do it Seattle. Bummer.!!
Walter Payton s dynamic physical presence on what we as human beings saw in him, his motions reflected the pure unadulterated energy of his motions far exceeded anyone else around him represented a raw once in a lifetime if not no one else at all had that explosive nuclear like physics you kind of wonder if he was truly blessed and gifted from God himself that influence all of us to be kind and never blind on how righteous you are ,willing to never give up or hide one s power and strength of the Human Heart of Walter Payton.
He was the finest football player I have ever had the pleasure to watch. I was not a Bears fan. In fact, I was a fan of one of their NFC rivals. But he was a better football player than anyone who has ever played for my team. I have been a football fan since the early 70s, and he is my favorite player ever.
Best FOOTBALL player who ever lived. Not the best runner maybe (didn’t have the foot speed of some), but yes, the best player in terms of overall skills. His passing percentage is pretty high with several TD’s, he could place kick, punt, throw, run and block like a beast.
That intro….that music and voice….what says football more than that? How legendary is that away Bears 34 jersey?? One of my absolute favorites….god he was a bad bad man. Got up after every run ready for more. The man was so agile and versatile. Playing on those “surfaces” too?!
It wasn't that Walter was just a great football player, soft spoken and humble its no wonder so many people loved him as a human being, ... it just so happened that he was a great football player too.
Greatest player in the history of the game of football 🏈 1st round pick by Chicago Out of Jackson State League MVP in 1977 Super Bowl XX champion in 1986 Led the league in rushing touchdowns in 1977 NFL offensive player of the year in 1977 77 league man of the year 8x All Pro halfback 9x Pro Bowl Won the Bell Burt Award 🏆 In 1985 70s All Decade Team 80s All Decade Team 1993 Pro Football 🏈 Hall of Famer NFL 75th Anniversary Team (1995) 16,726 rushing yards (second all time) 110 rushing touchdowns 492 catches 4538 reception yards and 45 receiving touchdowns in his 13 year career with Chicago The only halfback in history to... Score a rushing touchdown a touchdown catch and a touchdown pass in a single game (1979) Ran for 275 yards with a fever/flu like symptoms 🤒 vs Minnesota (Surpassing OJ Simpson’s 273 yards, which at the time was a single season record) 170 consecutive starts (all time record by HB/RB in NFL history)
Look how on every single tackle, he lowered his shoulder, put his head down and drove into the defender. I remember him describing why he did that and sure enough you can see it in the videos. Going for every single inch and I think he said it hurt him less if he was hitting the defender
Walter was not the most physically gifted RB to ever run, but he had the most heart and the greatest determination I've ever seen. He was truly the "Rocky" of the NFL. Every college athlete should be forced to study Walter Payton.
The TRUE GOAT!!!... Best pure football player ever... PERIOD...end of story....talent... ability.... determination... heart.... attitude... and humbleness....no Football player Before or since has had all of these traits.... and despite what many think numbers and stats are not The true definition of a great football player.... Walter Payton had the numbers to be with the elite but he was loved... respected... and feared bye his peers for so much more than just numbers.... and he was as humble off the field as he was on... very rare for such a superstar player....But that's the kind of person Payton was....never was their a better Complement then the guy that said about Payton..."God one day decided to chisel out a running back and the result was Walter Payton ".... they say God only takes the best... that must be true because he has Payton up there.....RIP GOAT.. you are missed 😢
that 'football expert' they quoted at the beginning was TOM LANDRY...it's a famous quote...WTF Payton is the best player because he was the most complete player but also because his 77 season stands alone as the greatest one-man gang season EVER
They won't have one outside soldier field because that is public property that the bears only lease. Halas Hall will eventually have one, which is the HQ of the Bears.
Thats only because Emmit doesn't want you to remember there is another rb named Barry Sanders who everyone knows was the greatest who ever played the position. No disrespect to Payton, but ask defensive players who had to play against Barry Sanders, and they will all tell you that He was the toughest player to bring down. Payton had heart, but Barry had a gift....
@@Charleybones Barry Sanders was the hardest to catch but also had many negative runs. Yes he was an incredible runner but I think Walter was a more complete back and #1 in my book. You can't go wrong with either one.
@@Charleybones Sorry but no. As spectacular as Barry was, you couldn't count on him in short yardage or goal-line situations, the Lions would even pull him from the game. Walter didn't have that problem. Walter was also the better blocker and the better pass-catcher as well. In before Barry fans talk about Barry's O-line, he had 2 All-pros AT THE SAME TIME playing on it, Lomas Brown and Kevin Glover. In his entire career, Walter played with ONE All-pro offensive lineman, tackle Jimbo Covert in 1985. And that was the ONLY year he made it.,
@@xaviervega468 Xavier I politely disagree. Sanders was no liability when it came to short goal line runs. The Lions just didn't find themselves in short yardage goalie situations wen Barry was playing. Barry's TD runs were usually outside of the 10 yard line. Look at these stats Vega: Payton averaged 4.4 yards per carry for his career. Barry averaged a flat 5.0 yards per carry for his career. Payton had 16,726 career rushing yards in 13 seasons. Barry had 15,269 in exactly 10 years. That's only 1500 yards less than Payton, and Barry played 3 years less. In fact, in Barry's last year he rusted for 1491 yards. So he may well have matched Payton career yardage in one more season. Payton had 110 TD's in 13 years. Barry had 99. Barry only had to run 3.3 TD's each year for the last 3 years to match Payton, and Barry would only have to run appr 500 per year for the last 3 years to match and beat Payton's all time yardage numbers. Jumping over a pile of people on the 1 yard line is not what makes a great RB. It's making 1st downs, finding a hole when your front line can't give you one, making multiple people miss a tackle and break free for a big run. It's about taking multiple hits and still moving forward with the ball. Its about nit fumbling the ball (Payton fumbled 86 times in his career, Barry only fumbled 41 times - yes, that's right. Look it up - Payton fumbled the ball twice as many times as Barry). I appreciate Payton's heart and his toughness, but I also respect speed, elusiveness, and the ability make a fool out of linebacker. Sanders proved that you don't have to run over a LB, you can run around him, run under him, or just leave him standing there or laying there with a broken ankle while you score a td.
@@Charleybones Barry is also the all-time leader in negative yards. All too often he would dance behind the line and try and break the big run and get stuffed when he should have taken the 5 yards off tackle and walked back to the huddle. Payton had no weaknesess as a football player, Barry did. End of story.
One of my all-time favorite athele s of all time. Julius Erving, Muhammad Ali, and Sweetness are probably the most influential athele s in the Black community but in every way possible as a man.God bless and RIP my brother.
He is one bad ass mother fk’r!!!! Nobody can replace this man !!! NEVER … I haven’t saw a nfl or college FB player that can hold a candle to WP…. and we r in 2023…. Im saying the WHOLE PACKAGE…. he played QB!!!!! For Pete’s sake , and it was not a joke !!!! I mean u can NEVER tell me or show me a bettter FB player EVER to date!!!!! I dare you to show or name me only 1??? Don’t bother u cant….
My childhood hero Walter Jerry Payton Sweetness #34! My HS football letter jacket bares the name Sweetness on it & of course my number was three four baby!
I remember back to my youth growing up in the suburbs of Chicago back in the 70' /80's and we would always play pick up football, and I wanted the ball every time because I wanted to do those same moves that I watched the great walter payton do every Sunday. He was the best!
@@fan4life34 Beautiful stuff man. I descovered him in 1983 when I was playing for the Brooklyn Hurricanes here in NYC. I was the top RB in my Pop Warner league & rushed for over 2,000 yards & scored over 30+ TDs. I was only 12 years old & had no clue about the NFL. But I asked my brother, "Who's the best RB in the NFL?" He thought about it for a second & said, "Eric Dickerson & Walter Payton!" I watched Sweetness in just one game and I fell in love with his obvious balls to the wall, all out 100% on every play style. I then ran with the same reckless abandon & started attacking defenses rather than using my speed. Well it turned out I became an even better RB with that style. You can check out my 70 yard TD run back in 1986 on my RUclips channel. I even taped my ankles up like he did & had my sweetness towel too. Lmao great memories. Salute!
Not that anyone passing away too soon is not upsetting, but there are deaths that really pissed me off, like that of Rebecca Shaeffer, River Phoenix, John Ritter, Jimmy Valvano, Hank Gathers, Aaliyah, Robin Williams, Paul Walker, Selena, Derrick Thomas, Junior Seau, Chris Cornell, Chadwick Boseman, ETC....deaths which seem especially wrong because they were just kind, decent people who only improved the lives of everyone around them. Walter Payton's death was one of those. Someone who creates a highly successful charity foundation in their own name should never die at 45 of some rare cancer.
Definitely the best football player of all time. Best runner ng back blocker. Could quarterback and could kick fieldgoals and punts. Just didnt have last gear speed.
Love how explains it u know this man had heart fro? His barn yrd rooser biginnings to the nfl when it was the hardcore game it was and has become. Just awesome!!
Walter Payton.He could make three yards the most exciting three yards a man could get. And I don't think there will ever be another Walter Payton he's better than Muhammad Ali he truly was the greatest
The best player to ever play the game at any position. The greatest football player, ever. The greatest running back ever, PERIOD...what's this "all around" crap? My man, change the title PLEASE.
Must have had a gyroscope sense of balance... Get hit, bounce twist, drive forward or left, right, whatever was needed, 3, 4, 5, sometimes 6 times in a single run... Compare, to whom, Barry Sanders comes the closest, but there just is a gap, Sweetness had it all, blocking, passing, kicking, running, catching, and if there was something a football player could or had to be, Walter Payton achieved it, stomped it, then surpassed it... I was lucky to grow up in Chicago, Gale Sayers, Dick Butkus, Sweetness, the 85 Bears, the Chicago BlackHawks, the Chicago White Sox, the Chicago Cubs, and Scotty Pippin, Michael Jordan, the Chicago Bulls... Impossible to compare apples and oranges... Football Walter Payton stands alone...
Quickness,speed,power, energy,passion.The best football player of all time.
The most complete player in NFL history and for me the greatest of all time who we sadly lost too soon.
Payton was everything a football player should be. Watched his whole career and never saw a greater professional.
Walter Payton is the greatest running ever I’m sad people didn’t vote for him they must be young
Whenever you say the name Walter Payton!? You can't help but smile. RIP sweetness. We miss you brother. God has the most gifted running back ever to play the game of football on his team now.
I knew an NFL defensive lineman by the name of Joe Owens who played for the Saints in the 70s. He said Payton was the favorite running back by all DLs because of his great attitude. Joe said he would hit Walter, who would bounce up, smack him on the fanny, and say "good hit Homeboy!". Then come right back and run over you! When you're respected like that by your opponents it speaks volumes.
The greatest NFL player to ever put on a uniform. PERIOD!
If Payton played today there would be a rule to protect the defensive backs.
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There is and will only ever be one Sweetness. I consider myself privileged to have been able to see him play.
Yes sir!
The picture in the thumb nail was iconic walter payton sweetness my idol.
Greatest football player ever in my book.
The way Jim Brown talks about Sweetness tells you all you need to know!
..walter brought me to the nfl as a 12 year old in chicago..no one was greater..
As a kid when I watched him play there was this excitement and rush just seeing him do his thing, speeding up the field graceful like a gazelle, stutter stepping cutting and juking, stiff arming and breaking tackles like a bulldozer, I was so awestruck of what he could do and when I would play football with my friends I used to try and mimic all of his moves. I remember one game he trucked a player and when their helmets collided it sounded like a shotgun blast the whole stadium gasped. There’s a highlight of him stiff arming three defenders into the ground in a row, one right after the other.
No other athlete impressed me like he has and no matter how many times I watch his highlights I still get that same sensation, that primal rush of wanting to play like that when I was a kid, watching him never gets old. My favourite athlete of all time
I did too run to the TV.
The world is a much poorer place for the loss of this great man. One of very few that really deserves Legendary status.
Fucking legend! Guy was off the charts!
He cheated on his wife and left her
He was the best still beter than any one today
I Love It when Walter instead of going out of bounce he'd turn back in to the Defender The Greatest of all time
Greatest ever and will never be one like it
Best running back in the history of the NFL
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Wrong! BEST FOOTBALL PLAYER IN HISTORY! Walter could do it all!
G O A T!!!
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34 thumbs up ..... I can't click it!
After Jim Brown.
In Chicago Jordan was loved, Payton was revered
Not just for football either. The NFL Man of the Year is named after Walter Payton for a reason.
Run and come out of the basement. Yeah from Darryl(drvs)Rivers of Morristown resident beings fresh beats to Eagles. Yeah I did watch my brothers practice.
Yeah from Darryl(drvs)Rivers of Morristown resident beings fresh beats to Eagles Songs. Some times you must rise up and come out of the basement.
You are so right. We love MJ here. We always will. But Walter was our city's pride in the sport that we Chicagoans feel best represents our toughness and will to keep on trying against seemingly insurmountable odds. He was OUR guy. He never left and his family is still here.
I was in 7th grade when payton was drafted. Watched him carry that team for his whole carrer. Mostly from 75 to 80. He had no help. Everyone knew that he is getting the ball half the time. Look at the first 2 minutes. He has a 18 20 yard run in minnesota. It looks like it was off tackle but he takes a couple strides outside to create the hole then cuts up breaks tackle a 15 then gets inside ten and puts head down for last 8 yd through 3 more tackles. Now those were not great tackles but that is what he created like sanders you could never get a clean hit on him. Only when he was at sideline grinding out against tacklers. That run was my favorite of his ever. I bet every guy who grew up in chicago watching him cried when they found out he died. I did.
RIP SWEEETNESSS !!! G.O.A.T. #34
The very best to ever did it. #34 Walter Payton.
I had the privilege of watching Walter Peyton for his NFL career. He was awesome.
He and Barry Sanders are !A & 1B do NOT ever forget Barry!!!
I'll say it again he is all heart ,he's the best period...............
This is why there's the ultimate humanitarian NFL trophy is named after him. The great Walter Payton
This man did everything, from being a starting QB one game to kicking field goals in the next. Single-handedly carried the bears to the playoffs in 1977. There will never be another like him. I'm a third generation bears fan in my family. My grandfather grew up following the bears in the 30's and 40's. He remembers watching and following greats like ed sprinkle, gale sayers, butkus, to name a few. Remembers paying a dollar fifty for the 1963 championship game and sitting on the walls of soldier field (back when it was barely a stadium) to watch it. Remembers being at the game in 1955 where George Connor on the bears recorded the biggest hit in the NFL. Said the whole stadium went quiet and that everyone thought that Connor had killed the guy. My dad growing up idolized payton and wanted to be a runningback in the NFL because of him. Never worked out, but payton was always special to him. He was at the game when Payton broke the rushing record and was also at his last game in 87. He still remembers watching Payton at the end of the game, head in hands, after everyone had cleared the field and watching him run off into the locker room for one last time. He still has a signed poster of Payton from the day he broke the record. One day he said he'd give it to me.
Walter Payton and Gale Sayers we're the most graceful to watch ever and the most influential. Pure poetry in motion
“I will tell my kid about the games the world championship in 1985... but the first thing I will tell her is WALTER PAYTON”
Dan Hampton
Chicago Bears 🐻 Defensive Tackle
1979-1991
Complete all round greatest running buck in NFL history thank god he played for the chicago bears.
Dick Butkus was the reason I became a Bears fan. even with a single win season. - Like it says - Walter Payton is the most complete NFL player in its nearly 100-year history. - Plenty of fans argue this but RARELY does a player
Funny you bring up Butkus. Payton came in just a year after Butkus left the game, and 4 years after Sayers. The Bears always and to this day remain the "Bears". Hard nosed defensive mentally team. Payton brought the defensive mentality to the RB position. One of the reasons why I almost never root against the Bears is I've always respected the kind of players they draft and just the aurra around them by having so many great players and teams. A lot of people today talk about the Pittsburgh Steelers this way. Those 2 franchises with Green Bay are the Gold standard as far as prestige, and historical reverence. When you see thosr colors and iconic simple logos and uniforms, you cant help but imagine back to the days when you were a kid and watched these "bigger than life" guys play a game as physical and tough as it was (pre 2000s). As I'm typing this, it hits me even harder as I have feelings of passion. Asking myself questions about my own life. What kind of life am I living? Did I ever "run out of bounds" in a situation? Or did I have the toughness to turn my shoulders square, put my head down, and plow into and over a problem. We love sport because of the challenges and changes it goes through. We can learn from failure, and take winning as something earned not given, and to enjoy it for as long as our next challenge.
Watching, listening, and admiring the man that he was, Walter Payton used all of his gifts to give many a platform to reach and the wisdom to get there. When you hear Payton speak, he always says things for others to absorb positively, and I bet it was a real joy to have him as a teammate.
Walter Payton is the real deal from day one 1st Round 4th overall pick out of Jackson State University
I'm so thankful that I was able to watch the entire careers of not only the greatest NBA player in history, but the greatest NFL player who both played for the city of Chicago. #34WalterPayton RIP / #23MichaelJordan
He was the greatest player and a great human being that was what he wanted to be known for his humanity. When he died the local radio shows were filled with calls from people he had met and touched so deeply as he was more interested in them than himself.
Yup I was really disappointed a football life basically skipped all of that part of his life. He was the greatest ever on and off the field
Over his first 10 seasons, Payton was THE ONLY offensive player on his team to make the Pro Bowl. And during that stretch, he rushed for 13,309 yards, averaged 4.4 yards per carry, caught 373 passes, averaged 9.3 yards per catch, and scored 98 TDs. Opposing defenses didn't have to worry about the QB or WRs hurting them, so they stacked the box on every play to stop Payton. And they still couldn't stop him!
My cousin lived right down the street from him, & during the off season watch Payton run that hill behind his house.
It would be 92 degrees, & the only thing higher than that would be the humidity!
Just incredible person inside, & out....
He was my boyhood hero. My brother and I used to dive over each other onto our parents' bed the way Walter dove over players into the end zone. The greatest ever.
It was an absolute pleasure watching him his whole career. The NFL could not pick a more appropriate man to dedicate its Man of the Year after. Payton was all man, that’s for sure. None tougher, none braver, none truer, RIP Sweetness.. 🏈🇺🇸💪🏼
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He's bigger in Chicago than MJ . When it comes down to Chicago it's a BEARS TOWN even in 2023 ! I miss him to this day. RIP WALTER.
"oh my goodness what kind of animal is this!" and that's from Jim Brown.
Fuck the woman beater Jim Brown.
Jeff Georgalas then it would be easier for Jim Brown to ask that question of himself 🤣
Imagine a white sportscaster or player today saying that about any black athlete. Instant exile.
Walter was the reason I became a football and a Bears fan He was Amazing RIP Sweetness 🙏💙🙏🏈🏉🏈💥💯💥💙💛💙😇😇😇
Jim Brown admired Payton. And he still stayed humble. I have no idea how. God bless, Sweetness.
HOMEBOY! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 SWEETNESS! JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY! ✊🏽 COLUMBIA MS IS FOREVER "PAYTON PLACE"!👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
The greatest football player that ever lived. Period. Walter Payton is a legend. We love you Walter!! Rest in Peace.
I'm a Lawrence Taylor guy all the way, but Payton was no joke. Probably the complete player of all-time.
Best ever!!#34
Jacob Obadiah I respect it but #20 is the GOAT Barry Sanders!!
Greatest all-around player.
Well done! I see you're a big #34 guy. You can tell certain peoples character by the people they align themselves with and who they follow. So if anyone is a Walter Payton guy....'nuff said" for me.
He was more than a football player, he was a "real man" and a inspiration to many by how he carried himself and gave of himself. If we all took a little piece of that.....oh well, you know!
He missed 1 game, only 1 game. And that was his rookie year. Still cannot comprehend it. Could catch, throw, run, and his character was better than all 3. RIP Walter.
He was actually dressed to play in that game.....the coach just didn't put him in.
Always been a Cowboys fan since I was a kid in the 60s, but I always loved Walter Payton. A real man. True warrior. Pure class. Total professional. Never a showboat. Never took a knee. Players today cannot compare and should be ashamed. BTW I went to high school with Dan Hampton here in Jacksonville Ark.
Last night I watched that horrid 1985 Cowboy beatdown. Late in the 3rd quarter the game announcers called to our attention that despite the score Dallas fans were still cheering for Walter. Despite breaking his all time rushing record, Emmitt Smith still said he was the best RB ever.
Truely a super man!!
never missing a game...Never. Missed. A.. GAME. NEVER MISSED ONE GAME!!!!!!!
That's un flippin real
He missed 1 game in 13 years
@@michaelkawell3300rookie year they held him out in 4th 5th game.
Soft spoken but carry a big stick. Velvet glove over steel fist, love this man. He talks about angles and off setting rhythm with the stutter step. This is how a boxer thinks and talks. war is war the world over
The greatest. Period. Never Ever did he run out of bounds, Not once. Did he ever run out of bounds to avoid contact.
He wanted contact on every play! his running style will never be repeated in our lifetime! A complete masterpiece on the field, the absolute best these eyes have ever witnessed!!
I watched Marshawn Lynch "Beast Mode" and he has a lot of Walter in him. I wonder if Lynch was on a team that would've used him properly, what could he have done? Lynch has one hell of a highlight reel of spectaculat Paytonesqe style.
You gotta love guys that run with heart. Like the world is depending on him. Like if he doesn't put his all in, his kids would be disappointed. His nickname is wrong, it should be "WPJR" Walter Payton Junior! :)
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Tom Gleason neither did Jim Brown
Only to stop the clock. He would take on lbackers 25 30 lbs bigger. These wussies now run out of bounds instead of taking on cbs or safteys 25lbs lighter. Could run them over and gain 8 10 more yards. Todays players are bigger and stronger but cant block or tackle worth a shit. Go back to a Cowboy saftey Roy Williams. 6'3 235lbs. What a wuss. Id take a 5'11 190lbs wr from yale. That buddy ryan took and turned into a free saftey. Gary fencik. Was a sure tackler and could bring it when needed.
Payton was the greatest Ever there will always be Great RBs but nothing like Payton
GREATEST RB IN THE HISTORY OF THE NFL
I was born and raised in Chicago but attended College at Jackson State where I first met Mr. Payton
When walter high stepped poetry in motion.
We watched Peyton in Seattle when he was rushing for the title. You should have heard the people of Seattle roaring for Peyton to break the record for rushing yards in one season. They were more excited about Peyton than the Seahawks.!! He didn't do it Seattle. Bummer.!!
Thanks for putting that show together for us, M8.
Complete the best all round football player ever period
Walter Payton s dynamic physical presence on what we as human beings saw in him, his motions reflected the pure unadulterated energy of his motions far exceeded anyone else around him represented a raw once in a lifetime if not no one else at all had that explosive nuclear like physics you kind of wonder if he was truly blessed and gifted from God himself that influence all of us to be kind and never blind on how righteous you are ,willing to never give up or hide one s power and strength of the Human Heart of Walter Payton.
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Very very well said. Excellent 👌👍😊😀👌😎👍👌😀
Heart then Skill SWEETNESS. 🏈💯🏈#34 THANK YOU MAN WE LOVE YOU🏈🏈🏈
I 😭 when he passed he was my idle
We all did, trust me
He was the finest football player I have ever had the pleasure to watch. I was not a Bears fan. In fact, I was a fan of one of their NFC rivals. But he was a better football player than anyone who has ever played for my team. I have been a football fan since the early 70s, and he is my favorite player ever.
Best FOOTBALL player who ever lived. Not the best runner maybe (didn’t have the foot speed of some), but yes, the best player in terms of overall skills. His passing percentage is pretty high with several TD’s, he could place kick, punt, throw, run and block like a beast.
That intro….that music and voice….what says football more than that?
How legendary is that away Bears 34 jersey?? One of my absolute favorites….god he was a bad bad man. Got up after every run ready for more. The man was so agile and versatile. Playing on those “surfaces” too?!
It wasn't that Walter was just a great football player, soft spoken and humble its no wonder so many people loved him as a human being, ... it just so happened that he was a great football player too.
Greatest player in the history of the game of football 🏈
1st round pick by Chicago Out of Jackson State
League MVP in 1977
Super Bowl XX champion in 1986
Led the league in rushing touchdowns in 1977
NFL offensive player of the year in 1977
77 league man of the year
8x All Pro halfback
9x Pro Bowl
Won the Bell Burt Award 🏆 In 1985
70s All Decade Team
80s All Decade Team
1993 Pro Football 🏈 Hall of Famer
NFL 75th Anniversary Team (1995)
16,726 rushing yards (second all time) 110 rushing touchdowns 492 catches 4538 reception yards and 45 receiving touchdowns in his 13 year career with Chicago
The only halfback in history to...
Score a rushing touchdown a touchdown catch and a touchdown pass in a single game (1979)
Ran for 275 yards with a fever/flu like symptoms 🤒 vs Minnesota (Surpassing OJ Simpson’s 273 yards, which at the time was a single season record)
170 consecutive starts (all time record by HB/RB in NFL history)
Look how on every single tackle, he lowered his shoulder, put his head down and drove into the defender. I remember him describing why he did that and sure enough you can see it in the videos. Going for every single inch and I think he said it hurt him less if he was hitting the defender
Best HB ever walter payton( Jackson St University)
Best WR ever ( Jerry Rice Ms valley)
shout out Mississippi
The greatest. Sweetness R.I.P
Walter was not the most physically gifted RB to ever run, but he had the most heart and the greatest determination I've ever seen. He was truly the "Rocky" of the NFL. Every college athlete should be forced to study Walter Payton.
Sweetness was THE greatest FOOTBALL player the game pro, college, sand lot EVER seen PERIOD FACT. Nuff said
ELWAY WAS THE BEST🙂😎🥳 FACT, PERIOD AND END OF STORY LITTLE PRINCESS..
NOW MAKE ME A SANDWICH 😎😎😎😎😎
The TRUE GOAT!!!... Best pure football player ever... PERIOD...end of story....talent... ability.... determination... heart.... attitude... and humbleness....no Football player Before or since has had all of these traits.... and despite what many think numbers and stats are not The true definition of a great football player.... Walter Payton had the numbers to be with the elite but he was loved... respected... and feared bye his peers for so much more than just numbers.... and he was as humble off the field as he was on... very rare for such a superstar player....But that's the kind of person Payton was....never was their a better Complement then the guy that said about Payton..."God one day decided to chisel out a running back and the result was Walter Payton ".... they say God only takes the best... that must be true because he has Payton up there.....RIP GOAT.. you are missed 😢
that 'football expert' they quoted at the beginning was TOM LANDRY...it's a famous quote...WTF
Payton is the best player because he was the most complete player but also because his 77 season stands alone as the greatest one-man gang season EVER
The greatest player ever
yes but city of Chicago should make one statu for Walter Payton
Denis Kostic agree
THey are him and PAPA BEAR..FOR 100 YEAR ANNIVERSARY
They won't have one outside soldier field because that is public property that the bears only lease. Halas Hall will eventually have one, which is the HQ of the Bears.
@@scottb3034 they did get approval though. It's outside of Solider Field.
@@matthewduncan9357 yes I see that. The park district allowed them to put Payton and halas outside soldier Field.
When Emmitt Smith says Walter Payton is the greatest rb, that ends the argument right there.
Thats only because Emmit doesn't want you to remember there is another rb named Barry Sanders who everyone knows was the greatest who ever played the position. No disrespect to Payton, but ask defensive players who had to play against Barry Sanders, and they will all tell you that He was the toughest player to bring down. Payton had heart, but Barry had a gift....
@@Charleybones Barry Sanders was the hardest to catch but also had many negative runs. Yes he was an incredible runner but I think Walter was a more complete back and #1 in my book. You can't go wrong with either one.
@@Charleybones Sorry but no. As spectacular as Barry was, you couldn't count on him in short yardage or goal-line situations, the Lions would even pull him from the game. Walter didn't have that problem. Walter was also the better blocker and the better pass-catcher as well.
In before Barry fans talk about Barry's O-line, he had 2 All-pros AT THE SAME TIME playing on it, Lomas Brown and Kevin Glover. In his entire career, Walter played with ONE All-pro offensive lineman, tackle Jimbo Covert in 1985. And that was the ONLY year he made it.,
@@xaviervega468 Xavier I politely disagree. Sanders was no liability when it came to short goal line runs. The Lions just didn't find themselves in short yardage goalie situations wen Barry was playing. Barry's TD runs were usually outside of the 10 yard line. Look at these stats Vega: Payton averaged 4.4 yards per carry for his career. Barry averaged a flat 5.0 yards per carry for his career. Payton had 16,726 career rushing yards in 13 seasons. Barry had 15,269 in exactly 10 years. That's only 1500 yards less than Payton, and Barry played 3 years less. In fact, in Barry's last year he rusted for 1491 yards. So he may well have matched Payton career yardage in one more season. Payton had 110 TD's in 13 years. Barry had 99. Barry only had to run 3.3 TD's each year for the last 3 years to match Payton, and Barry would only have to run appr 500 per year for the last 3 years to match and beat Payton's all time yardage numbers. Jumping over a pile of people on the 1 yard line is not what makes a great RB. It's making 1st downs, finding a hole when your front line can't give you one, making multiple people miss a tackle and break free for a big run. It's about taking multiple hits and still moving forward with the ball. Its about nit fumbling the ball (Payton fumbled 86 times in his career, Barry only fumbled 41 times - yes, that's right. Look it up - Payton fumbled the ball twice as many times as Barry). I appreciate Payton's heart and his toughness, but I also respect speed, elusiveness, and the ability make a fool out of linebacker. Sanders proved that you don't have to run over a LB, you can run around him, run under him, or just leave him standing there or laying there with a broken ankle while you score a td.
@@Charleybones Barry is also the all-time leader in negative yards. All too often he would dance behind the line and try and break the big run and get stuffed when he should have taken the 5 yards off tackle and walked back to the huddle.
Payton had no weaknesess as a football player, Barry did. End of story.
Great.
One of my all-time favorite athele s of all time. Julius Erving, Muhammad Ali, and Sweetness are probably the most influential athele s in the Black community but in every way possible as a man.God bless and RIP my brother.
Thank you.
Lucky enough to see him play.... My goat hero....
He is one bad ass mother fk’r!!!! Nobody can replace this man !!! NEVER … I haven’t saw a nfl or college FB player that can hold a candle to WP…. and we r in 2023…. Im saying the WHOLE PACKAGE…. he played QB!!!!! For Pete’s sake , and it was not a joke !!!! I mean u can NEVER tell me or show me a bettter FB player EVER to date!!!!! I dare you to show or name me only 1??? Don’t bother u cant….
What a work ethic ! RIP Walter. I have his jersey in my closet. I look at it everyday. I get strength from it
My childhood hero Walter Jerry Payton Sweetness #34! My HS football letter jacket bares the name Sweetness on it & of course my number was three four baby!
I remember back to my youth growing up in the suburbs of Chicago back in the 70' /80's and we would always play pick up football, and I wanted the ball every time because I wanted to do those same moves that I watched the great walter payton do every Sunday. He was the best!
@@fan4life34 Beautiful stuff man. I descovered him in 1983 when I was playing for the Brooklyn Hurricanes here in NYC. I was the top RB in my Pop Warner league & rushed for over 2,000 yards & scored over 30+ TDs. I was only 12 years old & had no clue about the NFL. But I asked my brother, "Who's the best RB in the NFL?" He thought about it for a second & said, "Eric Dickerson & Walter Payton!" I watched Sweetness in just one game and I fell in love with his obvious balls to the wall, all out 100% on every play style. I then ran with the same reckless abandon & started attacking defenses rather than using my speed. Well it turned out I became an even better RB with that style. You can check out my 70 yard TD run back in 1986 on my RUclips channel. I even taped my ankles up like he did & had my sweetness towel too. Lmao great memories. Salute!
Great job
Not that anyone passing away too soon is not upsetting, but there are deaths that really pissed me off, like that of Rebecca Shaeffer, River Phoenix, John Ritter, Jimmy Valvano, Hank Gathers, Aaliyah, Robin Williams, Paul Walker, Selena, Derrick Thomas, Junior Seau, Chris Cornell, Chadwick Boseman, ETC....deaths which seem especially wrong because they were just kind, decent people who only improved the lives of everyone around them. Walter Payton's death was one of those. Someone who creates a highly successful charity foundation in their own name should never die at 45 of some rare cancer.
Definitely the best football player of all time. Best runner ng back blocker. Could quarterback and could kick fieldgoals and punts. Just didnt have last gear speed.
G.O.A.T.
Chicago
Jordan + Payton
Really get your heart racing
their work ethic was bar none
Love how explains it u know this man had heart fro? His barn yrd rooser biginnings to the nfl when it was the hardcore game it was and has become. Just awesome!!
Growing up in Chicago, Payton was the only player in ANY sport that I idolized. Not even Jordan.
Greatest power back jim brown john riggins greatest feet barry sanders gale sayers greatest football player walter Payton
Oh yeah, the greatest I have ever seen. Physically gifted, tough and a great person. He should have a statue, one of the best there ever was
Walter had the best balance of any player that played the game. He was very hard to tackle.
He put the stuff called HEAT in your jock strap for fun.Absolutely genius.
Heart ❤️ of a champion. 🏈
Walter Payton and Jerry Rice are the 8th and 9th wonder of the world. Both from Mississippi. 🏈
Excellent . . . . Stay Frosty All
NOBODY did it better.
Liked when Payton scored two touchdowns off San Francisco 49’s Ronnie Lott in 1985 game
Walter Payton.He could make three yards the most exciting three yards a man could get. And I don't think there will ever be another Walter Payton he's better than Muhammad Ali he truly was the greatest
The best player to ever play the game at any position. The greatest football player, ever. The greatest running back ever, PERIOD...what's this "all around" crap? My man, change the title PLEASE.
Must have had a gyroscope sense of balance...
Get hit, bounce twist, drive forward or left, right, whatever was needed, 3, 4, 5, sometimes 6 times in a single run...
Compare, to whom, Barry Sanders comes the closest, but there just is a gap, Sweetness had it all, blocking, passing, kicking, running, catching, and if there was something a football player could or had to be, Walter Payton achieved it, stomped it, then surpassed it...
I was lucky to grow up in Chicago, Gale Sayers, Dick Butkus, Sweetness, the 85 Bears, the Chicago BlackHawks, the Chicago White Sox, the Chicago Cubs, and Scotty Pippin, Michael Jordan, the Chicago Bulls...
Impossible to compare apples and oranges...
Football Walter Payton stands alone...