Kordell Stewart on his football career and more | Steelers Time Machine

Kordell Stewart sits down with Rob King to talk about his football career and more
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[@oldgrizz8720]

One of my favorite Steelers. So glad I was around to watch Kordell in the Black and Gold. Wishing him the best.

[@playamadetx]

Same

[@lavellhall7650]

We still should the one that Super Bowl y'all. I'm sixty one years old, so I remember very well

[@rickyayy]

A lot of people unnecessarily hated this guy. He did great!

[@playamadetx]

@@rickyayy underrated for sure and ahead of his time

[@danielkim9453]

Good old Korkie. LOL

[@RealGidspor]

Kordell is a Steelers treasure. Wonderful memories for fans of those years. Great interview.

[@ViciousVioletteLV]

He was so fun to watch. Definitely gave us a lot to cheer about.

[@timothysaludo1715]

Slash was 25 years ahead of the NFL. Had he been drafted in the last 5 years, he would be a first round draft pick and contending for league MVP every year.

[@paladin1726]

Based on what

[@briandiamond9033]

What did he really do ?

[@mickeyk3873]

@@briandiamond9033ummmm, revolutionize the position?

[@profshanks8213]

He’s the modern day Lamar ain’t won shit

[@jasonking4146]

​​@@paladin1726based on current nfl rules that apply for offensive player safety. He'd minimum be as successful as Lamar Jackson has been.

[@SuperGuitarDude7]

Thanks, Kordell! It was a joy to watch you play. Thanks for leading the Steelers to two AFC Championship games!

[@steelrman99]

Kordell was fire 🔥! He was one of my favorite players of that era! He is speaking the truth here! He was always playing with hurdles and dealt with a lot of adversity. Steelers should of won championships with him! Kordell, you are the man!!!!

[@paladin1726]

Unfortunately our best shot was 2001 and that was one of the best Steelers teams ever. One of the most enjoyable teams I’ve ever watched

[@LydianSea]

What a fantastic talent! I'm so happy to hear that he's enjoying life as a DAD, raising your children right is something to be proud of!!!

[@JohnDoe-js8on]

Amen! Nothing better than being a good father and raising good young men and women. Love Kordell

[@chasestrickland3065]

born in 93, Kordell and Jerome make up a majority of my first Steelers memories; glad to see he's doing well

[@itz_akuma]

92 here and same .!!! Back when we still listened to the game on the car radio 🤣😭😭😭😭

[@joshsherwin337]

Born in 89 here. I have such fond memories with my family watching Slash. He would eat in the nfl today

[@CosmoKramer-ng3fo]

Bro Jerome is my fav rb all time the 🚌

[@joshsherwin337]

@@CosmoKramer-ng3fo the wheels on the bus go round and round!

[@BigZ7337]

I loved watching him as a kid, he was way ahead of his time.

[@waynebrown2903]

kordell YOU started the STEELERS offensive new and improved back then you belong in the STEELERS ring of players❤❤❤😂🎉🎉😅

[@Theoneandnonely]

The reason I'm a Steelers fan. Watched him on TV at 8 years old and it's now been over 20 years of black and gold in my veins since then. Thank you Kordell

[@DingDongTheGreat]

Kordell was awesome back in the day! So good to see him again.

[@djj3357]

Thanks for all your energy and patience with the city of Pittsburgh. You gave such lasting memories!! Great talent, great character value!!

[@pmknight5874]

Great interview with Mr. KORDELL STEWART!! Great Steeler era!!❤❤🎉

[@Greenface34]

One of the greatest Steelers of all time as a kid, he was the reason why I became a fan ❤

[@bruceallen6377]

What a great story and an awesome guy!

[@JohnnyVroman]

I saw Kordell his rookie year at scrimmage with the Buffalo Bills in Edinboro ,PA. Very fast in person!!

[@walkawalka666]

Hello from the 'Boro!

[@timking-iy9jw]

Man...Slash was so fun to watch. Win or lose, every game he played was exciting. Slash, The Bus & Hines Ward are the reason I became a Steeler fan from California.

[@jasonking4146]

One of the most underrated players ever

[@kevinklino3193]

Mad respect for Kordell from a Bills fan

[@BillLambert-sq9uk]

Great interview...so happy to see him doing well. Loved watching him play.

[@blackant51]

It was awesome watching him play slash.

[@jameschestnut6463]

My all time favorite

[@dowhiletrue6687]

I've always liked kordell, he was an electrifying player.

[@johnnywood-cc1oh]

Thank you Kordel

[@itz_akuma]

KORDELL .!!! 💗🔥💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾

[@victorharris5226]

He revolutionized the game.I was a steeler fan.Whenever I see you, I'm, I just smile😊.Cause those were the good old days😂

[@georgecoull1883]

60 minute men 💪😤

[@paladin1726]

I still have the shirt !

[@greg6898]

Those uniforms look so much better n more vibrant

[@thelazarusproject7028]

So awesome to see Kordell after all this time. This man was a nightmare for every defense we played when he was on the field. Hope he is doing well and prospering in whatever he is doing these days.

[@70bluesville]

Love me some slash! My nephew was named Kordell in his honor.

[@Johnyblac]

Great segments! Please keep them coming! 💯

[@RocBoiBaccInTown]

This man is the reason I'm a Steeler fan I'm 42 years old now. 🖤💛🖤💛

[@williamshepley3923]

That was awesome! Thank you Steelers. That Kordell era was so fun. Was wondering where "Slash" has been all these years.

[@darknight-1822]

#10 my first jersey as a kid, good times. Great player way ahead of his time.

[@rochellereif8421]

Go steelers Go 🙌 kordell Stewart

[@royalrelle1484]

If the Patriots weren’t cheating, Kordell might have a Super Bowl as a Starting QB! 🔥 🏈

[@paladin1726]

We had some bad luck with the Troy Edwards punt returns that was difficult to overcome. But we did not look like the same offense in that game that we enjoyed all season. That was definitely a SB team.

[@mattroberts9569]

Patriots definitely cheated. I never forget that game. I remember yelling out "it is like they know our plays!!"

[@andrewheine6237]

I will forever love Kordell. Steeler great! I still have his poster at my mom's crib.

[@jacobmeleciox8707]

Congratulations Mr. King, the new voice of the steeler

[@Ddrews-nf4gq]

It was a joy to watch Kordell in the slash role. Wish he could've won the big game as a QB. He definitely came along early because his skillset fits perfectly for the NFL now.

[@ajmayowskijr]

Kordell is one of my all time favorite Steelers. Class act

[@jimhicks584]

Met Kordell at the Masters the year that VJ won. He was so nice, and was way more interested in talking about golf, and how he sucked at it at the time. He probably really good now 😊. What an athlete!

[@J.Millz23]

So much excitement he brought to my life during my childhood. I appreciate you and the effort you brought every Sunday, wow it was fun. The only other person that was that exciting to my memory that you knew when you tuned in you were going to see something you probably never seen before and probably never since was Denard Robinson for Michigan Wolverines. I still wish he would have never broke his throwing hand right before the Jaguars drafted him would have loved to have maybe seen slash jr lol.

[@retrotv1988]

Wish I was able to watch him on the Steelers live

[@yancyjenkinssr1824]

Oh let me tell ya..you missed out

[@jaimebarba619]

Keep doin you slash, steeler nation loves you!

[@jameschestnut6463]

He should be in the Hall of Fame. Name 1 QB that did what he did in the era

[@playamadetx]

My all time fav Steeler on offense, I remember him from Colorado when he threw a 80 yard bomb touchdown. I also had an authentic black kordell jersey in HS

[@debrasedok9969]

Enjoyed this interview with Kordell!! 😊

[@frankmorton8742]

Number 10. You where one of the greatest game player for the Steelers . I hope retirement has been good for you .

[@jacobmeleciox8707]

Mr. King great job

[@aarondonnelly2344]

I really started watching the Steelers more regularly during the years of the transition from O'Donnell to Kordell. I was old enough to really begin understanding it. And boy was Slash fun to watch! Nobody was doing what he was doing back then. He was 100% ahead of his time. Hell, even today nobody plays WR/QB/RB/P like he did. Taysom Hill is close, but nobody is like Slash. There is only one

[@tthomaselli2]

As a Chicago Bears fan, I remember when we got Kordell Stewart in the spring of 2003. I remember watching him when he was with the Pittsburgh Steelers & I remember like it was yesterday being all smiles upon reading an article on the internet that read "Kordell Stewart signs with the Chicago Bears.", or, something like that. On the other hand, I was like "The Pittsburgh Steelers released one of their best players & this sucks...". I was in the second semester of my 7th grade year of middle school during the spring of 2003 & I was like "Kordell Stewart being a Chicago Bears player is gonna be so cool!...".

[@Wallriss]

His was my first Steeler jersey back in 96😂

[@davecolvin310]

My favorite memory was a one handed catch against the chiefs on MNF.tomcyak was QB and we were backed up in our own end zone on third down Mike hit slash for 32 on the sideline.great catch and Mike threw for over 300.

[@keithmcvicker5020]

Thanks Slash for the memories!

[@waynebrown2903]

I still have his jersey kordell was one of the greatest QB on the STEELERS team

[@warrennast1546]

Good times

[@davids5048]

Give Kordell a futuristic looking visor and he becomes Jordi LeForge. Early on, Kordell's presence on the field in his slash role sent defenses into conniptions.

[@J.Steel9]

I met him at a Steelers tailgate in 2022. This man was absolute class and so gracious. Forever one of my favorites.

[@genephillips4955]

He was one of my favorites as well, and I have his jersy.

[@ericgrueser7532]

My favorite player growing up!! Had his Jersey and wore it out! I was 11 when we drafted him and thought he would great!! Bad Decisions playing him at WR and losing Malarkey killed his Career!! What a Shame cause you always wandered what could have been!!

[@paladin1726]

IMO Mike Mularkey was the best OC in Steelers history, followed by Tom Moore. Kordell had a great 2001 season, though before that his accuracy was pretty bad. We had all the parts except for QB. Fans were not kind to him at all, but Steelers fans are terrible to QB’s who struggle

[@JT-sl3ui]

I always liked Kordell. Slash. As a QB he had a killer ‘97 & ‘01 seasons. Both were MVP caliber regular seasons that ended in an AFC Championship loss. Enjoyed watching 10 play. Before we witnessed Vick. 👍🏻✌🏻

[@robertalker652]

An extremely physically gifted, intelligent and down to earth gentleman, but a Slasher on field. Oooooooooohhhhhhh!

[@IAEMThatIAEM]

one of the best qbs ever

[@JMitch-vf6qq]

1 of the best Steelers, it was a change of pace that teams didn't want to or how to deal with Kordell (Slash) Stewart

[@johnnypowerup8019]

Great to hear from Kordell. He went kind of silent after his career ended.

[@717rocket]

When Cowher became coach I became a Steelers fan, then Slash came along and I thought he was awesome.

[@unpoppinopinions]

Kordell slash was a beast

[@chaddy-me-boy8299]

Fans loved Kordell as Slash, then fans had to be patient as a QB, but fans want to win, look at now? It just didn’t get to the finish line. Glad to see him doing well. How many fans would like to see Kordell and Fields talking plays?

[@k3n0ju]

The "Slash" years were fun

[@Jack-io4kz]

He should have a super bowl

[@LifeFluid]

Let’s go Slash!

[@awesomeaustin2348]

I still got your jersey slash !!

[@Youdontride94]

Should have started in the 95 Super Bowl

[@thoreljorel6595]

Thanks for the memories I just wish bubby brister was there

[@tiemann55]

It was a love / hate relationship with Kordell .

[@sixbloccmusicgroup5463]

The way he was treated in my city it showed the Racism that exists in Pittsburgh. This is why I don’t care of the criticism that Coach T receives because it’s racially based. They poured beer on Kordell as he was leaving the game from a lost. He had 4 different OC’s the best one he had was Chan Gaily it was disgusting. Before Mike Vick ect it was Kordell if the would’ve stuck to the same play caller of that type of offense they would’ve been good. I love my city but I hate that part of are history and we still got that bull shit going on here. They made up a lie on him saying he was caught with a Transgender that wasn’t true at all he was engaged to Porsha fine self he wasn’t on that shit. It caused many fight between white and blks here.

[@jayrobinson4591]

Yes indeed. All facts. I grew up in the city and I remember those days with the gay lies and always mention the same when people want to walk down memory lane and speak fondly of him like the city loved him. They did not, especially when he was the full time QB. Pittsburgh is highly racist. They hate black leadership. They will tolerate an athlete and cheer if he's winning but the moment he struggles or asks for more money the city’s true racist nature comes out. You see it with the cowher vs Tomlin debates and how they minimize tomlin’s accomplishments and what he was able to due with average players.

[@CaptCKernel]

Yep. I was lucky enough to take a few classes in college that were specifically about race relations in Pittsburgh. One of the things you don't see in most major industrial cities at the time was Pittsburgh had so many different ethnic neighborhoods, and I don't necessarily mean different racial demographics but multiple traditional Irish, multiple traditional polish, multiple traditional black, etc. I believe that is a major factor as to why the city is the way it is...the only other major city that comes to mind would be Boston and...well...we know the stereotype with Celtic fans lol When I see people are critical of Tomlin, I just ask them to explain WHY they don't like him. It's usually a bunch of reasons all rooted in him being an African American man, things that have been dog whistles for decades...he's too boisterous, they attack his vernacular (as of yinzer wasn't our own language lol) things like that. He has his shortcomings like every HC but he's arguably the best in the league and his demeanour makes players WANT to play in Pittsburgh

[@paladin1726]

Steelers fans are aholes unless things are going well. And yes, the racial shit and the gay shit was disgusting. Our fan base travels well and we have the best out of town fans of any team in any sport, but many of these individuals are POS’s for their treatment of Kordell and Tomlin. But if it makes you feel better, they turned on KP very quickly too, before he decided to leave. Probably bailed because of the fans here. Mularkey was Kordell’s best OC

[@psimms988]

I agree with a majority of what you say and do appreciate coach t. That said, he has 0 playoff wins in 7 years and only 3 since the super bowl in 2010. Since when has hovering around .500 been an acceptable standard in Pittsburgh?​@@CaptCKernel

[@CaptCKernel]

@@psimms988 Noll and Cowher both had extended periods of .500 (and less than .500)... I do not know how old you are, I'm not ancient by any standard but i do my fair share of diligent research for what I haven't seen directly. If the same people calling for Tomlin also called for Cowher to get the can, I would disagree with them but that would be very strong evidence that their complaints are not racially motivated. To be fair, I think he is fairly poor at clock management. I also think he has a way of being dismissive to the media (and by extension the fans) by not really being forthcoming with his responses. The first bit, I think even a Tomlin-stan could not find much fault in. The latter, not really his job as a coach and I'll admit that's a personal gripe. However I think it really says a lot when he is consistently mentioned as the first response for "if you could play for any coach in the league". That really says a lot imo

[@SteelerGeeskii]

S L A S H 👏🏾

[@F2Fcast]

The person that brought me to Steeler football and first jersey I ever owned...... And I know there's better players throughout the franchise but for those reasons alone you are MY all-time favorite Steeler ⚫🟡

[@danielkim9453]

It's good old Korkie. I remember him once saying he was a future HOF. Apparently his brain got slashed too.

[@Mark_Cadden]

Ahead of his time. Would absolutely kill in todays game

[@alexkessler9551]

Sorry I love him I grew up with him but he would get slaughtered today

[@gabrieltoldme5308]

On my top ten steeler list, his all around talent was exiting as slash! Really good football teams.

[@kurtmackenzie7349]

I rooted for his replacement for years! Great teams poor QB playing he was up he would bury you if he was behind he was never going to bring you back.

[@Larry-jh8gf]

Many people did Personally he is a class act and good guy. As a QB he was average at best. Cowher hang on to him too long.

[@kenbourekas420]

Damn, I wish they would have use this man 80% more than what they did one of the true organization disappointments the potential was ridiculous just like I think they should’ve used Rod Woodson as a wide receiver every now and then

[@audiofreak8888]

Fun times Watching Kordell ball. The 4 coordinators in 6 yrs absolutely hurt Slash. Also the Hatefully BS rumors that had no truth in them (my Friends Uncle was a Cop in the Burgh and said it was totally fabricated). That didnt help things.

[@PixxelBros]

Saw a bobblehead at a antique store of his.. they wanted $35!

[@LONEWOLF..314-S-T-L]

SALUTE 🫡

[@joshhoward1289]

Kordell’s right, the loss of Chan Gailey was huge.

[@John-ev1rw]

Kordell's career was all high highs and low lows. '95, '97, and '01 were his fun years. '96 was the Tomczak year. '98, '99, '00 were awful. '02 he gets benched. Stewart was never a great passer. He had the arm strength, but he lacked accuracy and good decision making. He was a dynamic fun player, but I don't think he ever really reached his potential.

[@aaronjade3972]

I guess Fran Tarkenton prob wasn’t a mobile Qb 😂😂😂… I could name a bare minimum of 15-20 QBs before 1990 that were as mobile as any and had excellent arms …. I loved watching kordell but com’ on man … there’s been plenty of mobile QBs before this modern age of football 🏈

[@toncurt]

Name Them, and none could do what Kordell could do.

[@ittybittyfds1]

He was better then Lamar is now.

[@carlspackler1431]

Kordell is starting to sound like Morgan Freeman

[@phishhead231]

He was incredibly fun to watch at times but wasn’t a starting QB. He would likely be a HOF if he kept the slash role.

[@edc8909]

Too many different coaches around him and an impartial head coach (Cowher) who didn't build around him..😮

[@jayp8674]

The Steelers never gave bro a chance tho

[@phantxmtv6596]

A qb who gets overlooked because he didn’t win a Super Bowl

[@Pgh_heather_412]

kevin gilbride was not the right hire for that team

[@sinnertrain7405]

SLASH!!!

[@brendanbugala8774]

KORDELL STEWART BAY BAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@joshuadobbs3104]

Great guy still couldn't throw the ball.

[@johnboxler8989]

I never want to hear the name Neil O’Donnell ever again. The worst 2 INTs I have ever seen Who paid him to throw them?

[@5049Nola]

Please stop saying black and gold. That's the Saints all day.💯

[@TheTrainMan570]

What is that stupid, obnoxious ticking noise in the background. It literally ruins the whole video.