The CRAZIEST GAME of Steve Largent's CAREER | Patriots @ Seahawks (1985)

[@clamjammer5501]

Thank you for this! My favorite player of all time. Largent was a pure wideout, very respectful player and a badass all at the same time. Bring back our old Uniforms!

[@thomascrowley9122]

Back in 2012. Torrey Smith of my Ravens caught 6 balls for 127 yards and 2 TD's, after finding out hours earlier his little brother died in a motorcycle crash.

[@rexpresto]

Growing up a Seahawks fan, the Seahawks were hit-or-miss for many of those seasons in the 70s and 80s. But, it was like we got to watch Steve Largent be brilliant as a consolation. Probably still the greatest Seahawks player ever.

[@jeffanderson3962]

Yes it could be so incredibly frustrating watching (or listening) to them because we knew they had the ability to be so much better. They seemed to be in perpetual mediocrity. Really, such was life for fans of just about any PNW based pro or major college sports program in that era.

[@rexpresto]

@@jeffanderson3962 That 1985 season-after going 12-4 in 1984-was just beyond frustrating…Win 2, Lose 2, repeat pattern for 16 games and finish 8-8.

[@clamjammer5501]

Definitely the greatest Seahawk ever. And yes I feel your pain, I have been a Seahawks fan since '76. We had some really good teams in the 80's, offense and defense. To hold your own in the AFC West at that time you had to be good. I still haven't gotten over the '83 Championship haha. I'd like to forget the 90's though.

[@clamjammer5501]

@@jeffanderson3962 Yep. Not too many televised games for Seattle back then. I remember listening to numerous ones though.

[@jeffanderson3962]

@@clamjammer5501 for me it was more that I didn't grow up in a family that was really sports fans so I didn't get to watch many games on TV so listened instead

[@miked237]

4:41 a rare occurrence in Seahawks history: a player wearing #12. Based on the game shown, this was a 1982 contest between the Seahawks and the Houston Oilers. The player wearing #12 was backup QB Sam Adkins. Adkins was the only player to wear #12 for the Seahawks; the number would be retired near the end of the 1984 season in honor of the fans.

[@lionsfan7500]

Dick Enberg and Merlin Olson were magic together on nbc!

[@Official_Kings_Versus]

Facts 👍🏾💯

[@lionsfan7500]

OH MY!

[@johnwiesner9590]

Those were the days. I grew up watching many football games that were announced by true legends like Dick Enberg, Pat Summerall, and Keith Jackson. Much better than many of the clowns we have announcing football today.

[@Wbrundog]

@@johnwiesner9590 Truth

[@boogitybear2283]

Steve never caught balls wearing gloves! That’s what made him an icon!

[@zjdarrah]

Thanks for doing a string of Seahawks videos lately. Getting me ready for those throwback uniforms we'll finally be sporting this year. Glad to see your Jags doing better too.

[@daveerhardt1879]

You are right, heck of a player and heck of a person, and he's still a heck of a person. Big Seahawks fan here, thanks for this sad but inspiring story of the great Steve Largent, best receiver in the Seahawks history.

[@vince065us.2]

Adversity builds character.

[@rngfootball759]

Of the pre-Brady era Patriots teams, the 85 team is one of the most underrated ones. First team to win all 3 road games to get to the super bowl. A defense led by Andre Tippett, a rushing attack of Tony Collins and Craig James, Stanley Morgan and Irving Fryar at wideout. The Dave Kreig to Steve Largent combo was quite a good one in the 80s.

[@TimmyTickle]

They get a bad rap because of how their season ended

[@clamjammer5501]

I agree 100%. I'm a lifelong Seahawks fan but that '85 Patriots team was solid. I was rooting for them bad in that Super Bowl.

[@okolo22000]

I really like seeing your face in more your videos now, you really are becoming more and more like Steve Sabol.

[@runrafarunthebestintheworld]

He's got nice stuff behind him too.

[@psychorabbitt]

JG: "I won't bring up what happened with Kramer Largent later in his life..." Everyone: *immediately googles Kramer Largent*

[@mgb4692]

Semi-related note: Mosi Tatupu (RIP) brought along his son for the weekend and took him to Mt. Rainier The two year old? Future Seahawk legend Lofa

[@marcus813]

I don't know how Largent had it in him to play in that game given what he and his wife were told about their son. He still balled out! He was one of my favorite players to watch during my early childhood.

[@rawnchydeard4669]

I watched this game and remember it well. Largent is so underrated. Crazy I see lists of all time greats and he’s not on it. But east coast bias is a real thing.

[@JamesKelleyJr]

This man was my hero as a boy I could not have chosen better even with adult guidance. Great player, better person.

[@richardmiller5818]

Very powerful

[@lanevanilla]

Love the Hawks content thank you legend

[@DolFan316]

Love the improved volume! 🤘🤘🤘

[@CTubeMan]

I read an article about one time when Kramer was very young and walking in front of Steve. Every time Kramer fell, which was often, Steve let him get up on his own.

[@TheIndianRedWolf]

I love the new gradient thumbnails!!

[@bles05]

Steve did it w/o wearing "sticky gloves" like Jerry Rice wore, just his bare hands. salute to Steve Largent

[@jeffanderson3962]

Feel like there's been a ton of Seahawks videos lately. Maybe it's confirmation bias. I'm not complaining as a fan going back to '86.

[@zerodawn09]

you do know he has said in the last few have been patreon requests? you not hear that.

[@michaelsloane9955]

Steve Largent had the best hands in NFL history. With all factors taken into account he ranks 5th on my all time receivers list which goes: (No AAFC or AFL players. NFL only. Skill/talent, historical significance, peak, and career were all considered.) 1. Jerry Rice: Best route runner ever, most complete tree ever, best runner after the catch ever. 2. Don Hutson: The earliest pioneer of the position who basically invented the receiving game especially route running. 3. Randy Moss: Fastest WR ever. Best deep threat ever. Great at tracking the ball in the air. 4. Terrell Owens: Most physically tough receiver ever. Great route runner and great runner after the catch. 5. Steve Largent: Best hands in NFL history, great route runner, underrated runner after the catch and the best ever at diving catches. (There are 3 players who held the receiving triple crown at retirement and 3 with over 150 career receiving touchdowns with Rice having done both. I felt it most appropriate to make those 5 players the top 5.) 6. Calvin Johnson: The best jump ball receiver of all time. Great hands and underrated route runner. 7. Justin Jefferson: The best wide receiver in the NFL today and he's just getting started. Remember Buffalo? 8.: Cris Carter: Great hands and the best sideline foot control in NFL history. Great in goal to go situations. 9. Larry Fitzgerald: Great hands and great runner after the catch. Improved route tree and route running as career progressed. 10. Marvin Harrison: Great route runner and underrated hands and runner after the catch. 11, Raymond Berry: Evolved the position from Hutson adding more precision to route running and great hands as well. HMs: Paul Warfield, Sterling Sharpe, Michael Irvin, Cliff Branch, Tim Brown, Antonio Brown, Julio Jones.

[@DolFan316]

I'd put Largent above TO because TO dropped a few too many for my liking, but otherwise I can't really argue this list.

[@danielbowden6330]

Love those yellow pants on the sideline officials..

[@forestgeorge8855]

I did decide to do a Google search and I wish I hadn’t.

[@markmusser2572]

I had always considered Largent's best game was against the Broncos in Denver in 1984 which Seattle wins. This 1985 game against the Patriots should have been a win for Seattle. At the end of the game, a very defensive game, Seattle was driving deep into New England territory to take the lead to put this game away (within the 10 yards of the end zone) only to have Krieg throw a low pass that bounced off of someone's helmet. It was intercepted and brought back for a Patriot TD that gave New England the win - by far the luckiest team in football in 1985 that even outdid the Vikings of the 1970s. I have actually had trouble liking the Patriots ever since this game (almost joking ....). Seattle took revenge against them the next year in New England, but this strange defeat was one of Coach Chuck Knox's most difficult, really, in his coaching career. Worst of all, and as is so typical of such cinderalla teams, the Patriots finally ran out of luck against the Bears in the Superbowl. I was looking forward to a Dolphins-Bears rematch of 1985 (Dolphins gave the Bears their only defeat that year) that might have been one of the greatest Superbowls ever only to watch a joke of a game instead that ended up 46-10 - which could have easily been even more one-sided than the final score showed. A monsoon took over the Orange Bowl for the 1985 AFC championshp game between the Dolphins and Patriots on a par with the infamous great Mud Bowl of 1977 between the Rams and Vikings that gave the game to the Patriots to go on to the Superbowl. In 1985, Seattle, with Curt Warner on the mend and getting better recovering from a virtual career ending injury in 1984, Seattle should/could have made the playoffs with just a few plays here and there. The AFC West was by the far the best division in football that also contributed to Seattle's demise that year. The strange interception play at the end of the game against the Patriots was the most devastating and took the wind out of the sails of the Seahawks in 1985. It was a classic Krieg sidewinder that this time cost them the game.

[@stevenbauer4799]

when i think of largent i think of the payback on mike harden.

[@mackdbush984]

Remember when the Nfc dominated the Super Bowl in the late 80s, early 90s?. Well, out of a 8 year span, the Broncos and Bills appeared in 7 of those and lost. The Bengals was the other loser. All B's. The Broncos beat the Browns in the Afc championship game 3 times. These are things that make you wonder. 🤔.

[@Frankingator]

When is the new vid on JG8 coming out

[@OfficialJaguarGator9]

This week!

[@Frankingator]

Yesss!!! Thank you so much!!

[@marcusanderson4652]

Did that Patriots defense lead the NFL in takeaways that season too?

[@tonywalters732]

You can edit this down by half...

[@michaelangelioliebers7601]

Out of Oklahoma a Christian man like his buddy Jim Zorn was drafted by Dallas Cowboys traded 1974 rookie year and played for years with broke Don Hutson Green Pacjers 99 td catches broke it 1990 and made pro football Hall Of Fame congressman also.

[@clamjammer5501]

Not sure if you're talking about Largent but he was drafted in '76 by the Houston Oilers out of Tulsa. And yes then traded to Seattle that year. Best trade in Seahawks history!

[@scawfan75]

Since teams are brining back throwback unis, JaguarGator do you think it's time that the Jags bring back a throwback?

[@OfficialJaguarGator9]

Absolutely

[@scawfan75]

@@OfficialJaguarGator9 Which one's? The original unis or the Fred Taylor era?

[@royveteto4134]

anyone remember the oiler offensive lineman about 30 years ago who said he wouldn't play but be with his wife if she went into labor

[@stevenwilliams2906]

That was David Williams in 1993. His wife actually had given birth the night before, and he wasn’t able to make it to Foxboro the next day for the game and was fined $125k. One of the many controversial moments for that Oilers team during that turbulent season which eventually led them to leave for Nashville.

[@coreylevine8095]

His son got arrested for messing with a under age girl shocked

[@TheDarthSoldier]

All hail Yoda.