The name "The Aints" may have been more well known in Louisiana but let's not forget "The Dome Patrol". Ricky Jackson, Pat Swilling, Von Johnson and Sam Mills, 4 Linebackers that tore it up. All became Pro Bowlers at the same time
The Dome Patrol was named the #1 linebacker corps of all time on one of these NFL Top Ten lists. They were dominant. Absolutely dominant. If we could have paired our D with even a serviceable offense back then we could have made some noise. Archie Manning was an amazing QB that no one ever talks about because he had one of the worst teams in history surrounding him for a decade.
2:04 Chicago's Monsters of the Midway. 4:27 Washington's Over-the-Hill Gang. 9:32 Miami's No-Name Defense. 13:30 Don Air Coryell. 17:03 The Greatest Show on Turf. 21:25 Minnesota's Purple People Eaters. 23:37 The Fearsome Foursome. 27:50 Washington's Hogs. 33:12 Pittsburgh's Steel Curtain. 39:16 Dallas Cowboys: America's Team.
I am so sick of people making it about winning superbowls. The reason Barry is number 1 because he changed the game! 15k yds 109 TDs in 9 seasons and a 2,000 yd rushung season in Detroit?! He was so special!
This is how the Bears got the ‘Midway’ in their nickname: The nickname used to belong to the University of Chicago Maroons. The stretch of grass that connects Washington Park and Jackson Park that UChicago borders is called the Midway Plaisance, hence Monsters of the Midway. When the Maroons stopped playing football in 1939, the Bears adopted the nickname when they were hitting their stride at the same time
I give Americas team the edge over so many other nicknames because it was for the whole team Most other nicknames were only for a subsection of the team
Arrogant primadonna nickname. Who is France's team? Or Argentina's? Oh that's right...they play that OTHER football. America's team is a lame nickname.
I remember back in the 70's, after several players got caught up in drug troubles.....rival fans began calling us SOUTH America's team. (Which I thought was kind of funny.) It got revived again in the 90's.
Born and raised in Michigan. Back in 1964. Started watching the Lion's with Dad around 72. Realized by 74 that if I wanted to enjoy a Superbowel I needed to root for another team also. The Dallas Cowboys and their white jerseys. Their DOOMSDAY defense and they were AMERICA'S TEAM. With a moniker like that back then, they probably could have run for president and won. Great vid guys.😎😎😎
Just an interesting breakdown: 2 of the nicknames were for the entire team, The Over-the-hill-gang and America's Team. 5 were for the defense and 3 for the offense.
Damn I loved the Chargers back then. Fouts and those three receiving. Plus Brooks and Muncie were really good backs. What a fun team. Great uniforms also, any version of the uniform. Dark blue or light blue . And they are from SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. COOL,COOL and more COOL!!!😎😎😎
Fun fact, down here in New Orleans we had a full on Mardi Gras band and funeral procession with a casket and everything. We “buried the Ain’ts” when we finally won one back in 2009. It was a big deal. We needed it down here badly.
The hogs the greatest o line of all time also The Gibbs disrespect nowadays is ridiculous he won 3 Super Bowls with 3 different QBs and not one QB was a hall of famer never will happen again ever
@@colleenross8752 I loved Gritz Blitz. Just one of those names that roll off the tongue, even though that defense had no longevity. The Fun Bunch is one of those names I don't think swings today but in its era feels perfect. As someone who experienced some of the later era Pete Carroll teams in Seattle, I have a certain respect for the Cleveland Browns in the 80's with their Kardiac Kids (Cardinals too with those Cardiac Cards). Those kinda teams are the most fun to watch because they kept ya on the edge of your seat. If the NFL is an entertainment league and not a sports one, officially, no name is more befitting in my mind.
I had a nickname from playing basketball and football when I was a kid, just before I went into the military. It was Masochist, though my teammates all called me Mas. I got the name because in basketball I played under the rim and fought for rebounds against guys who were much bigger than I was. Once a guy who was almost 7 feet tall hit me in the chest, full force. But, having trained in Wing Chun, I knew how to take a punch and a fall. I popped right back up. The guy got tossed from the game, I made my foul shots and we went on to the 3 on 3 championship, which we won. 😅
They're not saying where the "Over the Hill Gang" or the "Purple People Eaters" came from. They weren't invented, they were borrowed. The "Over the Hill Gang" was the name of a made-for-TV movie of elderly Texas Rangers who cleaned up a town while being in their 60s. The "Purple People Eaters" was a Halloween song by Sheb Wooley.
Just an interesting breakdown: Only 2 team nicknames were about the whole team, The Over-the-hill-gang and America's Team. 5 were about the defense: Monsters of the Midway No-Name defense Purple People Eaters Fearsome Fooursome Steel Curtain 3 about the offense: Air Coryell Greatest Show on Turf The Hogs
Fun fact Steelers we’re originally offered to be “americas team” after their first Super Bowl and “The Chief” Art Rooney responded “Were not americas team.We’re Pittsburghs team”
Isaac Green- How come during some parts of this episode, it looks like either the image is frozen, or, things got pixelated & out of whack, or, something like that?...
It was about Riggins knocking defenders over. I always think of the late "Chief Zee" urging on Riggins in Super Bowl XVII "crank up that diesel...vroom...vroom...vroom"
Monsters of the Midway comes from the location. Long before the Vikings were even born the Bears, Lions and Packers were division rivals. Chicago is located midway between Detroit and Green Bay.
Always been Broncos,and the Cowboys. But the Steel Curtain. Was the best , it fit the team, and they were so good, they had to change the rules, for offensive lineman, because they were unable to block the Steelers. The 70’s and 80’s were the best.
Sorry for another post, I vehemently oppose #1 Americans team implies an overwhelming love by all everyone outside Texas (and large parts of Texas) hate the Cowboys and I hate them with every fiber of my of my sports being. When it’s said now it’s an insult. This is the first show where I wanted Mark Madden to dump Steeler Kool-Aid all over the. I do have to say this shows was idiot free, no nonsense just the list.
I miss the days of naming defenses Doomsday Steel Curtain Monsters of the midway Purple people eaters Fearsome foursome No name Orange crush Gritz Blitz They don’t come up with names like that anymore
They need to bring back the NFL Top 10 series I miss watching these on the NFL Network from like 10pm to 4am
And update them periodically depending on the top 10 and changes within the league.
The name "The Aints" may have been more well known in Louisiana but let's not forget "The Dome Patrol". Ricky Jackson, Pat Swilling, Von Johnson and Sam Mills, 4 Linebackers that tore it up. All became Pro Bowlers at the same time
The Dome Patrol was named the #1 linebacker corps of all time on one of these NFL Top Ten lists. They were dominant. Absolutely dominant. If we could have paired our D with even a serviceable offense back then we could have made some noise.
Archie Manning was an amazing QB that no one ever talks about because he had one of the worst teams in history surrounding him for a decade.
They’re the reason I’m a Saints fan despite being in NJ.
2:04 Chicago's Monsters of the Midway.
4:27 Washington's Over-the-Hill Gang.
9:32 Miami's No-Name Defense.
13:30 Don Air Coryell.
17:03 The Greatest Show on Turf.
21:25 Minnesota's Purple People Eaters.
23:37 The Fearsome Foursome.
27:50 Washington's Hogs.
33:12 Pittsburgh's Steel Curtain.
39:16 Dallas Cowboys: America's Team.
If they updated this, Legion of Boom would be top 3
Even as a Ravens fan and an NFL historian the Steelers should have their own Top 10 list of nicknames.
Ok " Ravens" fan
I will never understand why Monsters of the Midway isn't number one. That will always be the best nickname up there.
Wonder how they got Midway instead of Midwest anyway. I mean we have an airport in Wisconsin that's called Midway but other than that idk.
@Harry Engel if thats the case, about the Battle of Midway then yaap, i get it.
Except for 2 playoff seasons the Bears hardly played like" Monsters" in the 70's
@@michaelleroy9281 they were talking about the defense i think. Either way, you gota bullshit yourself with nicknames to keep moral up
@@ImGoingSupersonic There is a Midway airport in Chicago
As a Bengals fan, I'm surprised our 1990s "Bungles" didn't even get a dishonorable mention...
Don Coryell was a true mad scientist when it comes to offense and he belongs in the Hall of Fame. He changed the game with that high-flying offense.
And never won a damned thing.
Thank you Isaac Green for posting this. I always wait in anticipation of what you'll post next
Gotta love the Hogs with the Diesel
Issac Green thank u once again for these uploads
YES!!!! I've been searching for this one for so long!!! Thank you
You're welcome.
Saints had a great defense nickname dome patrol.
Thanks for putting these things on old school 👍
Kardiac Kids deserve a spot.
Brownsfan32- Agreed.
I'm sure "The Kardiac Kids" would've been on there if this list were expanded to a top-15, or, a top-20.
Never heard of them.
@@tthomaselli2 Dawgs or Dawgs Pound too
I am so sick of people making it about winning superbowls. The reason Barry is number 1 because he changed the game! 15k yds 109 TDs in 9 seasons and a 2,000 yd rushung season in Detroit?! He was so special!
Ohhhhh Yeaaaaah!
These videos make me so happy
This is how the Bears got the ‘Midway’ in their nickname:
The nickname used to belong to the University of Chicago Maroons. The stretch of grass that connects Washington Park and Jackson Park that UChicago borders is called the Midway Plaisance, hence Monsters of the Midway. When the Maroons stopped playing football in 1939, the Bears adopted the nickname when they were hitting their stride at the same time
That’s interesting, thanks.
As an old Bears fan, I never knew that. Thank you.
Alls I know is that Mean Joe Greene sounds way cooler than Nice Jerry Rice
That’s because nice jerry rice wasn’t his nickname. Rice was the San Francisco treat, the slogan of some rice company I think.
@@brianlara6451 His new nickname is Stickum because he's a cheater.
Two things wrong with NFL today.
1.Lack of cool nicknames.
2.Lack of guys named "Bud."
Yeah, there no one named Bud, Red, Whitey etc...
Keep these going man. Love them!!!
There will be more to come.
I like it when it's the teams defenses gets nicknames.
14:10 SAN DIEGO Chargers. ✊ $crew today's LA garbage.
Monster of the Midway is the best
Sorry. Purple people eaters
What’s the Midway? An airport.
The cardiac kids
"Midgets of the Midway," about got me in a bar fight. A drunk, surly Bears fan took exception. I thought it was hilarious.
I give Americas team the edge over so many other nicknames because it was for the whole team
Most other nicknames were only for a subsection of the team
America's team should be #1.
On the list of worst nicknames.
Arrogant primadonna nickname. Who is France's team? Or Argentina's? Oh that's right...they play that OTHER football. America's team is a lame nickname.
I dunno. The Cowboys' 2020 season so far feels like an accurate reflection what America's been like this year.
I remember back in the 70's, after several players got caught up in drug troubles.....rival fans began calling us SOUTH America's team. (Which I thought was kind of funny.) It got revived again in the 90's.
19:08- Never been a Ram's fan but that run is one of the best I've ever seen.
People shouldn't forget just how amazing Marshall Faulk was.
Hearing the backstory of "America's Team" is great living proof that "the road to Hell is paved with good intentions."
As a Atlanta Falcons fan I love the Grits Blitz because in 1977 was the best defense they gave up the least points in a 14 game season
For those who don’t know, midway is an older term for a field where events were held.
The over the hill gang couldn’t exist in today’s nfl😂😂😂😂😂
It was kinda the Raiders 3 years ago
@Harry Engel he actually is a hall of fame coach
@Harry Engel he might not have a Superbowl win but his impact as a coach and mentor to his players is what most likely got him into the HOF
I dunno, the Cardinals put up a convincing case from time to time. That is the NFLs unofficial retirement home
And that's something to be proud of?! Hell no! It's why the NFL sucks today!
23:06 NFL Films really goin hard with the liquid drum and bass lmfaoo
The Cowboys defense was called Doomsday
Born and raised in Michigan. Back in 1964. Started watching the Lion's with Dad around 72. Realized by 74 that if I wanted to enjoy a Superbowel I needed to root for another team also. The Dallas Cowboys and their white jerseys. Their DOOMSDAY defense and they were AMERICA'S TEAM. With a moniker like that back then, they probably could have run for president and won. Great vid guys.😎😎😎
The autumn wind is a Raider - John fecnda
Don Coryell should be in Canton. End of discussion.
He finally did in '23.
Just an interesting breakdown: 2 of the nicknames were for the entire team, The Over-the-hill-gang and America's Team. 5 were for the defense and 3 for the offense.
The Rams got 2!
Damn I loved the Chargers back then. Fouts and those three receiving. Plus Brooks and Muncie were really good backs. What a fun team. Great uniforms also, any version of the uniform. Dark blue or light blue . And they are from SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. COOL,COOL and more COOL!!!😎😎😎
2020 version of " No Names should be Washington
Peyton Manning's nickname was The Sheriff. Cause he always got his man
Wrong video, champ. 🙄🙄🙄
After Super Bowl XII, it was Orange Crushed
Aints should be top 10😂 idc it’s funny and invented bag heads
Fun fact, down here in New Orleans we had a full on Mardi Gras band and funeral procession with a casket and everything. We “buried the Ain’ts” when we finally won one back in 2009. It was a big deal. We needed it down here badly.
The kardiac kids is the greatest nickname
Who's that from the Pittsburgh Steelers talking around 37:36?...
Dwight White
The greatest show on turf should be higher
The hogs the greatest o line of all time also The Gibbs disrespect nowadays is ridiculous he won 3 Super Bowls with 3 different QBs and not one QB was a hall of famer never will happen again ever
The Hogs and the Over the Hill Gang!!!!
The Raiders' defense of the mid to late 60's: " The Eleven Angry Men."
The chiefs defense back then was called “the redwood forest”
@@brandonmaddox4862 redwood Forrest is underrated
@@Roybinks I always thought it was simple but so descriptive
Maybe THE HOGS should be Washington's new nickname. 🤔
Yup
I like it.... Pork is a part of Washington
@@dfaircloth30 🤥
Legion of Boom for an updated video
Or the Electric Company
@@colleenross8752 I loved Gritz Blitz. Just one of those names that roll off the tongue, even though that defense had no longevity. The Fun Bunch is one of those names I don't think swings today but in its era feels perfect. As someone who experienced some of the later era Pete Carroll teams in Seattle, I have a certain respect for the Cleveland Browns in the 80's with their Kardiac Kids (Cardinals too with those Cardiac Cards). Those kinda teams are the most fun to watch because they kept ya on the edge of your seat. If the NFL is an entertainment league and not a sports one, officially, no name is more befitting in my mind.
The Aints' should be their name, just for the comedy.
The Aints let that one go, that started in 1980 when they went 1-15, last time I checked, they've won a Super Bowl since then
Their fans invented the paper bag fashion!
Im a 🐻 fan but I must say "the purple people eaters" is badass
Air Coryell was badassery. Seemed John Jefferson made a circus catch every damn game.
I had a nickname from playing basketball and football when I was a kid, just before I went into the military.
It was Masochist, though my teammates all called me Mas. I got the name because in basketball I played under the rim and fought for rebounds against guys who were much bigger than I was. Once a guy who was almost 7 feet tall hit me in the chest, full force. But, having trained in Wing Chun, I knew how to take a punch and a fall. I popped right back up. The guy got tossed from the game, I made my foul shots and we went on to the 3 on 3 championship, which we won. 😅
I wonder if the Cowboys would’ve won more Super Bowls without having the pressure of being “America’s Team”.
The Cowboys being called "America's Team" always irritated me, but I couldn't be upset with Staubach being called "Captain America".
They're not saying where the "Over the Hill Gang" or the "Purple People Eaters" came from. They weren't invented, they were borrowed. The "Over the Hill Gang" was the name of a made-for-TV movie of elderly Texas Rangers who cleaned up a town while being in their 60s. The "Purple People Eaters" was a Halloween song by Sheb Wooley.
I think the nickname, The Big Hurt, is probably the best nickname
Lol I love Frank Thomas I was so happy when the White Sox won the world series
You know how Bronko Nagurski played just by saying his name
Well Dallas finally finished number 1 is something
We will be 2022 champs let's go Boyz
Just an interesting breakdown: Only 2 team nicknames were about the whole team, The Over-the-hill-gang and America's Team. 5 were about the defense:
Monsters of the Midway
No-Name defense
Purple People Eaters
Fearsome Fooursome
Steel Curtain
3 about the offense:
Air Coryell
Greatest Show on Turf
The Hogs
Robert What about dome patrol?
@@tonyarceneaux286 I still think that’s one of the greatest underrated nicknames for a defense
One more for the offense “The Fun Bunch”. The 84 redskins
TWO Washington nicknames? LET’S GO!
Matt Millen, after Super Bowl 18: "Never had Hog before
Tastes good."
They should have New York sack exchange
Yeah I definitely agree. If they had went to the Super Bowl that would’ve been a top 5 nickname on this video.
Deacon Jones invented the sack. He really did came and conquered
My "Dirty Birds" with their own dance too... C'mon Mane!!
Fun fact Steelers we’re originally offered to be “americas team” after their first Super Bowl and “The Chief” Art Rooney responded “Were not americas team.We’re Pittsburghs team”
Isaac Green- How come during some parts of this episode, it looks like either the image is frozen, or, things got pixelated & out of whack, or, something like that?...
That's the best quality I have.
1967 Raiders defense: Eleven Angry Men
I never heard that before. Are you sure about that, or are you just a pathetic jock sniffer?? 🏈
No Orange crush defense
Super Bowl XII , Orange Crushed
GSOT is obviously the best nickname
aka the dynasty that never was
8:50 LMAO
What did Bill Werndl say at 30:22-30:25?...
Something about bowling & a 10-pin.
It was about Riggins knocking defenders over. I always think of the late "Chief Zee" urging on Riggins in Super Bowl XVII "crank up that diesel...vroom...vroom...vroom"
Monsters of the Midway comes from the location.
Long before the Vikings were even born the Bears, Lions and Packers were division rivals.
Chicago is located midway between Detroit and Green Bay.
Wrong, champ!! Completely wrong.
I get why America's team is number 1
I kinda like that the monsters of the midway referred to Halas era Bears
Butkus era Bears
85 Bears
Urlacher Bears
And Khalil Mack Bears
Doomsday Defense…Big Blue wrecking crew…Cardiac Kids…Dome Patrol…Legion of Boom
Randall Cunningham the ultimate weapon baby
The Purple People Eaters!
I don't think wizard would be considered politically incorrect nickname
Not wizard, whizzer
Rams had so many great teams from the mid 60s to late 70s it's a shame they couldn't win a title
No passing game
No top of the line QB
Tom Brady has a nickname the GOAT 🐐
Always been Broncos,and the Cowboys. But the Steel Curtain. Was the best , it fit the team, and they were so good, they had to change the rules, for offensive lineman, because they were unable to block the Steelers. The 70’s and 80’s were the best.
Love for Cleveland? Kardiac Kids or the Dawgs
NY Sack Exchange? No love at all huh
They said the bus was the last great nickname, what about beast mode?
Adrian "all day" Peterson was great.
I always was told it was Lombardi’s Packers
#1: America’s Dysfunction
Sorry for another post, I vehemently oppose #1 Americans team implies an overwhelming love by all everyone outside Texas (and large parts of Texas) hate the Cowboys and I hate them with every fiber of my of my sports being. When it’s said now it’s an insult. This is the first show where I wanted Mark Madden to dump Steeler Kool-Aid all over the. I do have to say this shows was idiot free, no nonsense just the list.
Mark Madden finds fault with everything, Mr Negative
I miss the days of naming defenses
Doomsday
Steel Curtain
Monsters of the midway
Purple people eaters
Fearsome foursome
No name
Orange crush
Gritz Blitz
They don’t come up with names like that anymore
Fun Bunch
If the guys playing today played in the 70’s they would quit after the first game.
The Steel Curtain number 2? The Cowboys better not be number one.
What the hell did I just say? It's not even that good a nickname.
What about 'The Soul Patrol' and 'The Silver n Black Attack' from the Raiders?
Peyton's nickname is the sheriff unless that was later in his career. Brady's is Darth Vader.
Soul patrol?