@@nigabastard1268if your life sucks as bad as yours does and I honestly don’t know you..I wouldn’t blame you for not caring. Your comment says 1000 negative things about you
YES! YES! YES! He's in he's in he made congratulations Steve Atwater faster than a speeding bullet and hits like a freight train thank you so much for the memories first Larry Walker and now you get the nod aswell 2020 is the year Denver sports gets the respect we deserve!
@@teddee4572 they were more fearsome as pure hitters that's for sure. They were known for colliding with ANY ball carrier regardless of size and they wouldn't go for the legs either. They hit you straight up top. Ronnie was better in coverage though. He excelled at the corner, free, and strong safety. He was versatile. And he was known for laying menacing hits on wide receivers.
The hit on Largent(?) is the only questionable one and that’s only because it was late. Part of the reason Steve hit so hard was because he led with his shoulder not head and generally didn’t launch himself so he was able to use his legs and feet for leverage. That and he was a big f*}*+\[ dude!😂
You see QBs completion % lower back then, because it was legal for guys like Atwater to send WRs to the graveyard cuz they dared to catch the ball in the middle of the field.
@@Certified-DM- is it really? Congrats to him if so. There was a pretty heavy amount of good to great safeties in the league around that time and he still managed to stand out. For one, he was big af for a safety at that time. Even today actually he’d still be considered pretty big at that position. 6’3 being able to move and lay the wood like he did made him a rare combo that that would be great to watch while being terrible to play and run routes against.
I'm not too impressed by SA smoking defenseless receivers . . . but his hit on Okoye and Bush were epic, and he had others where he simply KILLED people, head on. HOF.
As a Hogs fan my love of Atwater as a player goes way back. Then to watch a character named Atwater on Chicago PD was a perfect tribute to the Chicago native. A HoF no brainer. #WPS4Life
Wow and the best part they were all clean hits not one was questionable or a cheap shot. Even by today creampuff standards none would or should draw a flag. You gonna love this guy unless he hit you.
No they wouldn’t. Receivers are protected now you can’t hit em soon as they touch the ball anymore. Now you have to give them time to protect themselves or they have to be able to make a football play before you hit em
It seems like our defense has always been stout we had two good years of great offense when Atwater left Bailey came in and then we had Talib now all Great corners are gone we’ll see what Mr. CTE John Elway can do he was way better on the field then he is in the VIP chair!! GO BRONCOS
I POPPED A NERVE IN NECK ON HITTING SUM1, HEARD IT POP, THOT I BROKE MY BNECL, WENT IN DURING RECESS, CRYING BY MYSELF, MY ARM FELT LIKE IT WAS FLOATING, I WENT HOME EARLY, IF UR ARM OR LEG WENT NUMB B4 ITS NOTHING LIKE THAT I LEDGIT THOUGHR I HAD PERMANENT NERVE DAMAGE AND WOULD NEVER FEEL MY ARM AGAIN, I WAS MOVING IT AND FELT NOTHING WHATS SO EVER I CANT TELL U HOW DRASTIC IM SAYING FROM A SLEEPING LEG MY ARM WAS MOVING BUT DIDDDNT EXIST.... VERY SCARY, MY GRANDMA HAD BROKE HER NECK FALLING DOWN THE STAIRS YEARS AGO AND GOT ALZHEIMER'S FROM IT, SHE HAD TO GET A HALLOW, IF U ONT KNOW WHAT THAT IS LOOK UP BUT I DONT SUGGEST U DO, BUT I THOUGHT THATS WHAT HYAPPENS PROLLY SCARIEST INJJURY I EVER HAD MILES FROM WHEN U GET WIND KNOCKED OUT 1ST TIME LOL, ANYWASY RIP GRANDMA AND GRANDPA...
First it was Mike Harden delivering a devastating hit on largent and then years later Atwater delivers an even more devastating hit on another Seattle seahag receiver 🤣😆😂😆 and the only thing illegal about the plays were both Seattle seahag players went to sleep during those plays. It's illegal to sleep during a play ☹️🤣😂🤣
Not a run play? WR butthole instantly puckers and creates diamonds....SA would get unsportsmanlike flags today for just the fear he put into receivers.
Sorry TH-cam but I ain't watching a 0:56. Let me know when u come to reality bc most of these videos can be seen elsewhere without a minute of my life wasted.
No he didn’t. There is one play where Atwater tried to hit Bo in the legs and he got knocked a little to the side but kept running then ran over 2 of Atwater’s teammates
"Atwater just killed Randy Hilliard. " haha classic line
Jesus Christ this man was monstrous at safety
Only Jack Tatum was more of a psychopath than Steve Atwater at the safety position
All I see is a bunch of cheap shots. Only clean hit was on Okoye
@@DaGr8Depression they’re all clean hits in this era of football
@@DaGr8Depression I wish I could bring back Sean Taylor back from the dead and have him level you out! Dummy.
@@DaGr8Depression better yet Ronnie Lott! Dummy.
Steve Atwater was one of my HS coaches
Nobody cares
@@nigabastard1268if your life sucks as bad as yours does and I honestly don’t know you..I wouldn’t blame you for not caring. Your comment says 1000 negative things about you
sad safeties like this can't exist anymore
For real
Kevin Byard
Thing is, most of these hits were perfectly clean.
@@paravecchiavince9685100%
YES! YES! YES! He's in he's in he made congratulations Steve Atwater faster than a speeding bullet and hits like a freight train thank you so much for the memories first Larry Walker and now you get the nod aswell 2020 is the year Denver sports gets the respect we deserve!
go nuggets
@@imvenmous8991 GO NUGGETS!!!!!
One of the best safeties of all time. Hit like a middle linebacker.
HE KNOCKED OUT CHRISTIAN OKOYE WITH A FOREARM...let that sink in 😱💪🏾
Atwater was the 2nd coming of Ronnie Lott. Threw fear into receivers hearts
All respect to ronnie lott but look at atwater vs okoye and lott vs okoye when lott played for the raiders
@@hbrslave I thought I was the only one who remembered that. Atwater was more like the second coming of Jack Tatum.
Dennis Smith and Atwater were better than Ronnie lott
@@teddee4572 he hit much harder than ronnie lot
@@teddee4572 they were more fearsome as pure hitters that's for sure. They were known for colliding with ANY ball carrier regardless of size and they wouldn't go for the legs either. They hit you straight up top. Ronnie was better in coverage though. He excelled at the corner, free, and strong safety. He was versatile. And he was known for laying menacing hits on wide receivers.
That hit on Okoye was vicious....
And the fact that he did not even have a full running start like Okoye did made it along with the weight difference so spectacular.
Every one of his football hits are important
Atwater true assassin
Atwater KNOCKED OUT 3 players including himself 💥☠️
They would call a flag on every hit in this video
gamelvr1 that hasn’t stopped the refs recently.
@gamelvr1 I don’t know the refs are blind most of the time
Rightly so on most of them.
Killerjoe you should watch ballet.
The hit on Largent(?) is the only questionable one and that’s only because it was late. Part of the reason Steve hit so hard was because he led with his shoulder not head and generally didn’t launch himself so he was able to use his legs and feet for leverage. That and he was a big f*}*+\[ dude!😂
Sure is Atwater routinely smashed people. He hit like a GROWN MAN!!!!!!
He hit like a train!
He was is a grown ass man wtf are you talking abt
Broncos Country !!!!!
That #2 hit, though...almost killed himself, the receiver and his teammate.😂
Him and Ronnie Lott were real head busters back in the day.
His teammate Dennis Smith was as well, along with "The Enforcer", Kenny Easley. Underrated men smh.
Word has it the NFL has flagged and fined this video 😂
Atwater for HOF! COMMON!!!!!!!!
I love the Denver Broncos
Smiling assassin 😊
You see QBs completion % lower back then, because it was legal for guys like Atwater to send WRs to the graveyard cuz they dared to catch the ball in the middle of the field.
The assassin. Is legendary... when I'm having a bad day, I remind myself it could be worse... hung out to dry with Atwater coming at ya...
The only one officially known as "The Assassin" was Jack Tatum, and "The Enforcer", was Kenny Easley, but you're too young.
THA MAN!!!
One of the greatest dbs of all times
Such a joke he’s not in the hall of fame yet
He hit Christian Okaye so hard, the TV screen shook from the decibel level that sounded off by it...
@@scorpionJB my parents were there
He would get ejected from every game nowadays, nfl wont allow him in the hall
@@rebuttalc2075 nfl is such a pussy league these days
gamelvr1 ITS FUCKIN FOOTBALL BRO!! THIS IS FOOTBALL HARD HITTING AT ITS FINEST! GET UR PUSSY SHIT OUT OF HERE
And Steve is a 7 or 8 time Pro Bowler still not in the HOF
INSANE!!!!
It’s confirmed he’ll be in Canton this year!
@@Certified-DM- is it really? Congrats to him if so. There was a pretty heavy amount of good to great safeties in the league around that time and he still managed to stand out. For one, he was big af for a safety at that time. Even today actually he’d still be considered pretty big at that position. 6’3 being able to move and lay the wood like he did made him a rare combo that that would be great to watch while being terrible to play and run routes against.
@@tjanderson5892 6 3 is still huge for a safety
@@Max-wd6og feel like I was pretty straight about saying 6’3 at safety is pretty big. Really for any defensive skill position.
#2 you know you hit hard when you take out 3 people your self included
Ppl underestimate how much a bruiser Okoye was. That was a monstrous hit by Atwater
One of the hardest hitting FS ever
thought he played ss w lynch at fs
@@imvenmous8991, I believe Atwater began as a free safety and ended his career as a strong safety.
There are probably players that can make a Tackle look deadly but Atwater can hit you like a Freight Train or a Bull.
Every one of these hits would draw a flag these days....
0:43 Braxton’s like ‘OMG what do I do?’
HALL OF FAMER BABY
This first Clip was Atwater being a nice guy. This guy was an absolute beast and freakin freight train... The boogeyman!!!
Hurts Hilliard but knocks himself out... and no one notices
I'm not too impressed by SA smoking defenseless receivers . . . but his hit on Okoye and Bush were epic, and he had others where he simply KILLED people, head on. HOF.
As if you being impressed is necessary.
Don't flatter yourself, bub.
Steve atwater and Dennis smith put you down , plain and simple. These two players were special players.
Steve Atwater originally wanted to play hockey but realized at that speed he would be creating way to many funerals. So cleats is it.
As a Hogs fan my love of Atwater as a player goes way back. Then to watch a character named Atwater on Chicago PD was a perfect tribute to the Chicago native. A HoF no brainer. #WPS4Life
He’d have a field day with today’s wide receivers
ATWATER= BEAST WE NEED THIS TYPE OF INTENSITY ON EVERY SNAP ON DEFENSE IN THE 2019 SEASON GO BRONCOS 🔥!
Wow and the best part they were all clean hits not one was questionable or a cheap shot. Even by today creampuff standards none would or should draw a flag. You gonna love this guy unless he hit you.
Before we had Sean Taylor we had Atwater
He legit injured 3 people on number 2
With the exception of the Super Bowl hit, these were all good, clean hits, that would even be allowed in today's game.
No they wouldn’t. Receivers are protected now you can’t hit em soon as they touch the ball anymore. Now you have to give them time to protect themselves or they have to be able to make a football play before you hit em
2 should Be number one
#2 was the harder hit but #1 is the way more famous hit. One of the most legendary hits of all time. It would be a shame if it wasn’t #1
@@denverbroncosarchive2263 true
That hit on okoye made Atwater a house hold name
Atwater was out before he even hit the ground on that hit against Hilliard.
Step right UP! Get YA C-T-E heerree!
Christian okoye was supposed to be the guy who put men on their backs. Atwater said, "Actually, I'll do that"
BONE CRUSHER
BRONCOS!!!
Back when it was a mans game
Whatta HAWG🐗🐗🐗
I knew what was #1 before I saw it…..
Who's here from just watching him get inducted in the hall of fame? Lol
I like how they’re pretending they just found out about CTE. There’s NO way anybody thought these hits didn’t have consequences.
Back when safeties were expected to be unsafe.
why would you put hit #2 on this list he gave him and his own man CTE on that hit
It saved the Superbowl for the Broncos. They both probably already had CTE before they played a down in the NFL
6'3 240 in case no one knows thats the man that cam chancellor wishes he was
Atwater does not have bad shoulders. He's got bad battering rams.
It seems like our defense has always been stout we had two good years of great offense when Atwater left Bailey came in and then we had Talib now all Great corners are gone we’ll see what Mr. CTE John Elway can do he was way better on the field then he is in the VIP chair!! GO BRONCOS
Jalen Pitre
Steve was gonna win that SB even if it killed him. Which it nearly did😂
4 was better than 1
Those are all penalties now.... joke of a league the nfl has become.
NO MORE HITS ANYMORE MAKES ME MAD, BUT ATLEAST THEY WONT HAVE CTE.......ITS FOR THE BEST........SMH THO,,,,,
I POPPED A NERVE IN NECK ON HITTING SUM1, HEARD IT POP, THOT I BROKE MY BNECL, WENT IN DURING RECESS, CRYING BY MYSELF, MY ARM FELT LIKE IT WAS FLOATING, I WENT HOME EARLY, IF UR ARM OR LEG WENT NUMB B4 ITS NOTHING LIKE THAT I LEDGIT THOUGHR I HAD PERMANENT NERVE DAMAGE AND WOULD NEVER FEEL MY ARM AGAIN, I WAS MOVING IT AND FELT NOTHING WHATS SO EVER I CANT TELL U HOW DRASTIC IM SAYING FROM A SLEEPING LEG MY ARM WAS MOVING BUT DIDDDNT EXIST.... VERY SCARY, MY GRANDMA HAD BROKE HER NECK FALLING DOWN THE STAIRS YEARS AGO AND GOT ALZHEIMER'S FROM IT, SHE HAD TO GET A HALLOW, IF U ONT KNOW WHAT THAT IS LOOK UP BUT I DONT SUGGEST U DO, BUT I THOUGHT THATS WHAT HYAPPENS PROLLY SCARIEST INJJURY I EVER HAD MILES FROM WHEN U GET WIND KNOCKED OUT 1ST TIME LOL, ANYWASY RIP GRANDMA AND GRANDPA...
6TH GRADE
Damn shame this man laid dude and check out him and the guy's teammates just stood there. First clip
First it was Mike Harden delivering a devastating hit on largent and then years later Atwater delivers an even more devastating hit on another Seattle seahag receiver 🤣😆😂😆
and the only thing illegal about the plays were both Seattle seahag players went to sleep during those plays.
It's illegal to sleep during a play ☹️🤣😂🤣
CTE
Not a run play? WR butthole instantly puckers and creates diamonds....SA would get unsportsmanlike flags today for just the fear he put into receivers.
Here after nightcap… nfl is soft now. Too many flags
Sorry TH-cam but I ain't watching a 0:56. Let me know when u come to reality bc most of these videos can be seen elsewhere without a minute of my life wasted.
Trust me your time isn’t that valuable
@@denverbroncosarchive2263 2 SHAYYYYY PUSSYCAT! 😂😂😂😂
Atwater got crushed and run over by Bo Jackson multiple times!
No he didn’t. There is one play where Atwater tried to hit Bo in the legs and he got knocked a little to the side but kept running then ran over 2 of Atwater’s teammates
Late hits, cheap shots, leading with the helmet, good riddance.
#5 was a straight up cheap shot.
That's how football was played in the AFC west back then. If you even think about touching the ball....... You Pay!