I met Ted Hendricks at a golf tournament, waited for him to get off the green and asked him for a picture. I am 6'2" 205 lbs and Ted made me feel small. He is every bit of his height listed. Then Ted said (in a very raspy voice) "Nah this angle is no good, lets go here!" He took his hand and grabbed the back of my neck, rather than asking me to walk over 5 feet the other way. I thought this must have been a scary human being on the field with cleats, shoulder pads and a helmet. Nice dude though.
Reading these comments, I was born in 1979. I've watched countless NFL Films videos. When this list came out in 2010, I'd never even heard of Ted Hendricks. I'd seen vids of Mike Curtis and Doug Atkins, ect. at that time.
This guy is my personal favorite. Watching him during the 82 season, through the playoffs and through killing the Skins in the 83 Super Bowl this guy always knew where the play was going and if he didn't make the play himself he was right near the ball. And tough as nails
Sadly Ted is not as well remembered as some of the others, except to us old time football fans. I'll always remember #83 regardless of what team he played on
"The Mad Stork" is the coolest nickname to have in my opinion. Love that nickname for Ted Hendricks as he stood out and is different, what a character and a great football player.
Ted was a man of the people. He just happens to be a Giant! & a very Cool Guy! He was behind us at the Orange Bowl for the 1985 MNF game. The 85 Bears only Loss too the Dolphins. 😆 I couldn't believe he was in the cheap seats? Maybe he was just visiting friends there for a while? Because he was a legend at the Orange Bowl. Being an All-American for UM
The 'Mad Stork' was a terror. Being only 82nd on this list is really doing him a disservice. Should be at least top 60 when he could impact a game as a pass rusher, pass defender and on special teams. Plus he was a winner (4 Super Bowls). What's he gotta do to get higher than 82? Gotta add I'm quite impressed a 6'7" guy could move well enough to be a good pass defender.
I think defensive players are done a disservice by the rankings. They don't have the ball and have to work harder to impact the game. Hendricks was a beast. Him and Harold Carmichael were probably pen pals.
David Sieradzki , it's almost as if they should have a seperate list of the 100 greatest defenders. Defense gets little love. And oldschool OLBs and safeties get even less.
Joshua Eden, most OFFICIAL sacks. Sacks weren't counted as an individual stat until 1982. LT's career total doesn't include sacks from his rookie season of 1981. Teams kept unofficial numbers but they aren't honored by the NFL. There've been several DTs who were noted for their inside pass rush, among them Ernie Stautner, Art Donovan, Bob Lilly, Merlin Olsen, Joe Greene, Buck Buchanan, and a forerunner to Randle at Vikings DT, Alan Page. I think Page was unofficially credited with 173.5 sacks.
I completely agree with what you said, but still no DT had more sacks than randle since 1982 and probley no one ever will (maybe aaron Donald). the game have evolved so much that defensive tackles are rarely racking up more than 8 or 9 sacks a season. keep in mind randle was undersized as well so is absurd to not include him on this list.
Ted was a Holy terror in every Game especially if you were rooting for the other team. In the Cincinnati area , me and my buddies knew every year the road to the Super bowl for our Bengals required at least one W in regular season against the Raiders if there was only one we still knew we'd most surely see em again before ever coming against an NFC champ they messed us up a lot Ted the Stork was certainly a part of that problem even though I can't remember how . . Seeing him in action in this clip brings only a smile. Thanks for the Clip NFL films.
Indeed... tremendous leg drive and upper body strength, agility, quickness and had a Tesla level IQ in football terms. And he had a huge heart. I loved watching this guy play.
I'm so glad have been a raider fan since 1968 and sold malts and sodas at the coliseum, while living five blocks away and having true earlier years signed memorabilia.... I saw a lot of these games personally year after year.... Generation Blanda, Lamonica, Stabler and Plunket alumni... John Madden, speaks for himself.. Carr...Hmmmm!
@@jameswest1911 Her mother is GUATEMALAN (German origen) not Hispanic HUMBLE FAMILY The Guatemalans whites or Europeans have their origen from Germany Cataluña and Corsea (Italy). They hardly have Hispanic Origen. Only the Mestizos (from Mexican origen left by the Spanish conquerers. The GUATEMALANS speak Spanish because they had tremendous influence by Mexico and the rest of central America
@@christopherlux352 His mother is German. not an Indigenous. The Germans are called indigenous because of the dark propaganda Guatemala suffered after the US invasion in Guatemala in 1954.
Look at the tackle at around 3:50. In (I believe) Jack Tatum's book he said Ted could not bench his weight and could barely do a pull-up. But he could take the hardest squeezer grips and hold them completely closed for hours to the point where they did not spring back out. I saw so many tackles where he reached over a blocker on a sweep and grabbed a running backs jersey with one hand and would just pull him down or held him up until another defender finished the tackle like you saw here. The Raiders would have "mercy" contests and he would put players like Matuszak, Upshaw, and Shell to the ground bending their wrists back.
Ted just made the NFL 100 All Time Team along with Willie Brown and Mike Haynes. Was a little surprised Marcus Allen got snubbed. Hopefully Biletnikoff and Branch both make it too. How Cliff Branch isn't in the HOF I'll never know
It really angers me that because of the NFL being fixed, the greatness of the Raiders is in our past and we'll never have that again. Because football isn't what it used to be. RIP Oakland Raiders. RIP football.
It's interesting that the Raiders lost their 'mystique' after he retired from Football! He was the real reason the Raiders won those 3 SBs in the mid 70's and the early 80's! No doubt about it.
Lawrence Taylor was fast, an amazing pass rusher... Maybe the best ever at that. But he didnt cover, all he did was rush.. Ted Hendricks, Bobby Bell, Jack Ham, Rod Martin, were all - COMPLETE - linebackers, that had a complete game.
You never knew where he was going to line up or whether or not he was rushing the QB or dropping back into coverage & neither did his opponents or nor did the Raiders
It's interesting that the Raiders lost their 'mystique' after he retired from Football! He was the real reason the Raiders won those 3 SBs in the mid 70's and the early 80's! No doubt about it.
With him went the bonafide pirate, psycho mystique, from the early days of the Raiders. The folks who were crazy after were self-destructive, non-productive and...well just plain pathetic.
Wow. Around the 3-minute mark he calmly sheds Bob Kuchenberg, a borderline Hall of Fame guard, then makes the tackle for a loss. Hendricks was such a solid tackler. He just engulfed people. Or stretched their jersies until they submitted. OLBs suffer perceptionwise compared to MLBs. The implication is that they weren't smart enough or lacked sideline-to-sideline range. But Hendricks, Jack Ham, Bobby Bell and Derrick Brooks had the smarts and skills to play the more glamorous MLB position. Old-school OLBs aren't celebrated like MLBs. Look at the distance between the top OLB ( LT at #3) to the 2nd greatest OLB (Ham at #60). I doubt any other position has such a wide gap between #s 1 and 2.
A Big guy, and took full advantage of his Height. Tough Guy but never really blew people up, and he could've. Smart, Active, and always made plays. His career ended a long time ago, but I'll always remember Ted Hendrix,The Mad Stork. As well as Lawrence Taylor, the best outside linebacker that ever played.
I am almost 56 and saw the man play in person too ( 1980 Oakland Raiders ) .." LT " IS # 1 like Howie says ( mainly because of his 4.5 /40 speed !! Ted Hendricks ( Joe Montana also said ) was a close 2nd as far as ALL~TIME GREATS at OLB's ever to play the game ! 4 RINGS too !
The mad stork. Why aren't nicknames today as creative as they were back then? Megatron was the last good one and most of the other nicknames today are kind of disappointing.
I saw a video where Ted threw a $100 bill in the toilet. When asked why he said I dtopped a $5 in there earlier and wasn't going to reach in there for just 5 bucks. Hilarious
I remember watching him when he was a tight end at Hialeah High School. I remember wondering, "How in hell is THIS gonna work out?" when University of Miami Coach Charlie Tate converted him to a really skinny defensive end. He was made of steel cable. My dad, an original "Gator Hater," used to say as Hendricks would strong-arm someone to the ground, how he had the "strongest fingers in football."
In the argument for the greatest defensive player from the U. Along with Ray Lewis, Ed Reed, Jerome Brown, Warren Sapp, Cortez Kennedy and Sean Taylor!!!
The Guatemalan Ted Hendricks; perhaps the best linebacker in NFL history; according to Joe Montana the best. Of course Spanish was in his blood. God bless
Ted at #82 is way too high. First and foremost he was a Baltimore Colt. The idiot Robert the drunk Irsay traded him to Green Bay then the idiots who ran the Packers let Al the moving van Davis get him. In a 4-3 defense my starting lbs would be Ted, Taylor and Butkus. Thats how good he was imo.
I met Ted Hendricks at a golf tournament, waited for him to get off the green and asked him for a picture. I am 6'2" 205 lbs and Ted made me feel small. He is every bit of his height listed. Then Ted said (in a very raspy voice) "Nah this angle is no good, lets go here!" He took his hand and grabbed the back of my neck, rather than asking me to walk over 5 feet the other way. I thought this must have been a scary human being on the field with cleats, shoulder pads and a helmet. Nice dude though.
He was big reason the Raiders won those Super Bowls. He was smart, crazy and good leader.
"Don, you can't run that play! I saw that in '71!" I nearly choked from laughing when I heard that!
i always remember that when i watch this video
One of my favorite lines
@sdgakatbk me too
very underated football player
He's in the Hall of Fame..
Has a card in madden
Two all-decade teams and a spot on the 75h anniversary team.
Ted is not underrated Mike Curtis is.
Reading these comments, I was born in 1979. I've watched countless NFL Films videos. When this list came out in 2010, I'd never even heard of Ted Hendricks. I'd seen vids of Mike Curtis and Doug Atkins, ect. at that time.
Four time Super Bowl Champion. Hall of Famer. One of the greatest players at ANY position.
I met Ted at a Gale Sayers event in Chicago. He is an absolute gentleman.
I love this 100 NFL Best of All Time List. I had never heard of Ted Hendricks before. I'm sure it was a privilege to see him in his prime.
Ted Hendricks, the greatest Guatemalan athlete in history!
Sorry Marco, he was Italian.
@@1999glock no he wasnt if you actually check he was born in Guatemala
@@1999glock THE FIRST & ONLY GUATEMALAN TO PLAY IN THE NFL
@@josenomercy8950 dude and hes 6'7 holy craap
Jose Nomercy he won’t be the only one, just wait for me to play in the nfl
This guy is my personal favorite. Watching him during the 82 season, through the playoffs and through killing the Skins in the 83 Super Bowl this guy always knew where the play was going and if he didn't make the play himself he was right near the ball. And tough as nails
Sadly Ted is not as well remembered as some of the others, except to us old time football fans. I'll always remember #83 regardless of what team he played on
Raiders have too many personalities. I'll always remember the Mad Stork
He also played for the Packers. He wore # 56
as a 30 year old, i remember ted quite clearly and love his antics
@@0fficialdregs As a 30 y/o today, or as a 30 y/o when he retired after the 1983 season?
@@keithclark7266 today
"The Mad Stork" is the coolest nickname to have in my opinion. Love that nickname for Ted Hendricks as he stood out and is different, what a character and a great football player.
Howie's endorsement is something anyone can respect
I love this guy. A very interesting man.
I took the number 83 in High School because of him. He was "always around the ball"...great instincts.
Ted was a man of the people. He just happens to be a Giant! & a very Cool Guy! He was behind us at the Orange Bowl for the 1985 MNF game. The 85 Bears only Loss too the Dolphins. 😆 I couldn't believe he was in the cheap seats? Maybe he was just visiting friends there for a while? Because he was a legend at the Orange Bowl. Being an All-American for UM
Ted is one great Raider. Number "83" one bad ass linebacker i ever saw play.
Yes, I remember him!
Awesome player, one of the best ever.
"Don that's an insult! You can't run that play, I saw that coming in 71!" Lmao
The 'Mad Stork' was a terror. Being only 82nd on this list is really doing him a disservice. Should be at least top 60 when he could impact a game as a pass rusher, pass defender and on special teams. Plus he was a winner (4 Super Bowls). What's he gotta do to get higher than 82? Gotta add I'm quite impressed a 6'7" guy could move well enough to be a good pass defender.
I think defensive players are done a disservice by the rankings. They don't have the ball and have to work harder to impact the game. Hendricks was a beast. Him and Harold Carmichael were probably pen pals.
David Sieradzki , it's almost as if they should have a seperate list of the 100 greatest defenders. Defense gets little love. And oldschool OLBs and safeties get even less.
and to think John randle is not even on this list...... I mean the dude ONLY had the most sacks in nfl history by a d-tackle.
Joshua Eden, most OFFICIAL sacks. Sacks weren't counted as an individual stat until 1982. LT's career total doesn't include sacks from his rookie season of 1981. Teams kept unofficial numbers but they aren't honored by the NFL. There've been several DTs who were noted for their inside pass rush, among them Ernie Stautner, Art Donovan, Bob Lilly, Merlin Olsen, Joe Greene, Buck Buchanan, and a forerunner to Randle at Vikings DT, Alan Page. I think Page was unofficially credited with 173.5 sacks.
I completely agree with what you said, but still no DT had more sacks than randle since 1982 and probley no one ever will (maybe aaron Donald). the game have evolved so much that defensive tackles are rarely racking up more than 8 or 9 sacks a season. keep in mind randle was undersized as well so is absurd to not include him on this list.
2 greatest football names ever for 1 great player. The Mad Stork & Kick em in the Head Ted. One of a kind player
wow 3:00 he just manhandles 2 pro players like they were children... he saw it coming before they were even born
Lol
hollie shiet
I mean when your 6'7 and in the high 200's low 300's you can do that
@@handsolo2818 he was like 220 dude. Linemen are around 280 290.
@@tropicmix8765 lineman weight ranges some are 240 some are 320
Growing up ,I was a huge raider fan..when I was young .I used to say..holy crap # 83,, is not human..he's a scary beast... semper fi.
Ted was a Holy terror in every Game especially if you were rooting for the other team. In the Cincinnati area , me and my buddies knew every year the road to the Super bowl for our Bengals required at least one W in regular season against the Raiders if there was only one we still knew we'd most surely see em again before ever coming against an NFC champ they messed us up a lot Ted the Stork was certainly a part of that problem even though I can't remember how . . Seeing him in action in this clip brings only a smile. Thanks for the Clip NFL films.
My dad said he could have played in any era, looks like he was right
What’s his name was he in nfl?
Wentzipaul I think he was referring to his dad said that ted could play in any era
Indeed... tremendous leg drive and upper body strength, agility, quickness and had a Tesla level IQ in football terms. And he had a huge heart. I loved watching this guy play.
@@JamesBartley Tesla level IQ, period. Dude was a bonafide braniac!
He is a legend and legends can play in anytime and era and they live forever
Favorite Raider ever
Simply outstanding
You blame it on me.... I'll blame it on you..... Genius!!!
The defensive players in the Hall of Fame from the 1981 draft are: Lawrence Taylor, Ronnie Lott, Ricky Jackson, Kenny Easley, Howie Long
Awesome that surpasses the 83 QB draft
I'm so glad have been a raider fan since 1968 and sold malts and sodas at the coliseum, while living five blocks away and having true earlier years signed memorabilia....
I saw a lot of these games personally year after year....
Generation Blanda, Lamonica, Stabler and Plunket alumni...
John Madden, speaks for himself..
Carr...Hmmmm!
The “Mad Stork”, the perfect Raider!
Ted Hendricks went to the University of Miami, long before they became The U.
It shouldn't be too surprising that the Guatemalan Hendricks speaks Spanish fluently.
Ofcourse his mom is Guatemalan. I know he can speak spanish. He is part hispanic
@@jameswest1911 Her mother is GUATEMALAN (German origen) not Hispanic
HUMBLE FAMILY
The Guatemalans whites or Europeans have their origen from Germany Cataluña and Corsea (Italy). They hardly have Hispanic Origen. Only the Mestizos (from Mexican origen left by the Spanish conquerers.
The GUATEMALANS speak Spanish because they had tremendous influence by Mexico and the rest of central America
@@xavierlehnhoff1562 I thought Guatemalas origin is India .
@@christopherlux352
His mother is German. not an Indigenous.
The Germans are called indigenous because of the dark propaganda Guatemala suffered after the US invasion in Guatemala in 1954.
@@xavierlehnhoff1562 gracias
What a big Athlete, thanks for all Ted
One time I asked Ted what the secret was to a great clothesline tackle. “Don’t miss!”
Legendary ⚡️🌪⭐️. From a lifetime Vikes fan🎯
Look at the tackle at around 3:50. In (I believe) Jack Tatum's book he said Ted could not bench his weight and could barely do a pull-up. But he could take the hardest squeezer grips and hold them completely closed for hours to the point where they did not spring back out. I saw so many tackles where he reached over a blocker on a sweep and grabbed a running backs jersey with one hand and would just pull him down or held him up until another defender finished the tackle like you saw here. The Raiders would have "mercy" contests and he would put players like Matuszak, Upshaw, and Shell to the ground bending their wrists back.
That was an insane display of grip strength.
Not that it matters too much, but they really could have dropped him down a spot to #83.
I was just about to type that when I read this
If you check this list, there are a few players whose numbers are just one off from the ranking!
Ted just made the NFL 100 All Time Team along with Willie Brown and Mike Haynes. Was a little surprised Marcus Allen got snubbed. Hopefully Biletnikoff and Branch both make it too. How Cliff Branch isn't in the HOF I'll never know
Branch deserves it...21...Speed Kills
He finally made it. But it was long overdue!
It really angers me that because of the NFL being fixed, the greatness of the Raiders is in our past and we'll never have that again. Because football isn't what it used to be. RIP Oakland Raiders. RIP football.
It's interesting that the Raiders lost their 'mystique' after he retired from Football! He was the real reason the Raiders won those 3 SBs in the mid 70's and the early 80's! No doubt about it.
Part of the reason why the Raiders were so fun
Lawrence Taylor was fast, an amazing pass rusher... Maybe the best ever at that. But he didnt cover, all he did was rush.. Ted Hendricks, Bobby Bell, Jack Ham, Rod Martin, were all - COMPLETE - linebackers, that had a complete game.
Derrick Brooks is right there with them.
The idea that LT didn't cover is a complete myth.
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When the NFL went over the old films, Lawrence Taylor was credited with the most tackles in league history, not Ray Lewis.
Ham had 23 more Ints in 20 less games. Sounds like alot.
3:28 #80 of the chargers sees Ted Hendricks running towards him and is like "oh hell naw!"
Great NFL player, and he was absolute terror at the University of Miami.
It just hit me that with Ted, the 83 Raiders had 3 latinos (Ted, Plunkett, and Flores)
"You go in your meeting and blame it on me and Ill go in my meeting and blame it on you." LMAO yeah that's the mad stork for ya
I told my superintendent this and he loved it lol
I thought Howie was gonna say Hendricks was best outside LB ever...but then he said LT was best he ever saw ..LT was the best anyone has seen
Nitchke, Butkus, LT, Hendricks, and Mike Curtis were the best in thier eras. Lanier, and a few others should be mentioned as well.
Hendricks should be higher on the list than #82.
A favorite Raider. Mad like a genius.
3 all pros on 3 different teams only 3 men whoever lived can say that.. this is one of those men.. respect
All
Man was Ted. 🤙🏽
He held that guy for 5 minutes and he did it with a lot of forearm padding
Big time Lions fan, but would love to meet Ted Hendricks
Bob Irsay was insane to get rid of him in Baltimore. But then it runs in the addicted family.
He should be higher on this list
" I saw that in 71! " 😂 that was the best part
Best OL to ever play!🇺🇸
And 🇬🇹 too
Jack Lambert of the Steelers said Ted Hedricks was his inspiration because they were both tall and skinny
The one season he played for the Packers was incredible and convinced Al Davis to pursue him🏈
You never knew where he was going to line up or whether or not he was rushing the QB or dropping back into coverage & neither did his opponents or nor did the Raiders
The best Raiders defensive players: Ted Hendricks, Howie Long, Lyle Alzado, Matt Millen, George Atkinson, Jack Tatum and John Matuszak
SuperGomez59 , no Willie Brown or Mike Haynes? Both Hall of Fame CBs.
Jose Dopwell don't forget "The Judge" Lester Hayes.
Rod Martin is proof you don't know about Raiders defensive greats.
Ben davidso
SuperGomez59 how could u forget Charles woodson
4:00 can't imagine what the QB is thinking having a truck run at him
4 Super Bowl rings enough said.
It's interesting that the Raiders lost their 'mystique' after he retired from Football! He was the real reason the Raiders won those 3 SBs in the mid 70's and the early 80's! No doubt about it.
With him went the bonafide pirate, psycho mystique, from the early days of the Raiders. The folks who were crazy after were self-destructive, non-productive and...well just plain pathetic.
@@ericjones9471 Yeah... but they could really put the damn damn on you...legends
Hell yes
Great Baltimore Colt Linebacker!!!!!
He should have been a coach in the NFL
Wow. Around the 3-minute mark he calmly sheds Bob Kuchenberg, a borderline Hall of Fame guard, then makes the tackle for a loss. Hendricks was such a solid tackler. He just engulfed people. Or stretched their jersies until they submitted. OLBs suffer perceptionwise compared to MLBs. The implication is that they weren't smart enough or lacked sideline-to-sideline range. But Hendricks, Jack Ham, Bobby Bell and Derrick Brooks had the smarts and skills to play the more glamorous MLB position. Old-school OLBs aren't celebrated like MLBs. Look at the distance between the top OLB ( LT at #3) to the 2nd greatest OLB (Ham at #60). I doubt any other position has such a wide gap between #s 1 and 2.
A Big guy, and took full advantage of his Height. Tough Guy but never really blew people up, and he could've. Smart, Active, and always made plays. His career ended a long time ago, but I'll always remember Ted Hendrix,The Mad Stork. As well as Lawrence Taylor, the best outside linebacker that ever played.
If not number one hes got to be in that category. Best OLB of all time.
I would give him that because is also a HOF special teamer...his brain was his greatest asset
he is also a hall of fame special teamer...blocking kicks
I am almost 56 and saw the man play in person too ( 1980 Oakland Raiders ) .." LT " IS # 1 like Howie says ( mainly because of his 4.5 /40 speed !! Ted Hendricks ( Joe Montana also said ) was a close 2nd as far as ALL~TIME GREATS at OLB's ever to play the game ! 4 RINGS too !
I would take the stork over Ham to play on my team, but it’s razor thin close..
What a Player, remember well, versatile, tall, range, smart, personality. I would rate HIGHER ! IMPACT PLAYER
well said
The mad stork. Why aren't nicknames today as creative as they were back then? Megatron was the last good one and most of the other nicknames today are kind of disappointing.
Partially because we put value on strictly physical attributes. How many 6'7" and 225 pound linebackers do think will ever play in the NFL again?
George Atkinson-Dr. Death.
Greatest. Nickname. EVER!!!!!!
Dr Death was Skip Thomas
Houdini
@@pauljohnson3340: Or his cohort, Jack 'The Assassin' Tatum. . .
I saw a video where Ted threw a $100 bill in the toilet. When asked why he said I dtopped a $5 in there earlier and wasn't going to reach in there for just 5 bucks. Hilarious
Ted majored-in Physics, and Math, at the University of Miami.
He prolly had an IQ of near 175...amazingly quick grasp of intricate ideas.
Here cause madden just released him and never heard of em 😂😂
jucci178 here cause I just packed him out of a gauntlet pack and I'm ecstatic
jucci178 here because i wanted to see some gameplay of him to help me decide whether to get him or not. stumbled on this video though lmao
jucci178 I just pulled him to, trying to decide to sell him or keep him.
Meanwhile I just busted my ass collecting all his cards to unlock his 92 overall version because he's one of my all time favorite players xD
born in gutemala.
I remember watching him when he was a tight end at Hialeah High School. I remember wondering, "How in hell is THIS gonna work out?" when University of Miami Coach Charlie Tate converted him to a really skinny defensive end. He was made of steel cable. My dad, an original "Gator Hater," used to say as Hendricks would strong-arm someone to the ground, how he had the "strongest fingers in football."
Underrated
🇬🇹🇬🇹🇬🇹🇬🇹✊✊✊proud guatemalan!!! The mad stork!!!!!
I think he was an Academic All American at Florida State...Economics
He's American.
@@RandyTorres818 he was born in guatemala to a guatemalan mother and an American father.
@@RandyTorres818 he's considered the first guatemalan american in the nfl and speaks spanish fluently.
@@RandyTorres818check his birth place it says Guatemala City 🇬🇹
Like Lambert he was barely 220 but what a character
If I opened a dictionary and looked up Raider, Ted Hendricks would be the picture next to it.
Somebody should post the video of the fan picking up the football trying run with it Ted laid em out
i think that was Mike Curtis of the Colts in 1972...he wore #32.
Howie....Shula was in Miami in 71.
In the argument for the greatest defensive player from the U. Along with Ray Lewis, Ed Reed, Jerome Brown, Warren Sapp, Cortez Kennedy and Sean Taylor!!!
I like Ted's joker smile
" addressing in fluent Spanish"....at 5am , man Id love to know what he said ! LOL!!!
The Guatemalan Ted Hendricks; perhaps the best linebacker in NFL history; according to Joe Montana the best. Of course Spanish was in his blood. God bless
Guatemalan is not Spanish.
Steve Van Buren he sucks and I never heard of him. not even top 5 in yards or tds
His mother was of Italian decent, not Spanish.
He's American.
Hendricks was born in Guatemala City, to an American father and a Guatemalan-Italian mother, he speaks fluent Spanish and has a home in Guatemala.
Welcome to my MUT Team. Time to win me a Super Bowl!
T.H was a Freak of nature, a basketball Power-forword playing Linebacker. Imagine Carl Malone with a helmet. 0:29
he was 6'8 with longs cant touch him!!
lmao just had a Howie long flight commercial.
Big Ted
Ted Hendricks should be in the top 25
Hendricks should be higher than #82
Great reader on and off the field lol
Best sub Linebacker on madden
So many great oil and raider players on the list
Deion Sanders
Howie long
Marcus Allen
Hendricks
Upshaw
Lester hays
Jim Otto
Deion Didn't Play For The Raiders Kid
Mark Van Eeghen
3:48 lol he pulls qb back like he is his 5 year old son running to the candy section of a supermarket.
Players not built like this no more
Ted at #82 is way too high. First and foremost he was a Baltimore Colt. The idiot Robert the drunk Irsay traded him to Green Bay then the idiots who ran the Packers let Al the moving van Davis get him. In a 4-3 defense my starting lbs would be Ted, Taylor and Butkus. Thats how good he was imo.