Mike Montana yes he is better. they keep changing his receivers never had e great running back. his owner is cheap wont bring top names to the team.always has key injuries in theplayoffs.never been benched in playoff game like montana did. so on so on n so on...
I'll tell you a story nobody knows. There's a church and school in a N Cal city, it has a beautiful little rose garden with a gazebo, walking path, a few trees, it's dedicated to a young girl who died of cancer..I ran into the girls mother there one day, she was watering, and I was telling her how nice it was, well she tells me when the girl was ill she was in a Bay Area hospital and Ronnie Lott was visiting that hospital and got to know the girl...Anyway when she passed, he paid for the whole memorial garden and everything in it....Nobody knows that...
Hell of a hitter, but pretty much this whole highlight reel is clean hits. Shoulder to the chest. This is the video the department of player safety should show. Ronnie is what football is all about.
Nope illegal. Dashon Goldson made nothing but clean shoulder hits and they fined him out of the league. Ronnie Lott wouldn't have the same career if he had to play in todays nfl.
@@paulc7400 So true. Over half these hits shown would be big fines and possible suspensions in modern nfl lol Lott was awesome but modern guys cant be as physical cause of rules
"He cut off his finger so he could keep playing. Just so he can keep hitting YOU! So I know he doesn't care about his body, which means he doesn't give a damn about my body! You don't really want to be on the field with somebody like that". - Michael Irvin.
I was flying between LA and Oakland back when Ronnie Lott was a Raider. He happened to be on the flight. In his street clothes he looked as if he was made of steel. Very impressive. He and his incredibly beautiful wife?, (I think), spent the entire flight in the aisle visiting with a young disabled fan. No one bothered them. No one tried to get in the middle of it. It was just so cool to see them simply hanging out with this kid. Pure class.
Ronnie Lott was just a beast on the field. He was a stone cold assassin. Off the field, he was the total opposite. A gentlemen, well spoken and very friendly. I got a chance to meet him once at a fundraiser and the guy is just the nicest guy you'll ever meet. On the field, he's a guy you didn't want to meet at all.
Devan McClaine what makes it insane? Football is a game of violent collisions, it's at the core of what this sport is....I played football from 6yrs old all the way to San Jose State, and I LIVED to win every game by smashin motherfuckers....and theres not one thing wrong with that...
Branon Fontaine Hahaha. I think you're misunderstanding. It's insane that the way he played, for the most part, would still be legal. Never led with his helmet, used his shoulder, which is hard. Not sure what that has to do with you smashing folks at SJSU, but ok...
One thing I can say for sure. You are truly blessed if you were able to watch Ronnie Lott play during his career. I had the pleasure of watching Ronnie crush people week after week during the 49ers dynasty. Talk about heaven for a football fan. Ronnie you are simply the best. Go Niners!
Probably the best video and narration they did of all 100 players. Marcus Allen hit the nail on the head along with the music. On a team of the decade that gets remembered for the offense, Ronnie Lott was every bit as dominate and good at defensive back as Joe Montana, Rice, Craig, Taylor, Cross, and Clark were at their offensive positions.
Best Strong Safety in NFL history. 4 Super bowl rings with 49ers Made the pro bowl as a cornerback, free safety and strong safety. All with a chopped off finger. 49ers1981-91L.A. Raiders1991-93NY Jets1993-95
He was a cornerstone in the 49ers epic run. I lived in SF in my 20's to mid 30's. He brought so much joy to my life on a personal level, the city, and the NFL. Nothing but total respect for the man. Legend.
You are 100% correct. Turned the game around. Amazing thing was, that play was created by the Rams specifically to fool Lott. It almost worked, but he recognized just in time it and came all the way across the field to make that play. Enormous. A testament to his smarts.
Ronnie was the most dangerous and feared safety, but also played as cornerback, and linebacker when needed. He was known as the Swiss Army man. Dude delivered vicious freight train hits that took offensive players out of the game both physically and psychologically. The stats that measure a safety's performance don't begin to cover what Lott brought to the field.
I had the honor of Ronnie coming back to his high school (Where I attended and played football ) and listen to him speak to us before the game . He was and Still is a great person player father and friend that gives back to the Community . He also has a Ronnie Lott scholarship fund for Eisenhower high school student athletes. Great person to have meet .
Salute!!! So many memories of his greatness. Watching him walk back to the sideline after multiple Okoye stops sticks with me forever, so glad his brain is okay!
Ronnie Lott is the best defensive back in the history of football. Made All-Pro at both safety and cornerback positions. When he hit someone, everyone knew who it was that made the hit. Also, he is the best defensive back because he left with less fingers than he did when he came into the NFL.
When he was getting out of high school, he was in this shrine all star game out of the so Cal. My friend was in the game, and he raved about this Ronnie Lott guy. He couldn't say enough about Ronnie, sure as you know what, he is the number #11 all time player. He went to USC and the rest is history. One of the GOATS.
I think I was eight years-old in 1985 and my brother got a calendar for Christmas that had the birthdates of all sorts of athletes. When I saw that I shared my birthday, May 8, with Ronnie Lott?! It made me try my damnedest to copy him in every backyard football game I played from then on...even as a skinny white kid from New England. To this day, I still love seeing film of him in his prime. A destroyer and a master of covering the field.
This man mastered 4 positions won 4 Super Bowls and cut off a finger tip to stay in the game he is a force of nature that is wise to be feared if your on the other team
The best reader of an offence that I have ever observed in action, he would key in on the quarterback like a tiger stalking their prey, the best free safety I have ever seen operate on a football field.
Look at all those hits. All high impact, all CLEAN. All this fuss from knuckle dragging fans about the NFL becoming 'soft', like anything below their sternums doesn't look like jello. And when he laid a blow, he laid it viciously and CLEANLY. As a Raider fan, I didn't get to appreciate how great he was until I watched him up close elevate an otherwise mediocre Raiders team in 1991. Earned a well deserved All Pro leading the league in interceptions. But more than that, he LED. That winning attitude he brought from San Francisco permeated that defense...one of the last times the Raiders allowed less than 300 points in a season. He could do it all defensively on the football field.
Best death stare EVER. I can't imagine being Ronnie Lott's kid. It would go something like this. Lotts's kid: "Dad, can I have the car? I want to go to the movies." Lott: "Be home by 10." Lott's kid: "Aw, Dad. We wanted to hang out. Can we make it 11?" Lott: (applying death stare) "In what way was I unclear?" Lott's kid: "I've changed my mind. I want to stay home."
I remember a Monday Night game against the NY Giants. That hit on Mark Bavaro. And he played the entire game with 2 sprained knees. Ronnie Lott #42 was a beast 💪
What a beautiful player. What a beautiful game. Ronnie Lott was a punisher that was a brilliant in the aspect that his mind was in the apponants playbook.
I remember like it was yesterday, how nervous I would get watching any NFL team pass the ball in a 49ers game because of Ronnie Lott. He would put the kind of hit on a receiver that sent a message. Not just to a receiver, or a team, but to everybody. Ronnie Lott’s HIT WAS HIS TACKLE. He could rearrange your ribcage or back without trying, and that’s when he WASN’T playing for the interception which he always was. He was without a doubt, the SCARIEST DB in NFL history. The entire country would hold their breath watching their favorite receivers try to catch a pass - cuz here he comes from an unseen angle at top speed with his head down & shoulder squaring up… you just hoped your guy would get back up after a hit like that. And that look in his eyes… that sh*t could make your blood turn cold… Ronnie Lott is the defensive player who made receiver stats like “catch %” or “yards after completion” a significant consideration.
People are always talking about Joe Montana and Jerry Rice but those Niners Defenses were lights out. All the opposing QB's had to deal with Ronnie Lott in the secondary. Everywhere in the secondary. At all times.
I'm a diehard cowboys fan but I respect the hell outta lott. Guy was a monster and played so physical. Toughest player ever imo. Who plays a whole game with a finger cut off lol guy was a savage
if you caught a pass in Ronnie's part of the field, there was a price to pay for that. the next a pass was thrown to you there, you had to think about whether you wanted to pay that price again.
I remember watching this guy play. You would literally see receivers stop their route across the middle because they "felt" Lott coming at them. He is one the greatest football players ever.
I'ts arguable he's the best defensive player of all time. What most people forget about Lott is that he came into the damn league as a corner, and moved to safety. The guy could drape over anyone in coverage and rock you so damn hard you'd see stars.
There were a handful of DBs in Lott's Era that contributed to the NFL's decision to treat wide receivers as Hindu cows. Lott was one of a handful of DBs who could hit as hard or harder than linebackers and run as fast as the receivers. He was one of the most feared defenders in the league. The fact that he was on the field was already a distraction to the receivers. Receivers had to have their heads on a swivel if they still wanted to have their head when the game ended.
What a great player. Ronnie Lott was the total package. He played the run well, and unlike so many of these defensive backs today, if a pass hit him in the hands, HE CAUGHT IT. Montana was a quiet dude. You can see from that last cut when the yeam was gathered after winning the Superbowl, who the leader was on those great 49er teams. It was Ronnie Lott. If im making a team from whomever I want to choose in NFL history, Ronnie Lott is my SS.
1:22 perfection. I remember that game raiders were good in those days. Superbowl in 80 and 83. That play is 4th and one. And the runner is strong as hell a short 225 pound powerhouse (hawthorne or hawkins if i remember correctly.) Great call by the raiders! The play is going great too, the guards are hustling to make the blocks plunkett makes perfect handoff the back is going fullsteam. Unfortunately... Ronnie Lott is playing CB on that side of the line.
I'm beginning to think lott and LT are related. They wanted to hurt (hell, probably kill) the person they were tackling, and they played through injuries that really should make other players be sat out for multiple injuries
I was a Forty-Niner fan (in the `80s), but for the longest time I thought Ronnie Lott 'played dirty.' But after a while it occurred to me that he was just so VIOLENTLY EXCEPTIONAL at what he did.....Thanks for the memories, Niners !
half of those hits would be illegal thanks to the nfl, how can young players take example on this legendary player if ur not allowed anymore to play at this level and how the nfl can tell us to admire him but doesnt aprove his style of play
Michael Hale Jr true but if you look at it he didnt always hit the head of the player or led with his head. I was talking more of the agressive side of his game and how the nfl is trying now to reduce the violence of the game
My personal all time starting safeties are Lott and Tatum. Ed Reed and Polamalu-2nd team. Lott played ANYWHERE in the backfield. A coach’s dream DB who brought his hard hat. 👷🏾♂️ 🏈 🏆 🏆🏆🏆
the play at the 2:00 mark really epitomizes that 81 team that won the first superbowl. so many times a guy was hit and another guy scooped up the reward. or a ball was hit and another guy intercepted it. That secondary is comparable to few and what was even more amazing is they were only Rookies (except Hicks the S who became All-Pro because of the three new rookies.) I don't think that will ever happen again in Football. I say with all my heart I have never seen a more exciting secondary than that one over the teams next four years or so.
The only dude to be voted a Pro Bowler at all 4 defensive secondary positions....who amputated a finger so he wouldn't miss a game....100% BEAST....
1000% BEAST
Branon Fontaine that's pretty RAW
Branon Fontaine Wow good assessment📋✔👏👏👏
i was just about to mention the amputation when i saw your post. nuff said. end of story.
the today's NFL dolls will not play if they have a broken finger nail!!!
Jerry Rice, Joe Montana, and Ronnie Lott all on the same team at the same time almost feels like cheating.
Dixie Normous like the 3 down in jerryville!
Before free agency...
Dixie Normous this even proves more that brady is better than montana.brady has never had a defender like lott
balmore hernandez Look kid, Tom Baby will NEVER be better than Joe Montana....NEVER!
WHY Montana is the GOAT th-cam.com/video/T3I3NmD1flg/w-d-xo.html
Mike Montana yes he is better. they keep changing his receivers never had e great running back. his owner is cheap wont bring top names to the team.always has key injuries in theplayoffs.never been benched in playoff game like montana did. so on so on n so on...
I remember when Jerry Rice said that throughout his entire career no one hit him harder than Ronnie Lott in practice.
That really puts it into perspective- relentless.
I think Bill Romanowski probably hit him harder😂
No one hit him harder than Ronnie Lott IN PRACTICE. Think about that statement.
Romanowski probably stepped on them after the tackle for good measure.@@jaquillahillahfoodstamps
@@jaquillahillahfoodstamps who spit harder on players lol
I'll tell you a story nobody knows. There's a church and school in a N Cal city, it has a beautiful little rose garden with a gazebo, walking path, a few trees, it's dedicated to a young girl who died of cancer..I ran into the girls mother there one day, she was watering, and I was telling her how nice it was, well she tells me when the girl was ill she was in a Bay Area hospital and Ronnie Lott was visiting that hospital and got to know the girl...Anyway when she passed, he paid for the whole memorial garden and everything in it....Nobody knows that...
impassable that's cool
Thanks.
impassable, outstanding
That's pretty dope
@@hmackprotection1 awesome thank you for sharing that.
Hell of a hitter, but pretty much this whole highlight reel is clean hits. Shoulder to the chest. This is the video the department of player safety should show.
Ronnie is what football is all about.
well said Sir
Nope illegal. Dashon Goldson made nothing but clean shoulder hits and they fined him out of the league. Ronnie Lott wouldn't have the same career if he had to play in todays nfl.
@@paulc7400 So true. Over half these hits shown would be big fines and possible suspensions in modern nfl lol Lott was awesome but modern guys cant be as physical cause of rules
@@geminiman7791 yeah the day of hard hitting safeties is gone. Its very sad indeed.
Isn’t Lott the one responsible for the defenseless receiver penalties?
Bubba Paris had a great quote: "Ronnie Lott hit so hard, if he hit my son like that I would come to the game with a shotgun."
That is an awesome line.
😂😂😂😂
Lmfaooo
Lololol
"He cut off his finger so he could keep playing. Just so he can keep hitting YOU! So I know he doesn't care about his body, which means he doesn't give a damn about my body! You don't really want to be on the field with somebody like that". - Michael Irvin.
I was flying between LA and Oakland back when Ronnie Lott was a Raider. He happened to be on the flight. In his street clothes he looked as if he was made of steel. Very impressive. He and his incredibly beautiful wife?, (I think), spent the entire flight in the aisle visiting with a young disabled fan. No one bothered them. No one tried to get in the middle of it. It was just so cool to see them simply hanging out with this kid. Pure class.
Ronnie is the best safety of all time. Could smack you like a a pancake and could ball hawk ya like an eagle. Simply the greatest.
Ed reed
Soloman He isn't just the greatest db, he is the greatest defensive player of all time
Ed reed is the 2nd and my boy Sean Taylor at 3rd
@@Adrian_Lloyd Sean over Dawkins? Sanders? Charles?
I say Lott, Reed, Woodson, Sanders as my DB setup. Picks and big hits all day long. Blount as a rotational player.
lol @ 2:40 only ronnie lott could make a santa hat look intimidating
😂😂😂😂😂
Lmfao facts😂💀
YOU ARE GAY!!!
Lol!!!!!
Ronnie Lott was just a beast on the field. He was a stone cold assassin. Off the field, he was the total opposite. A gentlemen, well spoken and very friendly. I got a chance to meet him once at a fundraiser and the guy is just the nicest guy you'll ever meet. On the field, he's a guy you didn't want to meet at all.
He could have played under even today’s rules and still ruled the field. You see how he lined those guys up with his shoulder pads? Perfection.
A lot of those hits are still legal. Insane
Devan McClaine what makes it insane? Football is a game of violent collisions, it's at the core of what this sport is....I played football from 6yrs old all the way to San Jose State, and I LIVED to win every game by smashin motherfuckers....and theres not one thing wrong with that...
Branon Fontaine
Hahaha. I think you're misunderstanding. It's insane that the way he played, for the most part, would still be legal. Never led with his helmet, used his shoulder, which is hard. Not sure what that has to do with you smashing folks at SJSU, but ok...
LiberalsAreWorthless no one asked and no one cares
@@Lish44 you can permanently brain damage someone there’s nothing wrong with being physical
@@devo1d shows how dedicated to the technique of the game. Hard to do today, WAY harder back in the 80's. Generational talent at the very least.
One thing I can say for sure. You are truly blessed if you were able to watch Ronnie Lott play during his career. I had the pleasure of watching Ronnie crush people week after week during the 49ers dynasty. Talk about heaven for a football fan. Ronnie you are simply the best. Go Niners!
Probably the best video and narration they did of all 100 players. Marcus Allen hit the nail on the head along with the music. On a team of the decade that gets remembered for the offense, Ronnie Lott was every bit as dominate and good at defensive back as Joe Montana, Rice, Craig, Taylor, Cross, and Clark were at their offensive positions.
Best Strong Safety in NFL history.
4 Super bowl rings with 49ers
Made the pro bowl as a cornerback, free safety and strong safety.
All with a chopped off finger.
49ers1981-91L.A. Raiders1991-93NY Jets1993-95
tatum lott lane
Fritter Foof
Lane was a cornerback tho
The greatest secondary player of all time and top 10 player ever
He was a cornerstone in the 49ers epic run. I lived in SF in my 20's to mid 30's. He brought so much joy to my life on a personal level, the city, and the NFL. Nothing but total respect for the man. Legend.
Receivers from the 80s STILL hear his footsteps!
They have nightmares about him still
Epic
People don’t understand how good this guy was
What people are you talking about?
That play at 1:16 was huge, saved the championship for the Niners
You are 100% correct. Turned the game around. Amazing thing was, that play was created by the Rams specifically to fool Lott. It almost worked, but he recognized just in time it and came all the way across the field to make that play. Enormous. A testament to his smarts.
Ronnie sent me a 'signed' #42 official NFL jersey earlier this year. He truly is a nice guy for being a monster on defense!!
Ronnie was the most dangerous and feared safety, but also played as cornerback, and linebacker when needed. He was known as the Swiss Army man. Dude delivered vicious freight train hits that took offensive players out of the game both physically and psychologically. The stats that measure a safety's performance don't begin to cover what Lott brought to the field.
huge fan of Ronnie Lott. If I saw some of what he had on the field today I'd be watching the NFL again
Ronnie Lott is savage
Tom W goat DB
I got to meet him a couple weeks ago, amazing man.
my dad is friends with Ronnie Lott and he is so nice, he is so honest and pure 💕
Ronnie Lott is the best safety of all time. A big hitter. I'm glad he is a 49er.
I had the honor of Ronnie coming back to his high school
(Where I attended and played football ) and listen to him speak to us before the game . He was and
Still is a great person player father and friend that gives back to the
Community . He also has a
Ronnie Lott scholarship fund for Eisenhower high school student athletes. Great person to have meet .
I kept getting this guy on superstar ko and I will never skip this fingerless legend ever again
LT,Ronnie Lott and Reggie White are the 3 best defensive players of the 80's and top 10 in the history of the NFL
Salute!!!
So many memories of his greatness.
Watching him walk back to the sideline after multiple Okoye stops sticks with me forever, so glad his brain is okay!
And Okoye would still roll three more yards after a hit. But not vs Ronnie Lott!
Ronnie Lott should be the logo of NFL.
I grew up watching Lott and loved every minute of it.
Ronnie Lott is the best defensive back in the history of football. Made All-Pro at both safety and cornerback positions.
When he hit someone, everyone knew who it was that made the hit. Also, he is the best defensive back because he left with less fingers than he did when he came into the NFL.
Receivers were afraid to run certain routes because of him.His leadership and play were always top level.The best Safety of his generation.
When he was getting out of high school, he was in this shrine all star game out of the so Cal. My friend was in the game, and he raved about this Ronnie Lott guy. He couldn't say enough about Ronnie, sure as you know what, he is the number #11 all time player. He went to USC and the rest is history. One of the GOATS.
Ronnie Lott was my idol even tho I'm a Packers fan when I played football in high school my number was 42 bcuz of him
I think I was eight years-old in 1985 and my brother got a calendar for Christmas that had the birthdates of all sorts of athletes. When I saw that I shared my birthday, May 8, with Ronnie Lott?! It made me try my damnedest to copy him in every backyard football game I played from then on...even as a skinny white kid from New England.
To this day, I still love seeing film of him in his prime. A destroyer and a master of covering the field.
My all time personal favorite football 🏈 player
This man mastered 4 positions won 4 Super Bowls and cut off a finger tip to stay in the game he is a force of nature that is wise to be feared if your on the other team
if we still had ronnie as our safety in the 90's irvin, emmitt, and harper would've gotten their eyes knocked sideways if they ever went up the middle
He was very beat up by the early 90s
The greatest defensive player in 49er history. Period.
The best reader of an offence that I have ever observed in action, he would key in on the quarterback like a tiger stalking their prey, the best free safety I have ever seen operate on a football field.
Look at all those hits. All high impact, all CLEAN. All this fuss from knuckle dragging fans about the NFL becoming 'soft', like anything below their sternums doesn't look like jello. And when he laid a blow, he laid it viciously and CLEANLY. As a Raider fan, I didn't get to appreciate how great he was until I watched him up close elevate an otherwise mediocre Raiders team in 1991. Earned a well deserved All Pro leading the league in interceptions. But more than that, he LED. That winning attitude he brought from San Francisco permeated that defense...one of the last times the Raiders allowed less than 300 points in a season. He could do it all defensively on the football field.
Manu Ginobilis Bald Spot Very high in pack,may have been 2 that was borderline,..🏆📋✔H.O.FAMER"
Dude I just watched all the hits in the video and more than half of them would be illegal helmet to helmet hits in today’s game
Darwin walker I saw maybe 1-2 helmet to helmet hits all the others were legal
The 80's 49er's were unbelievable and to win 4 superbowls! Because they had players like Ronnie Lott!
1:34
Yeaha, I am not playing unless that guy sits out.
I don't feel like dying today.
Best death stare EVER. I can't imagine being Ronnie Lott's kid. It would go something like this.
Lotts's kid: "Dad, can I have the car? I want to go to the movies."
Lott: "Be home by 10."
Lott's kid: "Aw, Dad. We wanted to hang out. Can we make it 11?"
Lott: (applying death stare) "In what way was I unclear?"
Lott's kid: "I've changed my mind. I want to stay home."
I remember a Monday Night game against the NY Giants. That hit on Mark Bavaro. And he played the entire game with 2 sprained knees. Ronnie Lott #42 was a beast 💪
Like LT , the great "hit man" #42 set the all-time standard for Defense.
What a beautiful player. What a beautiful game. Ronnie Lott was a punisher that was a brilliant in the aspect that his mind was in the apponants playbook.
I remember like it was yesterday, how nervous I would get watching any NFL team pass the ball in a 49ers game because of Ronnie Lott. He would put the kind of hit on a receiver that sent a message. Not just to a receiver, or a team, but to everybody. Ronnie Lott’s HIT WAS HIS TACKLE. He could rearrange your ribcage or back without trying, and that’s when he WASN’T playing for the interception which he always was.
He was without a doubt, the SCARIEST DB in NFL history. The entire country would hold their breath watching their favorite receivers try to catch a pass - cuz here he comes from an unseen angle at top speed with his head down & shoulder squaring up… you just hoped your guy would get back up after a hit like that. And that look in his eyes… that sh*t could make your blood turn cold…
Ronnie Lott is the defensive player who made receiver stats like “catch %” or “yards after completion” a significant consideration.
Ronnie Lott was a beast. I wasn't a 49er's fan but he put everything he had into his hits.
My second favorite player of all time (to his teammate). He was an assassin. There is no one like him on the field anymore.
Now THAT! Is a Football Player
People are always talking about Joe Montana and Jerry Rice but those Niners Defenses were lights out. All the opposing QB's had to deal with Ronnie Lott in the secondary. Everywhere in the secondary. At all times.
An amazing defender, hitter, tackler, player, and leader. Lott was smart and ferocious.
A true football player ❤️💯
Such high praise from another phenomenal legend himself Marcus Allen
I'm a diehard cowboys fan but I respect the hell outta lott. Guy was a monster and played so physical. Toughest player ever imo. Who plays a whole game with a finger cut off lol guy was a savage
Best Saftey of all time...
John Lynch gives him a good run for his money.
Yea he definitely is
Most iconic! But I believe Reed was better, my humble opinion
Agree he was great
Butter Johnson john lynch isn't even top 5 duck out of here
Clean hits... wow.. he was light years ahead.
I wear his jersey to this day! My favorite player.
Ronnie Lott would be my first defensive pick for my all time team. Walter Payton my first offensive.
Hmm Ronnie Lott, Deion Sanders, or Reggie White? Time to play Tecmo Super Bowl 3!
well then you're team might not be great
if you caught a pass in Ronnie's part of the field, there was a price to pay for that. the next a pass was thrown to you there, you had to think about whether you wanted to pay that price again.
The MAN amongst men.......NFL films always has the best music.
I remember watching this guy play. You would literally see receivers stop their route across the middle because they "felt" Lott coming at them. He is one the greatest football players ever.
I'ts arguable he's the best defensive player of all time. What most people forget about Lott is that he came into the damn league as a corner, and moved to safety.
The guy could drape over anyone in coverage and rock you so damn hard you'd see stars.
Ronnie Lott...Candlestick Park was his boiler room and he was it's Freddy Kruger of the dreams of opposing teams.
Ronnie was a true "Metal god". 🤘
Without question the greatest safety - brains, brawn, speed, and ferocity
A legend a Beast !!💪💪💪💪💪
There were a handful of DBs in Lott's Era that contributed to the NFL's decision to treat wide receivers as Hindu cows. Lott was one of a handful of DBs who could hit as hard or harder than linebackers and run as fast as the receivers. He was one of the most feared defenders in the league. The fact that he was on the field was already a distraction to the receivers. Receivers had to have their heads on a swivel if they still wanted to have their head when the game ended.
That 200lb. Legend kicked more ass in the NFL than anyone EVER! & I watched all of it as a kid. RESPECT!!
One of the hardest hitters to ever play the game. He leveled so many players during his career and no one messed with him. He was that feared.
The man, the myth, the legend.
jack Tatum the only man to send earl cambell into the end zone backwards
What a great player. Ronnie Lott was the total package. He played the run well, and unlike so many of these defensive backs today, if a pass hit him in the hands, HE CAUGHT IT.
Montana was a quiet dude. You can see from that last cut when the yeam was gathered after winning the Superbowl, who the leader was on those great 49er teams. It was Ronnie Lott.
If im making a team from whomever I want to choose in NFL history, Ronnie Lott is my SS.
Best DB ever- a master at every position. NEVER led with his head or hit the head- all his hits were with his head up! This is how you hit!
John Hilton
70% of those hits are a suspension in today's gerber-soft game
@@dumisatonyjohnson8145no he uses his shoulder
1:22 perfection. I remember that game raiders were good in those days. Superbowl in 80 and 83. That play is 4th and one. And the runner is strong as hell a short 225 pound powerhouse (hawthorne or hawkins if i remember correctly.) Great call by the raiders! The play is going great too, the guards are hustling to make the blocks plunkett makes perfect handoff the back is going fullsteam. Unfortunately... Ronnie Lott is playing CB on that side of the line.
Ronnie was a beast
*Ronnie Lott in my honest and humble opinion is easily the greatest defensive back to ever play professional football.*
My favorite defensive player ever.
"People should remember his name 150 years from now"
Don't worry...we true football fans will.
You got damn right bro
"One of your bones is missing
in the finger...", Gat Damn.
"Lott made Swiss Army knives jealous of his versitility"
The Greatest DB of All-time Ronnie Lott.
My all time secondary would be Lott and Reed and safety and Deion and Night Train Lane at corner.
Greatest defensive back of all-time.
I'm beginning to think lott and LT are related. They wanted to hurt (hell, probably kill) the person they were tackling, and they played through injuries that really should make other players be sat out for multiple injuries
Joshua Rinosa that's how Decon jones played too, I'm sure he just played to rip a dudes head off
Coke can do that to a man. Make feel like u can run thru a wall
ivan olvera they probably can...
They both went In the same draft as well
Simply put: THE GREATEST DEFENSIVE BACK TOTAL TO EVER PLAY THE GAME period. From a Steeler...
I can't believe they didn't mention his best game, 28-3 over the Bears in Chicago, like a million degrees below zero, 1988 NFC Championship Game.
I was a Forty-Niner fan (in the `80s), but for the longest time I thought Ronnie Lott 'played dirty.' But after a while it occurred to me that he was just so VIOLENTLY EXCEPTIONAL at what he did.....Thanks for the memories, Niners !
The greatest pro safety to ever played the game
Doc, "Hey Ronnie your finger is broke."
Coach, "Take a seat Ronnie."
Ronnie, "Hand me that saw. I got a game to finish."
half of those hits would be illegal thanks to the nfl, how can young players take example on this legendary player if ur not allowed anymore to play at this level and how the nfl can tell us to admire him but doesnt aprove his style of play
getting CTE is not worth getting a harder hit for a single play
Michael Hale Jr true but if you look at it he didnt always hit the head of the player or led with his head. I was talking more of the agressive side of his game and how the nfl is trying now to reduce the violence of the game
Michael Hale Jr you commit,you sign,you play!
Blame Goodell
alexandre mathieu True
Nahh bro the commentary on this one is GOATEDDD
Lott I think is on every hard hit videos! Looking back these highlights they are pretty clean legit hits
I’m a cowboys fan and I hate the 49ers but I’d have given my right leg to have him on my team, he’s the safety that all other safeties are judged by
My personal all time starting safeties are Lott and Tatum. Ed Reed and Polamalu-2nd team. Lott played ANYWHERE in the backfield. A coach’s dream DB who brought his hard hat. 👷🏾♂️ 🏈 🏆 🏆🏆🏆
The best leader period. IT was a delight watching ronnie lott ,more than football ronnie lott taught me about life!!!!
the play at the 2:00 mark really epitomizes that 81 team that won the first superbowl. so many times a guy was hit and another guy scooped up the reward. or a ball was hit and another guy intercepted it. That secondary is comparable to few and what was even more amazing is they were only Rookies (except Hicks the S who became All-Pro because of the three new rookies.) I don't think that will ever happen again in Football. I say with all my heart I have never seen a more exciting secondary than that one over the teams next four years or so.
Man it almost feels like cheating, the fact the 49ers got Rice, Young, Lott, Montana, Craig, and so many other guys i havent mentioned
I rocked my Ronnie Lott jersey yesterday and my uncles loved it. Uncle Jerry is a Lawrence Taylor fan and uncle Jim is a Jack Tatum fan.
It took until the last second to realize this was Ronnie Lott and not Deion Sanders. They certainly played exactly the same way.