Erik Williams & Larry Allen vs Reggie White (1996) | OL vs DL Matchup
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I’m biased. Football was much better back then. Players, announcers, everything.
Exactly!
There's Joe Buck😂
It's not just your bias.
I'm convinced that the 90s were the peak of sports, and we'll never see it that great again.
All sports are worse today.
It's too easy to score and too difficult to play defense in all sports now.
The leagues basically decided that consumers just want to see scoring all the time.
There is also way too much referee involvement in today's sports. Constant flags in the NFL. There's no physicality, and the game stops constantly.
Reggie still had some gas in his tank when he came to the Packers, but when he was in his prime he gave offensive line coaches a lot of sleepless nights. In the strike-shortened '87 season Reggie had 21 sacks in only 12 games. When he was with the Eagles, opposing coaches had to adjust their blocking to account for him. Speed and power made it almost impossible for just one man to block him during his prime. It was nice to see him finally get his S.B. ring.
They missed the play were Reggie tosses Larry Allen aside
Happened 1 time when LA was a rookie and hurt and outa postion, the rest of the time Reggie White was LA and Big Es bitch @treesquatch9150
Before his car wreck in '94, Erik Williams was the most dominant RT I've ever seen.
Word up. Nasty. Smack a mofuckie in his head like it was legal. He was tossing men like Lawrence Taylor, Bruce Smith and reggi white around like they was me or some shit. Man. We ain't seen an o linemen as rugged, nasty, tough and as TALENTED since.
And playing next to the most dominant guard of all time in Allen
🔥🔥🔥 Yessir! Big E was HIM. But for that car accident, he was building a resume that would've had him in Canton, along with Larry Allen. Even after he came back, he was still top 5 in the league at RT for a couple of years, just wasn't as consistently dominant as before.
No wonder Emitt smith got so many yards. Imagine Barry sanders in that back field. Would love been 20 times better
@@mannyr8795 Barry had a very good OL, it's a misnomer to think they were garbage. The thing is, Emmitt at his best, 92-93, was before Larry Allen was even on the team. The rest of the OL was a league joke before Emmitt got there. Kevin Gogan was a fight/penalty machine, Nate Newton was known for his weight, and Tuinei was a converted DT. Emmitt shows up and they're all probowlers? Barry was the most spectacular back I've seen, but Emmitt was the best at moving the chains.
The team fell apart after Jimmy left. Aikman wasn't able to hold it all together after '95. No discipline.
Ray Donaldson was an underrated member of that line. Reminds of when Ronald Leary was in Dallas, another underrated player.
Imagine having to go up against Erik Williams or Larry Allen every down. Kudos to Reggie. Players now would just switch sides
Reggie pulled himself out of the game lol
Your comment made me laugh. I mean really, can you imagine facing those two killers. Larry Allen was stronger than Hercules. Erik Williams was just mean, big, strong, just an animal. I think I would’ve gone to the other side too.
This was also AFTER Erik Williams Car accident. Crazy.@@KeithJames1969
Imagine playing against an old (He was 35 when they played here) Reggie White and still having to hold him half the time. Also, running left away from him more than half the time to get your running yards isn't beating Reggie. Try looking at highlights when Reggie played them in '92.
Warren Sapp once said Erik Williams use to Dominate Reggie not in this gm plus I watch most of the Packers vs Cowboys gms when Reggie played with Packers I didn't see Erik Dominating Reggie lots of holding I seen but it was kinda of Even both guys had their Moments
The Oakland Raiders had Art Shell and Gene Upshaw side by side, then Dallas had Erik Williams and Larry Allen side by side.
Too bad they didn't have an owner that would not ck his egos and let Jimmy TCB. 5×
@@howardrader3416 don't kid yourself. Jimmys ego was every bit as big as jerrys. Jimmy wasn't interested in staying in dallas, he wanted to be in florida. Quickest way to get out of a contract? Publicly belittle your boss at every opportunity, which is exactly what jimmy did.
Perhaps The finest Offensive Line in NFL History, LT Mark Tunei,LG Nate Newton, C Ray Donaldson,RG Larry Allen, RT Erik Williams
The Hogs have entered the chat.
That was a Great OL The Great Wall of Dallas
@@chrisgonz9963 great wall of dallas didn't include Donaldson. He didn't get to dallas tell 95, and only played 2 seasons in dallas. Eric had his crash in 94, never the same. Stepnoski was center when they was 'the great wall' and it was before allen got to dallas (94). Great wall was only together 4 years. Half of them had been in the league for years. And they wasn't considered good or had even made a probowl. Tell emmitt got to dallas.
Just remember, by 96 both these guys were way past their career primes. I'd like to see this game 2 years earlier.
This is actually Erik Williams and Larry Allen vs Reggie White and Gilbert (Gravedigger) Brown
You are correct, I just noticed that.
Clash of the Titans right there!
Need to upload the 95 NFC championship. Cowboys line absolutely dominated
I got wasted and walked home in my socks in the snow. Then I went home and threw up all over the place. Good times.
@@Babs42 could've done that in 94 playoffs and 93 playoffs, dallas beat the tar out of packers both those years in postseason also.
Reggie White had multiple seasons with over 100 combined tackles which is remarkable for the type of DE he was, he was more of a DE-DT, not a DE-OLB. What impressed me in this cutup is that he understood the importance of not emptying the gas tank too early in the game. I could tell he was getting closer and closer to getting home, and sure enough, he did.
Bro teams had to double him or Jesus would be committing crimes he would reserve the right time to get the crucial sack
Look at the first snap and how far back williams gets pushed compared to the rest of the line!
@@100016go to 3:21 to see Eric Williams attack Betty White and stops him. BIG E was whites DADDY
@@100016 Erik Williams in 1996 was not the Erik Williams of pre-1994 car accident. That car accident ended his sure HOF career. Prior to this crash, Williams dominated White when White was in his prime. Williams owned White.
Williams dominated White prior to Williams' car accident in 1994. He was on his way to the HOF on a 1st ballot basis. That accident changed everything and Williams wasn't the same. You should watch games prior to 1994 and you will see White was a just a regular guy when he went up against Williams. Williams was nasty.
Erik Williams was mentioned in Michael Strahans hall of fame sppech as a tough competitor ...
Erik Williams should be in the HOF period!
Yes!
Reggie was special and so was that Boys Oline. But never mess with Betty 😁
I remember this game. Declining Cowboys team and Greenbay still couldn't beat them in Dallas.
And GB was 13-3 that season, won the Super Bowl, and Favre got his 2nd MVP. But in the 90's they could just NEVER beat the Cowboys. RIP Reggie White.
The Packers kicked the crap out of Dallas at Lambeau the following year
Cool
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@@michaelkirven1804close game but the Packers got owned
@@KingAceHernandez1291 Check your facts, dude. Nov 23 1997. Packers 45 - Cowboys 17
These were great days and great games, gentlemen.
My beloved Cowboys squaring off against either the Packers or the Niners in the 90’s. THOSE were games to see! Much respect to all the Legends on both sides of the field. The Packers Brett Favre, Reggie White, Gilbert Brown, Brooks, Freeman, and Bebee, Butler, Dotson, Bennett….I remember all those worthy bastards! I salute you, Cheeseheads, for always being a worthy opponent.
And of course Aikman, Emmitt, Irvin, Moose, Novacek, Tolbert, Maryland, Lett, Haley, Prime, D Wood, Marion, Brown, Myles, Jones, Edwards, Bates, Boniol, and the Great Wall of Dallas, BIG Nate, Easy E, Tuinei, Larry, and Donaldson. And Coach Jimmy.
(I know I left a lot out!)
Two really great teams. Miss this type of NFL football. DC4L....
I remember watching that game when I was a youngster since I became a Cowboy fan after they won SB XXX They played on Monday 11/18/1996, where the kicker Chris Bono made the record of 7 field goals. The only thing I could not remember was the fight between Reggie White and Michael Irvin on the sidelines and other players between the teams.
Of all the all time great pass rushers, he played the run the best.
I was at this MNF game...Nov. '96. Chris Boniol tied an NFL-record seven FGs; Cowboys beat Brett Favre's Packers 21-6.
@5:50 That's the Dan Dierdorf I remember: Watching White get single-blocked for an entire game, then talking about how he can't remember seeing anything but double and triple-teams.
If Eric Williams hadn't had that car wreck, he would've been in the hof too!!
Unless this was the playoff game at the beginning of the year, the cowboys were just entering their twilight years the 1996 - 97 season.
I don't recall Reggie White ever taking a cheap shot at any quarterback. He lived what he preached.
It's always good to see the cowboys whip any team
Now the Pack just kicks the crap out of them at will.
The OL was a beast, Emmit sometimes doesnt even get touched until 2 or 3 yards after LOS
Reggie White is one of the greatest defensive players to ever play in the league. Can you add more fights from the 1990s and early 2000s?
one of the? try greatest DL of all time.
@@kenmasters2025 That’s a fair argument and I agree.
Reggie White was an outstanding player…….except when facing Erik Williams....and this was after a devastating car wreck that left him at less than 100%.
This is laughable 😂😂😂
Uh..n those clips they double teamed him dude. ...
Yeah.....Reggie got doubleteamed....a few times....but what's your point? @@ronniesmithpeters9753
Reggie was closer to the end of his career too, this was like his 13th season.
Rest in Peace Larry Allen I heard of his passing this morning
This is the only time people actually paid attention to an o-line/d-line matchup.
Not true
that 's real nice, we dont see much good O-line clip on the tube
This was the season after Williams tore up his knee when he crashed his car. Wasn't the same player as before.
You know it’s bad ass when your nick name is “The Minister of Defense” 😂
Eric Williams handled Reggie 1 on 1
You notice that no DT that took on Larry got passed the line of scrimmage lol
Erik Williams should be in the Hall of Fame he is the best Right Tackle to ever play the game the only player who could block and dominate Reggie White one on one he and Larry Allen combined to be the greatest right side of the Oline of all times period!!!
Darren Woodson explains why EW wasn't a HOFer. th-cam.com/video/5MXIeIKHxe0/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=ESPN
Was you watching the same game I just watched? Reggie White was dominating them 2 players as he always did. Any time you have to put a 2nd player on your offensive line to block one player that is not doing better than Reggie White in any shape of the form. Then the multiple holds as always the cowboys were never called for many of those back then when they were America's favorite team as they called it. It's the main reason I absolutely hated the cowboys back then and still do. Reggie White at times blew through both of them to get the sack in this game. At least be honest with Whites performance. He was not having problems with them he never did. Look at it like this, that high powered offense the cowboys had back then were held to only field goals all game the reason they won is because the offense wasn't doing their part to help the defense. If the defense is always on the field they get tired and this defensive didn't tire out. Yeah Reggie White slipped a few times but how many times did that turf tackle emmitt smith without any player touching him lol. Also Williams was cutting low to take white out at the legs which was illegal then and it's illegal now called a chop block. So I would say White was absolutely dominating as was Santana Dotson. Both them and Gilbert Brown were unstoppable!
This is after the accident so erik still did a good job on him but he did manhandle Reggie by himself in the playoffs prior to his car accident. Yes. If you watch that one,as hard as that is to believe, He manhandled Reggie.
@@garyswift83people are fixated in stats. They think if a de doesn't have 8 sacks in a game, he was dominated. They have no idea about D lone grading. They're fantasy football douches
@@chadmatey3412the big E own Reggie white
You can really see how much football changed in just 15 years. Ten to fifteen years before this game the most dominant tackle-guard pair in the game was the left side of the Redskins' famous "Hogs", Joe Jacoby and Russ Grimm. Now I'm a Redskins fan and hate the Cowboys, but if you compare Jacoby and Grimm vs. Williams and Allen for athleticism, there's no contest. Williams was a tremendous tackle and Larry Allen was just a physical freak of a man in terms of strength and speed. Jacoby was considered a monster at 6'6" and 305 pounds and Grimm was 6'3" and 273. Compare that to both Williams and Allen being about 315 each. Unreal.
That's a pair of dominant lineman from Division II schools...Erik Williams--Central State (OH) and of course the great Larry Allen--Sonoma State (CA).
The Cowboys O-Line in the 90s was an embarrassment of riches.
Newton
Allen
Williams
Stepnoski
Tuinei
They were all legendary.
3:34 “Reggie White certainly in the twilight of his career”. (Makes 3 more Pro Bowls, wins a Super Bowl and wins Defensive Player of the Year)
He had an off year for him that year.
I mean he was. His twilight is is just dpoy level lol.
All I saw was white bull rushing him. If pack had a secondary white would have a sack
Exactly, then we he gets a sack it's negated by a holding
@@unrhuwell he wouldn’t of got a sack if there wasn’t a hold. Aikman had to hold onto the ball longer because of the hold.
I was at that game great times
Evenly matched, they battled to the death that day
This is the Chris Bonioll game where he kicked 7 field goals
All three of these guys I would want on my team no days it be hard to have all 3 on 1 team and pay them,such great talent White, Williams, Allen
Eric Williams dominated ALL game long.
Old ass Reggie got by him on a number of plays.
@@spitshinetommy3721 not really. He got around him once. Bjornson is who white got through in one as he cut thru, Smith did similar. White almost got around him maybe 2 other times, but Williams, especially after car wreck, wasn't fast anyway, and really, "almost getting around the end" happens several times a game for even subpar defensive ends. White had no effect in the game, and that's what a great tackle does.
White was past his prime here and not only that, he was in the backfield most of the plays. The reason Williams looked so good is because Aikman would get rid of the ball very quickly, there were times Reggie was held and wasn’t called for it, and Reggie was doubled teamed a lot. I would not say Williams dominated all game. White won most of the battles.
@@christwarrior8501Williams was half of what he was pre-accident. They were evenly matched, but Williams had a bigger heart
No holding calls on the offense really messed up the game😢
Reggie was getting better as the game went on wtf ❗️
Back when there wasnt so much social media back when the cowboys were great
Allen would block the snot out of you, but Williams would follow that up with a complimentary bludgeoning after.
This is the 6 FG game. 90's Cowboys owned the Packers, similar to their 49ers matchups. Likely because Dallas was built to beat the 49ers and the Packers were a Central division version.
I wish we had seen prime Reggie White vs prime Erik Williams.
Williams was the only lineman to ever handle Reggie White. That being said, he got away with a lot of holds and illegal hands to the face to do it.
It was legal back then - not the holding but the head slaps.... Made Rev. White cuss....
Man Reggie white is scary
Green Bay got wine for all that cheese! 😮😮😮😮😮
That’s the best oline in history and I’m an Eagles fan😊Eric would have been the greatest tackle ever if not for the accident. Reggie will always be an Eagle
For sure
Whenever I see this offensive line, I just wonder how many records Barry Sanders would have broken if he was their running back.
It would have been interesting to see Barry and Emmitt change teams and see how their careers would have gone
Wish big E and Larry had sons exactly like them.
They never had problems with anybody. That's why they won like they did. Without them up front you'd never who Emmett smith was.
6:24 look at that mutual respect
Reggie was nearly done at 35, a five sack season is not the standard. I remember an older Joe Jacoby playing right tackle for the Redskins DOMINATING a 29 year old Reggie White in the playoffs.
Nearly done? He had 8 sacks that year, following year he had 11, then after that 16 and won the DPOY.
Big E taking your beating like a man
Lots of quick passes by Aikman
Yeah it takes two guys like that to even think about dealing with Reggie.
It was the old lion vs the younger lion. Reggie by this time had many battles in the trenches of which he won most.
Erik Williams wasn’t totally himself either. He had been a car wreck which ultimately ruined his career. Still pretty good after but wasn’t the brutal monster he was before the accident
Erik Williams is listed as 190 lbs. today
I don't seem to recall Reggie White complaining when the Eagles did the fake kneel down but he goes apesh*t when the kicker gets a shot at an NFL record.
He was pissed because he got his ass handed to him all day long! 😂😂😂
Reggie got sacks in that game and forced fumble
This was post accident EW...not as dominant as 2 years prior
Brett Farve NEVER beat Dallas in Dallas including all playoff games! Only time he beat them was at the end of Cowboys dynasty in GB in playoffs!
At the end Michael Irvin yapping at Reggie White like a Chihuahua and a Rottweiler 😅
Irvin was strong AF, revolutionized the position. Also, scoreboard
You play4 quarters of football not three not 3 1/2. Your job to that team is to keep going until the other team can’t stop you from scoring no matter what the score is if you have a problem with the other team, running up the score, then you shouldn’t be playing football or any sport for that matter, your job is for the defense is to the other team from scoring no matter what the score is
They just could NOT beat Dallas in Dallas. From 92 to 96. Zero wins. THAT was what the fight was about more than anything. Frustration boiling over.
I remember this game Eric Williams had Reggie White so mad he literally threw Eric down with one arm and I think this was the game when Reggie left for the locker room he was cussing and threw the finger to all the fans I said I thought Reggie was a Christian I guess Eric changed all that He had Reggie’s number all day long That was a great time in the NFL And what I can say now is the team we have looks great but they are nothing like the team Troy and Jimmy had We wont win anything in the playoffs until we have a team like this one
The Packers end up winning the SB in 96.
People always forget Erik Williams becuase of the car accident
He would have been the best. I saw him out that night. I was with a friend of mine and when I drank I took cabs. I commented to my friend why aren't these guys taking cabs on multiple occasions.
@@williamfrawley1175Especially with the money they were making ...
Reggie got push, but not enuff to get Troy
Jerry sold his soul for a few amazing years, and the Devil has been collecting souls from Cowboy Fans ever since. And Green Bay is UNDEFEATED in Jerry World!!!
Im sorry BUT if you have to double Reggie and you have Allen on that side. Your not on reggie level😂
Ceedee Lamb = Michael Irvin 2023-24
White got the last laugh that year didn't he? Cowboys didn't even make it to the NFC Championship.
0-9 record Brett Farve at Texas Stadium!!!!😅
Lions stunk without Barry and Dallas wasnt too hot bwfire Emmitt either
White never seemed to have a very good game when the Packers played Dallas
LOL
Holding REGGIE WHITE more like it 😂
cry more
Yet the Cowboys reign would end and the Pack would win the Super Bowl
In the words of the great John Madden……If I was starting a team today, give me 73 white.
Allen was just a monster.
Troy wasnt very accurate in this game
I remember that game. Reggie said, "Come to Lambeau!, Come to Lambeau!"
Indeed, the Cowboys did come to Lambeau and received punishment. 54-17
Michael Irving postgame said, "They beat us up"
The score was 45-17 and it’s Michael Irvin. Dummy
WHO CARES PERIOD!!!!!!!!
Reggie was still pushing those guys back even though he was past his prime
Lotta ego and stars on that field. Reggie never seemed to play well vs dallas
Stop!!! Reggie was old and beat up by then. That’s like showing tape of Larry Holmes beating up Muhammad Ali and saying look how good Holmes is. Ridiculous!!!
He won dpoy the next season
E Smith was nothing without that Offensive line!
Philly fan?😂
They made Reggie White look like a nobody.
And Reggie White called himself a minister? Minister of what?
Lack of class for the field goal.
It was an nfl record, if the kid made 6 in a row, let him have the record. Not his fault they couldn't stop them.
@@nocategories3398 it was a record. There were instances in the past where folks could’ve broke records but didn’t run up the score. It was called sportsmanship and due to the respect for the game and your opponent things like this were not done. But it’s the argument that they are professionals and it’s there job to stop this vs sportsmanship. I think it’s obvious that the break the record side is the way it is now. No respect for the game or your opponents anymore. Running 20 yds and dancing when you make a sack, which is what you are paid for. Not to mention they got that sack likely due to defensive backfield doing an outstanding job. It’s all about me me me nowadays.
I wish Reggie was around today. He would have been the ambassador Jim Brown was for the next era. The LeBrons , DWades, Kaps and other woke athletes regardless of sport he would hold accountable.
Games where Reggie white disappeared... LT never disappeared
Reggie had like 60 more sacks in his career than LT.