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00:02Dominance. You have to be a dominant defense.
00:06They hurt people. They was out there to hurt people.
00:09How could that defense not be on the list?
00:11That list is bogus.
00:20How do you rate the greatest defenses of all time?
00:24Yards given up.
00:26Points allowed.
00:27Records set.
00:29Maybe you shouldn't even try.
00:31You really can't truly compare defenses from different eras because the rules are different.
00:37Great defenses are going to be great regardless.
00:39It could be two-hand touch. It could be flag.
00:41Whatever the rules are, the great defenses are going to be great.
00:45We rank the greatest defenses based on their number of home.
00:54Championships won.
00:55Key stats and years of dominance.
01:02There are defenses who have great days, but great defenses have great game after great game after great game.
01:08Well, to me, two stats matter. Points and turnovers. Don't allow points. Get turnovers. You have a great defense.
01:14He didn't want to complete lunatic. You can't hurt this. I'm a machine, jerk.
01:19Jack Tatum. Richard Dent, who is a little bit off his rocker.
01:23Ronnie Lott on the Niners or Lawrence Taylor, who is a maniac.
01:27The 2000 Ravens and the 85 Bears and the Steel Curtain. If I'm on the opposing team, I am f***ing
01:33myself when they come out of the tunnel. I look at those eyes. I am scared. I have wet pants.
01:37I have a mess in the back. That's what I look at when I'm talking about great defenses of all
01:41time.
01:48The purple people eaters.
01:49The purple people eaters. You're talking about going back to a song in 1958.
01:54When I had one horn flying purple people eaters.
01:58Purple people eaters in Minnesota? Come on, what does that mean? It sounds like an acid trip. Then again, it
02:02was the 60s and early 70s.
02:03I think I remember asking him, did they really eat people bad? He goes, in a way they do, son.
02:07In a way they do.
02:08Look here, I ain't lying, baby. Let's win this thing. Let's win this thing. Let's go.
02:12Can anything be more intimidating than four big guys with steam coming out of their helmets wearing purple? No.
02:231,000 pounds of rough, tough, and mean.
02:28One half ton of hip and smack and sock and tear.
02:32Four relentless men. All for one and one for all.
02:37Ugh!
02:40Ironman Jim Marshall, Gary Larson, and Hall of Famers Carl Eller and Alan Page comprised the Vikings front line.
02:49In 1969, all four made the Pro Bowl.
02:54Minnesota wins per game, second fewest in NFL history.
02:58They were a cold-hearted whore who pillaged pass pockets for a decade.
03:04I played with them and I played against them.
03:07This defense was as good as any.
03:09I really think they're not 10. I think they're the greatest defensive line that ever lived.
03:13They were the embodiment of Minnesota.
03:16Cold, frozen field, and you saw teams intimidated by the fact that they had to deal with this defense.
03:23They were nasty.
03:25Defensive ballplayers take pride in knowing that they're rough and that they're tough and that they're mean.
03:30That you really have to just hit and smack and sock and tear.
03:38Our number 10 defense isn't higher for four reasons.
03:42Four Super Bowl losses, each one worse than the one before.
03:47They just couldn't stop those running games of the AFC teams when they got to the Super Bowls
03:52and never do, in the game that mattered most, what they were able to do all season long.
03:57The purple people, they must have got old by the time we got them.
04:01They were not the purple people eaters. They weren't eating that day. They went on a diet.
04:06Holy Toledo! The Oakland line is just wiping out Minnesota's front.
04:11Those were four opportunities that we had to prove that we were the best in the world, and we didn't
04:17do it.
04:18You never get over things like that.
04:20The purple people eaters. No rings, but nasty Norsemen, nonetheless.
04:26And number 10 on our...
04:28Doesn't matter. They still should be a lot higher on the list.
04:32They allowed 12.5 points per game for eight years.
04:38Five, like, five top five defenses or something like that.
04:43Eight top five defenses in a row.
04:52Many great defenses have been overshadowed by offensive stars.
04:56We had so many bright lights on offense. People didn't notice the defense.
05:00My defense of all time, Doomsday of the 1970s.
05:06Really?
05:06The Doomsday defense. That's, by the way, the way you have to say that name.
05:10You can't just say, oh, the Doomsday defense.
05:12Doomsday was a fully coordinated mixture of youth and experience, and their motto was,
05:18when the whistle blows, everybody goes.
05:21Doomsday was great.
05:23I thought that might have been the coolest nickname of any of these defensive units.
05:25In a way, it was not quite befitting of their play.
05:28Not that these guys weren't tough or weren't hard hitters or anything like that,
05:32but Doomsday implies that they are actually going to kill you.
05:36I don't think any of those guys would have actually killed the opponent.
05:39His name is Randy White.
05:41His nickname, Manster.
05:44I might be wrong about a couple of them.
05:50Our number nine defense may have been overlooked because of Dallas' high-powered offense,
05:54but their accomplishments are impressive.
05:56Three Hall of Famers, and three of the eight defensive players to win the Super Bowl MVP award.
06:04Martin is buried, lets it fly, intercepted!
06:07The Doomsday defense statistically held its own against any,
06:11but it wasn't like you found yourself in awe of this defense,
06:16except when you looked at the scoreboard and you saw that the other team
06:20didn't have a whole lot of success moving the ball or scoring points.
06:23And there is no Cowboys success, no America's team.
06:27Without that defense, the Cowboys wore those little gray Confederate uniforms.
06:31They lost one war.
06:32I don't have a lot to get to say about the Cowboys.
06:34I'm so tired of hearing about America's team.
06:38We would hear a lot of teams talking about us being a finesse team
06:42and not a physical football team.
06:44We would laugh at that and say, let's wait till Sunday
06:46and see what they say once they walk off the field.
06:51They just didn't have that mean aura about them.
06:53They had a more scientific, this is your gap,
06:56and we're going to not necessarily maul you,
06:58but we're going to play our position the way we're supposed to play it,
07:02the way Coach Landry wants us to play it.
07:03Knock them down now, okay?
07:05Knock your outside men down.
07:06You've got to give Coach Landry an awful lot of credit.
07:09He knew what type of people he needed for his type of defense.
07:13They studied an awful lot.
07:15They knew the other team extremely well.
07:17The doomsday defense, whose motto was,
07:20the strength of the pack is the wolf,
07:22but the strength of the wolf is the pack.
07:25That defense was, you know, everybody working together.
07:28The front four was a great front four.
07:30They had some great guys who could put a lot of pressure on the quarterback.
07:33It's Utah Jones, Harvey Martin, Randy White.
07:37They got him, Randy White!
07:39They were very good.
07:40They won a lot of games throughout the 70s running that defense.
07:49I guess Everson Walls, Cliff Harris,
07:53Chara, uh, Waters.
07:57If they were so great,
07:59why did they give up 35 points in Super Bowl XIII?
08:07I don't know.
08:11Doomsday dominated in an era of some of the greatest teams
08:14in NFL history, including their nemesis.
08:17The Steelers of those years were more physical than they were.
08:21Those Steelers' teams beat them up more.
08:23Joe Green broke through.
08:25Tenille, Staubach, and caused a fumble.
08:27The Dallas Cowboys, who the Steelers beat two of those Super Bowls,
08:30I feel are one of the greatest teams of all time,
08:33but ain't nobody ever going to know that
08:35because they didn't win as much as they would have.
08:37How did the Steelers shoot?
08:39Thirteen, captured by the Pittsburgh Steelers.
08:42Every time they played, and usually when they did,
08:44it was in the Super Bowl, the Steelers beat them.
08:46Hence, the Steelers have more guys in the Hall of Fame,
08:49and I don't see how you can argue with that.
08:52The number eight defense of all time,
08:55the 2002 Tampa Bay Bucs.
09:00Number eight, you've got to be crazy.
09:03You look at all the Pro Bowl players that were on that unit,
09:05you look at the fact that Tony Dungy is a future Hall of Famer,
09:09boy, that's got to be in the top five of all time.
09:13Our number eight defense finished in the top ten
09:15and fewest points allowed for an entire decade.
09:18I will tell how many Hall of Famers they had.
09:22Touchdown, Tampa Bay!
09:23We won a span of six full seasons, giving up 16.02 points,
09:28and I'll put that up against any defense.
09:29Hyper-aggressive.
09:31Let's get medieval!
09:32They did that in the modern era NFL.
09:37Forcing turnovers.
09:38How he's sacked the world's sacked!
09:40Changing the outcome of games.
09:42Out of the way! Derek, you can walk from there!
09:45But to try to include them in the company of some of the other
09:48all-time great defenses may be a little too high.
09:53You talk about Doomsday, you talk about the Steel Curtain,
09:56that defense is right there.
09:57See, all we needed was a cute name,
09:59and then we just jump up automatically.
10:01I don't know why the Bucs didn't have a nickname.
10:03You could have called them the Swashbucklers.
10:07I don't think they would have been too appreciative of that.
10:09Come on, man.
10:10Pewter Pirates.
10:11Get out of here.
10:12You're about as dumb as a box of rocks.
10:16It was an offensive-minded coach
10:18who led our number-eight defense to a championship.
10:21John Gruden came in and challenged us to do things even better.
10:25Hey, I'm not going to be a real patient guy now.
10:28Hey, what the f*** are you doing?
10:30I really believe that that 2002 defense
10:32was as good as there ever was.
10:35That year, our nine returns for touchdowns,
10:37I think that puts us in an elite class
10:39that's beyond any defense before or so afterwards.
10:43Touchdown, Warren Sapp.
10:45Touchdown, Derrick Brooks.
10:46Four games to the road.
10:47The Bucs have scored a defensive touchdown.
10:50Then everybody said,
10:51they'll go down as one of the best,
10:53if not the best, if they can just win a Super Bowl.
10:55Well, we went and won a Super Bowl,
10:56and in our minds, I think that validates us
10:58as one of the greats.
10:59It's the greatest opportunity you can have in this game,
11:01and we're going to conquer it.
11:03I remember specifically when they won that game,
11:04their desire, Warren Sapp, Derrick Brooks, Simeon Rice,
11:08all those guys said,
11:08now you have to put us with the greatest defenses of all time.
11:11We scored enough points in the Super Bowl
11:12to win it ourselves in the defense without one point.
11:17Derrick Brooks, that's all right.
11:18Boom, boom, boom.
11:20Bam.
11:21I guess.
11:25But because John Gruden knew the Raiders so well,
11:28he was the 12th guy on defense.
11:30The reason why it was so dominating
11:32was the Gruden knowledge.
11:34John's knowledge was great.
11:35I think in some circles,
11:36a little overblown as to his impact on that game.
11:39Like every play they've won,
11:41we ran in practice.
11:42I know.
11:42It's unreal.
11:43But that's not the only team they did that to.
11:46The Buccaneers got to that Super Bowl
11:48by destroying other offenses,
11:50so we shouldn't diminish their achievement
11:52because Gruden had an edge on the Raiders.
11:54It's still a great defense in the top 10,
11:57but not any higher than maybe 10.
11:59Sure.
12:00We'll let them in the top 10,
12:01but on the outer edge.
12:02On the outer edge.
12:03Top 10 sounds good to me.
12:05I think a defense probably has to be intimidating.
12:10That would be number one for me.
12:12The fear factor.
12:14The Rams.
12:15Defense of all time.
12:17The 2,000 Baltimore Ravens.
12:18I guess this is a joke.
12:19Wow.
12:202,000 Ravens defense.
12:21Suffocating defense.
12:23Tenacious.
12:24Unrelenting.
12:25One of the all-time great defenses
12:28in NFL history, period.
12:31You had to bring extra Advil.
12:35You had to bring extra padding.
12:39They had two mammoth defensive tackles,
12:41Sam Adams and Tony Saraguzzi in the middle.
12:44And, of course, Ray Lewis in the middle.
12:46Get in here.
12:46We got to go fast now.
12:48We were always...
12:49...off.
12:50We got each other.
12:51We don't need nobody here.
12:53If I got your back, you got my back.
12:55If I go to war, we go to war together.
12:57They had a lot of physical guys
12:59who like knocking people's heads off
13:00for the sake of doing it.
13:02Rod Woodson took all that
13:03and put it into a format.
13:05He showed those guys how to win.
13:08Yes, he did.
13:10The 2,000 Ravens are the best...
13:12probably the best run defense of all time.
13:16They set the NFL record for the fewest points
13:19and the fewest rushing yards allowed
13:20in a 16-game season.
13:24They're not going to be able to run.
13:25So, I mean, we just scratched that out.
13:27They did not score nothing.
13:28They can't even move the ball.
13:30We had four or five shutouts.
13:32We broke the scoring record.
13:33It was that magical year on the defensive side.
13:35There was a stretch of five games
13:37where they didn't score a touchdown.
13:39We're going to take a fucking knee every snap.
13:41And they won two of the games.
13:43How does that happen?
13:45Like all great defenses,
13:46they were even better in the postseason.
13:49At its peak in the playoffs,
13:50that was a tremendously scary defense.
13:53In four playoff games,
13:56our number seven defense allowed just 23 points
13:59and one touchdown.
14:01He took it away from Eddie George.
14:04And Ray Lewis,
14:05the defensive player of the year in the NFL,
14:07sealed the deal for the Ravens.
14:09Anytime you see Tony Saragusa
14:11falling on another man,
14:13you have to hide your eyes.
14:16Saragusa's 340 pounds.
14:18He drove right into his midsection.
14:20He got all of them.
14:21It was not a pretty sight.
14:22You felt sorry for Rich Gannon
14:23and you knew they were done.
14:25In the Super Bowl,
14:26Baltimore's defense destroyed the Giants.
14:29Led by MVP Ray Lewis,
14:31they allowed no touchdowns,
14:33got four sacks,
14:34and five turnovers.
14:36Slide over the middle,
14:37picked out by Dwayne Starks.
14:38He's got a touchdown.
14:39They did something that I think
14:41a lot of great defenses in the NFL
14:42might not be able to do.
14:44They carried Trent Dilfer
14:46to a world championship.
14:48They committed a shutout.
14:51They pitched a shutout in the Super Bowl.
14:53Nobody has done that either.
14:55Absolutely puts them on the list.
14:59The 2,000 Ravens being ranked 7
15:02is way too low.
15:04Number 7.
15:05I'd like to see 1 through 6.
15:07They're not higher
15:08because of the lousy quarterbacks they faced.
15:11Slingin' Spurgeon Wynn,
15:14Ryan Leaf,
15:15Kent Graham,
15:17Doug Peterson,
15:18and Akili Smith.
15:20Not one all-pro
15:22in the entire regular season.
15:257th is good.
15:26Might want to go back
15:27and look at it again,
15:28but being in the top 10,
15:29I think that's good.
15:32I don't care who the quarterbacks they played.
15:37They gave up
15:39eight and a half points a game
15:42defensively,
15:42regular season and playoffs.
15:44That's the second lowest
15:46since the Super Bowl.
15:53The Madison Avenue Giants
15:55Let's pay tribute
15:57to the Giant Defense.
15:58The Madison Avenue Giants
16:01absolutely belong on this list
16:02because they were
16:03the first ones
16:04that really
16:06popularized defense
16:07that made people
16:09aware
16:10that they're
16:11With all due respect,
16:12I don't care what they popularize.
16:14There's no reason
16:15they should be above
16:16the 2,000 Ravens.
16:18There was a defense.
16:19From 1956 to 1963,
16:22our number six defense
16:23carried the Giants
16:24to six NFL championship games.
16:26Volstered defensively
16:27by 11 men
16:28resembling Sherman Tanks,
16:30the New York Giants
16:31win professional football
16:33biggest prize.
16:34Everybody looked at
16:34the offensive players,
16:36you know,
16:36the Frank Giffords of the world,
16:38the Paul Hornings of the world.
16:39You know,
16:40they were kind of like
16:40the Golden Boys.
16:42Sam Huff and that Giant defense
16:43made it sexy,
16:44made it glamorous now
16:45to play defense
16:47in the NFL.
16:48Huff feels it on the bounce
16:49and runs five yards
16:50to a touchdown.
16:55Sam Huff,
16:56New York's great linebacker,
16:57has won more publicity
16:58for the pro game's
16:59defensive maneuvers
17:00than any other single player.
17:02It was a huge thing,
17:03not just for the Giants,
17:04but for all of pro football,
17:05when Sam Huff,
17:07a defensive player,
17:08was on the cover
17:09of Time magazine.
17:10Then they had this television show,
17:13The Violent World of Sam Huff,
17:14which really opened up
17:16the idea of defense
17:17in the NFL to the country.
17:19The man whose job
17:20is not to score,
17:21but to stop the score,
17:23is now Sunday's final.
17:24I always feel real good
17:27whenever...
17:30Our number six defense
17:32had three Hall of Famers.
17:33Sam Huff,
17:34Huff helps the pass
17:35and goes 36 yards to score.
17:38Defensive end Andy Robusteli,
17:40I saw those Giants play many times.
17:42They did have a great defensive team
17:43with Andy Robusteli,
17:45a magnificent defensive end.
17:47And cornerback Emlyn Tunnell.
17:49Thomason now tries the air.
17:51The pass is picked off by Tunnell.
17:53They also had a Hall of Fame strategist
17:55whose tactics are still in use.
17:58Tom Landry, defense coach,
17:59dreams about a shutout.
18:02If we were going to be successful,
18:03we had to have the ability
18:05to stop the Cleveland Browns.
18:08They were the best team
18:09that I'd ever seen.
18:10So I decided to develop
18:13the 4-3 defense.
18:14And it became the hallmark
18:16of defense in the 50s.
18:18An unbelievable defense
18:19has held Brown to minus yardage.
18:21Mo checks him here
18:22and Tunnell nabs him.
18:23Huff intercepts Plum
18:25on a spectacular catch
18:26and a 10-0 defensive epic
18:29puts the Giants
18:30in the title game with the Colts.
18:33Despite six appearances,
18:35our number six defense
18:36only won one championship
18:38in 1956.
18:41Yeah.
18:42United skips to a main chase.
18:44It's the world champion.
18:48Started in Yankee Stadium
18:50during that period
18:51with the Giants.
18:53Defense, defense.
18:54And to this day,
18:55when you ask people
18:56how do you pronounce that word,
18:58people say defense,
18:59don't they?
19:00It's not the way it's pronounced.
19:01It's defense.
19:02It should be.
19:03Once more,
19:04keep your eye
19:04on the Giant defense.
19:06The Giant defense
19:07and those fans
19:08at Yankee Stadium
19:08changed a word
19:09of the English language forever.
19:11The Giant defense
19:12can be an offense, too.
19:14The number five defense
19:15defense of all time.
19:16The 2013 Seattle Seahawks.
19:19Defense wins championships.
19:21No, no win.
19:22Seattle Seahawks
19:23proved that that was the case.
19:25In 2013,
19:27Seattle's defense
19:28led the NFL
19:29in interceptions
19:29and points against
19:31while allowing
19:32the fewest yards.
19:33He's hitting the ball
19:34good now.
19:35He's not going to see
19:36the Stifel in a touchdown.
19:38Seahawks!
19:42Our number five defense
19:44was led by a secondary
19:45known as
19:46the Legion of Boom
19:47or L.O.B.
19:54I thought this was a matchup.
19:56Mismatch.
19:57As Richard Sherman
19:58said one time,
19:59it's like you throw
20:00the ball against us,
20:01it's like throwing meat
20:02to wolves.
20:02Blood in the water.
20:04It's blood in the water.
20:05Time to hunt.
20:05The face
20:06and voice
20:07of the Legion of Boom
20:08belonged to
20:09Richard Sherman.
20:10I'm the best.
20:11Go home.
20:12This is my house.
20:14Tell him again.
20:14Tell him again.
20:16But I'm the best
20:17corner in the game.
20:18When you find me
20:19with a star in the game
20:19like Crancy,
20:20that's the result
20:21you're going to get.
20:24Other teams
20:25may have had better stats
20:26and maybe more
20:26Hall of Fame caliber players,
20:28but as far as
20:29the Super Bowl,
20:30no defense of all time
20:31did what they did.
20:32this Seahawks defense
20:33did to that Bronco team
20:34on Sunday.
20:35In Super Bowl XLVIII,
20:37Seattle held
20:37Peyton Manning
20:38and the NFL's
20:39highest scoring
20:40offense of all time
20:41to just eight points.
20:44It's roots.
20:45Holy cow!
20:48Touchdown, Seahawks!
20:50I ain't never seen
20:51a quarterback
20:51who can deal with L.O.B.
20:52You better alert the Legion!
20:54They took the number one
20:55offense of all time
20:56and destroyed them,
20:57made them look stupid.
20:58They may as well
20:59have not even shown up
21:00to that game.
21:01That's how irrelevant
21:01they were.
21:02You're Seahawks,
21:04Super Bowl XLVIII champions!
21:08This wasn't just
21:09the top defense.
21:10I think it was one
21:11of the best defenses
21:12of all time.
21:13We've got them!
21:14L.O.B!
21:16As biased as we might be
21:17in Seattle,
21:18historically speaking,
21:19I would think Seattle
21:20should be no worse
21:21than number three.
21:22Put that frickin' trophy
21:22up again!
21:23What?
21:25You know,
21:25you're only giving up
21:26175 yards a game
21:28through the air
21:28in an era
21:29where quarterbacks
21:30are throwing
21:30for over 5,000 yards
21:32in a season
21:33where you look
21:34at some of the teams
21:34ahead of them,
21:35they could be as physical
21:36as they wanted to be
21:37with those receivers.
21:38This team isn't allowed
21:39to do that
21:39and still they're able
21:40to play the way
21:41they play.
21:42L.O.B!
21:43I'm done!
21:45The number four defense
21:46of all time,
21:47the Redwood Forest,
21:49the 1969 Kansas City Chiefs.
21:52The 69 Chiefs team
21:53will be defined
21:55more by Len Dawson
21:57and Hank Stram
21:58than they would be
21:59by defense.
22:00Hank Stram,
22:00the coach of the
22:01Kansas City Chiefs,
22:03stands apart
22:03as an original thinker.
22:05Hank Stram,
22:06as much as he prided himself
22:08on offensive play calling,
22:1065 toss by our trap,
22:12had a defense
22:13that really carried
22:14that football team.
22:15No!
22:16What?
22:17My God,
22:18can you believe that?
22:22They have six
22:23Hall of Famers,
22:24two at every,
22:24two at every
22:27position group.
22:28Curly Cope,
22:29Buck Buchanan,
22:30Willie Lanier,
22:31Bobby Bell,
22:33Emmitt Thomas,
22:34Johnny Robinson.
22:35Six.
22:37Our number four defense
22:38is the only team
22:39of the Super Bowl era
22:40to finish first
22:41in all four
22:42major defensive categories.
22:44Fewest total yards,
22:45rushing yards,
22:47passing yards,
22:48as well as
22:49few was points allowed.
22:50The fourth interception
22:52of the Chiefs.
22:52Great defense.
22:53The Chiefs
22:54in the late 60s.
22:55That is one of the
22:56great defensive
22:56football teams
22:57of all time.
22:58You start looking
22:58at the front four.
23:00You had Jerry Mays
23:01you'd start a football team
23:02with, he was that good.
23:03Buck Buchanan
23:03in the Pro Football
23:04Hall of Fame.
23:05Curly Culp defined
23:06the position
23:07of nose guard.
23:08We don't give them
23:09anything, man.
23:10We keep scoring
23:10that pressure around,
23:11putting the call
23:11in the fire.
23:12The linebackers,
23:13two of the three,
23:13Willie Lanier
23:14and Bobby Bell,
23:15they're in
23:15Pro Football Hall of Fame.
23:16Bobby Bell
23:17with a touchdown.
23:18Willie Lanier
23:19was a,
23:21whatever they said,
23:22Redwood,
23:23Oak Tree,
23:24whatever,
23:24he was a stud.
23:26He looked like
23:27a Coca-Cola machine
23:28with a helmet on.
23:30He was unbelievable.
23:32We've changed him
23:32into this a hundred times.
23:34And the defensive
23:34secondary,
23:35we had Jimmy Marcellus
23:36who invented
23:37the bump and rock.
23:38We had Emmett Thomas
23:38who was in the
23:39Hall of Fame.
23:40The center's up
23:40for 20 by Emmett Thomas.
23:42Where was the weakness
23:43on defense?
23:43We didn't have one.
23:46The front line,
23:47the linebackers,
23:49the secondary.
23:50So what are you missing?
23:51You're missing nothing.
23:53Oh,
23:54and then they gave up
23:55a combined
23:5620 points
23:57in the playoffs.
23:58Two touchdowns
23:59in three games.
23:59That's it.
24:01Well,
24:02well-deserved
24:02top five.
24:04In the 1969 playoffs,
24:07the defending
24:07Super Bowl champion
24:08Jets
24:09couldn't score
24:10a touchdown
24:10against our
24:11number four defense.
24:12We felt
24:13that no one
24:14could beat us
24:14anymore
24:15because of the
24:16type of defense
24:17that we had.
24:18In the AFL
24:19championship game,
24:20the Chiefs
24:20held the Raiders,
24:21the league's
24:22highest scoring team,
24:23to seven points.
24:25Unbelievable.
24:26Relentless.
24:27You saw one,
24:27you saw two,
24:28you saw three.
24:29They were gang
24:30tacklers,
24:31they chased the ball
24:32down all over the field.
24:34Back to throw,
24:34Monica,
24:35he is back.
24:36Did he get free
24:37by Aaron Brown?
24:47A team that
24:48couldn't win
24:48its own division
24:49during regular season.
24:5113 points on the dog.
24:52Hey,
24:53wait a minute.
24:54I have to say,
24:54you guys shouldn't
24:55be on the same field.
24:56We said in the
24:57locker room,
24:58we've got the best
24:58team here.
24:59In Super Bowl
25:00four,
25:00our number four defense
25:02forced five turnovers
25:03against the NFL's
25:05highest scoring offense.
25:06They're beating
25:07the best that the NFL
25:08has to offer out here today.
25:10The defense continues
25:11to play brilliantly.
25:13Taking a look
25:13at the playoff games
25:14in 1969
25:15on our way
25:16to the Super Bowl.
25:17In those three games,
25:18our defense gave up
25:19a total of 20 points.
25:21Is that good?
25:22Yeah,
25:22that's damn good.
25:23Yes sir, boys!
25:26Woo!
25:29If you think
25:30I would live
25:30this favors defense.
25:32They shut down
25:33the top three offenses
25:34in the AFL
25:36or NFL
25:36besides them.
25:38...fences with nicknames.
25:40Take a look.
25:40NFL history!
25:42In both seasons,
25:43they gave up
25:43the fewest points
25:44in the NFL.
25:45They were undefeated.
25:46So how did they
25:47not make this list?
25:48What the hell
25:49are you doing?
25:49The no-name defense
25:50was dominant.
25:52To have them
25:53left off that list
25:54is a great travesty.
25:56All I can say
25:57is you got a bunch
25:58of dumb
25:59putting your list together.
26:01Easy now!
26:02The defense
26:03that did make
26:04our list
26:04didn't even need
26:05a nickname.
26:06Defense of all time,
26:08Lombardi Packers.
26:11They were good.
26:14They were good
26:15everywhere.
26:15It is the defense
26:16which gives
26:17Green Bay
26:18its personality
26:19as a team.
26:20They had a couple
26:20of defensive linemen
26:21that were in the
26:22Hall of Fame.
26:22They had linebackers
26:23in the Hall of Fame,
26:24defensive backs
26:25in the Hall of Fame.
26:25You look at
26:26Willie Davis.
26:28It was he
26:28who struck
26:29the deadly blows
26:30which placed victory
26:32far beyond
26:33Minnesota's reach.
26:35Jordan's in
26:35the Hall of Fame.
26:36Henry Jordan,
26:38a crafty
26:38defensive tackle.
26:40Jordan is one
26:40of the most
26:41proficient pass rushers
26:42in the NFL.
26:43You had all
26:44pro Herb Adderley.
26:45Speed, savvy
26:47and a killer instinct
26:48make Herb Adderley
26:49one of the most
26:50feared deep backs
26:51in the game.
26:52You look at
26:52Willie Wood.
26:54Six years ago,
26:55Willie Wood
26:55joined the Green Bay
26:56Packers as a free agent.
27:00Today, he's an
27:01all pro.
27:02But at the end
27:02of the day,
27:03you had to stop
27:04and take a look
27:05at Ray Nitschke.
27:06But if there is
27:07a player other
27:07teams love to hate,
27:09it's Ray Nitschke
27:11number 66,
27:12Green Bay's
27:13all pro
27:13middle linebacker.
27:16Besides their
27:17five Hall of Famers,
27:19the Packers
27:19of the 60s
27:20also had
27:21pro bowlers
27:22Dave Robinson
27:22and Leroy Caffey
27:24who helped them
27:25earn five championships
27:26in seven years.
27:28The Green Bay Packers
27:30win the first
27:31Super Bowl game.
27:34Pursuit is a man's
27:35responsibility.
27:38Pursuit is dedication.
27:41Pursuit is persistence.
27:44And when you get there,
27:46you get there
27:46on an angry move.
27:47And on the rare
27:48occasions when they
27:50didn't,
27:50their head coach,
27:51Vince Lombardi,
27:52was the one
27:53in the bad move.
27:55Now let's get that
27:56defense up on the
27:57bit a little bit here.
27:58It was like a
27:59drill sergeant
28:00in the Marines.
28:00Why don't we miss
28:01Packers?
28:02I call him a
28:03little tyrant.
28:04I want to tighten up
28:05out there,
28:05Green.
28:06Because that's what
28:07he was.
28:07Grab, grab, grab.
28:08Somebody's got him.
28:09Incredible defensive
28:10team on a pass
28:11defense team.
28:12I mean,
28:13they would routinely
28:14lead the league in
28:15fewest pass yards
28:16allowed.
28:18In 1967,
28:19the Packers
28:20allowed an amazing
28:214.88 yards
28:22per pass.
28:23What?
28:24And it was their
28:24secondary that took
28:25charge in their
28:26first Super Bowl.
28:29They were a veteran
28:30unit when we played
28:31them in Super Bowl
28:32I.
28:32I threw an interception
28:33in the second half
28:34and that just
28:35completely turned
28:35things around
28:36because they had
28:36up scoring.
28:40We didn't have to
28:41play catch-up
28:41football.
28:42It was really
28:43tough.
28:44And Willie Wood
28:45intercepts and goes
28:4651 yards.
28:48A Herb Adderley
28:49interception sealed
28:50the Packers'
28:51second straight
28:52Super Bowl victory.
28:53He was laying
28:54back waiting for
28:55that one.
29:00The early 60s
29:01was not the Packers
29:02of the Detroit Lions.
29:03A fierce,
29:04violent defense
29:05has been a Detroit
29:07legacy for decades.
29:09The Detroit Lions
29:10with Alex Karras,
29:13Darius McCord,
29:14and Roger Brown.
29:17Joe Smith,
29:18Dick LeBeau,
29:19the great coach
29:20now,
29:20was a great
29:20cornerback.
29:21Detroit Lions
29:22were just
29:23brutal play against.
29:25But they had
29:25no offensive team
29:27and they were
29:27Detroit,
29:28right?
29:28Which is,
29:29Detroit is always
29:30proclaimed.
29:30Then and today.
29:31A defense like
29:32the Lions
29:33gets overshadowed
29:34because they
29:35didn't win
29:35championships.
29:39All right,
29:40let's work out
29:41there.
29:41Let's work out
29:41there now.
29:43Our number
29:44three defense
29:45is quite deserving
29:46of its ranking.
29:47Not just because
29:49of the many
29:49championships they
29:51won,
29:51but because of
29:52the way they
29:53won.
29:54they played
29:55the game
29:55hard and
29:56they played
29:57the game
29:57hurt the
29:58way a legendary
29:59defense should,
30:00the way their
30:01legendary head
30:02coach demanded.
30:06Lake Michigan is
30:07frozen solid.
30:08We've got
30:08lizards on the
30:09way.
30:10Well,
30:10how about we
30:10inflict a little
30:11pain on people
30:12who come here
30:12to visit?
30:13Butkus is so
30:14tough that people
30:15name their
30:15Bulldogs
30:15after.
30:16The 84 Bears
30:18logged 72 sacks,
30:19the NFL record.
30:22In 86,
30:24Chicago allowed
30:25the fewest
30:25points ever
30:26in a 16-week
30:27season until
30:28the 2000
30:29Ravens came
30:29along.
30:30They beat us
30:31about 46 to
30:32nothing.
30:33We had one of
30:34the top offenses
30:35in all of
30:35football and
30:36they humiliated
30:38us.
30:38But only one
30:39of the great
30:40Windy City
30:41defenses made
30:42our top 10
30:43list.
30:44Woof, woof,
30:44woof, woof.
30:45The number
30:46two defense
30:47of all time,
30:49the 1985 Bears.
30:51Mike, man,
30:52I'm going to
30:52kill him.
30:53Woof, woof,
30:54I'm going to
30:54get there first.
30:55Dan was saying,
30:56no, I'm
30:56getting there
30:56first.
30:57And I'm
30:57looking at
30:58these guys
30:58and I'm
30:59saying,
30:59wait, wait,
31:00the guy is
31:00bleeding.
31:01You don't
31:01have to
31:02kill the
31:02guy.
31:03We don't
31:04care.
31:05We're
31:05going to
31:06get him.
31:07That's
31:07what we
31:08do.
31:10The fear
31:11of God
31:11into every
31:12team that
31:13they played
31:13in.
31:14I think
31:14they
31:14won at
31:15least seven
31:16or eight
31:16games during
31:17the warmers.
31:20They might
31:21as well
31:21just brought
31:22in Romans
31:23and had
31:23lions there
31:24to eat
31:24these people
31:25because it
31:25was over.
31:26You could
31:26see absolute
31:27fear in the
31:28quarterback,
31:29and rightly
31:29so.
31:32We're trying
31:33to lose the
31:33horses now.
31:34We better get
31:35another quarterback
31:36in there.
31:36We're coming.
31:37We remind you
31:38of one of
31:38those Jacques
31:39Cousteau
31:40shows.
31:40He thought
31:41a chum
31:41would let
31:41the sharks
31:42go into
31:42a feeding
31:43frenzy.
31:43That's what
31:44it was like
31:44because it
31:45was like
31:45one one
31:45hit you
31:46and then
31:46another one
31:46hit you.
31:47As that
31:47season went
31:48on, it
31:48became
31:49relentless.
31:50It was
31:50everybody
31:50did it.
31:51It was
31:51Mingo, it
31:52was Richard,
31:52it was
31:53Marshall.
31:53I can
31:54still see
31:55the lick
31:55he put
31:55on Joe
31:56Furrier
31:56from Detroit.
31:57I never
31:57seen him
31:58like it.
31:58I thought
31:58he killed
31:58him.
32:03Yeah, he
32:04knocked
32:04him out.
32:06Chicago's
32:07defense not
32:07only hit
32:08hard, it
32:09studied
32:09hard under
32:10defensive
32:10coordinator
32:11Buddy Ryan.
32:14Buddy Ryan
32:15invented the
32:1646 defense,
32:17a bold
32:17system which
32:18unleashed
32:19overwhelming
32:20numbers against
32:21quickly overrun
32:22blockers.
32:26nobody could
32:27figure it
32:28out.
32:28It was
32:29just coming
32:29from everywhere
32:30and breathing
32:31down your
32:32neck.
32:32They were
32:33ruthless.
32:35The 46
32:35worked because
32:36of Hall of
32:37Famer Dan
32:38Hampton,
32:39athletic
32:40350-pound
32:41rookie defensive
32:42tackle William
32:43the Refrigerator
32:45Perry,
32:45cat-quick
32:46pass rusher
32:47Richard Dent,
32:48and tough-as-nails
32:50safety Gary
32:51Fencek.
32:52But the
32:53real key to
32:54the 46
32:55were the
32:56linebackers.
32:58Otis
32:58Wilson was
32:59strong and
32:59incredibly
33:00athletic,
33:00a very,
33:01very good
33:01basketball
33:02player.
33:03Wilbur
33:03Marshall,
33:03it's like a
33:04bullet coming
33:05at you,
33:05and he was
33:06ferocious and
33:07strong enough
33:07to take on
33:08anything that
33:09they would
33:09throw at him
33:09on the line
33:10of scrimmage.
33:10And then,
33:11of course,
33:12Singletary
33:12shut down
33:13any run
33:14attempt.
33:15Mike
33:16Singletary,
33:17I mean,
33:17it was clear,
33:18we were watching
33:18a Hall of
33:19Famer.
33:19This is a
33:19Hall of Famer
33:21building his
33:21career,
33:22and it was
33:23magnificent.
33:24I like this
33:24kind of
33:24party!
33:28Be smart,
33:29let's go down,
33:30let's pin him in,
33:30let's go to work.
33:32You know,
33:32a lot of people
33:33think Chicago's the
33:34best team of all
33:34time because of the
33:35way that he's.
33:39In two
33:39bitter-cold
33:40playoff games
33:41at home,
33:42back-to-back
33:43shutouts.
33:44Third down,
33:4411 yards to go
33:45for Dieter,
33:46Brock,
33:46and company.
33:47Brock back to
33:47pass,
33:48the rush on
33:48to the
33:48ball.
33:49He got the
33:52ball.
33:53Picked up by
33:53Wilbur Marshall.
33:54Marshall running
33:55across the
33:55score.
33:56Go!
33:56Go!
33:56That's winning.
33:57That's winning.
33:59They shut out
34:00the Giants in
34:01the playoffs.
34:01They shut out
34:02the Rams in
34:02the playoffs.
34:03They annihilated
34:04the Patriots in
34:05the Super Bowl.
34:05Tony Eason
34:07was looking for
34:07places to hide
34:08under the carpet
34:09there in New
34:09Orleans.
34:10Then they battered
34:11Steve Brogan
34:12and won the
34:12game by
34:13halftime.
34:2585 Bears?
34:26That's the best
34:27defense.
34:28I'd put them
34:28number one on
34:29any list.
34:3085 Bears
34:31defense should
34:32have been
34:33number one.
34:33I mean,
34:34just phenomenal.
34:35team.
34:36Oh, my goodness.
34:37The reason
34:38they're not
34:38over the
34:39steel curtain
34:40is their only
34:41loss of that
34:4285 season,
34:43a defeat that
34:44spelled the
34:45beginning of the
34:46end for the
34:4746.
34:48They got beat
34:48by a team from
34:49Miami, I think.
34:52Dan Marino
34:53exposed him
34:54when he threw
34:54the short passes,
34:55quick releases,
34:56getting rid of the
34:57ball.
34:58Then it kind of
34:58broke up.
34:59That one year
34:59just went away,
35:01you know.
35:02Buddy Ryan went
35:03away the next
35:04year, followed
35:06by Wilson and
35:07Marshall, but the
35:08memories of that
35:0985 defense will
35:11always remain.
35:13You have your
35:14benchmark, and
35:15that's the 85
35:16Bears for me.
35:17I mean, when you
35:17talk a benchmark
35:18defense, you got to
35:19start there.
35:20I'll tell you
35:21what, this defense
35:21has been incredible.
35:23They knocked your
35:24socks off just to
35:24watch it.
35:25No matter how
35:26good the defenses
35:26are now, the
35:27Ravens, everybody,
35:28they're compared to
35:29the 85 Bears.
35:30What are they,
35:31unblockable?
35:32Is that the 85
35:33Bears over there?
35:34They were a
35:34perfect defense,
35:35had a perfect
35:36time in a
35:36perfect city, and
35:37I mean, that's
35:38why they're
35:39remembered so
35:39fondly, I
35:40think.
35:40And now, the
35:42number one
35:42defense of all
35:43time, the
35:45Steel Curtain.
35:49The Steeler
35:50defense was the
35:51best defense I
35:52ever saw.
35:52Clearly the
35:53best defense.
35:53If anybody
35:54thinks otherwise,
35:54they're wrong.
35:55Number one
35:55defense of all
35:56time, the
35:56Steelers of the
35:5770s, how
35:57can you argue
35:58it?
35:58Number one!
35:59Number one!
36:01The Steel Curtain
36:02won four Super
36:03Bowls and had
36:04four Hall of
36:05Famers.
36:05It's hard to
36:06make an argument
36:07against them
36:07topping our
36:08list.
36:09Chuck Knoll's
36:09Steel Curtain was
36:10the greatest
36:11defense in
36:11history, because
36:12back then, they
36:13had to beat the
36:13Raiders, great
36:14teams, had to
36:15beat the Cowboys,
36:16great teams, the
36:18Dolphins, the
36:18competition that
36:19Steel Curtain went
36:20up against year
36:22in and year out
36:22was unprecedented.
36:28No defense
36:30frightened opponents
36:31the way this one
36:31did.
36:32I mean, I think
36:32opponents were
36:33worried to the
36:34point of losing
36:35sleep the night
36:36before facing the
36:37Steelers team.
36:37Hear that ball
36:38loose and get
36:39after their
36:39off!
36:40They certainly
36:40weren't rolling
36:41out the West
36:41Coast offense
36:42with Joe
36:43Montana's
36:43Golden Locks.
36:44They were
36:44bruising you
36:45and beating
36:45you.
36:45I'm going to
36:46hit it hard!
36:47Everybody on
36:47that team,
36:48whether it was
36:48the secondary
36:49or the
36:50linemen, were
36:50just ferocious.
36:52The line, the
36:52linebackers, the
36:53secondary all the
36:54way through, nasty.
36:56I mean, Joe
36:56Green before he
36:57did the Coke
36:57ad.
36:58They had other
36:58great defensive
36:59linemen too, like
37:00L.C.
37:00Greenwood.
37:01Someday, L.C.
37:02Greenwood will
37:03be in a Hall of
37:04Fame too.
37:04There's a safety.
37:05L.C.
37:06Greenwood is
37:07sacking.
37:07You had Jack
37:08Hamm, the best
37:08outside linebacker
37:09ever.
37:10Jack Hamm
37:11shot him down.
37:12You had Jack
37:12Lambert, who was
37:13just dirty, vicious,
37:14filthy in the
37:15middle.
37:15Do you ever have
37:17a better poster
37:18for an intimidating
37:19defense than a
37:20man coming at you
37:20with no front
37:21teeth?
37:22Cool your ass
37:23off.
37:25Mel Blunt came
37:26up with the
37:26interception.
37:27Mel Blunt's the
37:28best cornerback
37:28ever.
37:29Receivers would
37:30go, they would
37:31start crying if
37:32they had to go
37:33against Mel
37:34Blunt.
37:35Mel Blunt, I
37:36believe, killed a
37:36wide receiver.
37:37during an
37:37exhibition game
37:38and the NFL
37:39hushed it up.
37:39That's how
37:40tough he played.
37:41One of the
37:41things that I
37:42always wanted to
37:43do was let
37:44peep my
37:44territory.
37:45If you come
37:45in here, you're
37:46going to have
37:46to pay.
37:48Pittsburgh won
37:49Super Bowls both
37:50before and after
37:52the rules changes
37:52in 1978.
37:54But it was
37:5519...
37:55They changed
37:56the rules to
37:56stop them,
37:58the Mel Blunt
37:59rule, in
38:00back right
38:01after.
38:02They got
38:02better after
38:03the Mel Blunt
38:04rule.
38:051976, a year
38:06they didn't win
38:07a championship
38:08when the
38:09curtain came
38:10down the
38:10hardest.
38:11What was
38:11their best
38:12year?
38:12I would say
38:131976.
38:141976.
38:16Look it up.
38:16They started
38:17out 1-4 because
38:18Bradshaw was hurt
38:19and all he did
38:20was run the
38:21ball and play
38:21great defense
38:22and they won
38:23nine in a row.
38:24The playoffs
38:24were nine games
38:26away.
38:27Pittsburgh vowed
38:28to win them all.
38:29The defensive
38:30players said,
38:31hey look, if we're
38:32going to get back
38:32to the Super
38:33Bowl, if we're
38:33going to salvage
38:34this season,
38:35we're going to
38:35have to do it
38:36and we can't
38:37allow a point
38:38and they darn
38:38near did it.
38:39The defense is
38:40closing in on
38:41its fifth shutout
38:42in nine games
38:43all week.
38:44You look at the
38:45scores of the
38:451976 Steelers,
38:46the opponents
38:47point totals,
38:480-0-0-0-0-0.
38:50It was astonishing
38:51the level at which
38:52that defense played
38:53I think is unmatched
38:54in Steeler history
38:55and maybe unmatched
38:56in all of football.
39:00There are three
39:01reasons why the
39:02Steel Curtain is
39:03above the 85 Bears.
39:05They had three
39:06more Super Bowl
39:07rings, two more
39:08Hall of Famers,
39:09and they were
39:10the preeminent
39:12defense in the
39:12NFL over a longer
39:14period of time.
39:15Exactly.
39:16The Steel Curtain
39:17wasn't just, okay,
39:18the planets lined
39:19up for us one time.
39:20It was several
39:22years of consistent
39:23domination.
39:24I would have
39:24loved to have
39:25seen that defense.
39:26The Steelers
39:27against the
39:29Chicago Bears
39:30because these
39:30two defenses
39:31got after people
39:33and they were
39:33dominant.
39:34I think he had
39:35a 0-0 time
39:36in the 12 overtimes.
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