How DOMINANT Were The Legion of BOOM?
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- How DOMINANT Were The Legion of BOOM
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Sidenote: 1984 Seahawks hold record for 4 pick 6s in one game. Plus all were 50+ yards.
Siddnote: In the Superbowl era, Most takeaways in a season, 63 Seattle Seahawks: 1984. The original boom!
The 1978 49ers hold the most turnovers by an Offense at 63 too.
Long live Dave Brown and Kenny Easley.
@@TheZXKUQYB I watched the game ! Dave Brown should be in the hall due to that game alone !
Kam with the heart and soul of that defense. Best in the game
That Super Bowl against the Broncos that had the greatest offense of all time, had to be the biggest beat down I've ever seen!
You forgot 2009 Broncos traded their 2010 1st round pick for Seattle 2009 2nd round pick. Seattle used that 1st to get Earl Thomas. Denver drafted Alphonso Smith.
Does history repeat w the Broncos giving the Seahawks another gem on D?
i still believe Kam is a hall of famer. He revolutionized the box safety position
I really thing the HoF should honor units. E.g Air Coryell, LOB, etc.
They get a different colored jacket
Legit. Kams the last true enforcer before the league became soft (flags and refs)
He was incredible to watch
Greatest defence of all time, what they did during their era is unmatched.
85 bears had entered the chat
@@thepaperfootballleague2313 wrong
@The Paper Football League those bears teams didn't lead the NFL in scoring 4 straight years in a row. Si gle season best defense... maybe.. best ever... nope. Seahawks
@@thepaperfootballleague2313 wrong
@@thepaperfootballleague2313 modern offenses are so much better than the offenses of 85 that this shouldn’t even be a question
I’ll never quite understand when people say we don’t draft well, the Seahawk’s are definitely underrated when it comes to their draft picks over the past decade. Solid video!
John and Pete got a little too fancy for a couple of years with picking Dlinemen and turning them into Online. But in general they Draft pretty Well, especially late.
This year was a helluva Draft though
To this day all 49ers fans have PTSD from the l.o.b era 🤣
Vernon Davis definitely sees Kam Chancellor in his nightmares.
it’s the amazing coaching staff and seattles ability to turn low drafted players into absolute elite stars is what made the defense so good
As a die hard niners fan. The legion of boom was the best defense in the NFL of all time
Respect, always appreciate a fan of a rival team showing respect
@@FranciscoHOS it was fun to watch Seattle those years. On Thanksgiving dinner. Niners will embarrass geno . So tune in haha
@@csick11 Haha I expect us to get rolled even though I'm extremely optimistic about the hawks. However, I am interested to see how our run defense stacks up against CMC considering we've been near top 5 statistically for run d this season.
@FranciscoHOS yeah but in all seriousness. The 3 tight end set you guys run with walker is hard to stop. The ball can be thrown to DK or Lockett or even the tight ends can make some plays. It will close game. You guys are maybe 1 or 2 players on defensive side away from building another superbowl run. You guys have a lot of young players that can excel and be more than good enough to win it all. Any given Sunday. It will be a great match up and the game of the year on full stomach for sure
"how in the world the nfl allowed them to form up in the first place" spoiler... LOB was home grown baby don't get it twisted 🫰
Facts 💯
I miss those days so bad this year is going to be crazy our dbs are legit Bobby is going to have everybody in position Jamal is going to go crazy let’s go 💪🏽💯
That's Super Bowl against the Broncos that had the greatest offense of all time, had to be the biggest beat down I've ever seen any football game of my life!
@@-C.S.R facts
I know l!!!! Thats like saying warriors teamed up. When klay, step, draymond were all drafted by them lol
Kam Chancellor is my favorite Seahawk of all time. Oh Western Washington was such a blast when the Legion of Boom was are secondary.
People who are disrespecting this unit probably didn’t look at the stats, or that they were playing a great QB Class. They had to play players like Wes Welker, Calvin Johnson, and an almost picture perfect receiver room on multiple teams.
Some of y’all want to be different, I respect it but also don’t. Not many could score on, let alone beat this Dynasty of a no fly zone.
I don't give a rip what any of you all say against these guys. What other defense do you know that totally shut down one of the arguably best offences, ever, in a SUPERBOWL. Everyone I know, all the pundits, even Seahawks fans, thought Manning and the Broncos would run over us. They didn't! End of story. Made the Broncs look like a high school team.
The 2013-2015 Seahawks Defense is the greatest of all time. Numbers don't lie. And strength of opponent just puts the cherry on top. They dominated future HOF QB's, not a bunch on nobodys.
Agree 100% but I'd also add that 2012 season. They got overlooked a bit that year but the stats line up pretty well with 2013-2015.
What’s really hilarious is Pete Carroll tried recruiting Payton Manning before he went to Denver. Even surprised him in Denver at the airport. Manning snubbed Pete and the Seahawks. Imagine if Manning was on that Seattle team, with Beast mode in the backfield, LOB on defense. Could have won 4 straight superbowls.
Was a great time as a Seahawks fan. I've always loved characters, and we had some... Sherman talking trash (and backing it up), Beast Mode and his skittles, a missle flying around the field in Thomas... he hit Gronk so hard he perferated his lung, and Bam Bam Cam with his huge hits. Had Bennet take a victory lap on a police bike... Not only were they amazing on the field they were fun on the sidelines.
It was Bam Bam Cam who did that!!!!
My favorite stat of that era was that any team that played the Seahawks would lose their next game after playing them. I believe I heard that started in 2013, not sure how far into 2014 that went.
it went into week 4 of 2015
@@divinecomedy7311 wow! That’s incredible. It was a great era for us Seahawks fans.
The Legion terrorized the NFL for a longbtime and was the most feared defense
don’t forget about Chris Clemons and Brandon Mebane. 💙💚💙💚
Interesting enough Seattle got Cliff Avril, and Micheal Bennett on reduced cost at end of FA in 2013. Chris Clemons needed to be mentioned.
Missed opportunity, or I just missed it's mention, but with Kam's jump for FG block, it was flagged, but he did it again the very next play and got successfully blocked it, which is even more impressive.
Cam Chancellor was the last of the real NFL iron men. He'd be kicked out of the league today.
Turns out that the best way to dismantle the Legion of Boom was a Russell Wilson contract 😢 damn shame
Legion of boom ended When lynch went to the raiders and Sherman to the 9ers.
Chancelor was an absolute BEAST.
Bam Bam
Imagine if we went back to back.. Russ would be solidified as one of the best ever (though he is) then undeniably the greatest defense ever. Just would’ve been the best ending to the best back to back seasons😥
We should’ve let marshawn have the ball
when you have a historical offense that gets DESTROYED by a historical defense, clearly shows defense matters more in football.
If LOB had won back to back SB's there wouldn't be a debate of the greatest defensive unit in NFL history.
The defense gave up 28 points, 4TDs, and 330 yards in that superbowl
@@jrad410 They were decimated by injuries.
@@jrad410injuries plus Tom Brady being in his prime
@@rs7656no, injuries werent the issue. Scheme got exposed.
@@jrad410Well injuries killed them in the second Super Bowl!! When Jeremy Lane went down Brady the whole second half attacked Simon the whole time!!
The 2001 Ravens and the 85 Bears are the only 2 teams that could ever be in the conversation. Of those teams the 2013 Seahawks had the greatest secondary of all time.
It was an honor to be one of "The 12s" during the years of THE BOOM! How ANY player got up after Bam-Kam knocked them down was a testament to their strength.... or stupidity😂😂. Alot of players never got up the same man that went down coz of one of Kam's hits! You could hear bones breaking from the "Cheap Seats"! I love our Seahawks with all my heart and I speak for thousands of us when I say, the years with The Legion of Boom, were some of the best years of our lives (and theirs too)..I mean they WERE the ones playing... even though they were on the field doing all the Heavy Lifting, the 12s go home exhausted too. None of us could talk for at least a week. It was fun at work that next Monday after game day Sunday! You could tell right away the ones who got to GO TO the game and those of us that had to stay home and watch. It didn't really matter, as long as we could watch they're games, we were happy.
This is a great video! Thankyou!
Lol Susan remember the hit on vernon Davis!!! Omg he hit him so hard he was stiff !! Check out on CZcams if u have not seen !!
@@johnjarnac6507 😳 I had to go check it out and YES!! I remember that hit... and Vernon does too I bet! He just got up and staggered around for a sec.. probably trying to remember what the PHUK just happened!😂🤣 "did someone get the plate number from that BULLDOZER that just hit me ?🤪"... Why yes... yes we do. IT WAS NUMBER 31!! Now go lay down but DO NOT FALL ASLEEP.... for the next 30 years. Concussions take awhile to heal!!.. ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S YOUR WHOLE BODY THAT WAS CONCUSSED!! Great memory John!!
GOAT defense, lets be honest. Led every major defensive category 4 years in a row- in the age of offense. There'll never be another like it
Best ever.!! Nobody can name a defense or a secondary that played in an Era that threw the ball 25-50x a game. That’s the era they played in. Bears and Ravens played Ina era to where the ball was thrown maybe 20x per game. But this defense shut down an ALLTIME offense aka the best statistically. Here’s my last tid bit. From 2011-2016 you’ll NEVER find another run like that defensively. Number 1 day 3/4 years Ina row and a drop off was them being in the top 5 🤷🏾♂️
Don't forget Seattle's offense was much better than the 2000s ravens, bucs, and bears. Also for the best run of all time the ravens only aloud what 20 points in the post season?
@@seanfogwell1910 I can respect what ur saying. And ur right Seattle probably has a better offense. Either way doesn’t change the facts of era and the historical offense Seattle played against 🤷🏾♂️..
Baltimore also allowed 12.6 ppg in 2006 were most QBS were passing 420-600 times a season. Which is similar to what we are seeing now with exceptions of the heavy pass oriented teams like TB KC or LAC
@@ravensfan1016 not for 5 years straight. And they wasn’t throwing that much in 05/06. Let’s keep it real.!! I doubt there was 5-10 QBs that passed over 4000. Seattle played against a record breaking offense that broke all records. And the only reason Denver scored was because Maxwell fell… Would’ve been 43-0
I remember that 2013-14 team was scary as fkk. No team in the league wanted to come into seattle and play em. Heck, no team wanted to play em at all!
the Chargers werent scared of them
I don’t know why more teams don’t convert college WRs into CBs
Sherm was THE TRUTH🔥😮💨💯
When they were healthy, the LOB was the greatest defense ever assembled on the gridiron. Unfortunately, injuries derailed what should have been a 7-8 year run of unprecedented dominance.
NFL record.
Seattle actually gave up lowest points on defense for 4 straight years. 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015. They came in 3rd in points in 2016.
I mentioned that at 10:10
Thats such a crazy stat. people don’t understand how hard that is to do!
@NAM Yep I missed it,
LOB 2.0 this season. coming back to this comment after we win superbowl 2024
As a Seahawks fan since 1984..... when that team formed and started playing well..... I just sat back and enjoyed every second of it. I knew what I was watching was special. I even told my son at the time, "Pay attention, enjoy this. We probably wont ever see a team like this again."
And SB49 really wasnt about the late interception, that gets all the headlines, but it was the injuries that doomed that game. Remember that Earl, Sherman, and Kam entered the game hurt. They probably wouldnt have been playing if it was a normal game, but they were hurting. Then Avril went out hurt, the pass rush dropped off. And Lane broke his arm after an interception..... it was too much. It just weakened them enough to allow Brady to crawl back in.
That’s exactly right Bill. In addition to the players you mentioned, Michael Bennett was dominating up front, and then was injured. If even most of that squad was healthy, Brady isn’t scoring 14 points that late.
rigged
I'm right there with you. I was a kid there in '84 when I watched the 4 pick-six game vs. the Chiefs. Plenty more games besides that one. And yeah, I was a Pete doubter until he built a ridiculously stacked team through the draft (with Jon S. too of course). If not for the salary cap this might have been a '80s 49ers type team, but eventually you have to pay all those All-Pros what they are worth.
WE ALL WE GOT
WE ALL WE NEED
WE ALL WE GOT
WE ALL WE NEED
Shows how coach pete and jon did their job well. These last 2 drafts are bout to be something special too 👀
If Denver had one of the best offenses in history, what was the LOB? They shut down Denver.
I think what makes watching the current Seahawks defense so difficult is we got so accustomed to deep passes either being incomplete, intercepted, or somebody getting hit hard. It used to be exciting, but now when somebody throws one deep it's terrifying. Like "ah shit who did we leave wide open this time". Same thing goes for the running game. Watching a guy run for 150yrds week after week just never happened on the LOB.
I know this much I was old enough to watch the 85 Bears defense, and if the Seahawks could have played with those rules in 85 there would have been crippled players for sure. Lob is by far the most dominant since I watched football sine 75.
They need the recognition of the times as well. Maybe they weren't the best in overall numbers but they were the most technical play reading be where you need to be Defense. Playing over the top forcing qbs to rush a throw with the guys up front while the backs ballhawk
That’s still kinda crazy how they had the Legion of Boom, a legendary qb, one of the best power backs of all time, and on top of that a lot of talent in their wr room.
Legendary qb is a STRETCH
@@gavinmoore3836you are delusional
recency getting to ur head@@gavinmoore3836
LOB is going down in history as one of the greatest. HAWK NATION, BABY all day 💙 💚 💙💚
Been a Seahawk fan since Dave Krieg as QB. The Legion of Boom is/was the best secondary ever assembled.
Carroll and Schneider know how to draft and find those diamonds in the rough, very underrated. And, Pete knows how to let those crazy and diverse personalities be who they are, yet make them into a team.
This defence was just so much Fun to watch man. It was so good on all three levels
You had Bennett lining up all over the D-line, overpowering tackles and beating interior linemen with his quickness. Cliff Avril and Irvin hunting QBs.
KJ and Bobby were nightmares for RBs and TEs.
Slot WRs and TEs looking over their shoulders for Bam Bam and ET flying all over the field And of course, Sherm was a menace.
Add some increadible roleplayers like Mebane, McDaniels, Maxwell, Smith, Thurmond and Browner and you got the most Fun Defence the NFL has ever seen
Mebane was much more than a roleplayer. KJ said on his podcast recently that “the defense ran through 92 (Mebane)”.
This was such a fun team!
@@rimmel8158 for sure! He was a beast on the D-line and imo one of the most underrated players on the Hawks (maybe one of the most underrated ever).
I miss those days 😢
Earl hit Gronk high , and still knocked him good.. i bet Gronked respected Earl for hitting him there, instead of low like most players did...
If I remember correctly gronk has been on record saying that was the hardest he had ever gotten hit and it actually punctured his lung. I’d take a punctured lung over a busted knee I think though 😅
@@isaacskicks7061 You are correct about Gronk's comment.
It’s crazy how close they came to a second ring against “the goat” when each member played the game with what would usually be considered a season ending injury requiring surgery shortly after the game
We have our golden oppurtunity to build another elite defense on this draft, it's lifetime chance which won't happen again so we must draft it right !
Great stuff, you forgot to mention Jeremy Lane getting drafted in 2012 6th round
The LOB accomplished what they did in an era when the rules heavily favored offense and handicapped defenses. Peyton Manning and the 2013 Denver Broncos typified this high water mark of this era by breaking records with 55 passing touchdowns and having 4 legitimate weapons-no defense could cover all those guys. Except one. Super Bowl 48 saw fists trying to punch through a brick wall. It was so fun while it lasted!
I get so proud looking back at the LOB i only started watching football in 2012 while living in Seattle the atmosphere was so amazing i wish i could relive it
This is one of my ALL TIME FAVORITE VIDEO of the year! You NAILED IT! You got all your facts correct and you made us look..As good as we really are! Thank you! I can usually hear a lil sparky, under the breath, comments made in videos about the Seattle Seahawks...I didn't hear anything but the sweet, honest truth. Good job! 👍
Seattle in there prime were awesome!
Nice job!! Love those teams…so dominant
As a Seahawks fan I will say this. Any yard against these guys in their prime was earned. And sometimes that yard you do get was at the same time Kam or Earl knocked the wind out of you. And these guys were coached by the secondory development god Pete Carroll
Great video 👍
Thank you
Best defense of all time
Jumping over the center to block a field goal is called the "hawk block"
Yeah and the NFL changed the rule because we were so good at it.
😂
They've rebuilt & retooled....Wait for 2023-24-25.....Sorry San Fran....
Hawks ain't goin' NOWHERE!!! But up!!! Even with last year's sweep (hats off)....Prior to that, you were 3-22 over an 11 year period......We own the Niners......We are 12's, we are legion!!!
Should have won at least 2 superbowls.
This was my favorite defense. Tough unit
I bet the guys would love a copy of this video! You should contact their business office and offer a copy to them. I've seen many videos about the LOB but none were this bid and accurate and concise! Great job!👍
Led NFL in scoring defense 4 consecutive years
i miss watching BAM BAM play
As a hawks fan, we miss you, Harbaugh.
#DoucheBagHarbaughStyle
well done video sir,
Best defense ever!
nah LOB 1 SB, Steel curtain 4 SBs, and i'm not a Steelers fan, this is just facts.
LOB is the reason I got into football. Yes I was bandwagoner because im a sucker for defensive play in sports. I miss this team.
You came in at the wrong time, fam.
This Video alone proves the fact that THIS IS....not the 1 Season Bears, or any other 2 or 3 good years( Ravens/Steelers/ect.) defenses is the BEST OF ALL TIME...the L.O.B. is the Ultimate Defense in NFL history...they played the most prolific offense in NFL history, in the biggest game, and Crushed them.
@leaellacoleshusband7566 - Exactely! I have been saying the exact same thing for years! People that aren't 'Hawks fans don't seem to get it.
@@wockawocka5293 Seattle is a small market team, and are never going to have the number of hardcore fans Chicago or Baltimore have.
If they had just one good pass rusher the year before they won the SB, they could have won it that year too. The year after, they had too many injuries to dominate in the playoffs but still nearly won the whole thing.
Watch Carrol/Snyder do it again. They're already on their way. Not necessarily through the draft, but DAMN, who'd a thunk?? And this year's draft is shaping up nice. They may pick the ESPN picks in the first round, but I quarantee they ain't picking all of ESPNs picks in the later rounds.
L.O.B thank you video man
The greatest in history but they don't want to talk about it !
Exactly! Especially considering the era they did this in.
I hear Skip and Shannon talk about it damn near everyday and they always mention The 2000 Ravens who didn't last but maybe two years and the 85 bears who lasted one.... these dudes did it for 5 years and never got mentioned...we know why the Seahawks taste like shit in their mouths!!! They hate a winner!!!
When Bam-Bam-Cam jumped the line and blocked that ball.. oh my God!! I live on a lake and EVERY UNIT IN EVERY CONDO was watching that game. When he did the un-do-able leap into NFL history, we could hear EVERYONE screaming all around the lake. It echoed and sounded so freaking awesome!! Someone set off an M-80 and the BOOM was for The Legion of Boom!! ... in case you don't know, an M-80 is a ¼ stick of dynamite. We get it at our local reservation fire work stands. 😂😂 Soooo illegal but so fun and loud when used only for special occasions. EVERY GAME that year WAS a special occasion!!💙💚💙💚💙💚
Coming from this Niners fan, BOOM! For the video and yes the team
LoB 2.0 coming soon..
😈
I agree I can't wait
Telling anyone bobby wasn't a part of LOB is crazy😂
Pete Carroll was crazy for starting huge corners.
Well, they took Peyton Manning's record breaking offense, and didn't let them a first down the first 1/3 of the Super Bowl.
Thank you. Now whenever a Steeler or Bear fan wants to talk shit, I will save my breath and give them this link.
2000 Ravens
You’ll be wrong
I can already tell this is gonna be good.
There could NEVER be another legion 💙💚
petes tryna bring them back lol
Chancellor leaping over the line was originally done by Troy Polamalu.
But he wasn't successful and he's a snap count genius.
MY Hawks - the LEGION OF BOOM!! BEST EVER SECONDARY AND OVERAL DEFENSE!!! I SERIOUSLY DOUBT THEIR RECORDS WILL EVER BE BROKEN. As each one of them left, my heart sunk a little more every time. GLORY DAYS - GLORY DAYS OF THE SEATTLE SEAHAWKS - GLORY DAYS FOR FOOTBALL PERPETUITY!! From the Original #12 Fan - Noel LaChance, JD & DHFF (Die Hard Fan Forever).
The best defense in NFL history
Best ever
They're so good that they made me shut off my TV on a Superbowl game when they dominated Payton Manning and the broncos.
The LOB
Top 2 defense and they ain’t 2
Whos here after seahawks fired pete carroll. Such a shame as a seahawks die hard fan.
We are Entering a new era, I do Miss the old one but sometimes we gotta start Fresh. And maybe one day. We can go back to dominating the forty niners For another decade
Yeah, when I first saw it, it was really sad. But sometimes, we gotta start with a new era, we had our time in 2013, maybe Mike may bring some of it back. Pete will still be a good coach, and the Seahawks in our hearts though.
He's the greatest coach to touch Lumen field but his time was coming up after staying stagnant for the past few years. The rebuild was necessary for the longterm with a bunch of younger guys coming in and its not like theyre gonna have someone fill his very heavy shoes with a random. (He wasn't fired either, he was demoted)
Pete never got fired? What are you on about? Pete CHOOSE to step down.
tom brady would've won 4 straight with this defense
Yes you are right, he probably would have. But what is your point? Sehawks were one of the greatest defenses ever by any metric. You don't stop talking about one of the GOAT defense because one of the GOAT teams/Qbs beat them. Then might as well crap on the 2000 ravens or 2002 bucaners...In 2013 Patriots could not make it to the superbowl..when Seattle won.
Please please please hit home runs in this years draft. Please give us one more.
The name Legion of Boom came from a radio. (Bob and Groz) They had the fans come up with names for the secondary and that was one of them... and it stuck
Awesome video, so sad they didnt win more super bowls! Go hawks
Saying that they dominated for almost 10 years is so over exaggerated 😂 they had a solid 4-5 years, which was insane but that was the max 😂
Facts lol and im a die hard hawks fan from 2012-2015 maybe 2016 was our window of eliteness
@@cougnation212 yeah exactly lol, amazing while it lasted but they slowly started to lose their stars
True I'd say at least 2 years if not 3. The two years of the super bowl and the year before them wining the super bowl.
8:08 Everyone else gets normal, standing around pictures. Thomas gets....spewing liquid all over the place. 🤣