DarkManX16 narrator: they were not.

DarkManX16 Derrick Henry is reviving the position

@Mordecai's Mopstick it takes much, much more than just Derrick Henry to revive the position. He only had just over 1500 yards. Back in the early 2000's, 5 or more backs would break 1500 yards. The days of the RB. LT21, Clinton Portis, Larry Johnson, Shawn Alexander, and Tiki Barber. RBs nowadays wouldn't last in Jamaal Lewis's day.

Me too! Great backs were the focal point

tha Bruh from 94 This is why I don’t respect Frank Gore as HOF. He’s gotten by with longevity and been good but never great. This backs back in the 90’s early 00’s all had an MVP of All Pro or 1800+ yd season with 15 TD’s or so.

W T timeless commentary right there 😂

had me dying

It's sad that they were saying that back then and it's still relevant today

I was dead😂

Somethings never change! 😂

J.Lewis ran for 1,364 yards in his rookie year. They failed to mention that Priest Holmes started at RB the first 4 games of that 2000 season. He could've possibly reached 2,000yds as a rookie if he would have started from day 1.

Jamal Lewis post game: “You weak pathetic fools”

If you’re going to quote, quote it right smh

Jarome Bettis....GIVE ME THAT DAMN BALL.

Then you got Earl Campbell lol

Stephen Davis and Brandon Jacobs come to mind when I think of bulldozing running backs

Roger Craig

Naw he was a runner not powerback

Rexy 1776 Lol fo real!!!

Kyle boller hold the raven offense back

Shows how the Ravens have put great emphasis on their offensive line and it's helped them stay consistent

Right smh that's how bad the Ravens offense was back in the early 2000s

@@RGsmokinthathunnitHMNdawgpound *held

They was killing it

Both backs are great. One you can pound it 30 plus times the other can run and catch and get you 1st downs plus priest homes had hof like career with the chiefs

Sean S. Rushing td record* you mean. And yea Priest held the record it for a little while, that record was later broken by Shaun Alexander and Ladanian Tomlinson in 05 and 06. Probably will never be broken, Tomlinson had I think 29 rushing TDs in 2006

TheLocalLt 28 rushing TDs 31 total

Priest had two seasons with over 20 rushing touchdowns. He had a career YPC of 4.6 compared to Jamal's 4.2, and Priest had 74 receptions for 690 yards the season he had 27 rushing touchdowns. Jamal wasn't a receiving back. Priest was an all time great, all around. Lewis had an all time great rushing season.

Yes he is 😈😈

Steven Jackson was big for nothing.soft running type running back

@@michaelbell3939 the disrespect is real

@@michaelbell3939 better than brandon Jacobs lumpy ass...

@@michaelbell3939 that's some cap right there

Funny is he ended up playing for the Cleveland Browns

ZF12 and it’s still true today

@@marcuseversley3334 LoL 😂 lmao

Madden 05 and 08 were my favorites in terms of gameplay

Ray was on the cover, now next years madden will have LJ. lets go 😈

A Tank! Used to piss me off

Preach. But i actually forget which game shaun Alexander was on the cover. He was a monster. But i scored more points on kick return than i did on runs in that game. I also didnt know shit about football other than "im a linebacker, linebacker stop running back" literally the extent of my football knowledge back then.

@@SomeGuy-sj1ly he was on 2007 or 2008 I forget

No doubt lonnnng over due. He was a force.

# feed the beast ! Jamal Lewis was simply AWESOME 👍

Facts he would literally run through the first 3 tackles every play he was a whole cheat code . I don't know if you remember but ray Lewis was 105 rating when 2005 madden dropped 🤣😂 crazy right.

When you would hold down the button to charge up your moves. Would just run over corners and safeties with him.

Ah another man of culture I see, yeah Jamal Lewis, Eddie George and Jerome Bettis were running over everything.

I still play this game. i'm probably the best in the world at the game. at least top 100 no doubt. I'll beat anybody

He should be in the hall of fame honestly

"imagine that" Tony Dorsett

I agree! If they let a guy like Frank Gore in just because of longevity then Lewis, Shaun Alexander, & Rodger Craig need to be in. All of them have something Gore doesn’t: All-Pro, MVP, Rushing title, 1000 yds rec and rushing

@Mr. Censored I wouldn’t vote Lewis in the HOF but with Gore going in, why not! There’s not one year where anyone would say Gore was the best RB in the NFL. Lewis actually was the offense on a Super Bowl team. Gore will be the only HOF RB in the modern era with no MVP, 2000 yds, All pro, or a rushing title. This ain’t the Hall of longevity. Currently after 17 years he has less TD’s than priest Holmes & Shaun Alexander who played less than 10 years.

He should be hall of fame, and should have got an mvp that season

@Adam I mean one typo grow up.

@@makaibrown8297 Some asshats are like that.

Makai Brown nah he shouldn’t be talked about for greatest of all time. All his records were destroyed

Destroyed? He held the single game recorded at 295, AP took the record with 296. Thats hardly a destruction.

Art Vandalay AP is better Barry is better Walter is better Dickerson is better. When I say destroyed I mean those records were his only argument for Goat and now they have been taken away so he’s not even in the argument anymore

Every running back fan

Yup

Richard Serrano 28-12 I’m so sorry...

Facts I bought madden 2005 16 years ago ive been die hard ever since

same here

Lamar looked great yesterday in their win against the Titans. (talking about the playoff game played January 10, 2021) Keeps playing like that and this team could win the Super Bowl.

Fr that 2000-2010 was special to Randy wiping his but on the post to to Steve n ocho goin at it td celebration wise etc just good entertainment now ppl scared to standout n market themselves

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If you think his Jamal's NFL CAREER was something, then you should've seen his COLLEGE career. Jamal is ONE OF MANY REASONS why the Tennessee VOLS won the 1998 National Championship against the 'Noles. GO BIG ORANGE!!!

A back like him should've been gettin paid $50,000,000 a season.

He was one of the guys who helped craft what it meant to play like a Raven. One of the only on offense.

What undercover bust

@@memeteam2692 he sold cocaine to an undercover cop and went to prison. It ruined him

@@memeteam2692 came back years later with the browns if I remember right. Was never the same

@@memeteam2692 5 kilos. Somehow got off with 4 months of prison time

Or an Antonio Brown year, see how he feels about catching 17 passes and getting 250+ yards vs Oakland

@@fredleeland2464 Antonio Brown is a legit top 4-8 all time WR. He crazy af tho.

@@newagain9964 lol

@@zaintahir815 my comment is aging like wine. 😂

After yrs of border line monstrosity playing against him, Thank you Mr. Lewis for coming to Cleveland with your skills to show others what winning football looks like, kudos to you Sir, For when i look at the long list of legendary backs who graced the Brown's uniform, You are counted amongst them(top ten)

The law firm of Lewis Lewis and Lewis Ray Lewis Jamal Lewis and Jermaine Lewis help lead the Baltimore Ravens to their first super bowl title and the head coach Brian billick he was a great office at mine in Minnesota when he had the weapons but when the Ravens won the super bowl they went old school offense runs the ball defense stopped the offense and Jermaine Lewis added the special team touch # old school RavenTude !

This actually would’ve hindered him. Logic will eventually tell you why , I’m too lazy to type

@@bobfole4781 Explain

@@spambamkeija634 if each horse collar were called , the Ravens would accept the 15yd penalty , which would resultantly shorten the field as well as the game. He’ll therefore be hindered from a potentially higher yardage total on subsequent possessions.

@@bobfole4781 Facts

@@35mm21 so we have a horse-collar rule in effect today because horse-collar tackles were occurring at a lower rate in the past ?

What About Brandon Jacobs, TJ Duckett, Mike Alstott, Payton Hillis & Derrick Henry

@@glasseyeofficial5957 Henry for sure! Dude is massive.

@@glasseyeofficial5957 I'm surprised people remember TJ Duckett. You can't find highlights of him

I wouldn’t. Go for the ankles or shins

Eddie George Earl Campbell, Jamal Lewis and Adrian Peterson

Dr. Mantis Toboggan, M.D. I do t see a smash mouth running team in the Ravens this year. They may be a run first, read option, but Tennessee this year with Derrick Henry is close to what we used to be. Today the Ravens run the ball with finesse and strategy requiring many variations on formations. In many ways, it’s better than what we used to do.

Matthew Bittenbender - A team that rushed for over 3,000 yards combined isn’t smash mouth?! Have you watched the Ravens offensive line this season? Go back and watch the game footage from their game with New England this season and watch how they broke New England down by running the ball in the very first quarter.

Dr. Mantis Toboggan, M.D. listen, doc, you might (MIGHT) be able to call it smashmouth football compared to a pass happy league with defenses that are fast and agile rather than beefy. But this is not like the Jamal Lewis days. Because the Ravens abused a Patriots defense weak on stopping the run (as we saw again last week vs the Titans) and a shared rushing load of over 2000 yds does not a smashmouth make. Nearly half of those 2000+ yards came from our QB who is not smashing mouths. Lewis has 2066 on his own in ‘03. Ingram has been a physical runner this year, but he is no Jamal Lewis or Derrick Henry. Henry is as close to Lewis you can get in today’s NFL. So your definition of smashmouth football is a bit generous if we’re comparing old school Ravens to new school Ravens. If we’re comparing it to today’s teams then you may have an argument, but if you watch the running styles back then where they initiated contact with defensive players then it’s not even a debate.

Matthew Bittenbender - and why do you think the Patriots defense line was weak last week against the Titans? Because the Ravens exposed it with their smash mouth style; starting with their oversized and powerful offensive line. Just because one man isn’t getting the load of all the running doesn’t take away the fact that the offensive line inflicts their mark on opposing defenses with their smash mouth run game. Their run game is deep, and deeper than any other team in the league.

Dr. Mantis Toboggan, M.D. the Ravens didn’t expose it, their style just matched up well enough with them. Other teams started demonstrate that NE as weak up the middle before us but lacked the wherewithal to defeat them. The part that I think that we diverge on is the definition itself. The Ravens are comparatively less of a smashmouth team than Lewis’ day. Today they’re more dynamic than they are punishing. It’s more deception than running right over you. That part stands out when comparing old and new games.

It would be scarier than leatherface for opposing defenses

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That would be insane =) And just for good measure Johnathan Ogden, Ray Lewis, and Ed Reed in their primes =)

@@roguekoala71 yup also haloti ngata t sizzle chris mccallister

He wont get that much touches

ugoshow1 👌🏿👌🏿👌🏿👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾💯💯💯😎🙏🏿

He was good, but not a hall of famer.

Rodney Moore He will get there sir!! I agree he should of been there already, but you these stupid politics smh 🤦🏾‍♂️🤷🏾‍♂️🤷🏾‍♂️!! Remind you, he missed second Year with torn ACL, or just imagine if he didn’t 🥺!! And help that Defense win the Super Bowl in his rookie year, that’s all they had on offense was him, and sharp!! 🙏🏿👆🏿👆🏿

Ramen Robbie not enough chairs

Ramen Robbie like that fox sports tiger woods special where they got all his amateur opponents (tiger woods was undefeated as an amateur) in a room to talk about him: a group therapy session

Yeah, make sure you book a hotel with a conference/ball room because you're gonna have to plan some kind of banquet to accommodate that many people.

Scott Conner it was actually 97-99

@@sickofguysnamedtodd2293 and he had Travis Henry as his back up and peyton manning wins a national title then leaves, strange ...

Im here! I was a kid in those days but a ravens fan still! I really was able to understand in the kyle boller days....sad times at school lol

HhheeeAaaaaaaapppppppppppp!!!!!!!! I love it when he catches the ball.. jamal lewis was a freak of a RB.. I hate Ray Rice screwed his self..

Wasn't there a Mason at WR? Dude had hands

Yep back when they had gary Baxter, chris McAllister ,Suggs, bart Scott, Ogden , Reed old Dion , Orlando brown ,Adalius Thomas and Will demps classic ravens days I still remember that 2001 class with reed shockey, mcgahee from the U man I miss those days😡😔✌

There was a bunch of good backs who brought it to you...damn near every team had a true FEATURE BACK .

Facts

Jacabo Blanco still gives me goosebumps watching

@@kingtazzzz1280 me too bro. Such good memories. Those early to mid 2000 teams! Something special. 2006 was awesome too with McNair. Then Flacco came along. Now Lamar. Ans great defense the whole time. We are lucky as Ravens fans.

Sincere question, how old are you? Because you look like you're barely in your 20's in your pic. Just wondering htf you were following his stats when you were still in diapers..

@@mattmcgrath3959 I am 27 lmao just look 12. My mommy keeps tells me looking young will be a good thing soon 🤣

Hell yea man loved that 2000-2004 era Ravens...even with the abysmal QB situation. Grback, boller, Anthony Wright, Jeff Blake...thank God we got McNair for 2006.

lol yea we Steeler fans do

Blue Horseshoe no one cares

Ellsworth Bentley You cared enough to comment, shithead

I never knewv he tore his ACL in college too. Even if it wasn't the same knee that he tore in the pros, it makes his career even more impressive in hindsight.

It's scary, dudes 5'11 255 and runs like a fuckin CHEETAH.

Raymond Smith that's how you know how legendary Adrian Peterson is. It was already a passing league when he had his'. And that was after his ACL!

@Luis Mercado No, Peterson was drafted in this league before the transition to a passing league. When he broke 2K it was still a running league. CJ2K had a 2K year just before him.

@@thabruhfrom9444 wtf are you talking about? Chris Johnson 2k year was 2009, APs was 2012, not a year before. Nevertheless, the offensive play changes that have way to the modern passing era were born in 2007 and where well in use by 2012, the year Manning was also considered for the award when he was in Denver.

@Luis Mercado who the fuck thinks the league transformed into a passing league in 2007? More like 2013. Teams up to 2012 were still operating a run first offense. 49ers, in 2011 with Kap, Redskins, in 2012 with RG3. Hell, Alford Morris had 1600 yards in 2012. Who? BTW, never said CJ2k broke 2K a year before him, I said he rushed for 2K just before him. Never said he did it in 2012.

@@LuisMercadoorg Personally I think it was 2011 when it started getting ridiculous. I mean three 5000 yard passers in one season? C'mon

I remember watching him play at Doug High, thinking this guy's going pro for sure.

@@bles05 oh definitely. We knew he had potential

@@latravisgriffin yessir..👍

@Ravenz5220 hate how our coaches always sit our players, sat a young team in week 17 and the break was so long it caused us to loose lmao

@@logan-dm5zp the whole game us on the ravens channel Playlist I finally saw it but ita unlisted so u have to go to ravens 25 greatest games Playlist and im a packers fan and love it !

Lol NFL has been really good at preserving their games history as well as NFL Films stuff. NBA/NHL all you can find is grainy footage and zero extra content like this video, or micd up, A Football Life, NFL Films Presents, Turning Point etc. We're pretty luck as NFL fans.

Yes. Most films from the 21st century were shot on 35mm film, but there is some argument on how high of a resolution that translates to digitally. It depends a lot on a variety of factors. A 1080p video has, by definition 2,073,600 pixels per frame. 35mm film, by the most conservative of estimates, equates to 4 to 16 million pixels per frame. This means that even when we get to 4K being the standard, 35mm will still be able to be upscaled to fit the display.

Big River Records it was the second Super bowl in HD (the first being the Titans-Rams game a year earlier on ABC HD), Kevin Harlan called the CBS HD broadcast which is why you hear him in this video, while Gumbel and Simms were only on SD.

We had cars and everthing in 2001

TheLocalLt good info. I didn’t know HD broadcasts went back that far.

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Quasimoto7 But the Ravens had a losing record. MVP has to take his team to the playoffs. AP won with the Vikings 10-6 record. LT won with the Chargers 12-4 record.

@Walter Brown either one could possibly taken the ravens deep into the playoffs back then.

@Walter Brown super bowl party every year.

Another Super Bowl

Well duh! He's the best Raven running back ever. (Jamal is I mean)

Tydrekus Robinson Jamal Lewis could hold weight and move weight

@@charliezelenoffastroburger322 5 kilos bro lol

Ray Rice was a better receiver out of the backfield but Jamal is obviously the better of the two

@@RainmakerXBooty yea I get what you mean I feel the same way about Derrick Henry and Christain McCaffrey

Ogden Walter Jones Orlando pace and Willie roaf were all elite and Tony Boselli was the best if he stayed healthy....

Yeah that's wassup