Jerome Bettis: The hardest hit I ever took

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7 жыл бұрын

Jerome Bettis details the hardest hit he ever took, which occurred on a goal-line play during his rookie season, against the Oilers. Bettis says this was also the moment he realized that every opposing player in the league could change his life with just one hit.
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@jamescollins1578 2 жыл бұрын

My boy Brian Dawkins layed him down too one time when the Steelers were playingthe Eagles, im an Eagles fan but always had mad respect for Jerome Bettis aka 'The Bus'...

@mdeez8286 2 жыл бұрын

WeaoponX is a bad man I remember he layed out the one dude with a Goldberg spear lol

@unfinest 2 жыл бұрын

Bettis was so mad! And B-DAWK was just happy to have a big boi infront of him! Haha🤣

@chunky9791 Жыл бұрын

B-Dawk destroyed him. Bus got 2 flats that day. Bettis had a full head of steam too good 5 yard stride till he met B-Dawk & that bus didn't gain one more inch, it didn't roll forward it immediately stopped

@MilkmanC Жыл бұрын

Love Bus, but I literally have Dawk on my wall over the dinner table 😂🤷‍♂

@FreedomFighter2112 Жыл бұрын

Ray Lewis got him even better

@KayKayEs 6 жыл бұрын

"Had to be conscious" pun definitely wasn't intended but spot on lol

@mr.gamechangermaddenjr3934 6 жыл бұрын

KayKayEs yep kay

@mr.gamechangermaddenjr3934 6 жыл бұрын

KayKayEs im A BIG FAN

@CoCoPuff-km8os 6 жыл бұрын

KayKayEs I’m a long time subscriber I still can’t believe you pulled 5 golden tickets

@kevon9824 3 жыл бұрын

Legendary comment

@888vox 3 жыл бұрын

YO ITS KAY HERE

@woodyhayes7402 4 жыл бұрын

No worse than looking up and seeing Troy Polamalu in the 'C' gap.

@jasonyount6036 4 жыл бұрын

That’s Poh-la-ma-lu bruh...🤣🤣🤣🤣👍

@nealm6764 4 жыл бұрын

Plot twist: and you're the punter on a fake punt run play.

@deeramz 4 жыл бұрын

The CTE GAP

@Mplessor 4 жыл бұрын

Dawkins > Polamalu

@bigsavage7014 4 жыл бұрын

Please give me a break Lol a safety, what about someone like a Ray Lewis giving the Bus a flat or Lawrence Taylor snapping Theisman's leg? Polamalu was a total sissy compared to these stronger men...

@danielweatherford3243 3 жыл бұрын

As a diehard Raven fan I have always respected and appreciate this Great human being that just happened to play football

@wraith1117 2 жыл бұрын

As a Steeler fan I have to agree. and give the same props to quite a few Ravens players as well. Best rivalry in all of sports that era was.

@joee1213 Жыл бұрын

Doesn’t matter who you’re a fan of. Your opinion is valid or it’s not

@croplaya 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for showing us the hit

@johnboykin3128 6 жыл бұрын

ha right

@andresmares6673 6 жыл бұрын

croplaya best comment

@sew04ss 6 жыл бұрын

lol ikr. that wouldve made the story better

@MoneyOverFame 6 жыл бұрын

@DivineYoung 6 жыл бұрын

It's called NFL copyright

@pmkrak 5 жыл бұрын

Bettis dished out way more hard hits than he took. He flattened guys so quickly that he made them look like 12 year olds. My memory of him folding Brian Urlacher over backwards as he plowed through the middle to score his last touchdown at Heinz Field, that was classic and it happened right in front of me.

@nopenope5042 Жыл бұрын

I only ever attended one game and it was that one. Snow game. He had big run too that game. I was at opposite end with clock necklace guy for the urlacher truck.

@bradleyboyer9979 6 ай бұрын

Bears fan and huge Urlacher fan here. I remember that hit as well. The Bears defense looked like they were playing on skis that whole series. Urlacher was phenomenal, but his one weakness was if he collided with someone and didn't have a full head of steam. He was so tall that powerful backs could get under his pads and drive him back if he was standing up and not driving forward. Combine that single weakness with the "Bus," and it looked bad. 😂

@bruce0767 4 жыл бұрын

Bet a lot of guys have stories like "Jerome ran my ass over like roadkill."

@MrDatvaguy 3 жыл бұрын

Right lol

@bonek350 3 жыл бұрын

Having watched nearly every play of his with the Steelers, I can confirm this is true. He trucked many people every single game.

@leveraged6694 3 жыл бұрын

Exactly!

@wraith1117 2 жыл бұрын

Even the great Ray Lewis even said something akin to that. 'When you hit JB, you know you've been hit. Hitting JB was like connecting with a tree stump'. or something to that effect. May not be word for word. But the meaning was the same. Respect to both of them.

@srgetem Жыл бұрын

@@wraith1117 funny enuff Ray Lewis actually put a nice hit on Bettis before lol. caught bettis when his feet were in the air but we all kno it really, REALLY aint easy to move a, THE, Bus.

@fubarace1027 6 жыл бұрын

On the other hand, Al Smith was an excellent Middle Linebacker in that era. Jerome's rookie season was 1993, which happens to be when Buddy Ryan was in Houston with his 4-6 defense. The Oiler defense was BRUTAL that year.

@BILLHILL357 2 жыл бұрын

@AAA THAT OFFENSE WAS NO JOKE EITHER.... 4 DAMN GOOD RUNNING BACKS... 4 DAMN GOOD WIDE RECEIVERS....

@Aburner960 2 жыл бұрын

@@BILLHILL357 damn shame they the oilers and proceeded to choke

@whataboutrob442 10 ай бұрын

@@Aburner960I still live with that pain.

@Phoenix-pm2qr 2 жыл бұрын

Love how Graham lets people tell their stories instead of interrupting like most people do

@ryanrobertson7218 4 жыл бұрын

I got ear holed. Translation I got a concussion.

@zigwil153 3 жыл бұрын

bingo. My brain hit the inside of my skull.... hard.

@WaitAMinute1989 3 жыл бұрын

with snot bubbles or was that just me.

@jonathansimmons6452 3 жыл бұрын

Me too man that shit have you straight dazed after for real. The last last place you wanna get hit at.

@mooseandsquirrel9887 3 жыл бұрын

I feel fortunate to have been able to watch him play, especially against my Ravens......Jerome is a good guy, good ball player, and I wish we had him back then....thanks for the memories, Bus....!!!

@wraith1117 2 жыл бұрын

Agreed. In that time. The Ravens/Steelers rivalry was the best I'd ever seen. And that includes the matchups in the 70's.

@bigfern62 3 жыл бұрын

"Usually u block 'em all..."....was thinking the same thing fam

@mlee81 5 жыл бұрын

I love this guy! Steeler fan. This guy deserves a shrine to the city. Great player and great person!

@BMG19FUNNYDIE 4 жыл бұрын

Graham's hair looks like Marv electrocuted on Home Alone 2.

@nothx962 3 жыл бұрын

Lmfao I thought the EXACT SAME THING!

@justingarrett2239 6 жыл бұрын

Dude looks good for a retired NFL player

@JayP-ct8xz 5 жыл бұрын

Looks like Anthony Anderson.

@uPSIDEdOWN577 4 жыл бұрын

Most people avoided contact with him or went low

@scoutsaresilentdeath8775 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, now look at home when he wakes up. Has trouble walking, problems going up and down stairs, and has all kinds of nerve pain. Just because you look good, doesn't mean that the league hasn't had a serious effect on your body

@stevenbrown6956 4 жыл бұрын

He keeps his hair and beard tight. I'm sure he is in pain these days though.

@erikpuka2627 4 жыл бұрын

He said it himself he had 3 Back surgeries immediately after he retired cause he couldnt walk wothout having terrorizing pain.His last surgery was on 2007.So yes football fucked him up too

@um52 6 жыл бұрын

There was one play people will never remember..but back in 2001 season, Bettis called Takeo Spikes a better line backer than Ray Lewis..Ray Lewis responded by delivering the most bone crushing hit I ever saw...he hit Jerome head on and it was first time I ever saw Jerome move backwards. Dan Dierdorf called it the hardest hit he ever witnessed also.

@MrSPIDEY21 6 жыл бұрын

um52 people that never played football at a high level shouldn't speak on this...those hits where you fly back doesn't hurt because there is no opposing force...that ray Lewis hit Jerome was air borne and had no base strength so ray jus was fighting gravity...the bus got right back up because the hit wasn't hard...now if they ran head up equally it would have been different...something gotta give...the difference between throwing a brick in the air and punching it versus punching a brick that is apart of a brick wall mounted on the ground...one is jus a hard piece of rock that is falling and your hand will move it because there is no opposing force...the brick will fly back...now if you punch a brick wall it'll be the force of your punches the force of the wall being mounted in the ground...in this case nothing will move anywhere...your bones might give or crack tho

@MrKonan83 6 жыл бұрын

um52 he was not better than ray Lewis lmfao!!!he played for buffalo and had like 1 good year !!! C'mon man !

@archersdreams 6 жыл бұрын

MrKonan83 that's a lie

@09los 6 жыл бұрын

Umm if you played football at any level you know the faster you get up from a hit the more it hurt ....you just don't wanna show it hurt at all...but it did

@E3litecompany 6 жыл бұрын

Bettie was already off his feet the tackle wasn't that big it just looked big

@mateo8120 3 жыл бұрын

I remember playing with this guy in the early madden games. Such a legend

@_DB.COOPER 2 жыл бұрын

Way to show the hit! It’s my first time on your channel, I’ve seen enough. I know why the comments are so old now.

@Alixxusa 6 жыл бұрын

Hardest hit i ever took was at a snoop dog ice cube concert 🌿🌿🌿

@roddeanb8408 6 жыл бұрын

Alixxusa underrated comment

@camdenkeefer9381 6 жыл бұрын

👊🏻

@zaggaona 6 жыл бұрын

Twista crucial conflict house of blues!

@2714shaun 5 жыл бұрын

@@zaggaona That's what's up!!

@kobelamka5118 4 жыл бұрын

I'm dead 💀

@robertleewhitt6241 11 ай бұрын

Jerome Bettis is the nicest guy when you meet him in person so genuinely nice. I hope that his son does extremely well at Notre Dame and his daughter is also going to Notre Dame as well. !

@NoHurriesNoWorries 2 жыл бұрын

After a dip in production his 2nd year with the Rams and being traded to make room for Lawrence Philips, some thought he was a bust not a Bus. But now he is a bust... in Canton. The Steelers were his destiny. A great story. He was my favorite college back and i was an adopted Rams fan because of him. Then of all teams, he gets traded to my team in my hometown. I remember where i was when i found out. My favorite player of all time. Ride The Bus 🚍 !!

@rogergoodell8825 6 жыл бұрын

Dawkins crushed him too

@MoneyOverFame 6 жыл бұрын

Roger Goodell hey sad.

@gabe6281 5 жыл бұрын

Thought he woulda picked that one.

@Trellizm 5 жыл бұрын

Dawkins laid him out..I remember that

@Kingg_G 5 жыл бұрын

Ray Lewis too

@stevenwicks3822 4 жыл бұрын

@@Trellizm when

@Tesla_ofthe_Skies 3 жыл бұрын

Jerome is such an amazing role model and human being. I hope man children and men look up to him whether they play sports or Not

@keithcrook8591 4 жыл бұрын

I remember our QB got hit so hard in high school the next play in the huddle he went into the cadence "down set!!" Lmao 😂 he was knocked the f'k out on his feet

@WEBBER_ 6 жыл бұрын

"What's earholed"?the bus literately took him to school.

@standupG1 4 жыл бұрын

It's also for those viewers who may not be familiar with the terminology.

@robertestrada1683 3 жыл бұрын

I like that one

@johncox8938 3 жыл бұрын

I was at that game in Houston. Rams won, Oilers played terrible before getting it together and having a nice run into the playoffs. My group of friends and I went to the mall in Houston the Saturday before this game. We saw Bettis, Troy Drayton, Flipper Anderson, and another Rams player whose name I forgot at Chick-fil-a. Man, they had the food piled up.....I mean like four sandwiches each! They all signed a Chick-fil-a paper menu for us. Nice guys. Left Chick-fil-a and saw Curtis Duncan of the Oilers talking to a young lady friend in Dillards. Got his autograph on my Oilers cap. Cool guy as well. Always been a fan of Bettis after that day.

@chucknorriss5452 3 жыл бұрын

He's really gonna pretend to forget when Dawkins smashed him while he was running full speed? Shit looked like he literally hit a brick wall and fell a yard backwards. 😂

@robwes4000 3 жыл бұрын

he probably cant remember it bruh. that hit was crucial

@phillabadboy05j26 3 жыл бұрын

For real.

@jamesgoudreau1940 2 жыл бұрын

The hits you see may hurt but the ones you don't see seem to always hurt more.

@jonasjelich4576 2 жыл бұрын

The ones that look bad arent always the ones that feel the hardest

@Phoenix-pm2qr 2 жыл бұрын

Likely didn't hurt. If you look at the clip, Jerome jumps right back up and looks pissed at his O-Line for not blocking correctrly

@TrentNumbers 5 жыл бұрын

Graham Bessinger is lucky dude to talk to all these legends

@duryl 6 жыл бұрын

I got ear holed in high school. Hardest I'd ever been hit too. Craziest thing is you don't even have to get knocked down, i didn't. It rings your bell though lol. It's like taking a right hook from a boxer.

@TXejas19 6 жыл бұрын

Duryl Cook lol glad you're ok

@199019852007 6 жыл бұрын

Duryl Cook is it a bit like that right Booker Saul gave to king Khan

@yeltsin6817 4 жыл бұрын

Probably not the hardest hit. More of like a comcussion

@SavingSoulsMinistries 4 жыл бұрын

That's like a right hook from brass knuckles

@bottomzoe305-4 Жыл бұрын

Man, that was a great lesson for Jerome Bettis!

@hulkdaddy71 6 жыл бұрын

I don't know....that Brian Dawkins hit was crazy, too! You could tell he felt some type of way too

@aodvisions 4 жыл бұрын

I honestly thought he was going to mention that hit lol

@herogibson 3 жыл бұрын

yeah he jumped up quick as hell like it was nothin.. but it wasn't nothin lol. he felt that the next day.

@mhr5586 4 жыл бұрын

I was never interviewed, but I can tell you the hardest hit I've ever taken happened at. Walmart on Black Friday. I turned the corner minding my own business and the next thing I remembered was sharp pain in my lower back as my feet elevated above my torso. . I had been leveled by a shopping cart driven by a women pushing 4 bills trying to get a 32" flat screen on the end cap. She yelled at me saying her EBT card was expiring that day and she wasn't going to be denied that necessity. To this day it makes no sense at all.

@ytownsteel4790 6 жыл бұрын

So they didn't have any video of the play back then?

@James-pg7jc 6 жыл бұрын

That boi got timbs on😂💯💯

@Hbkgizmo 6 жыл бұрын

Just listening to the ear hole hit, my right ear went deaf throughout the video

@Ghtthomps 6 жыл бұрын

That is why head slapping was outlawed in the NFL RE: DEACON DAVID JONES DE

@polskipanda8599 4 жыл бұрын

Or a woman haha yikes

@demetriusbarry9364 4 жыл бұрын

This happened to me one time at football practice dude hit me for side near ear hole. I blacked out for like 2 secs 4real thats crazy i always remembered that too and never knew what really happened until i watched this.

@terrywbreedlove 3 жыл бұрын

I remember when the Steelers picked up the bus. He said it was like running down hill playing for them. They blocked everyone hell they even had their O line running down the field making blocks 10 yards deep.

@WickedStyle 6 жыл бұрын

Hell nah Brian Dawkins Killed Em

@SwayTheBeast 6 жыл бұрын

Graham looks high af at some points of this vid

@michaelking4578 6 жыл бұрын

AestheticsisLife Yea, I was thinking that too. Crazy.

@joegrst 5 жыл бұрын

@Chris Paul lmao bettis sounds a bit high

@robertocruz8429 4 жыл бұрын

I always think that I'm high watching it

@Hpencer 4 жыл бұрын

“Aliens”

@broadcast685 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah. he really does!!

@mikaeladisse8641 4 жыл бұрын

Jerome Bettis and Brian Dawkins has the freshest line up in the game. Brian may have had like a receding hairline but both of em had such a crisp shape up 🤣

@31446963048 3 жыл бұрын

I remember when the Rams came to St. Louis and everyone bought Bettis jerseys. I'm glad Brooks gave him an option to be traded and that he got his Superbowl in the end.

@brandonwilliams2165 Жыл бұрын

Anybody got a link to the hit?

@beaupayne724 2 жыл бұрын

That’s was a cold line, “every player could change your life with one hit”

@gatormark Жыл бұрын

Great story!!!

@harrymiram6621 4 жыл бұрын

That earhole hit is an Good, Old-Fashioned BELL RINGER!😜🤪

@jacoboverton3409 6 жыл бұрын

Wise words

@cledesma135 2 жыл бұрын

One of the greatest

@mrbiggs6818 3 жыл бұрын

The Bus is awesome 😂

@kennykirkendoll6636 Жыл бұрын

My boy got timbs on! East coast swag 💯💯😂😂

@Pkkct 3 жыл бұрын

If you don’t know what ear holed is, then you shouldn’t be doing sports interviews

@Rob-dp3vr 3 жыл бұрын

I bet he knows what a glory hole is though

@kevinprendiville9429 3 жыл бұрын

Some interviewers do that so that an audience member can stay informed. But not enough people watch this show to make that a relevent point

@melvinmunson8331 Жыл бұрын

I used to pull a Tanker out of Detroit.The Guys in the Tank Wash went to school with Jerome.I asked them is he Big.One of them says He'll ya he's Big.One thing I can say is this.To Finish you NFL Career by winning the Superbowl in your hometown.It doesn't get any better than that.I also liked to watch the Bus play

@miken7750 3 жыл бұрын

wheres the damn video

@christopherleween7478 2 жыл бұрын

Al Smith could really bang, I remember him destroying a Denver fullback 3 times in a row on a goal-line, just flattened the lead blocker.

@nykia31 6 жыл бұрын

"That's odd" lol

@charlesfaison5483 4 жыл бұрын

My man bus got dem timbs on 😤💪

@thomasdaniels4458 5 жыл бұрын

I've seen a few clips of Jerome getting knocked around like a ragdoll by Brian Dawkins

@slanderman3296 3 жыл бұрын

Bettis and allstott, how mand defence would fear that run game :)

@carljacobson7156 3 жыл бұрын

This reminds me of an interview with Walter Payton in the 1990's, who said the hardest he was ever hit was by Denver Broncos linebacker, Rand Gradishar in the mid-1970's

@jacobhartmann1050 Жыл бұрын

How is Gradishar not in the Hall?? He totally deserves to be there- that cat put up some impressive numbers!

@carljacobson7156 Жыл бұрын

@@jacobhartmann1050 A 'Pro's Pro', but probably too much of a Team Player to create an attention getting 'public image' like a Jack Lambert.

@sixburgh64ss 4 жыл бұрын

That's cool, I have an Al Smith jersey.

@rayv882 4 жыл бұрын

Why not show the play after he was finished explaining??? The NFL always has every play recorded.

@jennk1454 2 жыл бұрын

2021

@massiveaction6217 4 жыл бұрын

Dude said "change your life" so you know he got popped

@pdg90 5 ай бұрын

Do y’all remember Kendrell Bell? He was a LB for the Steelers who won defensive rookie of the year. Anyway, he hit Bettis in a practice and sent him stumbling backwards! I had never seen Bettis fall backwards after getting hit! It’s video out there somewhere I’m sure

@PlayaflyJoe27 6 жыл бұрын

Sounds like cte setting in for my boy. Hopefully not but it sounds like it from how he talks

@Brandon-so9fp 7 ай бұрын

Looks good and still has his intelligence. For all the brutal hits he gave and took. Amazing

@Maal7432 6 жыл бұрын

Bettis seems like he is a great guy.

@johnpoulton9446 4 жыл бұрын

Joe Bowden hit him HARD on a screen pass once. First thing to hit the ground was Bus's back nameplate. You know youre exploding if you hit hard enough to get bif Jeromes feet in the air.

@LebronTraveled24 3 жыл бұрын

Let’s be honest the hit Ray Lewis put on him was arguably number 1

@nathangerrard9792 6 ай бұрын

nah brian dawkins

@abrahamjackson6019 4 жыл бұрын

Al Smith was a hellva linebacker..

@MrShaheedone 6 жыл бұрын

Dope story

@michaelmelendez2652 Жыл бұрын

Brian Dawkins got the Bus too, hit him nasty

@aaronbergman5919 3 жыл бұрын

The ray Lewis hit on the toss sweep in 2000 was even bigger

@robboss9098 6 жыл бұрын

Graham with the Kramer hair cut.

@jamesrichards4519 7 жыл бұрын

Interview David Goggins, you wont regret it!

@sereneburrito0476 5 жыл бұрын

Brian Dawkins you know it

@GeauxRight777 2 жыл бұрын

Would be good to see the play

@Belly7_ 2 жыл бұрын

“The BUS”

@g..._anthony27 3 жыл бұрын

Graham looks like the dude from ancient aliens on the history channel.... 😆😅😂

@newera5238 6 жыл бұрын

Dawkins "Weapon X"

@jonscears 5 жыл бұрын

Dawkins hit him in the head weapons x was a bum!

@birdgangmatt4613 5 жыл бұрын

@@jonscears wtf u just say??Dawkins a bum??

@joshmacklin2536 4 жыл бұрын

Your a fucking idiot for that comment. Just cause he's not your top player doesn't mean he's not good. You delusional fuck.

@edwardtaylor5411 4 жыл бұрын

Al Smith, Tecmo Bowl Sega Genesis 98 Sacks

@Ishmiester 6 жыл бұрын

That end is pretty deep

@atodasolahey1952 4 жыл бұрын

Bus we need you now lol

@TheJasonJackson84 6 жыл бұрын

As he stated, "they can change your life with one hit". I don't know why people don't want to acknowledge that. You can die on the football field if your not prepared for the punishment that's about to come.

@knowledgeispower3714 6 жыл бұрын

The muthafucking 🚌

@americanmade9002 Жыл бұрын

Much respect for the bus

@notacat7127 6 жыл бұрын

Pittsburgh baby! Go Steelers go Bus

@WinstonCorneilius Жыл бұрын

Al Smith with the beat up face mask...Back when they had the scars on the helmet and didnt get a new one every game

@YZdude 4 жыл бұрын

He meant to say when Ray Lewis sent the Bus backwards 😂 Little too much pride for that I guess....

@dustinflowers1548 4 жыл бұрын

Watch the play the bus was in mid air when ray hit him a high school kid could readjust a man's motion when hes not planted....not hard to do guy

@YZdude 4 жыл бұрын

@@dustinflowers1548 I would love to see a 150 pound high school kid send a 6 foot 260 pound man backwards after he is running. Neither of you have played a real sport in your life.