Lynn Swann had a bounty on him for much of the Steelers dynasty run in the 1970s. He tells the story of some of the most brutal hits he endured. #Undeniable #NFL #Steelers
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@johnvalencia74885 ай бұрын
They don't talk about him anymore, but Lynn Swann & John Stalworth were two of the greatest acrobatic catching receivers I ever witnessed in the NFL!!
@anthonytaylor79285 ай бұрын
What is up with this dumb logic? They don't talk about a player anymore . It doesn't make him underrated as some dummies may say or takes away from his greatness. Heck they don't talk about johnny Unitas and ton of any other players anymore either such dumb logic
@damonwimbley97985 ай бұрын
@anthonytaylor7928 don't waste your time on morons who think like him, the ones who brush great players aside because they no longer play..
@cumulus12345 ай бұрын
@j.p.3274 Woody Hayes should have developed a passing offense when Warfield played for him at OSU
@cumulus12345 ай бұрын
I know that the player Charlie Baumann that Woody hit on the sidelines later became friends with Woody and he actually invited him to his home in Columbus for dinner and had a nice visit@j.p.3274
@gregsanchez30685 ай бұрын
@@anthonytaylor7928thank you for saying that. I agree. Those are irrational homers that say things like that. 😂
@randyjohnson54265 ай бұрын
Lynn swann was such a fantastic wide receiver during a time when the NFL was just brutal.
@markbrian71795 ай бұрын
Lynn Swann made some of the most spectacular catches in NFL history!
@kingjahk15 ай бұрын
Lynn Swann was always the standard. There will be no duplicates. 👑💪🏾🏈
@johnmongani52235 ай бұрын
"Lynn Swann.....soft" George Atkinson. 6 months after that 1975 AFC title game in Pittsburgh when Swann was knocked out of the game by Atkinson, the Steelers and Raiders met in week 1 of the 1976 season in Oakland. Early in that game Steelers cornerback Mel Blount picked up Cliff Branch and slammed him down on his head. That hit was retaliation for the Atkinson hit on Swann 6 months earlier. Then later in that game in Oakland, the Raiders retaliated for the hit on Branch when Atkinson went after Swann again with the infamous forearm to the back of the head hit when the ball was nowhere near Swann. After the game Steeler coach Chuck Noll labeled the Raiders as a "criminal element" in the NFL. Atkinson sued Noll for slander but the case was dismissed by the courts.
@kevinmontgomery90225 ай бұрын
My most favorite receiver of all time!!!!!
@johnnybarnes21205 ай бұрын
Swann was one of the best receivers ever.
@Save6575 ай бұрын
Lynn Swann, a class act and still the best wide receiver in Pittsburgh Steelers history. 🏈🏆
@chrisrobinson83395 ай бұрын
AB is the Steelers greatest wide receiver.
@UncleClaudeSportsandThangs22 күн бұрын
AB should have been, but his antics cost him of that title. 1) Swann 2) Stallworth 3) Ward 4) AB 5) Holmes
@chrisneyland-tf5tu5 ай бұрын
Me and my brother would try to emulate Lynn Swann's catches as kids. I always thought the catch he made on the sideline in Super Bowl 10 was more extraordinary than the catch he made at midfield. The Steel Curtain Defense was a sight to behold and a force to be reckoned with. Swann is arguably the greatest WR of all time.
@paulstanley45155 ай бұрын
Thank you Mr Swan for the memories and the opportunity as a Kid back in the day to call out your name when my brother and my friends would be out in our neighborhood and going out for the pass and yell out " And Swan is going for it " LOL oh what a time in a young kids mind to ever think we had or even possess your talent or Blessed Abilities to Perform some of the Most Outstanding Receptions in Professional Football- yet we did DREAM!!!. One of the Best : Mr Lynn Swan
@CCTH2221-lp2zj5 ай бұрын
His performance in Super Bowl 10 changed everything. People talk about the Jets winning in 3. But this was the most watched up to that point. I remember the next day Swann was on the cover of every NYC area newspaper including the Times and then the cover of Sports Illustrated.
@dougamundson68365 ай бұрын
Changed everything? What do you mean by 'Everything?' He made a great catch. ONE great catch. SO WHAT?
@demsareunamerican68005 ай бұрын
@dougamundson6836 LMFAO. 1 great catch? You obviously never seen Swan ever play. These 2 catches in SB 10 were many of his great catches in his career. You see 1 clip you believe you know everything about Swan.
@dougamundson68365 ай бұрын
Gee, Stupid F&&K, look at his whole career. He made some great catches, sure. LOOK at his Whole Career. I could name AT LEAST 50 receivers better. AT LEAST 50. Want to discuss that idea?@@demsareunamerican6800
@robertwalker29845 ай бұрын
Lynn u are a true Warrior Bro ❤
@matthewmerritt79665 ай бұрын
Great stuff!!! As a kid, I was in awe of the 70's Steelers. Legends, superstars, role players, and of course, Hall of Famers. Swann was definitely my favorite WR at the time.
@fan1.0285 ай бұрын
Swann is still my all time favorite
@dougamundson68365 ай бұрын
He was your favorite because he was on the Champs. Compare him to lots others. He slides down real fast.
@fan1.0285 ай бұрын
I was a Steelers fan before they had won any championships and thru the 80's when they wasn't very good and he is still my favorite WR today.@@dougamundson6836
@wbmstr242 ай бұрын
@@dougamundson6836 they dont become 'champs' without him. todays receivers would nvr have lasted back then.
@dougamundson68362 ай бұрын
@@wbmstr24 What are you saying? That if Swann wasn't on the field, they would have played with 10 players? They would have had 11 (believe it or not). Swann was not that big a deal for them.
@GodmaDLyne4 ай бұрын
I love Lynn…he was one of my favorite players. 🏈
@redmustangredmustang5 ай бұрын
Those who doubted Swann, he got it done in the Super Bowl. The catches in Super Bowl 10 and the touchdown to put them 21-10 and then win 21-17. The touchdown in Super Bowl 13 another great catch. Then his touchdown in Super Bowl 14. He's got 4 rings just like with Stallworth. Guess who had to throw the ball to those two. Terry Bradshaw. I know he has the dumb good ole boy attitude, but Bradshaw got it done when it counted. Goofballs don't get to call their own plays. Bradshaw was able to do that.
@fan1.0285 ай бұрын
I don't know anybody who doubted Swann. The Steelers didn't win a championship till he got there. Then after he retired didn't win another championship for decades
@pdmc1968735 ай бұрын
Kudos to Joe Buck for giving some of the older greats a chance to share their stories and get the recognition they still deserve. I can see a twinkle in some of their eyes when they're on this show and it's just great to see.
@jonberry58165 ай бұрын
So many people on KZfaq use the term "underrated." Lynn Swann and John Stallworth were NOT underrated! They're in the HOF for a reason. They were and are considered two of the best receivers of their time. If their stats don't approach those of later receivers, it's truly irrelevant. it was a different game and they were masters of their position.If you haven't watched NFL football evolve for five decades, you're likely not going to get it. but that doesn't negate the fact that it's true.
@Slimjim2605 ай бұрын
He was a special player for sure
@okera4245 ай бұрын
I know he banged up,catching all those bad balls that Bradshaw threw...
@johnnybarnes21205 ай бұрын
His super bowl catch against Dallas at midfield was the best catch EVER
@mcdonoghrahloh4595 ай бұрын
Check out Stallworths catch against Kansas City in 87 from David Woodley
@johnnybarnes21205 ай бұрын
Lynn Swann is still a class act
@alexh44363 ай бұрын
I feel for Mark Washington. He really covered Swann about as well as could be covered in SB 10 but got forever immortalized as the guy that got beat, again and again and again.
@thebrucechannel80615 ай бұрын
I'm a lifelong Steelers fan from Pittsburgh, will always hate the Raiders for their criminal behavior on the football field.
@rickykenny42575 ай бұрын
Lynn Swann and John Stallworth are the greatest receivers combo ever! They are both in The Football Hall of Fame! 🏈🤴🏿🏈🤴🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿
@ear4funk8145 ай бұрын
A great video would be a compilation illustrating what was legal hits with the old NFL rules.
@johnclark65775 ай бұрын
That was the game back then. The old players criticize today’s game and say they miss the way it used to be.
@paulheads81015 ай бұрын
That was a great Era for the Steelers and Chuck Noll understood the games.
@user-tv3id2nf5o5 ай бұрын
This is what GREATNESS looks like!!!!!!!!!!!
@ScottysBackYardBBQ5 ай бұрын
he got a taste of Raider love. .
@trueempire89485 ай бұрын
No thats called a cheap shot only cowards do that.
@denisceballos97455 ай бұрын
Raiders tried, but couldn’t stop this man.
@blite135 ай бұрын
@@trueempire8948 what do you call it when Mel Blount would pick up a WR off his feet and slam his head into the artificial turf?
@joshpitts72565 ай бұрын
@@blite13Payback Possibly 🤷🏻♂️
@osaji9225 ай бұрын
@@trueempire8948 The cheap shots were not reserved to only the Raiders. That's how the game was played by all the elite teams of the 70s, including the Steelers.
@keavo53685 ай бұрын
My favorite wr of all time.
@7THOU5 ай бұрын
When I was a kid playing sandlot FB I was Mr Lynn Swann.seen him at my job Westin Hotel.he's jogging on treadmill @ reading same time well after retirement.i was at awwwww.met Michael.Jordan and I'm talking smack .never forget that
@johnnybarnes21205 ай бұрын
Love you Lynn Swann
@NotWorthIt95 ай бұрын
Swaaaannneeee how we love ya!
@johnmoyer55155 ай бұрын
He was very good, smooth
@pierretampa5 ай бұрын
Even though I was a Cleveland Browns fan, The Steelers were the best in the 70:s.
@BubBub-yc8qm5 ай бұрын
These guys who played before the millennium were true field warriors, it's incredible more players weren't actually paralyzed during games back then; albeit Daryl Stingley and a few others? I loved watching football with my dad on Monday nights and Lynn Swann/John Stalworth were two of my favorites with the rest of the Steelers! Kudos and hand claps for all of these Alpha Males 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
@hadibae5 ай бұрын
Lynn Swann was just an incredible wife receiver. Mark Washington couldn't have done a better job covering him that game.
@Prd64twl5 ай бұрын
The catch where he tipped the ball to himself was on the cover of Sports Illustrated magazine.
@vanceharkema51314 ай бұрын
He played when you could check the receiver all over the field not just first 5 yards. Also closelining guys around neck and head was legal. More concussions back then and no one cared.
@gianlucad80035 ай бұрын
My God, he's still crying. One nation, Raider Nation.
@Biggdoom3445 ай бұрын
You must like losing lol. Raiders have not Won a SB since 1983 lol.
@fredwright97555 ай бұрын
Crying nation😅😅😅
@dannysullivan89294 ай бұрын
JERRY RICE would NOT have withstood such brutality. That's why SWAN IS THE BEST EVER!!! END OF STORY!!!!
@gianlucad80034 ай бұрын
You're so delusional, you actually made up your own reality.@@dannysullivan8929
@gianlucad80034 ай бұрын
Swan was a softy. @@dannysullivan8929
@jayhall21925 ай бұрын
Lynn Swann has always been cool an,known as a great player much HallofFamer!
@mcarlkv535 ай бұрын
1975 steelers greatest of all time.....NFL played between 1972-1977 was the last great era of NFL
@dek7795 ай бұрын
The way NFL football is meant to be played.
@jdg622695 ай бұрын
He had to endure clothes lines, hooks, and everything else that receivers don't get today.
@davidgillock64255 ай бұрын
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
@rustypugh1235 ай бұрын
I get sick of hearing people talk about what a “tough guy” Atkinson was. Blindsiding a receiver or clotheslining him when he’s not looking or 5 yards out of bounds isn’t tough. It’s cheap shots. I admit Tatum was tough, but so were 100s of others.
@travismcdonald65765 ай бұрын
Pittsburgh had dirty players too. It was a violent era of football.
@Bambino_605 ай бұрын
Agreed
@johnclark65775 ай бұрын
The Raiders always had that reputation. Intimidating. Dirty. Always the most penalized.
@vernonleewarren2805 ай бұрын
I agreed with you
@prestonodom7135 ай бұрын
That was some intense football. Back in the day. You had some straight up brutes in the 1970s.
@zuozhen47585 ай бұрын
Artificial turf in those days in the cold weather was brutal!
@jameshoran85 ай бұрын
Lynn is a member of Augusta National. He would have made a great governor for the state of Pennsylvania but lost to Fast Edddie Rendell
@ckobo845 ай бұрын
Swann made the hits seem much worse because he rag dolled like an accordion. Dude was all flexibility and no strength, kind of like Earnest Givens.
@brooksfleming76435 ай бұрын
I remember when they would crack u so hard youd lose ur soul as well as ur wind.
@dcrutch4345 ай бұрын
At first glance the hit didn't look vicious..but I see that his head was slammed into the ground..😮😮
@raiderone62054 ай бұрын
Both teams took shots at each other , this wasn't a one sided deal like these Steelers players want to sell you
@pjpj26395 ай бұрын
He was great as was Jim smith and stallworth.
@user-ug4hw7oq7y4 ай бұрын
the Oakland Raiders vs the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 1970's was the Most intense Rivalry Ever in the History of Team Sports it was the Vietnam WAR of Football
@micjam19865 ай бұрын
But back then the raiders defense had a point system.. more points for more injury given to opposing team players.. bunch of thugs
@wbmstr242 ай бұрын
it was a tougher manlier game back then, today's diva receivers and tammy brady types would nvr had made it.....
@TheGeneralBraddock5 ай бұрын
If those old raiders could not beat you ; they would try to injure you !
@trevor84935 ай бұрын
It's true
@CDot-fy5mt5 ай бұрын
Players today would not survive in the league back then.
@toddm95015 ай бұрын
My beloved Raiders. Funny how he talks about G Atkinson. But never mentions Blount on his own team. Blount must have been a choir boy. I guess I missed that.
@TheArtOfDean5 ай бұрын
I once read about Blount picking up a receiver and dropping him on his head.
@jetsstabler5 ай бұрын
It’s on film. It was Cliff Branch
@redmustangredmustang5 ай бұрын
@@TheArtOfDean he did that to the Raiders Cliff Branch. No penalty or anything back then.
@redhillscontractingllc12115 ай бұрын
Lynn Swann is soft!
@johnperrott64505 ай бұрын
The hit on Branch was pay back for what happened to Swann
@lewiserwin26865 ай бұрын
Who can’t appreciate Jack Tatum ?
@dougamundson68365 ай бұрын
He took brutal hits? Geez, he must be the ONLY wide receiver ever to do that.
@leannlanky96965 ай бұрын
Those secondary's put people in the hospital not just the blue tents back in the day. Legit violent. White receivers in particular would get destroyed. You literally felt nervous when you say one walk out on the field.
@patriciajones42065 ай бұрын
He was trying to explain to people are too young to know how football was different when he played. Those hits were perfectly legal in those days.
@dougamundson68365 ай бұрын
And guys from the 60's suffered those hits, too. What is your point? @@patriciajones4206
@shermanmiller32035 ай бұрын
Jack Tatum and George Atkinson wasn’t 💩two of the dirtiest players ever
@user-od9rl5zw1w5 ай бұрын
Super STEELERS beat them all cowboys twice in superbowl and in the regular season in seventies vikings raiders oilers rams Bengals dolphins bills colts Great teams and many more But my STEELERS THE Greatest of them All let's GO
@micjam19865 ай бұрын
Jack tatum is the one who paralyzed/killed Daryl Stingley
@johnmongani52235 ай бұрын
yes that's true but what happened to Stinlgey could have happened to anybody playing the game at that time. Tatum got diabetes later in his life and had a leg amputated so what goes around comes around....
@BurninSpear7695 ай бұрын
Like my man said Lynn Swann soft...
@Tatumthirty25 ай бұрын
Jack Tatum # 1
@krogersucks455 ай бұрын
All these years later Swan still crying about the Raiders
@Hittdogg174 ай бұрын
MJG carried him off the field
@blite135 ай бұрын
Stop whining.......there is plenty of film evidence of Steeler players doing the same thing to other teams players. Mel Blount picked up Cliff Branch, more than once, and slammed him on his head.....it went both ways, Lynn.
@johnmongani52235 ай бұрын
That head slam on Branch was 6 months after the 1975 AFC title game where Swann got the concussion and was retaliation for that hit. Then later in that game Atkinson retaliated for the hit on Branch with the infamous forearm to the head of Swann when the ball was nowhere near him. After that game in Oakland to start the 1976 season Steeler coach Chuck Noll labeled the Raiders as a "criminal element" in the NFL. Atkinson sued Noll for slander but the courts dismissed the case.
@scottywiseman3975 ай бұрын
No gloves!
@MegaJusWright5 ай бұрын
Swan sounds soft.
@jetsstabler5 ай бұрын
Only reason he is in the HOF is because of those two catches in Super Bowl X .
@andrewwells68445 ай бұрын
I guess you didn’t watch super bowl 13 &14 and the many playoff games he was in
@KeithJouganatosTV5 ай бұрын
Yeah keep telling yourself that
@javiermori17105 ай бұрын
Im a steeler fan and totally agree. Hes in for his playoff and SB performances. He had very avg and rather short 9 year career. His numbers are no where near some of the greats. But he made huge catches and TDs on the biggest stage in SB.
@TL23545 ай бұрын
Only reason you're here is because of two idiots not using a wire hanger
@Save6575 ай бұрын
@@javiermori1710When it counted most, he helped bring 4-of these back home. 🏆🏆🏆🏆
@markbrooker37295 ай бұрын
George Atkinson was a head hunting cheap shot artist. Never respected his game
@herbieholland58005 ай бұрын
LYNN SWANN SOFT AZZ PLAYER WHY HE'S IN THE HOF I DON'T KNOW
@Biggdoom3445 ай бұрын
Because he is still to this day once of the greatest post season WRs ever. Swann caught a TD in 73% of his postseason games. Compare that with Cliff Branch at 21% or Drew Pearson at 29%. That’s why.
@tonypallotto41905 ай бұрын
NOW THATS A WR AMAZING TONY FROM WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS HE SIGNED. MY BALL 2019 STEELERS RAMS HE DOESN'T FORGET
@roberttrujillo61395 ай бұрын
Hands down the true GOAT! Crybaby, over protected, coddled recievers couldnt do what he did. Those players deserve the money thats paid today. They are what made the NFL