Who ya got?
Even though they were before my time, I'd take Ray Nitschke or Jack Tatum. Not just because he was a Buckeye, but dude was just brutal, and Nitschke was a monster. Some of the stories in Lombardi's biography of that man are unreal.
Now, what made me think of this thread was this hit...Steve Atwater on The Nigerian Nightmare. I still remember this hit from when I was in like seventh grade. For the youngsters, Okoye was a 260 pound RB who had a reputation as a bruiser and Atwater was a young 210 pound Free Safety. His body of work might not have been legendary, but DAMN...
http://www.zippyvideos.com/6082761056532676/atwaterhit/
Even though they were before my time, I'd take Ray Nitschke or Jack Tatum. Not just because he was a Buckeye, but dude was just brutal, and Nitschke was a monster. Some of the stories in Lombardi's biography of that man are unreal.
Now, what made me think of this thread was this hit...Steve Atwater on The Nigerian Nightmare. I still remember this hit from when I was in like seventh grade. For the youngsters, Okoye was a 260 pound RB who had a reputation as a bruiser and Atwater was a young 210 pound Free Safety. His body of work might not have been legendary, but DAMN...
http://www.zippyvideos.com/6082761056532676/atwaterhit/