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Nastiest Player in NFL History

MuckFich06;740622; said:
Turkey Jones

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Damn Muck, I was just going to go look for that picture. I love seeing that highlight and picture. :banger:
 
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Big Papa;740317; said:
Ronnie Lott has to be mentioned, I agree with Chuck Cecil and would like to add Dick "Night Train" Lane.
Was hoping someone was gonna mention Night Train. One of the few people famous for tackling dudes in a manner later outlawed by the league specifically because of him.

I know Butkus was probably the most fearsome player of his time, but I can't really think of him as nasty. When Chuck Hughes went down, Butkus was the first one frantically calling for help from the sideline.

How about Matuszak? The Tooz should get credit for being nasty just for being able to play every day still hopped up on whatever he had the night before and for breakfast that morning.
 
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Deacon Jones, he invented the head slap. For you youngsters, the DE's would use a well padded forearm against the head of the OL as their first move in the pass rush. Also, Doug Atkins was a mean son-of-a-gun, 6'8" defensive end in the early 60's.
 
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Can't believe it took untill page 2 for someone to mention Dobler.

Forget that we are OSU fans and review Tatum's resume for nastiest ever.
Nickname was The Assasin plus he crippled some poor bastard and 30 some odd years later still hasn't said he was sorry. Thats got to get him in the top 5 at least.
 
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Actually Jax, I had a nice big narrative written out on Dobler when this thread came out, then I reconsidered posting it because the thread was "nastiest." I considered Dobler to be the "dirtiest." Nasty has more of as positive connotation, a player that played by the rules. Dobler came no where close to playing by the rules. If you polled players in the league from his playing days, he'd be voted the dirtiest-cheap shot mutherfucker by a landslide.
 
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WoodyWorshiper;741523; said:
Actually Jax, I had a nice big narrative written out on Dobler when this thread came out, then I reconsidered posting it because the thread was "nastiest." I considered Dobler to be the "dirtiest." Nasty has more of as positive connotation, a player that played by the rules. Dobler came no where close to playing by the rules. If you polled players in the league from his playing days, he'd be voted the dirtiest-cheap shot mutherfucker by a landslide.


Very true. 100% agree Dobler was the dirtiest of all time.
 
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I have to break this down in to two groups; players I have seen play and players I have seen old footage of.

Players I have seen:

Steve Atwater- The hit on Christian Okoye was just on of hundreds he delivered over his career. Heck, he knocked out himself a teammate AND a WR on the packers last drive in SB 32!

Ronnie Lot- Anbody that has the tip of his finger cut off so he can keep playing is the baddest mother fucker..>EVER.

Players I have seen tape of:

Jack Tatum. The Asassin. 'nuff said.

Rich 'Tombstone' Jackson. Was every bit as good as Deacon Jones, just didn't play long enough or in a big enough market to be recognized like The Deac.

Butkus...Some of the most brutal hits I have ever seen...I still can't get this one clip out of my mind. Butkus is either covering a kick or reacting to a screen pass...either way, he has a clear running start. Seeing as he can't get to the ball carrier without taking on the blocker, he burries his shoulder into the chest of the lead blocker. What makes it even more special is that the lead blocker (Lions) was looking down field and didn't see Butkus coming. Butkus hit him so hard he knocked him 10 yards backwards into the ball carrier and took 'em both down. I wonder if there is clip of that on the net somewhere?
 
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Sam Huff


"We try to hurt everybody," Huff told Time. "We hit each other as hard as we can. This is a man's game."

A year later, a 30-minute CBS documentary titled "The Violent World of Sam Huff," narrated by Walter Cronkite, provided America a close-up look at pro football and one man who craved its raw instincts.

Cant believe all you Brownies left off Jim Brown!!!!!
 
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