hardest hitter in nfl history
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- Willie McGinest is one of the hardest hitters in NFL history and is also the all-time playoff sacks leader. Not too many people give McGinest a lot of credit, but just watch the video posted. Then you'll realize how violent of a tackler he really was.f you ask me, Lawrence Taylor is not only the hardest hitter in NFL history, but he is the greatest defender to ever play the game. L.T. put fear in everyone's eyes when he stepped onto the ,as he would do whatever it took to get to the ball-carrier and made sure that he punished them.
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- Currently, the heaviest players in the NFL (as of the 2012 season) is Herman Johnson, guard for the Arizona Cardinals, who was listed on the roster at 6'7 - 364 pounds. Former Dallas Cowboy Aaron Gibson, who currently plays in the AFL, was the NFL's first 400-pounder. He holds the record for heav….
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- Anyway, on to today's lists. First, here are the quarterbacks with the most hits, led by the same guy who led the league in this category in 2008. The total for passes is there as a guide -- I didn't do percentages because hit totals include plays canceled by penalty but pass totals do not.his year he was least sacked, but also not hit much. Part of that was replacing 2nd rounder Tony Ugoh at LT with 6th rounder Charlie Johnson, 2nd rounder Mike Pollack with Arena League OG Kyle DeVan, and the return of Ryan Lilja who was out all last year.
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- Draft Position. • The lowest-drafted quarterback to win a Super Bowl was Buccaneers QB Brad Johnson (227th overall by Vikings in 1992, ninth round). • Two Super Bowl winning quarterbacks were not drafted in the conventional NFL draft; 49ers QB Steve Young (XXIX) and Rams QB Kurt Warner (XXXIV).raft Position. • The lowest-drafted quarterback to win a Super Bowl was Buccaneers QB Brad Johnson (227th overall by Vikings in 1992, ninth round). • Two Super Bowl winning quarterbacks were not drafted in the conventional NFL draft; 49ers QB Steve Young (XXIX) and Rams QB Kurt Warner (XXXIV).
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Ben Roethlisberger makes NFL history with 2nd 500-yard passing game Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger became the first player in NFL history to throw for more than 500 yards in a game twice during his career, shredding the Indianapolis Colts for 522 yards on Sunday. Roethlisberger already owned the Steelers team record with a 503-yard performance in 2009.
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- Joel Zumaya: 104.8 MPH. Joel Zumaya was the hardest thrower in the game during the 2006 season. His 104.8 MPH pitch while closing for the Tigers is proof of that, and one of the fastest pitches EVER recorded in a pro-game.
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USFL Trivia Questions & Answers : Other Leagues Future NFL star Bobby Hebert was the only quarterback to pass for at least 3000 yards in every USFL season (1983-1985). He finished with a career total of 11,137 yards, making him the league's career leader. Houston Gamblers QB Jim Kelly is the single season record holder with 5219 yards, set during the 1984 season.
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NFL: The 57 Most Unique Players in NFL History! in fact he holds the record for most personal fouls committed in an nfl career however another unique aspect of rodney harrison is that ray lewis and he are the only players in nfl history to be a part of the 30 30 club which is 30 sacks and 30 interceptions in their careernthony munoz is considered one of the greatest offensive lineman of all time he played 13 seasons for the cincinatti bengals and he went to 11 straight pro bowls was a nine time all pro and was a part of the nfl 1980s all decade team
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Giants Edge Bengals as Eli Manning Passes for Three Touchdowns Pro Football | Giants 21, Bengals 20. Giants Edge Bengals as Eli Manning Passes for Three Touchdowns. Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton (14) being taken down by the Giants in the fourth quarter. Defensive end Olivier Vernon (54) was credited with the sack. Credit Seth Wenig/Associated Press.
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- Titans QB Marcus Mariota Records NFL's Longest Run of Season with 87-Yard TD. Tennessee Titans quarterback Marcus Mariota dominated college football teams by using both his arm and his legs, and Sunday, he let the Jacksonville Jaguars know he can continue to be a dual-threat quarterback in the NFL.
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- The Lions handcuffed Eli Manning most of Monday night. (USA TODAY Sports). DETROIT – Eli Manning threw a whopping 27 interceptions last season, but this was supposed to be a new year. The New York Giants ' first-team offense failed to score a touchdown in the preseason, but this was supposed to be the real stuff.
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Greatest NFL player at every jersey number from 00 to 99 2 – Matt Ryan, QB, Atlanta (2008-present) Matty Ice is the biggest star at a little-used number. Ryan was the NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year in 2008 and has made three Pro Bowls. He's led the Falcons to the playoffs four times in his eight seasons and guided Atlanta to the NFC Championship Game in 2012.
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Top 10 Hardest Hitters in NFL History Unfortunately his most infamous hit is one that occurred during a 1978 preseason game against the New England Patriots and left Pats wide-receiver Darryl Stingley a permanent quadriplegic. Tatum was also the catalyst for one of the most famous plays in NFL history.In a 1972 playoff game against the Pittsburgh Steelers, Tatum delivered what should’ve been the game-ending hit on running-back Frenchy Fuqua as he was attempting to catch a desperation pass from Terry Bradshaw in the game’s waning seconds.nd so, in response I say: Get over it. Tomorrow will be a new list, perhaps one that is more to your liking. In the meantime, stop your whining, sit your candy-asses down, and check out this list and these video clips of some of the meanest, most badass NFL players ever to have strapped on the cleats.
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Nothing off limits in scrum at the bottom of NFL pileup You've got to look at the football as being a flawless diamond that size and it's up for grabs and whoever can get it and hold onto it, they're in a good position. Even quarterbacks sometimes get involved in all that craziness at the bottom of a pileup. Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger was right in the middle of an end-zone scrum during a controversial play that led to Pittsburgh's 23-22 win at Miami last Sunday. With the Steelers down 22-20 and less than three minutes remaining, Roethlisberger fumbled as he neared the goal line on a quarterback draw from the 2-yard line.
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Cream of the Crop: What makes Jordy Nelson the NFL's best deep threat Nelson scorched Talib for a 68-yard touchdown catch, running away in the final 30 yards as Talib quit chasing. Freeman threw the best ball of his life, Talib says of that play. It was nothing that Jordy Nelson did. He just outside-released. [Nelson] was running slow, actually, and then when Freeman threw the ball, he just sped up on me.
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"""Hitting people has always been my styleâ¦Iâm not tall but sometimes small things are the most dangerous. Itâs like a snake when itâs coiled. You donât know when itâll strike, and whoosh, itâs got you.â" Selected to play in a team record 10 Pro Bowls, Singletary was All-Pro eight times, and All-NFC every year from 1983 until 1991. The NFL Defensive Player of the Year in 1985 and 1988, Mike was the cornerstone of the Bears’ innovative 46-defense.
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- The heaviest player in Major League history was Jumbo Brown who weighed two-hundred ninety-five pounds and played from 1925 through 1941  until 2005 when Walter Young took that record from him when he debuted at three-hundred fifteen pounds!
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Tallest, Shortest, Biggest, Smallest, Youngest, Oldest: NFL Trivia Smallest: If linesmen are tall and hefty, wide receivers are short and slim. The smallest man to ever play in the NFL was wide receiver Gerald McNeil, who weighed 142 pounds and stood 5’7” tall. He played for five seasons in the 1980s, and was voted to the Pro Bowl in 1987.
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Broncos' injury-hit Manning to sit out Bears game He was doing everything he could to play for his football team.. Manning, a 14-time Pro Bowl selection, became the National Football League's all-time passing yards leader early in Sunday's game against the Chiefs before he was benched after delivering one of the worst performances of his Hall of Fame career.
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Brady: 'Hardest loss' was Super Bowl XLII New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady said in an interview that losing to the New York Giants in Super Bowl XLII was the most difficult loss of his illustrious career. New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady said in an interview that losing to the New York Giants in Super Bowl XLII was the most difficult loss of his illustrious career. The hardest loss, I would say, is when we lost to you guys in '07, Brady told Fox Sports 1 analyst -- and former Giant -- Michael Strahan in an interview that aired Saturday.
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- Big Ben Roethlisberger is the starting quarterback of the Pittsburgh Steelers. Standing 6'5 and weighing in at 241lbs, Big Ben is one of the largest quarter-backs in the le…ague. Before the retirement of Brett Favre, Big Ben had the second deepest arm in the NFL. Now there's no one in the league that can throw as far as Big Ben.
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- That said, some of these goats simply are deserving. Because life, especially on the big Super Bowl stage, isn't always fair. 10. Fred The Hammer Williamson, Chiefs, Super Bowl I. Kansas City cornerback Fred Williamson boasted before the game that he'd be all over Packers receivers Boyd Dowler and Carroll Dale. Two hammers to Dowler, one to Dale should be enough, he said. Well, not quite.
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The NFL's Most Hated List: 32 teams, 32 villains you love to loathe Most Hated: J.J. Watt It's not just that J.J. Watt has racked up more sacks against the Titans (15.5) than any other team he's faced in his five NFL seasons. Or that he got into an ongoing selfie spat with prolific facial hair grower Zach Mettenberger.
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The Toughest Position in Football Is... Outside Linebacker? Jonathan Vilma started as an inside linebacker in the NFL but moved outside during the later stages of his nine-year career. The 2004 Defensive Rookie of the Year and three-time All-Pro who currently works as a Notre Dame Football Analyst for NBC understands what it takes to succeed in the difficult spot.
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- 1 Brady: 'Hardest loss' was Super Bowl XLII. 2  Jacoby Brissett showed his value to Patriots as No. 3 quarterback. 3  Patriots trade CB Justin Coleman to Seahawks for late-round pick. 4  Receiver, punt returner, tweener on D top Patriots' vulnerable areas. 5  New England Patriots' 53-man projection has two undrafted players.
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Biggest Scapegoats In Sports History Biggest Scapegoats In Sports History September 29, 2014 at 8:16 pm Filed Under: Baseball, Bill Buckner, Football, Jackie Smith, MLB, NFL, Nick Anderson, Scapegoat, Scott Norwood, sports, Steve Bartman oct 1986: boston red sox batter bill buckner swings at a pitch during the red sox 4-3 loss to the new york mets in game 5 of the world series at shea stadium in new york, (credit: allsport/allsport)