How DOMINANT Were The Legion of BOOM? 

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That Super Bowl against the Broncos that had the greatest offense of all time, had to be the biggest beat down I've ever seen!

To this day all 49ers fans have PTSD from the l.o.b era 🤣

i still believe Kam is a hall of famer. He revolutionized the box safety position

You forgot 2009 Broncos traded their 2010 1st round pick for Seattle 2009 2nd round pick. Seattle used that 1st to get Earl Thomas. Denver drafted Alphonso Smith. Does history repeat w the Broncos giving the Seahawks another gem on D?

I’ll never quite understand when people say we don’t draft well, the Seahawk’s are definitely underrated when it comes to their draft picks over the past decade. Solid video!

As a die hard niners fan. The legion of boom was the best defense in the NFL of all time

it’s the amazing coaching staff and seattles ability to turn low drafted players into absolute elite stars is what made the defense so good

Greatest defence of all time, what they did during their era is unmatched.

"how in the world the nfl allowed them to form up in the first place" spoiler... LOB was home grown baby don't get it twisted 🫰

People who are disrespecting this unit probably didn’t look at the stats, or that they were playing a great QB Class. They had to play players like Wes Welker, Calvin Johnson, and an almost picture perfect receiver room on multiple teams. Some of y’all want to be different, I respect it but also don’t. Not many could score on, let alone beat this Dynasty of a no fly zone.

The Legion terrorized the NFL for a longbtime and was the most feared defense

Kam Chancellor is my favorite Seahawk of all time. Oh Western Washington was such a blast when the Legion of Boom was are secondary.

I don't give a rip what any of you all say against these guys. What other defense do you know that totally shut down one of the arguably best offences, ever, in a SUPERBOWL. Everyone I know, all the pundits, even Seahawks fans, thought Manning and the Broncos would run over us. They didn't! End of story. Made the Broncs look like a high school team.

Was a great time as a Seahawks fan. I've always loved characters, and we had some... Sherman talking trash (and backing it up), Beast Mode and his skittles, a missle flying around the field in Thomas... he hit Gronk so hard he perferated his lung, and Bam Bam Cam with his huge hits. Had Bennet take a victory lap on a police bike... Not only were they amazing on the field they were fun on the sidelines.

What’s really hilarious is Pete Carroll tried recruiting Payton Manning before he went to Denver. Even surprised him in Denver at the airport. Manning snubbed Pete and the Seahawks. Imagine if Manning was on that Seattle team, with Beast mode in the backfield, LOB on defense. Could have won 4 straight superbowls.

The 2013-2015 Seahawks Defense is the greatest of all time. Numbers don't lie. And strength of opponent just puts the cherry on top. They dominated future HOF QB's, not a bunch on nobodys.

Missed opportunity, or I just missed it's mention, but with Kam's jump for FG block, it was flagged, but he did it again the very next play and got successfully blocked it, which is even more impressive.

My favorite stat of that era was that any team that played the Seahawks would lose their next game after playing them. I believe I heard that started in 2013, not sure how far into 2014 that went.

Interesting enough Seattle got Cliff Avril, and Micheal Bennett on reduced cost at end of FA in 2013. Chris Clemons needed to be mentioned.

don’t forget about Chris Clemons and Brandon Mebane. 💙💚💙💚

Cam Chancellor was the last of the real NFL iron men. He'd be kicked out of the league today.

Turns out that the best way to dismantle the Legion of Boom was a Russell Wilson contract 😢 damn shame

The 2001 Ravens and the 85 Bears are the only 2 teams that could ever be in the conversation. Of those teams the 2013 Seahawks had the greatest secondary of all time.

GOAT defense, lets be honest. Led every major defensive category 4 years in a row- in the age of offense. There'll never be another like it

Imagine if we went back to back.. Russ would be solidified as one of the best ever (though he is) then undeniably the greatest defense ever. Just would’ve been the best ending to the best back to back seasons😥

Chancelor was an absolute BEAST.

when you have a historical offense that gets DESTROYED by a historical defense, clearly shows defense matters more in football.

I miss those days 😢

If LOB had won back to back SB's there wouldn't be a debate of the greatest defensive unit in NFL history.

Best ever.!! Nobody can name a defense or a secondary that played in an Era that threw the ball 25-50x a game. That’s the era they played in. Bears and Ravens played Ina era to where the ball was thrown maybe 20x per game. But this defense shut down an ALLTIME offense aka the best statistically. Here’s my last tid bit. From 2011-2016 you’ll NEVER find another run like that defensively. Number 1 day 3/4 years Ina row and a drop off was them being in the top 5 🤷🏾‍♂️

It was an honor to be one of "The 12s" during the years of THE BOOM! How ANY player got up after Bam-Kam knocked them down was a testament to their strength.... or stupidity😂😂. Alot of players never got up the same man that went down coz of one of Kam's hits! You could hear bones breaking from the "Cheap Seats"! I love our Seahawks with all my heart and I speak for thousands of us when I say, the years with The Legion of Boom, were some of the best years of our lives (and theirs too)..I mean they WERE the ones playing... even though they were on the field doing all the Heavy Lifting, the 12s go home exhausted too. None of us could talk for at least a week. It was fun at work that next Monday after game day Sunday! You could tell right away the ones who got to GO TO the game and those of us that had to stay home and watch. It didn't really matter, as long as we could watch they're games, we were happy. This is a great video! Thankyou!

Carroll and Schneider know how to draft and find those diamonds in the rough, very underrated. And, Pete knows how to let those crazy and diverse personalities be who they are, yet make them into a team.

I remember that 2013-14 team was scary as fkk. No team in the league wanted to come into seattle and play em. Heck, no team wanted to play em at all!

I don’t know why more teams don’t convert college WRs into CBs Sherm was THE TRUTH🔥😮‍💨💯

WE ALL WE GOT

LOB 2.0 this season. coming back to this comment after we win superbowl 2024

Shows how coach pete and jon did their job well. These last 2 drafts are bout to be something special too 👀

When they were healthy, the LOB was the greatest defense ever assembled on the gridiron. Unfortunately, injuries derailed what should have been a 7-8 year run of unprecedented dominance.

I think what makes watching the current Seahawks defense so difficult is we got so accustomed to deep passes either being incomplete, intercepted, or somebody getting hit hard. It used to be exciting, but now when somebody throws one deep it's terrifying. Like "ah shit who did we leave wide open this time". Same thing goes for the running game. Watching a guy run for 150yrds week after week just never happened on the LOB.

NFL record. Seattle actually gave up lowest points on defense for 4 straight years. 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015. They came in 3rd in points in 2016.

Best defense of all time

I know this much I was old enough to watch the 85 Bears defense, and if the Seahawks could have played with those rules in 85 there would have been crippled players for sure. Lob is by far the most dominant since I watched football sine 75.

Been a Seahawk fan since Dave Krieg as QB. The Legion of Boom is/was the best secondary ever assembled.

They need the recognition of the times as well. Maybe they weren't the best in overall numbers but they were the most technical play reading be where you need to be Defense. Playing over the top forcing qbs to rush a throw with the guys up front while the backs ballhawk

That’s still kinda crazy how they had the Legion of Boom, a legendary qb, one of the best power backs of all time, and on top of that a lot of talent in their wr room.

It’s crazy how close they came to a second ring against “the goat” when each member played the game with what would usually be considered a season ending injury requiring surgery shortly after the game

As a Seahawks fan since 1984..... when that team formed and started playing well..... I just sat back and enjoyed every second of it. I knew what I was watching was special. I even told my son at the time, "Pay attention, enjoy this. We probably wont ever see a team like this again." And SB49 really wasnt about the late interception, that gets all the headlines, but it was the injuries that doomed that game. Remember that Earl, Sherman, and Kam entered the game hurt. They probably wouldnt have been playing if it was a normal game, but they were hurting. Then Avril went out hurt, the pass rush dropped off. And Lane broke his arm after an interception..... it was too much. It just weakened them enough to allow Brady to crawl back in.

LOB is going down in history as one of the greatest. HAWK NATION, BABY all day 💙 💚 💙💚

We have our golden oppurtunity to build another elite defense on this draft, it's lifetime chance which won't happen again so we must draft it right !

This defence was just so much Fun to watch man. It was so good on all three levels You had Bennett lining up all over the D-line, overpowering tackles and beating interior linemen with his quickness. Cliff Avril and Irvin hunting QBs. KJ and Bobby were nightmares for RBs and TEs. Slot WRs and TEs looking over their shoulders for Bam Bam and ET flying all over the field And of course, Sherm was a menace. Add some increadible roleplayers like Mebane, McDaniels, Maxwell, Smith, Thurmond and Browner and you got the most Fun Defence the NFL has ever seen

Seattle in there prime were awesome!

Great stuff, you forgot to mention Jeremy Lane getting drafted in 2012 6th round

Earl hit Gronk high , and still knocked him good.. i bet Gronked respected Earl for hitting him there, instead of low like most players did...

If Denver had one of the best offenses in history, what was the LOB? They shut down Denver.

I get so proud looking back at the LOB i only started watching football in 2012 while living in Seattle the atmosphere was so amazing i wish i could relive it

The LOB accomplished what they did in an era when the rules heavily favored offense and handicapped defenses. Peyton Manning and the 2013 Denver Broncos typified this high water mark of this era by breaking records with 55 passing touchdowns and having 4 legitimate weapons-no defense could cover all those guys. Except one. Super Bowl 48 saw fists trying to punch through a brick wall. It was so fun while it lasted!

Great video 👍

As a Seahawks fan I will say this. Any yard against these guys in their prime was earned. And sometimes that yard you do get was at the same time Kam or Earl knocked the wind out of you. And these guys were coached by the secondory development god Pete Carroll

They've rebuilt & retooled....Wait for 2023-24-25.....Sorry San Fran.... Hawks ain't goin' NOWHERE!!! But up!!! Even with last year's sweep (hats off)....Prior to that, you were 3-22 over an 11 year period......We own the Niners......We are 12's, we are legion!!!

Best defense ever!

As a hawks fan, we miss you, Harbaugh. #DoucheBagHarbaughStyle

This was my favorite defense. Tough unit

If they had just one good pass rusher the year before they won the SB, they could have won it that year too. The year after, they had too many injuries to dominate in the playoffs but still nearly won the whole thing.

LoB 2.0 coming soon..

Led NFL in scoring defense 4 consecutive years

Should have won at least 2 superbowls.

Jumping over the center to block a field goal is called the "hawk block"

The LOB

i miss watching BAM BAM play

Watch Carrol/Snyder do it again. They're already on their way. Not necessarily through the draft, but DAMN, who'd a thunk?? And this year's draft is shaping up nice. They may pick the ESPN picks in the first round, but I quarantee they ain't picking all of ESPNs picks in the later rounds.

LOB is the reason I got into football. Yes I was bandwagoner because im a sucker for defensive play in sports. I miss this team.

This Video alone proves the fact that THIS IS....not the 1 Season Bears, or any other 2 or 3 good years( Ravens/Steelers/ect.) defenses is the BEST OF ALL TIME...the L.O.B. is the Ultimate Defense in NFL history...they played the most prolific offense in NFL history, in the biggest game, and Crushed them.

I bet the guys would love a copy of this video! You should contact their business office and offer a copy to them. I've seen many videos about the LOB but none were this bid and accurate and concise! Great job!👍

The greatest in history but they don't want to talk about it !

Pete Carroll was crazy for starting huge corners.

This is one of my ALL TIME FAVORITE VIDEO of the year! You NAILED IT! You got all your facts correct and you made us look..As good as we really are! Thank you! I can usually hear a lil sparky, under the breath, comments made in videos about the Seattle Seahawks...I didn't hear anything but the sweet, honest truth. Good job! 👍

Best ever

Nice job!! Love those teams…so dominant

The best defense in NFL history

MY Hawks - the LEGION OF BOOM!! BEST EVER SECONDARY AND OVERAL DEFENSE!!! I SERIOUSLY DOUBT THEIR RECORDS WILL EVER BE BROKEN. As each one of them left, my heart sunk a little more every time. GLORY DAYS - GLORY DAYS OF THE SEATTLE SEAHAWKS - GLORY DAYS FOR FOOTBALL PERPETUITY!! From the Original #12 Fan - Noel LaChance, JD & DHFF (Die Hard Fan Forever).

Well, they took Peyton Manning's record breaking offense, and didn't let them a first down the first 1/3 of the Super Bowl.

8:08 Everyone else gets normal, standing around pictures. Thomas gets....spewing liquid all over the place. 🤣

well done video sir,

They're so good that they made me shut off my TV on a Superbowl game when they dominated Payton Manning and the broncos.

There could NEVER be another legion 💙💚

Top 2 defense and they ain’t 2

Good times! LOB!!!!

Telling anyone bobby wasn't a part of LOB is crazy😂

Chancellor leaping over the line was originally done by Troy Polamalu.

THATS HOW U DRAFT IT TAKES BRAINS 🧠 UR SCOUTS HAVE TO SEE IT IN THE PLAYERS U DRAFT !! SEAHAWKS MY 2ND FAVORITE TEAM LOVE THE LEGION OF BOOM !! A VERY GOOD UNIT !! THEY ARE GONNA BE ABLE TO GET THERE AGAIN AFTER THEY DRAFT THIS YEAR GONNA GET SOME GOOD DEFENSIVE PLAYERS PLUS WAGNER BACK !! GO HAWKS

When Bam-Bam-Cam jumped the line and blocked that ball.. oh my God!! I live on a lake and EVERY UNIT IN EVERY CONDO was watching that game. When he did the un-do-able leap into NFL history, we could hear EVERYONE screaming all around the lake. It echoed and sounded so freaking awesome!! Someone set off an M-80 and the BOOM was for The Legion of Boom!! ... in case you don't know, an M-80 is a ¼ stick of dynamite. We get it at our local reservation fire work stands. 😂😂 Soooo illegal but so fun and loud when used only for special occasions. EVERY GAME that year WAS a special occasion!!💙💚💙💚💙💚

At 6.4+ and 230+ lbs., Brandon Browner was the biggest cb in the history of the league. He may be the biggest to ever play the game including all future seasons. He set the tone and yet never gets any credit. Also important - the LOB model which is simply huge DBs employing an overhang safety in the box, was used by previous Seattle teams. The Seahawks have a long history of savage DBs which Carroll was emulating. So it wasn't something new. And also, the LOB ended because other teams began scheming for that overhang safety to the point where that aspect of the LOB model just didn't work anymore.

Coming from this Niners fan, BOOM! For the video and yes the team

L.O.B thank you video man

Top 3 defense all time🔵🟢

Whos here after seahawks fired pete carroll. Such a shame as a seahawks die hard fan.

I can already tell this is gonna be good.

Please please please hit home runs in this years draft. Please give us one more.

The Seahawks definitely should’ve won the 2014 season Super Bowl vs the Patriots, but as a Seahawks fan If I’m gonna be honest we should not have made it past the Packers in the Conference Championship that year. We got bailed out by the flukiest of plays late in that game.