Peyton Manning sits down with one of the greatest NFL defensive players ever 

I agree. An all-pro at CB, SS, and FS. Only man to do that.

​@@yeildo1492To be fair, Strong Safety and Free Safety were entirely interchangeable at the time. Depending on the Game, either Safety would be listed at either position.

Honestly. He's Top 5 for sure and changed the Position, but there are Safeties he influenced that were better. Ed Reed was a better Pure Safety. Polamalu was a better Strong Safety. Sean Taylor was the Second Coming but Stronger, Faster, and more Skilled... Lott isn't the Best Ever, but he did define the position and evolve it to where it is now.

​@@justinlast2lastharder749ma'am you are completely wrong. Ronnie Lott is the soul and embodiment of real football. You better get in the kitchen and get that grub made

That's how you punch. Pretend like you're hitting a target behind the real target.

Also a good cue for a double-leg.

This is about Ronnie Lott !!! You people can go on youtube and watch John Lynch Highlights 💯 John Lynch did not change the game with his position ronnie lott changed the game in his 💯

​@jaybeswick9062 Ronnie is easily the greatest db/safety of all time but he didn't change the game he didnt cause the nfl to change the rules like Mel blount or Jack tatum. That doesn't make him less of a player but he didn't change the game.

@@jaybeswick9062 ?? Ok? John Lynch was still damn amazing and hit hard af. People can comment about anything they feel. Ill talk about motorcycles too if i want.

Met Lott and Dickerson at a Pro Bowl party in Hawaii decades ago. Friend played for 49ers in 82'..Dan Audick. Good people

Ronnie Lott will always be 1 of the greatest safeties in the NFL ever. I think the late Sean Taylor was the only one who could have been like him on the field

49er fan since 81' you can't even understand. lol pure greatness

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++ As a Fellow Giants Fan who has ALSO seen a lotta great defenses, btw, LT is the greatest Defensive player EVER puriod! Aye listen 42…Dat BOY SURIUS!! Greatest Safety AAND Hardest hitter of all time ya shmell it! ++

​@@ChristSkinndedbabyEli ill take reggie white over lt

@@fuckgoogle9061 Why? Cuz of him, JB and Joyner?

@@fuckgoogle9061 All dem babies shoulda gotta RANG TOGETHA ++

Nah gotta love LT. But Dammm I hated the 49'rs but Lott total respect. Great interview Payton

I didn’t overlook it. They were also, one of the greatest teams of all times.

That’s 💯. As much as I loved Joe, Dwight, Jerry, Roger and later on Steve, this man was the heart & soul and the rock of the team. He played CB, SS and FS at the highest level.

Prime is the best. That doesn't take away from how awesome Lott was.

Two different styles and positions. Ronnie was a run stopper who’d close and knock the ball out of the receivers hands to cause an incompletion. Prime was the best one on one cornerback who shutdown one side of the field. Ronnie provided the safety help over the top to go along with his toughness. You didn’t need a safety over the top to protect Prime getting burned and you’d have a safety freed up to put in the box or help if the team had a mismatch at TE. Ronnie was the best safety. Prime was the best cornerback and punt returner.

@@bradmyers5354 but Ronnie was also a lock down corner when he played that position. He is too close to Prime in interceptions to say he wasn’t as good. You actually proved my point because we know Prime couldn’t play strong safety.

I might lean toward Ed Reed as the best secondary player ever. He made so many key plays they ran out of locks.

I'm a Broncos fan and I loved watching Lott and Atwater hits . Who could forget the Atwater hit on the Nigerian Nightmare.

@wcmike takes me back to when players uniforms had real sleeves

Ah....back when I watched football

Unfortunately humans have brains and getting the crap knocked out of them causes CTE.

Yeah? Is that what you came to this video to do? Talk about that?

@@Cjones322 well yes the old school players have CTE, but at least when they played, while they were experiencing permanent brain 🧠 damage, they hit harder than today.

Nah, at least half of those would’ve been flagged, head chest and shoulders are all flagged now

Allegedly

@@Jasper118 sadly, you're absolutely right. Football is waay different today. Pretty soon, the players won't even need to wear pads- just a little flag tucked in their pants.

Uncle paul??

exactly fuckyeamyboiiii

Your 2012 team was 🔥🔥

@LaFreedomMFer do you still watch with your Pops

@@ObamaFromKenya yes luckily

I don't know why people spread this myth. Ronnie hit hard and clean. Not just these highlights, but all the time. Look closer. Leading and making contact with his shoulder and his eyes/face are up - not leading with the crown of his helmet. You could argue some hits would be flagged against a defenseless receiver, which was a rule added later, but he played clean football.

When someone is willing to have part of their finger amputated to play in the playoff game that definitely makes them as tough as they come. I’m from Louisiana and growing up in the 80s I always hated the 49ers because they were in the same division as the Saints in the old NFC West. Even though the divisions realigned in 2002 I still don’t care for the 49ers yet Ronnie Lott is probably my favorite defensive player ever because of how hard he would hit players and I think Montana is the greatest quarterback ever. So even though they ruined a lot of Saints seasons when the Saints started finally having good football teams in the late 80s its hard to hate on the actual players on that team. They were awesome.

@@breauxcewayne1971 that’s exactly what I was thinking when I wrote my comment. As an adult I wish Ronnie didn’t do that as his health and well being are more important. But as a young boy I thought that was the most bad ass thing ever.