Because they want Darrell Green to be the fastest man in the NFL (and he had a more distinguished career) - even though Brown played in the league at the same time and smoked him on a kick return TD.
I remember watching this replay. It was a monday night game. Darrell Green coming off a block after running 30 yards downfield in one direction, turning and backtracking to midfield, then still having the stamina to almost catch up to an olympian who was in full stride while running the long turn to try for an angle to catch him. No chance in hell. But it was amazing not to give up on the play after the block. I was baffled and will never forget it. Almost caught him too!, but obviously gassed out. Seemed impossible from the start, and that was what made it so incredible to see that he actually tried and almost even did it. I doubt there was ever another player that would even try to make that play. Ron Brown running even with the ball in his hands was so fast. Probably the fastest player to run with a ball ever, alongside Hayes, Raghib Ismail and James Jett. Sick speed. These 2 guys were freaks. Unreal.
In that era, Ron Brown was the fastest man in The NFL. I always enjoyed watching him play. But he was truly underrated because he played along side Henry Ellard
Ron Brown is ranked the 4th fastest man ever in the NFL with a 10.06 in the 100m. I think he would have been the fastest man in the NFL in almost any era! A little perspective, today, 2/13/19 Tyreek Hill is only ranked the 21st fastest man ever in the NFL with a 10.19!
@@beewalk34 They do not run the 100yd dash in the Olympics. They run 100m and Bob's time was 10.06. The exact same time as Brown. Hayes' best 100yd dash was 9.1.
@@santanamendes291 Brown and Green raced head to head 2 times and Green won both. But Brown's best times are all better than Green's best times in their common distances.
How is it that this guy never mentioned when they talk about the fastest players to ever play in the NFL. Why, because he never ran at the combine? He won the NFL fastest player competition, won a Olympic gold medal and came in 4th place in that Olympic's 100 meter race on a bad knee.
@@sydboski and we wouldn't technically know before this modern era because once you put the pads on (you said "to play") speeds change. Certain players carry the weight better. Track times are only so useful.
The Brown v. Green dash alone is worth its own video. All the bandwagon types bragged for years that Green was the man yet Brown dusted him all the while carrying a ball under one arm.
Darrell Green had the angle and 4 yards on Brown but Brown pulls away. Much respect to Green who was a far better football player, but Brown had amazing speed. Too bad it didn't transition into NFL talent...
@@GuapoSantana They only ran 40 yards and Green won by inches. Clearly Brown was faster beyond 40, even though Green had the angle on Brown, Green started struggling as Brown pulled away. A unique opportunity to watch the two fastest players in NFL history, with the exception of Bob Hayes, race on the field.
I believe Michael Haynes of the Falcons was also able to out run Darrell Green on a short pass he took about 80 or so for a TD. I remember Darrell Green running the 100 meters against Carl Lewis and Leroy Burrell, at the half way point Green was way out in front of them, then in the 2nd half of the race they both easily passed him. Green was incredibly fast for about 40- 60 yards, but he couldn't maintain top speed beyond that. 100 meter sprinting is all about "maintaining" speed.
DICK TRICKLE This is because of 2 reasons, Darrell Green had terrible form for one. He also didn't really know how to run the 100 meters efficiently like Carl & Leroy. After about 60 meters no human, including Usain Bolt is able to sprint faster, so after about 60 meters, the knowledgeable sprinters (Lewis & Burrell) understood & practiced, to just relax & decelerated slower than Green in that race. So it appears that Lewis & Burrell blow past everyone, when in fact they just decelerated slower than everyone else. If Darrell ran today, in the information age where all the sprinters now know this, he would have probably ran about 9.8's & possibly 9.7's or possibly faster. Watch Greens form in the 100, his back leg trails behind him, this wastes time & also shuts off the hipflexer muscles, actually slowing him down. His arm's are all over the place & he didn't use his front mechanics well at all. I'm actually baffled that he could still manage to run world class 100 meter times! So in other word's, Darrell Green didn't have all of the sprint mechanics and form in place to be even faster. That's incredible!
@@BreuckelensFinest If Green had been recruited by a D1 school maybe his mechanics would have been better but because he was never considered a D1 athletic talent he took his skills to a D2 school.
Ron Brown was a burner for sure! The whole Darrell Green debate is interesting here. Green beat Brown in NFL Fastest man more than once. On the kickoff, people said Green had the angle and a head start. Having 'the angle' is if someone is running straight and you come from an angle to cut them off. Brown was running at an angle toward the sideline which means Green has to cover even more ground to try to catch him. Second, there is no head start if you let a world-class sprinter get to full speed and then have to chase him across the field and you are at half speed off a block. I'm not diminishing how fast either man is I'm merely speaking to what happened on the kickoff play. Both guys had jets and taking into account all of the factors on that play nothing proves Brown was actually faster than Green. The play shows what happens if one fast guy takes the same angle as the other fast guy you usually don't catch him. Thanks for the video!!!! Ron Brown is always forgotten about. He was one of my favorite players in the 80's.
Ron Brown no doubt was amazing I remember him well fastest man in NFL history not even close. Bob Hayes ran the fastest hundred meters ever timed as the anchor leg of the 1964 Olympics, he ran a 8.9
1. Relay legs are not official. 2. Hayes relay leg was hand timed 3. The reason people think Hayes leg was the fastest is because someone had him timed at 8.5 not 8.9. There are plenty of sprinters that can run 8.9 on a relay leg. 4. Hayes' best 100m is 10.06 ironically the exact same time as Brown. Only Hayes ran on cinders and Brown ran on an all weather surface.
No he didn't catch up to him. If Green ddin't dive Brown was pulling away from him. Green did beat Brown in the NFL's fastest man 60 yard dash. but Brown had the fastest time out of those 60's and Brown has the faster 100m dash time 10.06 to Green's 10.08..
Green was 5 yards ahead of him at the 50 so that makes up for the extra ground he had to cover since there was about that much space between them. By the time they got to the 20 they were even. At the 15 Brown is ahead. Green has to dive just to get a hand on him. He wasn't catching him, Brown was pulling away. Green had to make up the space between them but he was 5 yards ahead to start with and didn't run the whole length of the field either.
He was like a Race Horse, ran similar to Eric, but Ron more graceful. Football and track and field go foot to foot, because power and speed are generated in/from the feet.
I can't believe Darrell Green almost caught him having had to run across the field (and break stride) while R. Brown was already in full speed mode. That Darrell was something else. Explanation: "On the kickoff, people said Green had the angle and a head start. Having 'the angle' is if someone is running straight and you come from an angle to cut them off. Brown was running at an angle toward the sideline which means Green has to cover even more ground to try to catch him."--Gerald DuBose
He was on the US Olympic 400 meter relay team that the set the world record. Sadly, the 49ers found out how fast me was on the opening kickoff First Monday night game of of the 95 season. They showed it in this video.
I know I'm way late with the comment, but I've watched this video several times over the yrs & came back to it today & saw everybody's comments & agree with a lot of them. But keep in mind that Ron Brown was running full speed as he was cutting AND changing direction & when Darrell Green was chasing him, he wasn't down field PLUS he had the angle. But if you think about it, if DG hadn't dived & get a piece of RB's ankle, DG would have been standing in an upright position, which would mean RB would likely have been a 1/2 to a full body length ahead. Yeah, I know DG beat RB in the NFL's fastest man competition & I used to watch that race every year & it's 60 yds. Ron Brown is a 100m sprinter and at this distance, most sprinters are pretty much even with the pack until about 50-60 yds, but after that, that's when the winner usually pulls ahead, i.e. Carl Lewis. So not sure if the 60 yrd dash would be a good measure for determining who's actually faster. But no question about it, they were both super fast, but I think RB would take DG in 100m.
Youre reaching on this angle thing...green has to turn fully sideways, brown does not. Green comes across the field to grab his foot, at one point 5 to 7 yds away. Dive or not, green had to be running faster. To correct the rb fan, 6.095 to 6.097 but greens other times are slightly faster than Ron's times.
Lots of comments re Green vs Brown. Both of them are 2 of the fastest all time, definitely top 10 both. Same official track 100m PBs as well I believe but I think Green's was from when he was in college while Brown trained and went pro as a sprinter all the way to the Olympics. I think DG probably had an extra 1/10 or 2 up his sleeve to uncover with further training though.
Darrell Green must have been really fast because he caught up with him after Ron was in full sprint mode.and remember he beat Ron twice in the NFL'S fastest man contest
@@sydboski you missed my point on Darrell Green's speed. He still was able to somewhat run down the silver medalist when Ron was already in full stride. Angle or not he caught up to him and tripped him up at about the 5yd line.
@@papadre70 No he did not catch up to Brown. Green was already ahead because he was further down field. Green had to run a shorter distance. At the end you can see Brown starting to pull away when Green dove to barely clip Brown's heel.
@@sydboski he was up field when Brown was running in sride. Therefore the point i made is the Darrell was a fast mutha because he damn near stopped him from Scoring and beat Ron Twice in the NFL s faster man contest. B4 you reply get the facts of my content. It was to say how fast Darrell was. Period.
@@pj2105 Hey, Man. First of all, congrats on your NFL material, as it brings back quite the memories and it's been really helpful in filling some historical voids. And on that note, you think that it'd be possible to please use some clips of it for some researching and custom purposes? I'd be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
@@placekicker1 There will be no problem from me. I just wished I had kept the editing of it because I found more Ron Brown highlights that I should of added.
Stop it at 2:53, Green is nearly 5 yards ahead, but Brown is closer to the end zone, Brown makes a cut and is running with the ball in his hands, its hard to tell when green got started to get the jets going, probably more like a dead heat
Me. Didn't do a great job of it. Later on I found some more footage of Ron Brown I should have added. I only did it because I couldn't find any footage of him and I thought that was an injustice - the man needed at least one highlight video on youtube.
2:58 darrell green be like wth. Rams would have been unstoppable if the FO wasn't so cheap, with Everett, eric dickerson, ellard, flipper anderson, aaron cox, ron brown.
Funny, I keep watching these old nfl highlights and the "NFL's" fastest man ever gets beat over and over, Joe Morris, Michael Haynes, Ron Brown, Mark Duper....etc Huh.
Brown had a shorter distance to cover when he focused on the left pylon. Green had to run at a crazy "almost" 45 degree angle with more real estate to cover. That was the only way Brown could have won was to take the shorter route.
Come on, let's face it. Darrel Green had the angle and couldn't catch him. The only reason he beat Ron Brown in the NFL's fastest man was because it was a 40 yard dash. Ron Brown was an Olympic sprinter and a bit further distance speedster. The video clearly shows DG had the angle. Ron Brown, fastest man ever in the NFL.
Green did have a little angle, but Brown was running away from him, which kind of negated the angle somewhat. Brown is tied for the 5th fastest man in NFL history with Bullet Bob Hayes. both ran 10.06 100m. Jim Hines is actually the fastest in NFL history. He ran 9.95.
sydboski Yes you're right. Darrell Green ran a PB of 10.08 & Ron Brown ran a 10.06 PB. That's pretty much the same speed. It's a toss up as to who is the fastest on any given day. It's like playing the roulette table at the casino Red or Black and in this case it's Green or Brown hahaha! And as you saw, Green damn near got Brown! What happened made sense, either one could have won that day & Brown did!
It was 60 yds at fastest man. When Ron brown is almost at the 50, green is almost at the 48 (green 3yds ahead) BUT brown is minimum 4 or 5 yards horizontal from green. Green catches up.
@@gavinscott10 Green was not hurt in this game. He just got out run. Yes Green did beat Brown twice in the 60 yard dash. But out of all of those races over the years, Brown had the fastest time ever. Brown also has a faster 100m time than Green.
@@gavinscott10 Brown's best 100m is 10.06 4/24/1938 in Zurich Switzerland. The 10.01 was wind aided and does not count. Green was not hurt. If he was hurt why was he in the game?
Ron Brown snatched my husbands new supplements for blood sugar control last week. Tell him I’m looking for him. The nerve!!! How dare you?? Unbelievable. Just ask for your own you don’t just snatch things that belong to other people. Get over yourself.
@@elomon3473 Nope you are wrong. Deion dreams of running as fast as Brown. Here is the play. FF to 1:19:05 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-6nF-4jBAYl8.html&ab_channel=RichardWaldrup As you can see Deion had the angle of pursuit as he was down field AHEAD of Brown. Brown still was passing Deion when Deion reached out to make the tackle. A few more steps and Brown would have been out of Deion's reach.
I've been watching the NFL for quite some time, and I have a list of some of the fastest players I can remember. From the 70s Issac Curtis Cliff Branch Curtis Dickey Mel Gray From the 80s Wesley Walker Johnnie Lam Jones Renaldo Nehemiah Darrell Green Willie Gault Ron Brown Phillip Epps Sam Graddy Herschel Walker Bo Jackson From the 90s Deion Sanders James Jett Dwight Stone Rod Woodson Trindan Holiday Jacoby Ford Ike Taylor
