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NC43Hog wrote:Ken HOUSTON

For all you youngsters, here is maybe the greatest defense stop in Redskins history.

Houston tackle link

and the greatest game this 13 year old ever saw. Long time ago.

1972 NFC Championship Game

He's in my list back on page 1 of this thread.

por-tiz2skins wrote:Ummmmm cause maybe I want to refer to his quote"kill those bammaz"as to I wanted to update in the murder.

Not related to this thread so stay on topic, or post that elsewhere.

Ken Houston is in the HOF for making plays like that look routine.

Don't let your emotion mix.

NC43Hog wrote:Ken HOUSTON

For all you youngsters, here is maybe the greatest defense stop in Redskins history.

Houston tackle link

and the greatest game this 13 year old ever saw. Long time ago.

1972 NFC Championship Game

Heck... maybe the greatest defensive stop EVER. No way Houston should have been able to make that tackle. Defied the laws of physics. Beautiful memory.

I have no doubt that Sean Taylor makes that stop... if not the pick. I have no doubt that he would go on to make many such imposible plays. But, thanks to some narcisistic, microcephalic, cowardly, criminal slime, it will never happen. Taylor will be remembered mostly for the incredible potential that he represented... not what he had actually done in football... This was going to be his first truly great year, with many more to follow.

Beautiful but sad, potential memories. Lost.



I'm still trying to figure out who Kenny Watson is...

Countertrey wrote:

NC43Hog wrote:Ken HOUSTON

For all you youngsters, here is maybe the greatest defense stop in Redskins history.

Houston tackle link

and the greatest game this 13 year old ever saw. Long time ago.

1972 NFC Championship Game

I'm still trying to figure out who Kenny Watson is...

Kenny Watson was a backup running back for the Redskins a few years ago. I think he went to Cincy from Washington. I don't even know if he's still in the league.

GSPODS wrote:

Countertrey wrote:

NC43Hog wrote:Ken HOUSTON

For all you youngsters, here is maybe the greatest defense stop in Redskins history.

Houston tackle link

and the greatest game this 13 year old ever saw. Long time ago.

1972 NFC Championship Game

I'm still trying to figure out who Kenny Watson is...

Kenny Watson was a backup running back for the Redskins a few years ago. I think he went to Cincy from Washington. I don't even know if he's still in the league.

The problem is, he was responding to a response from LPJ, about a comment I had made about Kenny Houston.

Gosh... lawyers... I thought you guys had some imagination...

New pc... double post...
Sorry, y'all

Countertrey wrote:

GSPODS wrote:

Countertrey wrote:

NC43Hog wrote:Ken HOUSTON

For all you youngsters, here is maybe the greatest defense stop in Redskins history.

Houston tackle link

and the greatest game this 13 year old ever saw. Long time ago.

1972 NFC Championship Game

I'm still trying to figure out who Kenny Watson is...

Kenny Watson was a backup running back for the Redskins a few years ago. I think he went to Cincy from Washington. I don't even know if he's still in the league.

The problem is, he was responding to a comment I had made about Kenny Houston.

Gosh... lawyers... I thought you guys had some imagination...

The more money you have to spend, the more imagination I develop.

Better. You have restored my cynical faith...

Just for the record... Kenny Watson still plays for the Bengals and is on pace for a career year. he has almost 500 yards and he has 5 TDs.

Sean Taylor was not the greatest safety ever. Unfortunately, given a few more years, he may have established himself as one of them.

Yea, I think we need to differentiate (sp) between Ken Houston and Kenny Watson. LOL

Watson was here with us and we cut him and he came in for the injured Rudi Johnson up in Cincy. He's a beast, I said that during the pre-season.

Ken Houston apparently was a GREAT safety a little before my time.

By the way, I was the one who said "Watson" but I meant "Houston"..

I just saw the youtube of Ken Houston.. OH MY GOODNESS!! What a tackle to stop that touchdown on the 1 yard line and did he really hit "Hill" so hard that he knocked off the guy's helmet??? Hill was trying to get up and couldn't.. WOW! That was sweet!

langleyparkjoe wrote:I just saw the youtube of Ken Houston.. OH MY GOODNESS!! What a tackle to stop that touchdown on the 1 yard line and did he really hit "Hill" so hard that he knocked off the guy's helmet??? Hill was trying to get up and couldn't.. WOW! That was sweet!

That was Walt Garrison, not Hill. Garrison was one tough SOB... he was a rodeo cowboy as a hobby.

But, yeah... that was one AWESOME tackle. Imagine what it was like seeing it live. I'll just say, it was one of those rare moments.

Countertrey wrote:

langleyparkjoe wrote:I just saw the youtube of Ken Houston.. OH MY GOODNESS!! What a tackle to stop that touchdown on the 1 yard line and did he really hit "Hill" so hard that he knocked off the guy's helmet??? Hill was trying to get up and couldn't.. WOW! That was sweet!

That was Walt Garrison, not Hill. Garrison was one tough SOB... he was a rodeo cowboy as a hobby.

But, yeah... that was one AWESOME tackle. Imagine what it was like seeing it live. I'll just say, it was one of those rare moments.

He's talking about the hit on Hill that happened on the sidelines in another part of the video.

He's talking about the hit on Hill that happened on the sidelines in another part of the video.

Hit on Calvin Hill, all-pro, star fullback of the Cowboys. A big power runner...so Houston's hit was not on some little scat-back.

Incidentally, there has to be an "honorable mention" for the first man to play strong safety, George Allen's favorite, Richie Petibon...who played his last years under Allen in Washington. It was a royal succession: the great Petibon gave way to the great Houston.

Yes, I think Sean Taylor was heading toward becoming the best who ever played the position. He played with discipline last year, and intercepted passes this year that he'd have missed as a rookie.

welch wrote:
Incidentally, there has to be an "honorable mention" for the first man to play strong safety, George Allen's favorite, Richie Petibon...who played his last years under Allen in Washington. It was a royal succession: the great Petibon gave way to the great Houston.

Petibon, who is considered by many to be the prototype of the modern Strong Safety.

I think a fair statement would be " He could have been the greatest", unfortunatley we will never know

GSPODS wrote:Ronnie Lott
Steve Atwater
Alvin Walton
Dick Lane
Ken Houston
Paul Krause
Larry Wilson
Willie Wood

Should I continue?

Rod Woodson

spudstr04 wrote:

GSPODS wrote:Ronnie Lott
Steve Atwater
Alvin Walton
Dick Lane
Ken Houston
Paul Krause
Larry Wilson
Willie Wood

Should I continue?

Rod Woodson

Woodson spent part of his career as a cornerback but I still wouldn't argue him being included.

GSPODS wrote:

spudstr04 wrote:

GSPODS wrote:Ronnie Lott
Steve Atwater
Alvin Walton
Dick Lane
Ken Houston
Paul Krause
Larry Wilson
Willie Wood

Should I continue?

Rod Woodson

Woodson spent part of his career as a cornerback but I still wouldn't argue him being included.

Woodson was a standout corner as part of the Steelers. Unfortunatley he tore his ACL thanks to Barry Sanders. He turned out to be a pretty good safety as well.


Even so, Sean Taylor was more talented than all those guys mentioned above. He certainly could have been the greatest had he played a full career.

As it stands. I say Ronnie Lott is the greatest safety I have ever seen. Dick night train Lane comes in second on my ballott.

sch1977 wrote:I think a fair statement would be " He could have been the greatest", unfortunatley we will never know

If you have to put a bet on the current safeties playing around the league, a bet on who's going to be great... Meast was the safest Bet.

SKINFAN wrote:

sch1977 wrote:I think a fair statement would be " He could have been the greatest", unfortunatley we will never know

If you have to put a bet on the current safeties playing around the league, a bet on who's going to be great... Meast was the safest Bet.

Absolutely agreed. He was just getting to a point where he was about to redefine the standard for Free Safety.