ImTheScientist":2x3rmtwc said:
meh.....overrated. Franchise wasn't very good back then yet people will hold onto their memories.
Overrated was the very last thing that Steve Largent ever was. You must be very young, because there's simply no way you would have ever said that, had you seen him play live.
What I felt when I first saw that pic was something that I can only describe as a warm, slow smile in the depths of my soul.
Seeing those two guys, on and off the field best friends, who made Seahawks football a thing...I just cannot help but smile.
I got a chance to meet Steve in Tulsa, at a men's breakfast (it's a church thing). I shook his hand, and talked to him for a while, got him to sign a couple of cards, but came away with such a strange mix of feelings.
First, when I shook his hand, my thought was, "Man I could crush this guy, he's so small!"
It's no wonder everyone told him he was too small. He really is small. It's just that more amazing to me, that he was able to do what he did, at such a high level, for such a long time. It's mind-boggling really.
Then while talking to him, I got the sense that, he's actually kind of shy, and would really rather be doing just about anything than public speaking.
But of course, he did it, and he did it well, but still I could tell that he would have preferred not to.
Mostly though, what came across was what a truly, TRULY humble man he is. He doesn't take himself too seriously, he loves and adores his family, he lives his life simply, and honorably.
He's one of the few people I've ever met, who actually live up to, and even perhaps exceed the hype.