DMN Blog: Larry Allen named to 2000s All-Decade Team

[bbgun]

Parkinson's disease does that to 'ya

Alzheimer's would have made more sense, Robert.

 

[Hostile]

Oddly enough, my memory is solid for the 60s, 70s and 80s, but gets worse as we approach present day.

Nate was the LG for the early 90's. That help job the memory?

 

[bbgun]

Nate was the LG for the early 90's. That help job the memory?

That I knew. I guess Gesek and then Gogan held down RG until Allen arrived.

 

[Hostile]

That I knew. I guess Gesek and then Gogan held down RG until Allen arrived.

1994...RT, 10 starts
1995...RG, 16 starts *
1996...RG, 16 starts * $
1997...RG, 16 starts * $
1998...LT, 16 starts * $
1999...LG, 11 starts * $
2000...LG, 16 starts * $
2001...LG, 16 starts * $
2002...LG, 5 starts
2003...LG, 16 starts *
2004...LG, 16 starts *
2005...LG, 16 starts *
2006...LG, 11 starts * San Francisco
2007...LG, 16 starts

* Pro Bowl years
$ All Pro years

197 starts

He was a Pro Bowl & All Pro player at 3 different positions and it would have easily been 4 if he were not a rookie.

 

[Phoenix]

Remember how LA got his start? Don't remember the OLman who got hurt, but rookie LA come in to sub during a game, and I believe it was Summeral and I know it was Madden on the telecast. Larry was pulling, blocking big time, dominating, and Madden was salivating over him. Larry Allen never went out of the starting line up after that game. Even that first rookie game as a sub, he was absolutely dominant and awesome. Greatest OLman ever. Period.

If he does not get selected to the HoF 1st ballet, then that shows you why their system is so flawed as to never allow Drew Pearson in.

 

[AdamJT13]

1994...RT, 10 starts

He actually started at left tackle in Week 6 against Arizona in place of Tuinei. Then he started the final nine games (Weeks 9-17) at right tackle in place of Erik Williams.

I remember the first time Larry faced Reggie White, late that season. I think it was early in the game, Reggie tossed him aside and sacked Aikman. John Madden said Reggie tossed Larry "like a rag doll." Then Larry started to dominate Reggie, and by the end of the game, Madden was talking about how great Larry was playing. Two weeks later was when Larry ran down the Saints linebacker (Darion Conner) on Monday Night Football, and his legend had already begun.


Here's the video of Larry running down Conner after an interception --

http://www.dallascowboys.com/multimedia/multimedia_center.cfm?ID=7A35BA3F-97D3-1DAA-AFE23FF0CB14EDD1

 

[Idgit]

I'm really glad to see La'Roi made the all decade list.

 

[tico]

One of my most favorite Cowboys ever! straight outa Compton!

 

[TNCowboy]

Larry Allen being on the team of the 2000s is a joke. He simply was not a great player after 2001 or so.

He was certainly one of the best players in the mid and later 1990s. That reputation kept him an all pro and pro bowler into the next decade, but no Cowboy fan could watch him from about 2002 on and pretend he was still a dominant player.

 

[dallascowboyfanboy]

He actually started at left tackle in Week 6 against Arizona in place of Tuinei. Then he started the final nine games (Weeks 9-17) at right tackle in place of Erik Williams.

I remember the first time Larry faced Reggie White, late that season. I think it was early in the game, Reggie tossed him aside and sacked Aikman. John Madden said Reggie tossed Larry "like a rag doll." Then Larry started to dominate Reggie, and by the end of the game, Madden was talking about how great Larry was playing. Two weeks later was when Larry ran down the Saints linebacker (Darion Conner) on Monday Night Football, and his legend had already begun.


Here's the video of Larry running down Conner after an interception --

http://www.dallascowboys.com/multimedia/multimedia_center.cfm?ID=7A35BA3F-97D3-1DAA-AFE23FF0CB14EDD1

Thanks for the memories. Purely amazing.I remember watching that play and thinking that if Allen didnt make the tackle Aikman prolly would have been stiffed arm trying to tackle the LB and the LB would have scored a TD.

 

[dbair1967]

Larry Allen being on the team of the 2000s is a joke. He simply was not a great player after 2001 or so.

He was certainly one of the best players in the mid and later 1990s. That reputation kept him an all pro and pro bowler into the next decade, but no Cowboy fan could watch him from about 2002 on and pretend he was still a dominant player.

He made the pro bowl 5 times starting in 2001, so your post is rather ridiculous IMO. Even his season in SF when he made the probowl, coaches there were giving him major props for creating alot of the lanes Frank Gore ran through.

 

[Hostile]

Here's the video of Larry running down Conner after an interception --

http://www.dallascowboys.com/multimedia/multimedia_center.cfm?ID=7A35BA3F-97D3-1DAA-AFE23FF0CB14EDD1

I remember watching that live and thinking no way he just caught that guy from a standing stop.

 

[Hostile]

He made the pro bowl 5 times starting in 2001, so your post is rather ridiculous IMO. Even his season in SF when he made the probowl, coaches there were giving him major props for creating alot of the lanes Frank Gore ran through.

Consider the source.

 

[burmafrd]

Its just that for someone who remembered what he was before the injuries, he was nowhere near what he was later on.

 

[TNCowboy]

He made the pro bowl 5 times starting in 2001, so your post is rather ridiculous IMO. Even his season in SF when he made the probowl, coaches there were giving him major props for creating alot of the lanes Frank Gore ran through.

Anyone who thinks that Larry Allen was anywhere near the same player the 2nd half of his career that he was the first half isn't really paying attention.

 

[YosemiteSam]

I will never forget watching Larry Allen's 320lbs *** run down a (I believe Saints) linebacker after an INT something like 40-50 yards and tackle him before he could score.

As a linebacker, that had to be the most embarrassing plays of his career. To have a 320lbs offensive lineman catch you after a 40+ sprint before you could score. :laugh2:

Hey Larry!

 

[YosemiteSam]

He actually started at left tackle in Week 6 against Arizona in place of Tuinei. Then he started the final nine games (Weeks 9-17) at right tackle in place of Erik Williams.

I remember the first time Larry faced Reggie White, late that season. I think it was early in the game, Reggie tossed him aside and sacked Aikman. John Madden said Reggie tossed Larry "like a rag doll." Then Larry started to dominate Reggie, and by the end of the game, Madden was talking about how great Larry was playing. Two weeks later was when Larry ran down the Saints linebacker (Darion Conner) on Monday Night Football, and his legend had already begun.


Here's the video of Larry running down Conner after an interception --

http://www.dallascowboys.com/multimedia/multimedia_center.cfm?ID=7A35BA3F-97D3-1DAA-AFE23FF0CB14EDD1

Whoa! Thats the play!

 

[joseephuss]

Anyone who thinks that Larry Allen was anywhere near the same player the 2nd half of his career that he was the first half isn't really paying attention.

He may have not played at the high level he set early in his career, but his play was still better than a lot of other guards in the league. That is how good he was. He could lose a step and still be a top player.

I remember announcers commenting on him whiffing on blocks later in his career. It was not so much him whiffing as defenders running way around him to avoid contact. In the end that strategy didn't work for defenders because they would run themselves out of the play and miss the tackles. Those defenders made business decisions that didn't help their teams, which means Allen was still doing his job of creating running lanes for the running backs.

 

[Manster68]

I was pretty young in the early to mid 90's, so I don't have a great recollection of the time, but do you think he was better than a prime Erik Williams?

*edit* I know they played different positions, but was wanting to know how he compared to Williams as a tackle.

Even though I think Larry Allen is the greatest offensive lineman ever to play the game, I do NOT think he was better than Erik Williams was before his 1994 car accident.

Ask William Fuller how good Erik Williams was? He said so to Roy Firestone on his ESPN show he had for a long time.

How many highlights does Michael Strahan have against Williams? NONE!

 

[Idgit]

Anyone who thinks that Larry Allen was anywhere near the same player the 2nd half of his career that he was the first half isn't really paying attention.

So you're saying he belonged on two All-Decade teams, then?