Eric Allen HOF Speech
Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2025 6:32 pm
Great Speech! He talks about being an Oakland Raider at 8:10 of the link and then the LV Raiders at 10:10 being part of the organization still and expectations of current regime.
Prior to the play that we all know as "The Tuck," Eric Allen was on the down low near the Patriot's sideline staying within earshot of Charlie Weis's conversation with Brady. He overheard Weis call a three by one backside slant and passed it on in the defensive huddle. C-Wood got the backside of the alignment and blitzed Brady.
Very savvy heads up by Allen. Perfect read, perfect defensive alingment, perfect execution at the most pivotal moment of the Jon Gruden era, the 2001 season and the next two decades. It would have been right up there with Mike Davis's Red Right 88 int, had the replay not been botched. Wasn't to be...
When I think of Eric Allen as a Raider I will always think of that play.