RIP Deacon Jones

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  • ParanoidAndroid
    My battery is low and it's getting dark.
    • Apr 2004
    • 16854
    #1

    RIP Deacon Jones

    'Deacon' Jones, The NFL's Original Sackmaster, Dies
    http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/06/04/188573990/deacon-jones-the-nfls-original-sackmaster-dies?ft=1&f=1001
    As a defensive lineman with the Los Angeles Rams in the '60s, Jones was one of the "fearsome foursome." He's also credited with coining the word "sack" for what's done to a quarterback when he's tackled behind the line of scrimmage. Jones is a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame.


    David "Deacon" Jones, a hall of fame defensive lineman credited with coining the term "sack" for how he would tackle opposing teams' quarterbacks, has died.
    He was 74.
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  • DraftBoy
    Administrator
    • Jul 2002
    • 107434
    #2
    Re: RIP Deacon Jones

    Very sad.
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    • jimmifli
      Registered User
      • Nov 2006
      • 7827
      #3
      Re: RIP Deacon Jones

      St Peters just got head slapped.
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      • K-Gun
        Deal with it
        • Jul 2003
        • 918
        #4
        Re: RIP Deacon Jones

        RIP.

        Holy snikies, Deacon Jones had 173 sacks in 190 career games, that's 79 less games played than Bruce w/ 200 sacks.
        [W]e are busy that we may have leisure, and make war that we may live in peace...

        [F]or no one chooses to be at war, or provokes war, for the sake of being at war; any one would seem absolutely murderous if he were to make enemies of his friends in order to bring about battle and slaughter...

        - Aristotle
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        • Night Train
          Retired - On Several Levels
          • Jul 2005
          • 33117
          #5
          Re: RIP Deacon Jones

          Originally posted by K-Gun View Post
          RIP.

          Holy snikies, Deacon Jones had 173 sacks in 190 career games, that's 79 less games played than Bruce w/ 200 sacks.
          They didn't count sacks for years. If so, no one would have come close to him. I remember NFL films counting 16 in one game.

          Of course, he could use the head slap back then.. but that DL of the Rams with Lundy, Grier & Olson was amazing at bringing the pressure. He may be indeed the best pass rusher in history.

          RIP to one of the greatest players ever.
          Anonymity is an abused privilege, abused most by people who mistake vitriol for wisdom and cynicism for wit
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          • Mike13
            Registered User
            • Aug 2005
            • 10546
            #6
            Re: RIP Deacon Jones

            Originally posted by Night Train View Post
            They didn't count sacks for years. If so, no one would have come close to him. I remember NFL films counting 16 in one game.

            Of course, he could use the head slap back then.. but that DL of the Rams with Lundy, Grier & Olson was amazing at bringing the pressure. He may be indeed the best pass rusher in history.

            RIP to one of the greatest players ever.
            He had 26 sacks in one year, during a 14 game season.
            Too bad it was unofficial.
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            • Jeff1220
              H to the 12:20
              • Jul 2002
              • 6137
              #7
              Re: RIP Deacon Jones

              He was one tough sob! RIP Deacon Jones.

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              • Goobylal
                Registered User
                • Jan 2004
                • 19371
                #8
                Re: RIP Deacon Jones

                The head slap was a pretty devastating move and helped him get a lot of those sacks.

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