R.I.P. Deacon Jones

“… Los Angeles Rams "Fearsome Foursome …"


That was a bit before my time but that *was* one heck of a D-line.

With today’s salary cap crap; it’s hard to put together great talent on just one team for any extended period of time.

I had a poster of him on my wall and I wasn't even a fan of the Rams. He was awesome. One bad dude DE.

I was a kid in L.A. in his years with the Rams--some great football back then!

The Deacon Jones Head Slap-Good against a man or a woman! That dude cracked me up.

Deacon played real football. Now you're ejected if you even mess up the pretty quarterback's hair.

I blame Tom Brady for that crap. Jack Tatum would've assassinated Brady.

The cool thing about him as far as I'm concerned is that he is attributed with coining the term "sack" in football. And he had many of them, although that's unofficial, of course.

There was a good column about him in the Grantland section of ESPN.com yesterday. Way before my time but watching the old NFL films shows with him were pretty cool. As an ex Tackle i would have hated that cheap ass head slap stuff. D lineman are like the Qb's of the defense, they want to get away w/ everything but cry if their jersey gets held a little.

Way before my time, but I watch NFL Network all the time and they're always showing old films- so I've seen how good he was.

Dude was a diamond in the rough- very late round draft pick who ended up being one of the all time best at his position

He was a bad ass.It's to bad football has been pussified.Here we go Giants.

Jones was a really nice guy - off the field. But, if Heaven has banned the head-slap then Hell has a new terror.

Obviously before my time, but from what I saw he was a real cool guy off the field. Obviously he was a beast on the field.

I remember watching him play. Great Player.

"When I see guys huddling up after the game, to pray, that's what scares me about the game. I'm a Baptist, but I'm also a quarterback killer, and I ain't praying with you. But I will give you 30 seconds to ask your Lord and master to keep me from killing you." -- Hall of Fame defensive end "Deacon" Jones on what aspect of the modern game most upsets him.

Deacon Jones on inventing the term "Sack"
"Its like devastaing a city or creaming a multitude of people. Its like putting all the offensive players in a sack and I beat on the sack with a baseball bat."

"I want to put as much fear into his heart and pain on his back as I possibly could."

"When I got an angle on him with 4.5 speed he should go to the Hospital and thats exactly what I tried to do, no remorse in my heart. I tried to put him in the hospital each time I tackled him. Each time he came over there I tried to tear his **** head off."

I talked to a friend of mine today who played against and with Jones in the NFL. They were both Pro Bowlers '67, '68, '69, and '70. He also says he was a great guy off the field.