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A great player, a class guy. One of the most dominant players ever. Give us Deacon and Merlin Olsen and we'd never lose man. Farewell big man.
Deacon Jones has passed.
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Aw too bad. I loved his interviews. Even as an old man, you knew he was a baaaaaad man.
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CANHawk":1xsmw1w6 said:
+1
Master of his craft and well respected by everyone. RIP.
chris98251
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Created the position as we see it today, too bad they never were able to tally his numbers, I'm sure they would be unreal.
hawksfansinceday1
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Simply one of the 10 greatest to ever play the game on either side of the ball IMO. He swallowed QBs & RBs.
RIP big guy.
RIP big guy.
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He broke the rules as they exist now 30 times a game. A bygone era gets just a little more gone.
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From the ESPN article...chris98251":1rddatx3 said:
If accurate, would place him at #3 overall... behind both Bruce Smith (200) and Reggie White (198).
To put Jones' number in perspective, the highest active players are John Abraham at 122 and Jared Allen at 117.
The Fearsome Foursome were that good. I'm glad that I had the opportunity to watch them play.
RIP, brother.
MizzouHawkGal
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The removed the head slap because of him. Great player and great man RIP Deacon.Scottemojo":hc78yfda said:
hawker84
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Damn, thanks for the memories Deacon, RIP my man.
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One of my favs growing up. He and Merlin Olson were terrors back in those times.
R.I.P. Deacon and thanks for the memories.
R.I.P. Deacon and thanks for the memories.
Jerhawk
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I love watching film on him. He was a class act and a dominant player. RIP
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Who else was on that line? Was Rosy Grier? He was a beast as well. I know Merlin Olsen's career quite well because he was a great friend of the family. The family legend was that my dad once beat him up, which was hilarious, because my dad was like 4 years older than him, and it happened when Merlin was like 5 and my dad was 9.
We watched as much of the Merlin highlight reels as we could get our hands on. Our city library had a lot of NFL Films, and we'd check them out and watch them over and over, and Deacon Jones was the guy that I was instantly amazed by. He was so quick off the ball, and on top of the quarterback before he could even get to his first read.
When the Hawks first had Jacob Green I felt like he had some Deacon qualities. He was so quick off the end and would demolish guys. Sure he was no Deacon Jones, but he was a great end.
We watched as much of the Merlin highlight reels as we could get our hands on. Our city library had a lot of NFL Films, and we'd check them out and watch them over and over, and Deacon Jones was the guy that I was instantly amazed by. He was so quick off the ball, and on top of the quarterback before he could even get to his first read.
When the Hawks first had Jacob Green I felt like he had some Deacon qualities. He was so quick off the end and would demolish guys. Sure he was no Deacon Jones, but he was a great end.
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SharkHawk":2zq3iq14 said:
The Fearsome Foursome was Deacon Jones, Roosevelt Grier, Merlin Olsen and Lamar Lundy.
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And btw, Grier was a NY Giant before being traded to the Rams.
Floridahawk79
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The Pride of Eatonville Fl. just down the road from me.
RIP big fella
RIP big fella
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Jerhawk":160u2lvf said:
Lamar Lundy, Merlin Olsen, Rosie Grier, Deacon Jones.
The Fearsome Foursome.
Deacon, one of our all time best.
R.I.P. Brother......................thanks for the memories.
RIP Deacon.
He was well before my time but I always loved his interviews and how straight up he was about everything. Plus, his highlights look like a grown man playing against boys. He was just so much quicker, stronger, and just meaner than everybody else. He definitely had the spirit of a Seahawk, despite never having played for the team. I'm sure that made the few Rams fans who lurk around here sick to their stomachs.
You hear this often but a lot of the times it's BS. Like, will this person REALLY be missed? Really...
But Deacon Jones will be greatly missed. His insight to that era of football and how it was played and what it took to play it can not and will not be replicated.
He was well before my time but I always loved his interviews and how straight up he was about everything. Plus, his highlights look like a grown man playing against boys. He was just so much quicker, stronger, and just meaner than everybody else. He definitely had the spirit of a Seahawk, despite never having played for the team. I'm sure that made the few Rams fans who lurk around here sick to their stomachs.
You hear this often but a lot of the times it's BS. Like, will this person REALLY be missed? Really...
But Deacon Jones will be greatly missed. His insight to that era of football and how it was played and what it took to play it can not and will not be replicated.
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Rambitious":36syc463 said:
Deacon was not one of the best, he WAS the best. No one else even close.
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