When he became a NT, he also terrorized the centers he played against. He would line up at an angle facing the center and he used his quickness to anticipate the snap count and blow by or through the center. It was fun to watch. More on Klecko: While Klecko has been nominated for the Pro Football Hall of Fame several times, he has not yet been enshrined. Hall of Fame center Dwight Stephenson, in describing Klecko as a "great defensive lineman", considered him one of the two best interior linemen he had ever faced.[6] Hall of Fame tackle Anthony Munoz said about Klecko, "In my 13 seasons, Joe is right there at the top of the defensive ends I had to block, up there with Fred Dean, Lee Roy Selmon and Bruce Smith. Joe was the strongest guy I ever faced. He had perfect technique — hands in tight, great leverage. My second year, 1981, we went to Shea and beat the Jets, 31-30, but he was such an intense, smart player, I knew I was in a battle. He was the leader, the guy who kept that unit together."[7] Hall of Fame guard Joe DeLamielleure added that "You can’t think of his ten year period without him. I had to block Joe Greene and Merlin Olsen when I was playing and, believe me, Joe Klecko was equal to those two guys. If Joe Klecko had played one position for ten years, he’d have been considered one of the top two or three players at that position, whichever one it was. There’s not another player who went to the Pro Bowl at three different positions. You take a defensive end and put him at nose tackle and he’s just as good there, that’s a great player. We need to get Joe Klecko in the Hall of Fame."
Back to Revis, here is the Pro Football Life episode list. What makes Revis episode worthy at this point in his career???? Season One[edit source | editbeta] Source:[13] No. Subject Original air date 1 Bill Belichick September 15, 2011 2 September 22, 2011 3 Reggie White/Jerome Brown September 29, 2011 4 Kurt Warner October 6, 2011 5 Walter Payton October 13, 2011 6 Ed Sabol October 20, 2011 7 Mike Ditka October 27, 2011 8 Tom Landry November 3, 2011 9 Al Davis November 11, 2011 Season Two[edit source | editbeta] Source:[14][15] No. Subject Original air date 1 Tim Tebow September 12, 2012 2 Ray Lewis September 19, 2012 3 Tom Coughlin September 26, 2012 4 Cleveland '95 October 3, 2012 5 Fearsome Foursome October 10, 2012 6 Steve McNair October 17, 2012 7 Eddie DeBartolo October 24, 2012 8 Chris Spielman October 31, 2012 9 Jimmy Johnson November 7, 2012 10 John Riggins November 21, 2012 11 Barry Sanders December 5, 2012 12 Marcus Allen December 12, 2012 13 The Immaculate Reception December 19, 2012 Season Three[edit source | editbeta] Source:[16][17][18] No. Subject Original air date 1 LaDainian Tomlinson September 3, 2013 2 Don Shula September 10, 2013 3 Darrelle Revis September 17, 2013 4 Derrick Thomas September 24, 2013 5 Steve Sabol October 1, 2013 6 Matt Millen October 8, 2013 7 Michael Strahan October 15, 2013 8 Pat Summerall October 22, 2013 9 Warren Sapp October 29, 2013 10 Randall Cunningham November 5, 2013 11 Cris Carter November 12, 2013 12 The Forward Pass November 19, 2013 13 The Great Wall Of Dallas November 26, 2013 14 Bill Parcells December 3, 2013 15 Houston '93 December 10, 2013 16 Marty Schottenheimer December 17, 2013 17 Vince Lombardi December 24, 2013 18 December 31, 2013 19 Tiki & Ronde Barber January 7, 2014 20 Dick Butkus & Gale Sayers January 14, 2014 21 Doug Williams January 21, 2014 22 Jerry Rice January 28, 2014
Don't know if anyone noticed but Revis went to tackle Bilal and Powell laid one on Revis who then waived to the Sideline lookin a little woozy...lol
I believe it is b/c we never made a SB w/ him and b/c Gastineau dominated all the headlines even though Joe was the far superior player.
Point taken. At the same time, I wasn't talking about the average corners but the greats; greats whose 'skills' imho would seemlessly transfer to today (acknowledging the overall 'better jock' of today). Herb Adderley was a physical stud in any era, Haynes smooth as silk, Lem Barney, etc., guys who were athletes that again imho would more than hang today and who would've dominated even today as well. And as for the "waterboys" (lol-wha'??), fwiw, the "Paul Warfields" of those eras were pretty great too. And even during those stone ages, there were guys such as Bob Hayes, Henry Carr, etc., who'd blow the doors off 95% of today's receivers speed-wise. They weren't all "crafty white" guys like you see today, yesterday's HOF'er Steve Largent, the truly great Tommy McDonald (440 sprint champ and NFL HOF'er), etc. notwithstanding. Of course today's great's are great, but not everyone's a Boldin, a Dex, a Megatron or a Roddy White. And all I'm saying is (to repeat ad nauseum), those greats I've previously mentioned imho would 'hang' with today's greats as well as Revis or anyone else. Your opinion. Tackling, obviously I'd give the nod to Revis over Sanders (we'll forget that one time during Tebow's 95-yard game-winning drive against the Jets where he kinda shied away from Tebow on one scramble-yep), but as far as covering Deion was just as good, only with a different style. Revis is more of a hand fighter (great hand/wrist strength) while Deion was a 'bait & switch' type defender, much like a goalie "showing" an opening then taking it away when the shooter pulled the trigger, i.e. suckering the QB into throwing to what the QB thought was an open receiver. And if INTs are part of the game, which they are, than you can not blow off the "Deion=better playmaker with ball in his hands" comment as a peripheral consideration. Throw against Revis? Low reward. Throw against Deion? High risk. Both great-pick your poison. And this "favoring the offense" is a two-way street. Yes, there's the no-contact-after-5-yards rule, but at the same time, there is a HELL of a lot MORE hand-checking and face-guarding allowed today while the ball's in the air.
Yes, clearly the better player. Unfortunately his injuries caught up with him including one courtesy of New England Patriot Don Hasselbeck's cheapshot on a prone Joe Klecko which was one for the books - one of the dirtiest cheapshots imaginable: http://forums.theganggreen.com/showpost.php?p=2249126&postcount=65
INTs don't tell us much, I would bet QBs throw less at revis than they did at Deion and I saw Deion get beat a lot against better competition whereas revis has dominated the best in this era. Both all time greats, it's nitpicking but revis is the best I have seen.
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.co...s-team-photo-situation-reaches-critical-mass/ POOR REVIS, to one circus to another. Only thing is that he got his $$$
Revis : A Football Life Chapter 1 : All about me Chapter 2 : More Money Chapter 3 : Sign my shit or I dont play Chapter 4 : I want to stay here but you have to pay them bills first. F everythng else After show finishes Chapter 5 : Bucs, I need more millions.
http://thepewterplank.com/2013/09/16/report-darrelle-revis-unhappy-greg-schianos-rules-schemes/ Damn Revis, it hasn't even been 5 games yet and you are calling out your HC!
He's going to hold out at the end of the season and be traded to a division rival of the Jets, bet on it. And Tampa will do it in a minute since there's no cap hit.
He already misses playing in a Ryan defense. He is going to give his agent shit. This will be a short, shitty marriage in Tampa.
Lets hope things get worse in TB while Revis appears on their roster next spring. The better the 3rd round draft pick we get!