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    "Deacon Jones Award" will honor future NFL sack leaders

    NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell recently called the late Deacon Jones an "icon among icons" as a charismatic keeper of the NFL flame.

    Now Goodell has come up with a permanent way to honor Jones, who is credited with coining the term quarterback "sack."

    A person informed of the league's plans tells NFL.com's Ian Rapoport that the NFL's leader in sacks will receive the Deacon Jones Award beginning in 2013. The award will be among those featured in the nationally televised "NFL Honors" award show the night before the Super Bowl.

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    Re: "Deacon Jones Award" will honor future NFL sack leaders

    Great idea. No one more perfect to represent this award than the Secretary of Defense.

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    Re: "Deacon Jones Award" will honor future NFL sack leaders

    Wonder how many sacks he had that were slaps upside the QBs head,
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    Re: "Deacon Jones Award" will honor future NFL sack leaders

    He had 50 sacks in two seasons (67,68)

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    Re: "Deacon Jones Award" will honor future NFL sack leaders

    Winner of the first annual Deacon Jones Award is....(envelope please)...... ROY Jarvis Jones!



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    Re: "Deacon Jones Award" will honor future NFL sack leaders

    its about time ... Deacon a true ambassador to the game ...to little to late IMO

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    Re: "Deacon Jones Award" will honor future NFL sack leaders

    Upon receipt of the award the first winner will be fined and suspended by Goodell for conduct detrimental to offensive scoring.
    "A man's got to know his limitations."

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    Re: "Deacon Jones Award" will honor future NFL sack leaders

    Finally, Goodell got something right




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    Re: "Deacon Jones Award" will honor future NFL sack leaders

    Quote Originally Posted by zulater View Post
    Upon receipt of the award the first winner will be fined and suspended by Goodell for conduct detrimental to offensive scoring.
    I wonder if Goodell realizes that the "icon among icons" he was referring to when eulogizing Jones was also the pioneer of the head slap?

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    Re: "Deacon Jones Award" will honor future NFL sack leaders

    Quote Originally Posted by Dwinsgames View Post
    its about time ... Deacon a true ambassador to the game ...to little to late IMO

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    Re: "Deacon Jones Award" will honor future NFL sack leaders

    Very fitting, not only the man who glorified the pass rush but also probably would be the NFL's all-time sack leader had the NFL kept sack statistics when Deacon was playing

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    Re: "Deacon Jones Award" will honor future NFL sack leaders

    Quote Originally Posted by GBMelBlount View Post
    He had 50 sacks in two seasons (67,68)
    I wonder on how many of those Brett Favre took a dive.

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    Re: "Deacon Jones Award" will honor future NFL sack leaders

    Quote Originally Posted by GodfatherofSoul View Post
    I wonder on how many of those Brett Favre took a dive.
    LOL

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