Chester McGlockton, 1992-1997
The Raiders selected the 6-3, 334-pounder with the 16th overall pick of the 1992 NFL Draft out of Clemson, and he turned out to be exactly what they needed a rock in the middle of their defensive line that included ends Howie Long and Greg Townsend. After making three sacks as a part-time player as a rookie, McGlockton moved in a starter in his second season and immediately was productive, making 79 total tackles, seven sacks, returning an interception 19 yards for a touchdown, and adding a fumble recovery. He only got better after that, making 340 tackles and recording 39½ sacks, forced 10 fumbles, and recovered another five over 90 games in his six seasons with the Silver and Black. McGlockton had four seasons with at least seven sacks, including a career-high 9.5 in 1994, was selected to the Pro Bowl in his last four years with the Raiders, and was a three-time All-Pro, from 1994-96.McClockton left the Raiders and played three seasons with the Kansa
1. Howie Long, 1981-1993
The 6-5, 265-pound Long had definite ideas about what he wanted from his pro career after the Raiders selected him in the second round (No. 48 overall) out of Villanova in the 1981 National Football League Draft. “(In want) financial security, and I want to be in the Hall o
f Fame. That’s my goal. And I’d like to win a few more Super Bowls,” Howie Long told Football Digest in 1986.” He got them all, except for more Super Bowls. In his 13-year career, Long recorded 84 sacks, not counting the 7.5 sacks he had as a rookie before sacks became an official NFL statistic. He had a career-high 13 sacks in 1983, five in one game that season against the Washington Redskins. We also don’t know how many tackles he had, because they also were not an official stat, but he often finished games in double digits. In Super Bowl XVIII, he had five tackles and made 58 tackles plus 12 sacks the following season, but tackle stats for his career are incomplete. Long a
A New Team And A New League Part 10
The Jets sans Sonny plus the Heidi game
Photo By:Gene Kappock/NY Daily News via Getty Images With Sonny Werblin out of the way the four owners installed Donald Lillis as the team president and spokesman for the group. Lillis and Hess were the driving force behind forcing Sonny out or buying him out. The Jets you see were becoming very successful on the field and in attendance, yet showed no profit. The group felt like a bonanza was on the horizon with the AFL/NFL merger just a few years away. They wanted to both reap the financial rewards of that event and be removed from the overspending Sonny was planning.