My Tribute to a person favorite, the caveman Howie Long. Hands down my favorite growing up (rocked the crew cut to prove it). Before the calf injury 1988 and other injuries slowed him down, he was a monster for the Raiders. Great against the run or pass, and played every position. Double teamed on virtually every play, made a lot of other Raider lineman look good. While his sack numbers won't blow you away, when you realize he would line up at nose tackle and was the only one getting double teams for the most part, you realize what a totally unselfish player he was. Which allowed other Raiders to flourish.

Named the 1985 Defensive Player of the Year, Selected to 8 Pro Bowls, named All-Pro 5 Times (3 First Team), named to the 1980's All Decade Team, helped a defense that tied the Bears for most sacks from 1983-1986 and obliterated the NFL's highest scoring team (at that time) in Superbowl XVIII, and enshrined in the NFL Hall of Fame in 2000. You see him on the NFL Fox Pre Game Shows.

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