New York Sack Exchange 30 for 30

[BRH]

Those of us of a certain age remember these guys well.  Very well done film, in my opinion.  But watching these guys move in their "old" age is a sobering reminder of how violent the game was back then.  Just about every play they showed would be a 15-yard penalty today.  Salaam died recently from multiple health issues, Gastineau suffers from dementia, and it's obvious that neither Klecko nor Lyons can walk without pain.

 

Some Bills stuff in there:  they showed Marty Lyons "giving [Kelly] the business down there" and also showed one of my favorite plays, Bill Simpson's goal line INT of Richard Todd to stave off a furious Jets comeback and win the '81 divisional playoff game at Shea.

 

 

[Returntoglory]

That was a great Era! 

 

 

[Charles Romes]

They never really got to the reason why Gastineau walked away from the game in 1988 when leading the NFL in sacks (7 sacks in 7 games when he quit). 

[Your Brown Eye]

I enjoyed it, it was very well done

 

[Pre1236]

10 minutes ago, Charles Romes said:

They never really got to the reason why Gastineau walked away from the game in 1988 when leading the NFL in sacks (7 sacks in 7 games when he quit). 

Well, if you believe Gastineau, and I’m not sure I do, it sounds like he was on the verge of being suspended for steroids. 
Gastineau seems like the type to have told so many stories (lies) that he has trouble keeping track. I thought he came off as the saddest one. The others seem to have found some life outside of football. 

[BillsPride12]

This era was before my time and I didn't really know much about them so it was pretty cool to learn some new NFL history. 

 

Mark Gastineau is a real piece of work though 

[Pre1236]

They could have made Gastineau look really bad if they’d wanted. Tons of stories of him being a jackass, disliked by teammates, and they completely brushed over him being a scab. 

[PonyBoy]

The Sack exchange was huge back in the day.

 

I played on a pretty good teen bowling team back then.

 

Even though we were Bills fans, we named our team..

The NY Strike Exchange 😃

 

[JohnNord]

1 hour ago, BRH said:

Those of us of a certain age remember these guys well.  Very well done film, in my opinion.  But watching these guys move in their "old" age is a sobering reminder of how violent the game was back then.  Just about every play they showed would be a 15-yard penalty today.  Salaam died recently from multiple health issues, Gastineau suffers from dementia, and it's obvious that neither Klecko nor Lyons can walk without pain.

 

Some Bills stuff in there:  they showed Marty Lyons "giving [Kelly] the business down there" and also showed one of my favorite plays, Bill Simpson's goal line INT of Richard Todd to stave off a furious Jets comeback and win the '81 divisional playoff game at Shea.

 

 

This was before my time as a Bills fan.  What was it like playing against this DL?  I know that Buffalo had a good team in 1980 and 1981.  

27 minutes ago, PonyBoy said:

The Sack exchange was huge back in the day.

 

I played on a pretty good teen bowling team back then.

 

Even though we were Bills fans, we named our team..

The NY Strike Exchange 😃

 

Gotta be honest - that’s an awesome name for a bowling team

[Freddie's Dead]

Did they show Klecko cheap-shotting Jim Kelly in Jim's first game?  I was there in 86, Bills had the ball on the Jest 1-yard line, and Klecko just came out of his stance and leveled Kelly before the snap.  Only cost him 1/2-yard penalty, so why not?  I find it hard to dredge up much sympathy for such a dirty player.  Karma is indeed a female dog.

[T.E.]

Brett Favre gifting Michael Strahan that sack to get the single-season record was a bad moment in football history. 

 

Gastineau was before my time, but I still remember watching that travesty with Strahan and finding it to reprehensible.

[loyal2dagame]

These 30 for 30 shows are the only good and pure sports content they have on ESPN anymore

[strive_for_five_guy]

6 hours ago, T.E. said:

Brett Favre gifting Michael Strahan that sack to get the single-season record was a bad moment in football history. 

 

Gastineau was before my time, but I still remember watching that travesty with Strahan and finding it to reprehensible.

For those hadn’t seem Gastineau confront Favre about that: