Deacon Jones
Deacon Jones
Defensive End

Deacon Jones

"I did try to intimidate my opponents. I'd talk about his mother, I'd call him nasty names." - Deacon Jones
Bryan Cranston
by Bryan Cranston

David “Deacon” Jones, a Hall of Fame defensive end in the 1960s and 70s, predominantly for the Rams, may have had the most sacks in history – but the category didn’t exist yet. Known for a head slap maneuver, Jones was a relentless pass rusher who literally invented the term “sack.” “Sacking the quarterback is just like you devastate a city or you cream a multitude of people,” Jones explained during an interview. “It’s just like you put all of the offensive players in one bag and I just take a baseball bat and beat on the bag.” Blending speed with tough, hard-hitting play, the 6-foot-5, 272-pound Jones – who studied the fighting style of Muhammad Ali – was an eight-time Pro Bowler and missed only 5 games in a 14 year NFL career “I’m the best defensive end around,” he said. “I’d hate to have to play against me!” Part of the Rams’ "Fearsome Foursome" defensive line, Jones had been virtually unknown as a 14th round draft pick out of Mississippi Vocational (now Mississippi Valley State). After his career, Jones appeared in a Miller Lite commercial in which he recited a “Roses are Red” poem in a bar, at the end of which he threatens to break people's noses as the patrons raced to leave the bar.

Bryan Cranston
Bryan
Cranston
Bryan Cranston is an actor who won four Emmy Awards for his portrayal of Walter White in “Breaking Bad.” He has also won a Tony Award for his role as President Lyndon Johnson in the Broadway play, “All the Way.” Before all that, he appeared in “Malcolm in the Middle” and “Seinfeld,” in which he played a dentist, Tim Whatley. A Hollywood native, Cranston rooted for the Los Angeles Rams in his youth, and has fondly recalled watching their “Fearsome Foursome” defensive line of the 1960s and 70s. Cranston has said that when the Rams moved to St. Louis in 1994, it was like “being dumped for another city.” When they returned in 2016, Cranston was “a little standoffish at first,” he recently said, but that eventually, “they won me back.”
Profession:
actor
Preferred Team:
Los Angeles Rams