Fred Dean Passes from Covid

[WindsorUK]

I'm always glad when someone remembers Jones. He didn't get the publicity that the other three got, but he was good. He was the one who blocked Miami's field goal attempt in the famous 1981 game:

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+1
As Bolt-O suggests, our best D line ever. And Leroy was very much a part of that.
RIP Freddy D.

[sonorajim]

R.I.P. Fred Dean. That DL with Dean, Kelcher, Johnson, and Leroy Jones was the best ever for the Chargers, and Fred Dean (and other Charger cast offs) made it big with the Niners.

68 is still relatively young, so I suppose he had other issues.

Fred was a cigarette smoker when he played for SD. May not have quit soon enough.
I liked him a lot. Quick & strong, he didn't need to run far to nail QBs.

[Caslon]

Covid-19 meaner than Mean Fred Dean.

[BoltUp InLA]

RIP brother.. You, those Chargers teams, and fans left me with many great memories!

[chargeroo]

I attended several training practices when Fred Dean was a rookie, he had long arms that were like two logs. Talk about natural strength! They toyed with moving him to LB but he was lost at that position. I judge him to be the best DE the team ever had!

[wu-dai clan]

I attended several training practices when Fred Dean was a rookie, he had long arms that were like two logs. Talk about natural strength! They toyed with moving him to LB but he was lost at that position. I judge him to be the best DE the team ever had!

Better than Leslie O'Neal ?

[WindsorUK]

Better than Leslie O'Neal ?

Tough call.
Both should be in HOF

[WindsorUK]

RIP brother.. You, those Chargers teams, and fans left me with many great memories!

SAN DIEGO....SUPER CHARGERS....CHARGE!!!
Great memories indeed.

[chargeroo]

Better than Leslie O'Neal ?

I admit that I thought of O'Neal when I typed that - they were pretty equal. However, I do give Fred the nod because he was nearly impossible to run sweeps against. Wish we had two like them now. What about Earl Faison?

Do you think Joey stacks up to them?

I think Earl Faison was great but his career was cut short by a terrible knee injury. If he had a normal length of a career he would have been the best

[wu-dai clan]

I admit that I thought of O'Neal when I typed that - they were pretty equal. However, I do give Fred the nod because he was nearly impossible to run sweeps against. Wish we had two like them now. What about Ernie Ladd?

Do you think Joey stacks up to them?

It's too early on Joey.
Ernie was so disruptive.
I think you are right.
Fred Dean is the best Dlineman we've ever had.

[chargeroo]

It's too early on Joey.
Ernie was so disruptive.
I think you are right.
Fred Dean is the best Dlineman we've ever had.

Actually I meant Faison - Ernie was a DT - when they were playing side by side the defense was fierce

[chargeroo]

It's too early on Joey.
Ernie was so disruptive.
I think you are right.
Fred Dean is the best Dlineman we've ever had.

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