All-Time Greatest Jet: All-Time Greatest Jet: D'Brickashaw Ferguson vs. Marty Lyons
Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2023 3:46 pm
| D'Brickashaw Ferguson | Marty Lyons |
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| OT | DE–DT–NT |
| 2006–2015 | 1979–1989 |
| Three-time Pro-Bowler (2009–2011). PFWA NFL All-Rookie Team (2006). One of four Jets offensive tackles to be named an NFL or AFL all-star. Never missed a game or start from 2006-2015, appearing in 160 regular season games plus seven playoff matchups. New York Jets Ring of Honor (2022). | Tenth all-time in sacks by a Jet. Member of the New York Sack Exchange. Only Jet with two career safeties. NFL Man of the Year Award (later renamed in honor of Walter Payton), honoring a player's commitment to philanthropy and community impact, as well as his excellence on the field (1984). New York Jets Ring of Honor (2013). |
| Apparently named after Father Ralph de Bricassart, the problematically dreamy priest character in The Thorn Birds. This is a fact made even more awkward when he earned his degree in religious studies. | Involved in one of the most famous penalties (mis-attributed to Mark Gastineau at the time) in NFL history when he gave Jim Kelly "the business down there." |