Alex Karras “I think I kick a home run!”
I just finished reading Jerry Kramer’s “Instant Replay”, in which he talked about Alex Karras. He said he was the meanest, nastiest, scariest defensive lineman he ever played against.
He used to actually have nightmares about having to block him.
They had a rookie guard on the team who came in one season (can’t remember if it was Jerry Kramer or Fuzzy Thurston who was out) and the first game the rookie played against Karras, when asked after the game in an interview, said he was unimpressed and hadn’t seen any moves he didn’t think he could handle.
What he didn’t know was that Karras was trying to play through an injury.
The next game Karras destroyed him. Actually demolished him. I think he might even have knocked him out cold, and as he lay on the ground, Karras stood over him and snarled “How do you like those moves, Ass Face?”
Alex Karras: Mongo like Candy! :)
RIP Frank. Bet there’s a heck of a scrimmage in Heaven tonight.