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New York Sack Exchange
Text: Bill Carey
Photo: Ronald C. Modra

New York Sack Exchange

The Jets' defensive line of Mark Gastineau, Joe Klecko, Marty Lyons and Abdul Salaam was among the NFL's best in the early 1980s. The nickname came after the four rang the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange in November 1981. During that season, the line combined for an unofficial total of 66 sacks (which didn't become an official NFL statistic until the following season). Gastineau's 22 sacks in 1984 was the NFL record until Michael Strahan bettered it in 2001.

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