Word: caffey
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Since they are unlikely to find much outside running room against Green Bay's rugged corner linebackers, Dave Robinson and Lee Roy Caffey, the Raiders are expected to concentrate on trap plays up the middle-hoping to catch the Packers' hard-charging defensive linemen out of position. Key man in the success or failure of Oakland's running game is Gene Upshaw, a 6-ft. 5-in., 255-lb. rookie from Texas A. & I. who is already regarded as one of the best running guards in pro ball...
...than just the breaks of the game. "Dirty players are gone," answers Tackle Henry Jordan, but his disingenuous comment suggests that the writers and fans may be right. Today's players, he says, are "so well trained they know how to hurt you scientifically." Packer Linebacker Lee Roy Caffey, himself an ankle patient, explains that money adds to their skill. When you put enough cash on the line, says Caffey, "it tends to bring out the best in people." It also brings out the elbows, knees and helmets that can be almost lethal when propelled by the beef...
...western division, the Greon Bay Packers look like a sure thing. They combine veterans who have played for championship teams in the past, men such as Bart Starr, Jim Taylor, Willie Davis, and Ray Nitschke, with young, ambitious players like Lee Roy Caffey, Marv Fleming, and Dave Robinson. The defense is solid, and Starr's passing complements the running game nicely, but the determing factor should be the admirable combination of unflappable old hands and unbreakable young ones...