Yes, yes - I remember all of that well. Faulk had no peer in picking up blitzes. Timing - knowing
WHO to hit, and
WHEN.
Sometimes he'd read a play and meet a blitzer in the hole. Play didn't look llike much, got overlooked as opposed to when he'd pick up somebody who leaked through into the backfield, but it gave the QB greater visibility than if he hd waited. Marshall was flat-out great at pass blocking. I don't recall ever seeing anyone better.
And in my post above, I meant to rank Jackson, as you did, right behind Williams (whom I put where I did for performance plus potenntial) and ahead of Gurley. I didn't see that much of Gurley, but he got it done. I saw Jackson do it more, even when he had a heavy running load. Still, Williams has some of those intangibles, I call them, that set him apart.
Jackson, overall, was a beast. I wish he could have played for a winner. He'd be a HOF back if he had.
