The most prolific sack artist in NFL history – and the player who coined the term “sack” in the first place – was David “Deacon” Jones, who played played for 3 teams from 1961 to 1974. The sack category didn’t yet exist when Jones, a fast and physical defensive end at 6-foot-5 and 272 pounds, emerged as a dominant part of the LA Rams’ Fearsome Foursome. But, aided by a head-slap tactic that he had perfected (now illegal), Jones became the most intimidating and effective pass rusher of that era. Jones made eight Pro Bowls en route to the Hall of Fame. But his biggest impact was his invention of a football term as well as a new statistical category: the QB sack. “Sacking the quarterback is just like you devastate a city or you cream a multitude of people,” Jones said once. “It’s just like you put all of the offensive players in one bag and I just take a baseball bat and beat on the bag.”