It's not every day that you hear one of the NFL's current players offer unsolicited praise for a player from yesteryear. But that's exactly what Jets linebacker Darron Lee did recently in talking up Joe Klecko.
Lee was walking past this reporter and center Wes Johnson in the Jets' locker room as we discussed the Pro Football Hall of Fame bids being made this year by center Kevin Mawae as a Modern Era player and by Klecko, who again will be considered by the Hall's Seniors Committee in August.
"Joe Klecko? He should be in the Hall," the second-year linebacker said with the conviction of a diehard Jets fan.