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Uniforms Unite Mark Gastineau & T.J. Barnes

Gastineau was the Jets' celebrated pass rusher of the Eighties. He formed one of the pillars of the New York Sack Exchange, racked up a then-NFL-record 22 sacks in 1984, and totaled 41 sacks in 1983-84, still the league mark for most sacks in consecutive seasons.

Barnes has no career sacks. In fact, he has one fewer defensive snap in his career, 73, than Gastineau had sacks in his career.

Gastineau was our second-round draft choice in 1979. Barnes signed with Jacksonville as an undrafted free agent in 2013 before joining the Jets practice squad in October that year.