He remembers each of his three sacks of Drew Brees that afternoon in St. Louis the way a golfer is able to recall every shot of a great round.
"I had two against [Saints offensive tackle] Charles Brown and one against [Pat] McQuistan,'' said Long, who was a Ram at the time. "I should've had like five. It was a cool weekend.''
It was one of three three-sack games that Long has had in his 11-year career. That it came against the hard-to-sack Brees made it even more special.
"We got hot,'' Long said. "It was a good day.