Merton Hanks, the chicken dance and interceptions

It is a quiet Sunday as we roll through Memorial Day, and I found myself poking around YouTube for 49ers content. As is often the case, I stumbled across this brief compilation of Merton Hanks doing his famed chicken dance. He rolled out the dance after particularly huge plays, and during his time with the San Francisco 49ers, he had plenty of opportunities to bust out the celebration.

While watching the video above, I noticed Steve Mariucci mention Hanks's 33 career interceptions. I realized he had a lot of picks in his career, but I did not realize it was that significant. I confirmed the 33 number on his Pro Football Reference page, and then checked out the 49ers PFR page. Hanks had 31 of…