Merlin Olsen
Los Angeles Rams defensive end Aaron Donald runs a drill during practice for an NFL Super Bowl football game Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022, in Thousand Oaks, Calif. The Rams are scheduled to play the Cincinnati Bengals in the Super Bowl on Sunday. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Rams' Super Bowl defensive front is a Fearsome Fivesome

By Greg Beacham Feb. 12, 2022 02:45 AM EST

FILE - In this Oct. 28, 2018, file photo, Former Detroit Lions player Roger Brown watches during the team's NFL football game against the Seattle Seahawks in Detroit. Brown, a College Football Hall of Famer and six-time Pro Bowl selection with the Lions and the Los Angeles Rams, has died. He was 84. The Lions and College Football Hall of Fame announced his death Friday, Sept. 17, 2021. The Lions said a member of Brown's family confirmed the death. No cause was given. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)
College Football Hall of Fame DT Roger Brown dies at 84

By Joe Reedy Sep. 17, 2021 06:32 PM EDT

FILE - In this Sept. 24, 1989, file photo, Tony Mandarich backs off the line during the second quarter at Anaheim stadium as the Green Bay Packers played the Los Angeles Rams in an NFL football game. Considered one of best offensive line prospects in history, lasted only three seasons in Green Bay. (AP photo/Alan Greth, File)
The famous and the flops: best and worst NFL 1st-round picks

By The Associated Press Apr. 24, 2021 12:19 PM EDT

FILE - In this Sept. 30, 2001 file photo, New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady (12) passes during Brady's first start of an NFL football game against the Indianapolis Colts in Foxborough, Mass. Six quarterbacks were taken ahead of the future first-ballot Hall of Famer Brady in 2000 before the Patriots selected him 199th overall in the sixth round of the NFL draft, forever altering the course of their franchise’s history. (AP Photo/Winslow Townson, File)
Patriots' draft history features many hits, a few misses

By Kyle Hightower Apr. 21, 2020 05:22 PM EDT

FILE - In this Feb. 25, 2020, file photo, Denver Broncos president of football operations and general manager John Elway speaks during a press conference at the NFL football scouting combine in Indianapolis. Elway has selected a defensive player with his first draft pick six times in his nine drafts. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)
John Elway's name is all over Broncos' long draft history

By Arnie Stapleton Apr. 21, 2020 04:06 PM EDT

FILE - In this June 22, 2001, file photo, actor and former NFL player Merlin Olsen speaks in Urbandale, Iowa. The No. 3 overall pick in the 1962 draft led the Fearsome Foursome and defined brute excellence on NFL defensive lines for 15 years, making 14 consecutive Pro Bowls and becoming arguably the greatest lineman of the 1960s. (AP Photo/Steve Pope, File)
Fearsome Foursome highlight Rams' biggest draft successes

By Greg Beacham Apr. 21, 2020 02:52 PM EDT

Deacon Jones, Butkus and LT unanimous All-Team picks

By The Associated Press Nov. 29, 2019 09:00 PM EST
Deacon Jones, Dick Butkus and Lawrence Taylor are among six unanimous choices at defensive line and linebacker for the NFL’s All-Time Team. ...

NFL announces defensive line and linebackers finalists

By The Associated Press Nov. 25, 2019 07:16 PM EST
Hall of Famers Joe Greene, Deacon Jones and Dick Butkus are among the finalists on defense for the NFL’s All-Time Team. The league on...

FILE - In this In this Jan. 1, 1971, file photo, Stanford coach John Ralston is carried off the field by his players after they defeated the Ohio State Buckeyes in the NCAA college football Rose Bowl game in Pasadena, Calif. Ralston, the former Stanford and Denver Broncos coach, died Saturday, Sept. 14, 2019, in Sunnyvale, Calif. He was 92. (AP Photo/File)
John Ralston, former Stanford, Broncos coach, dies at 92

Sep. 15, 2019 09:18 PM EDT

FILE - In this June 22, 2001, file photo, actor and former NFL player Merlin Olsen speaks in Urbandale, Iowa. The Hall of Fame defensive tackle went on to have a long career as the top analyst at NBC, working alongside greats like Curt Gowdy and Dick Enberg during the 1970s and 80s and calling five Super Bowls. A physical presence on the Rams "Fearsome Foursome" defensive line, Olsen was more soft spoken as an announcer. (AP Photo/Steve Pope, File)
A look at iconic announcers in NFL history

By Josh Dubow Aug. 23, 2019 05:16 PM EDT