re: Just met Bert Jones!!

I met Ken Mendenhall, the Colts center in the 1970s, and he worshiped Bert Jones. He told me a story that near the end of his career, the Colts used a high draft pick on a center, obviously to replace him. He could see the writing on the wall in training camp. But Bert Jones went to the coaches and complained that the rookie didn't make the center/QB exchange properly, saying it was injuring his hands. He needed time to build chemistry. By doing that, he bought Mendenhall one more year on the roster as a starter.

Years later, he never forgot that act of kindness to an old player nearing the end of his career.