re: Former Raider/Grambling State great Willie Brown has passed away.

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effectively invented the Bump and Run, major innovator as a defensive back. As good as if not better than Deion Sanders, don't @ me.

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Many have called a 1977 NFL rule the " Mel Blount Rule" ,but players like Willie Brown's dominant corner play contributed to that rule change as well.

Brown was #50 All time NFL player by Sporting News in 2000. He's still cracking the top 100 lists today.