Mike Tanier of Bleacher Report ranked the Top 25 defenses in NFL history in a piece that posted Monday morning. He included teams from 1960-present and utilized various criteria to rank the units. The 1967 Oakland Raiders defense came in at No. 19.
Tanier writes:
“The Raiders recorded 67 sacks and 30 interceptions in 14 games in 1967. In other words, they recorded four or five sacks and two or three interceptions on any given Sunday. The average opposing quarterback had a disastrous week every time he faced the Raiders.”
As we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Silver and Black’s first title this year, the 1967 AFL Championship, let’s take a look back at some of the notable players and performances turned in by the ’67 Raiders defensive unit, known as “The 11 Angry Men.