In 1981 both Fred Dean and John Jefferson held out with Dean being traded to the San Francisco 49er’s and Jefferson ending up with the Green Bay Packers. The Bolts were coming off an AFC championship appearance and if both of those players had been retained, I’m convinced the Chargers would have had home-field advantage and not played in that great game in Miami to say nothing of losing the true Ice Bowl in Cincinnati.
It’s true that Chandler came in and did a fantastic job, but we did have to give up a first-round draft pick for him.