Joe Walton, who died on Sunday at age 85, presided over what I think of as “The Jets Era That Never Was.”He led the team from 1983 through 1989. There were moments when they looked like pro football’s best team. He was from Beaver Falls, Pa. — yes, the same town as Joe Namath. And he starred at the University of Pittsburgh as a receiver-tight end, a position he played after turning pro. Since then, the club had often struggled, its low points magnified because it played in the media epicenter that is New York.

Source: New York Times August 17, 2021 17:26 UTC