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Bruise Brothers (San Diego Chargers)
The Bruise Brothers were a group of American football players who played on the defensive line for the San Diego Chargers in the National Football League (NFL). The foursome, consisting of Fred Dean, Gary Johnson, Louie Kelcher, and Leroy Jones, formed one of the most dominant lines of their era. The Chargers selected Johnson, Kelcher, and Dean in the first two rounds of the 1975 NFL Draft, and they traded for Jones the following year. They helped San Diego lead the league in sacks in 1980.
==History==
In the 1975 draft, the core of the Bruise Brothers was formed when the Chargers drafted Johnson (1st round, 8th overall pick), Kelcher (2nd round, 30th overall), and Dean (2nd round, 33rd overall) with three of their first four picks. Each of the three became All-Pro players during their career.〔 ESPN in 2009 ranked San Diego's 1975 draft class as the team's best draft ever,〔 and it is widely considered one of the best drafts for any franchise. The Chargers acquired Jones from the Los Angeles Rams in 1976 for a future draft choice. Dean and Johnson became the primary pass rushers, while Kelcher and Jones developed into strong defenders against the run.
In 1978, they were considered the strength of the Charger's defense. ''Sports Illustrated'' lauded their pass rushing ability, calling them an "awesome young front four" that was "better than average against the run, and its pass rush has clearly helped an unheralded secondary rank among the league's best."〔 Don Coryell became San Diego's head coach in the middle of 1978, and they won three consecutive AFC West titles starting in 1979.
Those Charger teams were known for their potent Air Coryell offense. Coryell's teams were criticized for their defense, but they allowed an NFL-low 246 points in 1979.〔 That year, the Chargers' defensive line was given the name "Bruise Brothers",〔 coined from a popular act at the time, The Blues Brothers. Kelcher, however, was sidelined for all but three minutes after a knee operation, but Wilbur Young filled in superbly and was named All-Pro by ''Sports Illustrated''. Led by their defensive line and Johnson's team-record sacks, San Diego in 1980 led the NFL with 60 sacks.〔 Johnson, Kelcher, and Dean were all named starters in that season's Pro Bowl, a rarity for three defensive lineman from the same team; Jones, whose 11 sacks were second on the team behind Johnson, was also named an alternate for the Pro Bowl. Dean held out in 1981, and he was traded to the San Francisco 49ers in October. ''U-T San Diego'' in 2013 called the trade "perhaps the biggest blunder in franchise history."
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