February 20th this day in NY Jets History

Nice find bing. I vaguely remember this guy.

Jets' Waldemore
wary of blitzing LT
By Chuck Stogel
Start Writer
EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ. - When the Giants
"travel" to meet the Jets Sunday at Giants Stadium,
the key to the outcome may
very well focus on the matchup
between the Giants offensive
line and the Jets
defensive front — specifically,
the matchup between Giants
right tackle Karl Nelson
versus Jets defensive end
_m. 'OV Mark Gastineau.
"For our passing offense
to be successful, Gastineau is
the key," said Giants offensive
line coach Tom Bresnahan
on Thursday. "We have
to control him or we'll never
get the ball off."
According to Giants Head Coach Bill Parcells,
there's only one real way to stop Gastineau, who
leads the NFL with 18^ sacks.
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"Get a jeep and a couple of ropes, and a winch,"
laughed Parcells.
Nelson, a first-year pro who spent his entire
rookie season of 1983 on injured reserve, has met
Gastineau before. That was this past summer, when
the Giants beat the Jets 20-14 in an exhibition game.
"He's a challenge,
that's for
sure," recalled
Nelson, who will
pit his S-foot-6,
285-pound frame \
against Gastineau's
6-5, 265
pounds. "It was just my second game. I think I did
OK. He beat me a few times, but it was a footwork
thing I can correct"
Gastineau had no sacks in the pre-season matchup,
but Nelson isn't getting overconfident.
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By Bill Murphy
Start Writer
HEMPSTEAD, L.I. - In past years. Jets guard
Stan Waldemore has taken some "good-natured ribbing
from his neighbors before Jets-Giants games.
That's because Waldemore lives in East Hanover,
N.J., an area he
admits is "Giants
Country".
BATTLE OF NEW YORK "When I first
moved in three
years ago," recalled
Waldemore,
"and
people heard I played for the Jets, they'd come up
and ask me if I could get them Giants tickets."
Waldemore smiles at the memory... and understands
it. With a chesire smile he'll tell people
publically that he was always a Jets' fan while
growing up in New Jersey (he starred at Essex
Catholic).
"I even loved 'em when they were the Titans,"
Waldemore chuckles. But privately he'll admit it
was hard not to be a Giants fan.
Waldemore will also admit that the more football-
knowledgable of his neighbors aren't needling
him before this Sunday's clash with the Giants at the
Meadowlands.
"In the past Jets-Giants
games were usually pre-season
things," explained the
seventh-year vet out of Nebraska.
"The big thing in the
game was bragging rights.
This time, though, there's
more at stake and my neighbors
probably realize it."
Beyond any imagined
•y New York rivalry — which
> j some players have said is
' J wholly a media creation —
both the Giants and Jets desperately
need a win Sunday.
The Giants need to