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were successful receivers, such as Mike Ditka and Ron Kramer, mostly picked up yards in chunks while working the middle.  But Mackey ran a 4.6 second 40-yard dash and he soon became a favorite deep target of Baltimore quarterback Johnny Unitas. Mackey used that speed and an aggressive running style to average over 15 yards per catch during his career, topping the 20 yard mark in two seasons.  In 1966, he posted numbers that would make even Kellen Winslow and Antonio Gates blanch, scoring ten touchdowns, six of them going for more than 50 yards.  In 1992, after waiting far too long, Mackey became only the second full-time tight end immortalized in the hallowed halls of Canton.

ill drives slow, so by the time we rolled up, the details were left to the valet.  Hell with it; at only $4 plus tip, it’s cheaper than a pint of beer at the Hipster bar down the block from my house. I’d stuffed myself on egg rolls and shrimp lo mein on the way up, so I was non-plussed to find Irish gorging himself on pot-stickers, salad, and some remorseless entree, the details of which now escape me.  I slurped a ginger ale through a straw.  Newbie Neighbor had already trundled off to meet his fate at the tables.