{"id":698,"date":"2019-08-23T03:37:28","date_gmt":"2019-08-23T08:37:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pauleide.com\/wordpress\/?p=698"},"modified":"2025-03-13T07:20:26","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T12:20:26","slug":"chuck-cecil-and-when-men-were-men","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/i80sportsblog.com\/chuck-cecil-and-when-men-were-men\/","title":{"rendered":"Chuck Cecil And When Men Were Men"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_3115\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3115\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3115 size-full lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i80sportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/chuck-cecil-bloody-nose.jpg\" alt=\"Chuck Cecil With A Bloody Nose Playing For Packers\" width=\"620\" height=\"500\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i80sportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/chuck-cecil-bloody-nose.jpg 620w, https:\/\/i80sportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/chuck-cecil-bloody-nose-600x484.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3115 size-full lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/i80sportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/chuck-cecil-bloody-nose.jpg\" alt=\"Chuck Cecil With A Bloody Nose Playing For Packers\" width=\"620\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i80sportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/chuck-cecil-bloody-nose.jpg 620w, https:\/\/i80sportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/chuck-cecil-bloody-nose-600x484.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3115\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This picture of Chuck Cecil sums up his entire career.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h1>Here&#8217;s a classic Chuck Cecil hit on Giants running back Dave Meggett:<\/h1>\n<p><iframe class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UKxeo7ZUMzo\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I miss Chuck Cecil like a sailor misses the sea and I\u2019m not afraid to admit it. There just aren&#8217;t that many men around on earth anymore as &#8220;pussy-itis&#8221; has taken over.<\/p>\n<p>Do you think Chuck Cecil ever cared about other people&#8217;s opinion of his style of play? HELL no he didn&#8217;t, because he was too busy <em>being a <\/em><em>man<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h2>Chuck Cecil was too much man for the NFL.<\/h2>\n<p>The fact that he ever played a down in college, let alone the NFL speaks to his will and determination. As a six-foot, 150 lbs high school senior, Cecil wasn\u2019t offered a college scholarship anywhere. His coach told him not to take off his shirt during workouts for recruiters so they couldn\u2019t see how skinny he was.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately he walked on at the University of Arizona and became a consensus All-American and the Pac 10 Defensive Player of the Year in his senior year, a year in which he collected nine interceptions. When he left the University of Arizona his 21 career interceptions was a Pac-10 record.<\/p>\n<p>Cecil was drafted in the fourth round of the 1988 NFL Draft by the Green Bay Packers and wasn\u2019t expected to contribute very much, because even then at 6 feet, 185 lbs, he was vastly undersized in a league full of huge humans. After three years primarily coming off of the bench, Cecil\u2019s 1991 season put him on the map. And, scored him some killer in-stores:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3116 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i80sportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/chuck-cecil.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"640\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i80sportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/chuck-cecil.jpg 512w, https:\/\/i80sportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/chuck-cecil-450x563.jpg 450w, https:\/\/i80sportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/chuck-cecil-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/i80sportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/chuck-cecil-336x420.jpg 336w, https:\/\/i80sportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/chuck-cecil-16x20.jpg 16w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3116 lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/i80sportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/chuck-cecil.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i80sportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/chuck-cecil.jpg 512w, https:\/\/i80sportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/chuck-cecil-450x563.jpg 450w, https:\/\/i80sportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/chuck-cecil-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/i80sportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/chuck-cecil-336x420.jpg 336w, https:\/\/i80sportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/chuck-cecil-16x20.jpg 16w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>In starting all 16 games he had 110 tackles, three interceptions and a forced fumble. But more than that he made a name for himself with his aggressive, reckless tackling style; if he would\u2019ve been a baseball player around that time, he would\u2019ve been Rob Deer because he either ripped a homer, or struck out, every time.<\/p>\n<p>Due to his hit or miss attempt, and the level of violence that he contributed to every play, he earned the nickname \u201cScud\u201d Cecil, thanks to the conflict in the Persian Gulf and Saddam\u2019s chosen missile, the \u201cScud\u201d for all you youngsters.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3117 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i80sportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/chuck-cecil-ron-middleton.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"509\" height=\"698\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i80sportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/chuck-cecil-ron-middleton.gif 747w, https:\/\/i80sportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/chuck-cecil-ron-middleton-600x822.gif 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 509px) 100vw, 509px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3117 lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/i80sportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/chuck-cecil-ron-middleton.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"509\" height=\"698\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i80sportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/chuck-cecil-ron-middleton.gif 747w, https:\/\/i80sportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/chuck-cecil-ron-middleton-600x822.gif 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 509px) 100vw, 509px\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>Cecil followed up his breakout 1991 campaign with the only All-Pro season of his career in 1992. That season he had 102 tackles, four interceptions and a fumble recovery. But his stats, impressive as they were, don\u2019t even begin to tell the entire story. Here&#8217;s is Chuck Cecil&#8217;s 1992 Topps football card:<\/p>\n<p>[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=&#8221;12&#8243; gal_title=&#8221;Chuck Cecil&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>He influenced countless plays by fear alone in a way that no current player does; opposing receivers wouldn\u2019t even run routes fully on his side of the field. He was just a complete beast. But the play that summed up Chuck Cecil came the following year.<\/p>\n<p>Playing for the Phoenix Cardinals he unleashed the hit of his career. September 12th, 1993- Cecil\u2019s hit on Washington Redskins tight end Ron Middleton defined the tough, old school era of football that Cecil epitomized and inadvertently ushered in a new softer, gentler NFL.<\/p>\n<p>Cecil hit Middleton so hard on a reception over the middle that it knocked Middleton\u2019s helmet off with both ends of the double chin strap <em>still<\/em> connected. Not only was Cecil fined $30,000 but the NFL actually <em>banned the video of the hit<\/em> which just like any controversial album or book, made the hit, and Cecil\u2019s legend, that much more popular. Go ahead and Google it now; you can\u2019t find it. That\u2019s how awesome it was.<\/p>\n<p>The fact that Cecil at 185 pounds could even get Middleton 262, on the ground, let alone pulverize his brain gives you some idea at the force he could fling his body. And he did it over and over to larger men than himself every Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re looking for one reason as to why the NFL turned into the glorified flag football it has become, blame Chuck Cecil.<\/p>\n<p>Chuck Cecil only played one more year in the NFL due to concussions and a conspiracy about the NFL blackballing him, but a player like Cecil, like any truly great musician or out of control actor, can only survive for so long.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>More Packers Content:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Packers David Bakhtiari And Corey Linsley On Holding, Shaving, Loving &#8211; Well, Not Loving<\/li>\n<li>Packers\u2019 Clay Matthews On His NFL DNA and His Hair<\/li>\n<li>Favre vs. Rodgers; The Numbers Speak For Themselves<\/li>\n<li>Interview w\/Packers Greg Jennings \u2013 Better QB, Favre or Rodgers?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s a classic Chuck Cecil hit on Giants running back Dave Meggett: I miss Chuck Cecil like a sailor misses [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3115,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1918,221],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Chuck Cecil And When Men Were Men - I-80 Sports Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"I miss Chuck Cecil like a sailor misses the sea and I\u2019m not afraid to admit it. 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