Watch My Smoke

His style was iconic, and vintage 80s: aviator goggles, Jheri curls, neck roll, boxy pads. Eric Dickerson is the greatest player in Los Angeles Rams history and the NFLs single season record holder for most rushing yards. In 2019, Dickerson was named to the National Football Leagues 100th Anniversary All-Time Team. With an elegant upright running style that produced some of footballs most-watched highlights, it was said he was so smooth you couldnt hear his pads clack as he glided past you. But during his Hall of Fame career, his greatness was often overshadowed by his contentious disputes with Rams management about his contract. In the pre-free agency era, tensions over his exploitative contract often overshadowed his accomplishments. Whats his problem? went the familiar refrain from the media. Cant he just shut up and run? Its time to reexamine how Eric Dickerson was portrayed. For the first time, hes telling his story. And hes not holding anything back. Watch My Smoke includes sixteen photographs