Debate: Who are the top 3 defensive players of all time
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fivetwos
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Sanders was SUCH a difference maker in what offenses could and couldn't do.
LT was as well but you just had to worry about blocking him.
Sanders cut off half the field and DARED a QB to throw near him.
Taylor never dared a QB to drop back to pass, nor did Reggie, for all their greatness.
LT was as well but you just had to worry about blocking him.
Sanders cut off half the field and DARED a QB to throw near him.
Taylor never dared a QB to drop back to pass, nor did Reggie, for all their greatness.
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Correct me if I'm wrong but what is even more impressive is he was a DE in 3-4 scheme.
Tussinman
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Another crazy stat.
There's 5 interior lineman (including Donald) that have 7 first team all-pros which is the current record (7) for interior lineman
3 of the 5 are fellow cowboys (Randy White, Larry Allen, Bob Lilly).
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They dared the QB to pass on every down.
BIAS...DAMN RIGHT
StarOfGlory
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L.T.
Reggie White
Deacon Jones
Deion Sanders is too one-dimensional to be #3. Top 10, but not #3.
Fun fact: it was a George Young screw up that kept LT and Reggie from being on the same team.
Reggie White
Deacon Jones
Deion Sanders is too one-dimensional to be #3. Top 10, but not #3.
Fun fact: it was a George Young screw up that kept LT and Reggie from being on the same team.
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I think it wiuld have to be done by eras- 1920s-40s, 1950s-70s, 1980s-2000, and 2000-present. I could not just have 3 in each era. Under those parameters, it be be something like this:
- 20s-40s: Bronco Nagurski, Bulldog Turner, George Connor
- 50s-70s: Night Train Lane, Dick Butkus, Deacon Jones, Bob Lily, Mean Joe Greene
- 80s-2000- Reggie White, Lawrence Taylor, Randy White, Ronnie Lott, Deion Sanders
- 2000-present: Ray Lewis, Ed Reed, Aaron Donald, Troy Palumalu, Charles Woodson
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Howboutdemcowboys31
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Can’t argue LT or Deion. May be early for Donald but he’s got the resume and the ability to claim that 3 spot
Haimerej
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You're old enough. What did you think of Lambert or Nitchske?
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xwalker
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If it was based on the best 2 year period of time, DT Jerome Brown was off the charts in 1990 & 1991. Stats for DTs are meaningless. You had to watch those games to get what he meant to that team.
He was a Godfather figure to all of those great players from U of Miami when Jimmy was the HC there.
Similar to Erik Williams on offense. Maybe the most dominant 2 year stretch by any player.
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Both were outstanding and should be considered. Also Mel Blount.
