Who is the greatest Linebacker of all time?

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  1. Denny Crane

    Denny Crane It's not even loaded! Staff Member Administrator

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    Duerson.
     
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    Dave Meggett and Jumbo Elliot were my other favorites from those teams.
     
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    ghoti A PhD in Horribleness

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    Haha. ROTR, I basically took a leak on the Canadian flag. :)
    Point made, though.
     
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    That's just stupid seriously.
     
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    [video=youtube;PH8SZOqc6Pk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PH8SZOqc6Pk[/video]
     
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    ghoti A PhD in Horribleness

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    Duerson was washed up in 1990.
     
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    cpawfan Monsters do exist

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    He is one of the all time greats at the position, but he wasn't the greatest nor was he a transcendent talent. Being ahead of one's time does not make them transcendent.
     
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    LT:
    10x Pro Bowl selection (1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990)
    10x All-Pro selection (1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990)
    2x Super Bowl champion (XXI, XXV)
    NFL 75th Anniversary All-Time Team
    NFL 1980s All-Decade Team
    1981 NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year
    1986 AP NFL MVP
    1986 PFWA NFL MVP
    1986 Bert Bell Award
    56 retired New York Giants
    3x AP NFL Defensive Player of the Year (1981, 1982, 1986)
    1x NEA NFL Defensive Player of the Year (1986)
    2x UPI NFC Defensive Player of the Year (1983, 1986)
    2x NFC Defensive Player of the Year (1984, 1986)


    Ray Lewis:
    9x Pro Bowl selection (1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007)
    6x First-team All-Pro selection (1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004)
    1x Second-team All-Pro selection (1997)
    2x AP NFL Defensive Player of Year (2000, 2003)
    Super Bowl champion (XXXV)
    Super Bowl XXXV MVP
    Member of 20 Sack/20 Int Club
     
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    i over reacted im sorry
     
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    [video=youtube;fvHZqrNp_QU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvHZqrNp_QU[/video]

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    [video=youtube;vB3kvOeKEhA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vB3kvOeKEhA&feature=related[/video]

    [video=youtube;7CTU2mwXCO0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CTU2mwXCO0&feature=related[/video]
     
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    ghoti A PhD in Horribleness

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    It was a ham-handed analogy meant as a joke. Someone who isn't a hockey fan doesn't understand what Gretzky means to hockey or Canada. It wasn't intended to be offensive.
     
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    I think those videos pretty much confirm it. LT and Butkus = greatest LB's of all time.
     
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    Got to love analysis by highlight video

    Vince Carter is now the greatest player ever
     
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    If you did an internet search for "best nfl linebacker of all time," I'd guess that 90% of the links would list Taylor #1, and the other 10% #2. You're on your own with this one.
     
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    And the 10% are attention grabbers like Mark Jackson and his Kobe>Jordan comedy routine.
     
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    Got to love analysis by internet search

    Obama is friends with terrorists
     
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    Per Peter King, in 1969, Ray Nitschke was voted the greatest all time linebacker over Dick Butkus

    Amazing what time does
     
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    You might count the rings Nitschke has. He rocked.
     
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    That's a pretty typical response. My point, which apparently wasn't obvious, was that at the very least the burden has shifted to you to prove your point. With the masses against you, simply stating that "he is overrated" isn't going to do it. Snide comments like the one I just quoted just convince me that you are incapable of making a cogent argument against LT. You want to make political analogies? Fine--then you are akin to John McCain, who offers no content, but just tries to discredit the opposition.
     
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