View Full Version : 20 GREATEST MIDDLE LINEBACKERS of ALL-TIME
Surf-Bat
03-05-2009, 02:02 AM
1. Dick Butkus
2. Chuck Bednarik
3. Ray Nitschke
4. Joe Schmidt
5. Willie Lanier
6. Jack Lambert
7. Bill George
8. Mike Singletary
9. Ray Lewis
10. Sam Huff
11. Harry Carson
12. Tommy Nobis
13. Nick Buoniconti
14. Mike Curtis
15. Sam Mills
16. Brian Urlacher
17. Mike Lucci
18. Bill Bergey
19. Shane Conlan
20. Hardy Brown
Anyone you feel I missed? If so, who and whom should your pick replace?
Denbrnc
03-05-2009, 08:51 AM
You missed Randy Gradishar. I would have him up there in the 5-8 range.
Surf-Bat
03-05-2009, 01:20 PM
You missed Randy Gradishar. I would have him up there in the 5-8 range.
That's pretty elite linebackers you're putting him over. You're saying you'd put him possibly above guys like Lambert, Singletary, Lanier and George. You may be right, but it's HIGHLY debatable.
I will admit my mistake though. I DID overlook Gradishar. I will reassess.....
Surf-Bat
03-11-2009, 01:52 PM
I'm thinking more like the number 15 spot
Seattle1
05-17-2009, 10:48 AM
Maybe Zach Thomas should make that list.
:twocents:
KHenry14
05-17-2009, 05:12 PM
Nitschke is too high and Lewis is too low. Urlacher is too high and Curtis too low as well.
Surf-Bat
05-18-2009, 01:35 AM
Nitschke is too high and Lewis is too low. Urlacher is too high and Curtis too low as well.
Whom would you put Lewis ahead of on this list? Or Curtis?
football junkie
05-19-2009, 07:15 PM
I'm sure I'll get some sharp disagreement for this but ...
I'm not saying to take him off the list, but I might downgrade Harry Carson. He played a lot of his career with the Lawrence Taylor also lining up at linebacker. That had to greatly contribute to Carson's success (and vice versa).
He was none-the-less a great player and perhaps part of the greatest LB combo in NFL history.
KHenry14
05-19-2009, 09:58 PM
Whom would you put Lewis ahead of on this list? Or Curtis?
I'd put Lewis up two spots ahead of Bill George. I'd swap Mike Curtis with Harry Carson.
And I have to admit it was nice to see Hardy Brown mentioned! Dude knocked so many people out with his shoulder tackle that the Niners lost count!
Surf-Bat
05-21-2009, 03:17 PM
He was none-the-less a great player and perhaps part of the greatest LB combo in NFL history.
I'll take Lambert, Ham and Russell as my number 1 combo. Number 2 would be Singletary, Marshall and Wilson. 3 would be Mills, Swilling, Jackson and Johnson. Then the Giants. Just my opinion based on what I saw.