Ted Hendricks
Posted in Uncategorized on 05/02/2009 08:53 am by admin
You are using a 3-4 defense. Which of these linebackers would you pick ?
You only get 4. You want balance.
Jack Ham
Mike Singletary
Ray Nitschke
Lawrence Taylor
Ray Lewis
Jack Lambert
Dick Butkus
Ted Hendricks
Brian Urlacher
Randy Gradishar
I didn’t forget Tippett. I just didn’t include him nor a few other greats.
Have any of you guys played a 3-4? You want speed on the outside. For the guy who said LT on the inside, why? He never played inside?
You want LT at one of the outsides because he can get to the QB unlike anyone in NFL history
You have no other real rush LB, so I guess you move Urlacher to one of the OLB because he has speed and can rush the passer, but I would say someone like Grante Cities own Kevin Greene. Very underrated player, but could really play
Lewis at one of the middle LB. because he plays in that system now, and we can see how great he is.
I think the last one comes down to Singletary and Butkus(the rest are all great players but played in different times and couldn’t be as great today) I’m going to say Butkus. Singletary can move better, but with Lewis, LT and Urlacher you can get by with a slower surer tackler and no one was a better Tackler then Butkus.
Ted Hendricks