The BEST NFL Defensive Players Of All Time RANKED..

Welcome back to NFL Central, today on the channel we are going to share to you the Top three NFL defensive players of all time + other related news. On Monday, the Los Angeles Rams made Aaron Donald the highest-paid non-quarterback in NFL history. Before that happened, Donald won the Defensive Rookie of the Year award, made the Pro Bowl eight times, earned seven first-team All-Pro nods and was named Defensive Player of the Year an astonishing three times, tying the all-time record. Donald has become one of the game’s most dominant individuals, despite playing on the defensive line in an era defined by proficient passing offenses. His eye-popping payday calls to mind the names from the past that enjoyed similarly dazzling careers, leading us to this question: Who are the top three defensive players of all time, as YOU see it?

This is a nearly impossible exercise (I had to leave off Joe Greene!) except for my No. 1: unquestionably Lawrence Taylor, who merely changed the outside linebacker position and, in the process, made offensive tackle a premier football position. Nobody had any idea how to block Taylor (he was the league’s Defensive Player of the Year in each of his first two seasons), and all you need to know about his dominance is that he was the league’s MVP in 1986, when he had 20.5 sacks in the Giants’ first Super Bowl season — the last defensive player to win the award. Ranking the best defensive players of all time gets real tough after L.T., but Smith and Donald narrowly edge out a list of deserving others. Smith was a monster and absolutely dominated with a combination of size (6-foot-4, 262 pounds), speed and strength. He whooped so many offensive tackles over his 19(!) NFL seasons. Being someone who played with my hand in the dirt and dropped in coverage, I studied and modeled my game after Taylor, Smith, Derrick Thomas, Charles Haley and Andre Tippett. Watch till the end for more on the Top three NFL defensive players of all time and other related news.

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