Bengals-Rams: Running Super Bowl LVI thread

[HappyCurmudgeon]

Is Aaron Donald the greatest defensive tackle of all time? Who would be better?

The old greats like Bob Lilly, Art Donovan and Alan Page were before my time. Reggie White was the greatest defensive lineman I saw growing up and Cortez Kennedy was the best big man. As an adult I thought Warren Sapp was amazing and unstoppable at times. Donald is in that group wherever you want to put him. A special player that impacted the game like a handful of others.

 

[JC]

And to be clear: I'm not really arguing for or against. His totals numbers are all going to be mashive.

Just saying... if he retired tomorrow you could have a Hall of Fame clash with Tom Brady (15 Pro Bowls), Aaron Rodgers (8 Pro Bowls), Ben Roethlisberger (6 Pro Bowls), and Matt Stafford (1 Pro Bowl). It's just odd.

Pro bowls are like gold gloves.

 

[JC]

The old greats like Bob Lilly, Art Donovan and Alan Page were before my time. Reggie White was the greatest defensive lineman I saw growing up and Cortez Kennedy was the best big man. As an adult I thought Warren Sapp was amazing and unstoppable at times. Donald is in that group wherever you want to put him. A special player that impacted the game like a handful of others.

Cortez is criminally underrated. Played on some real bad Hawks teams.

 

[Batman]

Pro bowls are like gold gloves.

Fun Pro Bowl stat: Tom Brady is credited with 15 Pro Bowl selections — the most ever — but only played in the game twice (in 2002 and 2005).

 

[HappyCurmudgeon]

Cortez is criminally underrated. Played on some real bad Hawks teams.

It's crazy that he won Defensive Player of the Year on a team that won 3 or 4 games. He was that good and surrounded by that much ship. One of the most explosive off-the-ball players I've seen to this date.

His predecessor at Miami, Jerome Brown, would probably also be on this list if he didn't die in a car accident at 27.

 

[Neutral Corner]

 

[da man]

RedCanuck, post: 4908734, member: 4703"]Exaxtly. Go under centre and push for that yard.

You might not want to sneak it when your QB is battling through an injury.

 

[da man]

And that is why they're the Lions.

Happens to the best of them. Like the Patriots.

 

[JC]

It's crazy that he won Defensive Player of the Year on a team that won 3 or 4 games. He was that good and surrounded by that much ship. One of the most explosive off-the-ball players I've seen to this date.

His predecessor at Miami, Jerome Brown, would probably also be on this list if he didn't die in a car accident at 27.

2-14 if I remember correctly and one of the worst offences of all time. He was absolutely dominant.

 

[Della9250]

It's funny the guy threw 5,000+ and 41 touchdowns in 2011 and didn't get in the Pro Bowl. I don't know who did get the nod that year, but he might have been a victim of the process once or twice.

the nfc qbs that year were Brees, Rodgers, Eli and Newton

 

[Scout]

Is Aaron Donald the greatest defensive tackle of all time? Who would be better?

Joe Greene, but it is a conversation. They are close.

 

[outofplace]

The old greats like Bob Lilly, Art Donovan and Alan Page were before my time. Reggie White was the greatest defensive lineman I saw growing up and Cortez Kennedy was the best big man. As an adult I thought Warren Sapp was amazing and unstoppable at times. Donald is in that group wherever you want to put him. A special player that impacted the game like a handful of others.

Donald is definitely among the greatest ever. Joe Greene certainly has a case. Dominant player. The Steel Curtain was literally built around him. Strong performances in big games. Key player on four Super Bowl championship teams.