Sam Mills, Ricky Jackson, Pat Swilling and Vaughan Johnson.

They were an outstanding group.
I would rate at #4.

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Yeah, good group, no doubt. I was pulling for them to win one.

Picking the 2000 Ravens is just pure laziness on the part of the writers.

Lanier and Bell are in the Hall of Fame and Lynch was outstanding. How can they not be in the top 10?

Uh. Four is in the top 10. Heh.

They were amazing, and I'm pleased that they are getting the credit they deserve. I lived in New Orleans during the last part of their reign. Teams could do nothing against them at their peak. Swilling was brilliant, Mills was a genius, Jackson and Johnson were incredible. Any of these four guys would have anchored any other team's D.

They worked as a unit -- especially Swilling, Mills, and Jackson. N. Smith and D. Thomas reminded me of them quite a bit, they had that kind of cohesiveness and strategy. They knew the whole game rode on their shoulders and played like it.

Unfortunately they played for the Saints, who had all kinds of problems.

I always thought Swilling was a lot like DT, maybe not quite as quick first step.

Who could forget their underrated QB from that era. Bobby (Ragin Cagun) Herbert.

He then went on to have a few decent seasons in the Falcons run and shoot.

Four is not bad at all. I feel fortunate to have watched Bell, Lanier and Lynch in their primes.

Yea, i wish i was old enough to have seen them play....

They were fun to watch.

I do remember the pleasure of watching Cherry, Burrus, Ross and Lewis play in the 80's when i was a kid....


(About the only reasons to watch the Chiefs in those days)

My top 3 is 1985 bears is no1
2 is the 70s steelers
3 Hank Stram kansas city chiefs.

Forget Hebert.

They had the twin Billy Joe's. Tolliver and Hobert.