Chiefs All-Decade Team - Inside Linebackers

[Rain Man]

With the end of the decade, it's time for us to select our all-decade team for the 2010s. Credit to Direckshun for the idea; I'm just implementing it.

Here are the rules:

1. I'll put up lists of position groups one at a time.

2. Each list will contain guys who had at least one notable stat line in their career. I'll generally put them in descending order of some key stat.

3. The stats will contain ONLY their body of work between 2010 and 2019 for the Chiefs. No pre-2010 stats and no stats for other teams.

4. The number of roster spots will be the same as the number of roster spots on the 2019 Super Bowl roster for the Chiefs.

5. You can use whatever criteria you want to select the team. It can be total stats for the decade, it can be dominance in a shorter period, it can be playmakers who didn't screw up badly, whatever. It's your call. Feel free to use any criteria not listed in your decision. For example, if you know that Terrance Copper was an amazing blocker, you can build that into your decision.

6. In a subsequent poll we will determine which players are the starters on the all-decade team. In the first round, you're just going to fill the 53-man roster.

Our next position group is inside linebackers. FOUR inside linebackers will make the all-decade team. So pick FOUR inside linebackers.

[ThaVirus]

For a franchise who's been as good as we have for the last seven seasons, we've really had some shit talent run through here.

Outside of DJ this list is a bunch of two-down backers and special teamers who started out of necessity.

[lcarus]

I really thought Ukeme Eligwe would be good. And I disregarded Jovan Belcher's....early retirement and just looked at stats. I didn't know he had that many tackles.

[tyecopeland]

People were complaining about the other position groups but I thought those lists were decent. This list is trash. By far the worst position group we've had so far.

[tyecopeland]

Originally Posted by lcarus

I really thought Ukeme Eligwe would be good.

I seem to remember a lot of hype surrounding nico johnson (not on CP, but by chief fans). Never showed a bit of that on the field.

[Indian Chief]

I knew the Chiefs had been weak at ILB, but goddamn this list is shit Rain Man.

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by Indian Chief

I knew the Chiefs had been weak at ILB, but goddamn this list is shit Rain Man.

Don't blame me. Blame Pioli. It's his fault.

[RealSNR]

Derrick Johnson was the primary ILB in a our 3-4 defenses for 8 seasons, guys. We kind of nibbled around the edges occasionally trying to find somebody who might be cheaper and younger when he started to exit his prime, and they got plenty of opportunities as injuries started to rack up on DJ towards the end, but the truth is we never invested in the 2nd ILB spot at all. Two 3rd round picks in Nico Johnson and Ramik Wilson, sure, but neither of them were intended to be "thumper" guys like Belcher was in Romeo's 2-gap. We kept them around based on how well they could play DJ's spot, and given they were 3rd round picks, more than likely they weren't going to become reasonable dependable replacements.

And why should we have tried to solve the problem any differently? We were in nickel and dime situations under Sutton more than half the time... hell, probably more than 2/3rds of the time. Derrick Johnson was playing great and even came back strong from an achilles tear in 2014.

Yeah, the list is crap, but we're all acting surprised and dismayed for some reason. The franchise's all-time leader in tackles was in his prime during most of this decade. Kind of hard to find other players when a guy is entrenched at that alpha position for so long and the other ILB spot is basically a 1-down situational position.

[Deberg_1990]

DJ had a flair for making big plays

Belcher. Stone cold killer

Ragland. Solid

[Easy 6]

DJ
Hitch
Ragland
Niemann

So many of these polls have been shocking reminders of just how bad we were for sooo long... maybe one or two guys then it’s a bloodbath

[Hog's Gone Fishin]

Damn, we need to draft a 1st rd ILB

LJ is the only one

[smithandrew051]

How is DJ not 100%?

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by smithandrew051

How is DJ not 100%?

I'm assuming that we have a few voters who fat-finger the buttons on each poll, given that Mahomes wasn't 100 percent.

[alpha_omega]

The obvious three and Joe Mays just because I like him.

[Why Not?]

Originally Posted by rabblerouser

DJ, Ragland, Hitchens, Lee

Basically, DJ and the guys who won the SB.

Yeah, that’s good enough logic for me.

[Direckshun]

People are voting for Jovan Belcher.

People are voting.

For Jovan Belcher.

Jovan Belcher.