Gil Brandt names the best 47 linebackers of all time

[Mr. Scot]

NFL.com

#47 - Sam Mills

#13 - Kevin Greene

And #23 - Luke Kuechly

Luke is listed just a few spots behind Jack Lambert and above some pretty well known names, including Willie Lanier, Tommy Nobis, Lee Roy Jordan, Randy Gradishar, Sam Huff, Nick Buoniconti and Pat Swilling just to name a few.

That's some company to be in.

I highly recommend checking out the full list.

[DaveThePanther2008]

20 of the 22 ahead of him are in the Hall of Fame.  I don't think Urlacher is eligible yet.

Sounds like to me, he's a shoe in.

 

[The Huddler]

Its anoying when passrushers are considered LBs

 

 

[CatMan72]

2 hours ago, DaveThePanther2008 said:

20 of the 22 ahead of him are in the Hall of Fame.  I don't think Urlacher is eligible yet.

Sounds like to me, he's a shoe in.

 

Urlacher is being inducted this year.

[ladypanther]

Am I correct that Luke is the only active player on the list?

[bewonee]

2 hours ago, DaveThePanther2008 said:

20 of the 22 ahead of him are in the Hall of Fame.  I don't think Urlacher is eligible yet.

Sounds like to me, he's a shoe in.

 

who is the other guy ahead of him not in the HOF? mills maybe?

[joemac]

1 hour ago, The Huddler said:

Its anoying when passrushers are considered LBs

 

 

I mean, the position is named outside linebacker, so we really don’t have much of a choice.

[joemac]

14 minutes ago, bewonee said:

who is the other guy ahead of him not in the HOF? mills maybe?

Mills is 47, so not above Luke.

[DaveThePanther2008]

19 minutes ago, bewonee said:

who is the other guy ahead of him not in the HOF? mills maybe?

Didn't say it in his profile but he's in there too. Chuck Howley LB Chicago Bears and Cowboys.

So All those ahead of him are in the HOF or will be.

[dpm0409]

21 minutes ago, joemac said:

I mean, the position is named outside linebacker, so we really don’t have much of a choice.

This is true, but I'll admit that I agree it's annoying.  Simply because what Luke does is completely different from what, say Von Miller does.  3-4 outside LB's are basically slightly undersized DE's.

[The Huddler]

46 minutes ago, joemac said:

I mean, the position is named outside linebacker, so we really don’t have much of a choice.

Panthers have been 4-3 for so long, when i think of OLB i think of Thomas Davis. 

 

My bias makes me believe that if you line up predominantly  and the end of the defensiveline on the line of scrimage, you are a DE. 

 

Cause these guys who are DEs that stand up or drip back into coverage occaisionally drown out the true 4-3 OLBs

[Mr. Scot]

1 hour ago, ladypanther said:

Am I correct that Luke is the only active player on the list?

Hadn't noticed but you're correct. James Harrison was the closest.

Interests me that Von Miller is not.

[Johnny Rockets]

7 hours ago, Mr. Scot said:

NFL.com

#47 - Sam Mills

#13 - Kevin Greene

And #23 - Luke Kuechly

Luke is listed just a few spots behind Jack Lambert and above some pretty well known names, including Willie Lanier, Tommy Nobis, Lee Roy Jordan, Randy Gradishar, Sam Huff, Nick Buoniconti and Pat Swilling just to name a few.

That's some company to be in.

I highly recommend checking out the full list.

If they are well known names, I am not nearly as football savvy as I pretend to be in my mind. lol   Pat Swilling is all I really know from that list. 

[Mr. Scot]

3 minutes ago, Johnny Rockets said:

If they are well known names, I am not nearly as football savvy as I pretend to be in my mind. lol   Pat Swilling is all I really know from that list. 

Well known to old guys like me, I guess. I'm 51 and started watching football when I was five.

Some of the guys on the list are before my time too but I've long been a big fan of NFL Films.