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View Poll Results: Pick THREE outside linebackers for the all-decade team of the 2010s.
Justin Houston - 96 starts, 319 solo tackles, 78.5 sacks, 118 QB hits, 32 pass def, 4 Ints 117 97.50%
Tamba Hali - 94 starts, 278 solo tackles, 62.5 sacks, 124 QB hits, 7 pass def, 1 Ints 119 99.17%
Dee Ford - 41 starts, 103 solo tackles, 30.5 sacks, 69 QB hits, 6 pass def, 0 Ints 67 55.83%
Frank Zombo - 27 starts, 105 solo tackles, 7.5 sacks, 19 QB hits, 4 pass def, 1 Ints 10 8.33%
Damien Wilson - 16 starts, 52 solo tackles, 1.5 sacks, 4 QB hits, 1 pass def, 0 Ints 27 22.50%
Mike Vrabel - 16 starts, 30 solo tackles, 0 sacks, 6 QB hits, 1 pass def, 0 Ints 1 0.83%
Andy Studebaker - 6 starts, 37 solo tackles, 2.5 sacks, 5 QB hits, 1 pass def, 0 Ints 6 5.00%
Breeland Speaks - 4 starts, 15 solo tackles, 1.5 sacks, 8 QB hits, 0 pass def, 0 Ints 0 0%
Dorian O'Daniel - 1 starts, 21 solo tackles, 0 sacks, 1 QB hits, 1 pass def, 0 Ints 2 1.67%
Cameron Sheffield - 1 starts, 7 solo tackles, 0 sacks, 0 QB hits, 0 pass def, 0 Ints 0 0%
Josh Martin - 1 starts, 22 solo tackles, 0.5 sacks, 1 QB hits, 0 pass def, 0 Ints 0 0%
Jerry Franklin - 0 starts, 4 solo tackles, 0 sacks, 0 QB hits, 0 pass def, 0 Ints 0 0%
Demone Harris - 0 starts, 4 solo tackles, 0 sacks, 1 QB hits, 0 pass def, 0 Ints 0 0%
Dadi Nicolas - 0 starts, 0 solo tackles, 0 sacks, 0 QB hits, 1 pass def, 0 Ints 1 0.83%
Write-In below. 3 2.50%
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Nzoner's Game Room>Chiefs All-Decade Team - Outside Linebackers
Rain Man 04:55 PM 02-15-2020
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 outside linebackers. THREE outside linebackers will make the all-decade team. So pick THREE outside linebackers.
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ThaVirus 05:01 PM 02-15-2020
I beat the poll!
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Rain Man 05:03 PM 02-15-2020
Originally Posted by ThaVirus:
I beat the poll!
Wait a minute. Let me check.




You're right.
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ThaVirus 05:05 PM 02-15-2020
Wow. This list is garbage. Do I have to vote for a fourth?
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Rain Man 05:08 PM 02-15-2020
I'm noting that we always seem to have controversial figures near the top. We had Eric Berry at safety (and to a lesser extent Kendrick Lewis), we had Kareem Hunt at running back, and some might find Ford and Zombo painful to vote for given their various playoff key plays.

As for me, I'll go with Houston and Hali, obviously. My third one is really tough. I struggle to put Ford and Zombo on the team, even recognizing that Zombo was often misused. I guess I could go with Damien Wilson, but I think my choice will be the big-play guy, Andy Studebaker. I always thought there was more to Studebaker than we got to see.

One challenge with an all-decade team is that in a situation like this where you had two starters for most of the decade, the third guy may be a career backup.

And my non-vote for Dee Ford is actually less about the neutral zone penalty and more about his utter lack of run defense. I watched a replay of Super Bowl LIV last night, and I specifically watched Dee Ford on the go-ahead drive. He was completely useless other than getting a pass pressure on one play where he was left unblocked. The guy just has no football instincts.
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smithandrew051 05:08 PM 02-15-2020
Houston, Hali, Wilson
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Rain Man 05:09 PM 02-15-2020
Originally Posted by ThaVirus:
Wow. This list is garbage. Do I have to vote for a fourth?
Only three for this group.

It's hard to tell from the roster which backups are OLB and which are ILB. I could've gone either way, but once I saw the list I decided to show some mercy and only go with three.
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Rain Man 05:15 PM 02-15-2020
On a side note, Tamba was not good about getting his hands up, apparently. Or maybe he just always took an outside rush beyond the passing lanes.
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smithandrew051 05:31 PM 02-15-2020
Wilson over Ford was a bit of a tough call for me. Ford was an elite speed rusher, but a liability in almost every other way.

Wilson might not be elite at any one thing, but he’s solid all around.

Zombo got blown up by Mariota with the game on the line in the playoffs, so fuck that guy.

Didn’t Studebaker have a terrible game against the Tebow Broncos when Tebow only threw like twice? I feel like I remember him getting abused horribly on the edge in that one.
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Megatron96 05:32 PM 02-15-2020
I voted for Studebaker, but only because he's a cousin of a good friend of mine, and he sent me a signed shirt and was a cool guy when I met him.
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RealSNR 02-15-2020, 05:55 PM
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New World Order 05:55 PM 02-15-2020
If only Houston had Studebaker's heart.
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Rain Man 06:12 PM 02-15-2020
Originally Posted by smithandrew051:
Wilson over Ford was a bit of a tough call for me. Ford was an elite speed rusher, but a liability in almost every other way.

Wilson might not be elite at any one thing, but he’s solid all around.

Zombo got blown up by Mariota with the game on the line in the playoffs, so **** that guy.

Didn’t Studebaker have a terrible game against the Tebow Broncos when Tebow only threw like twice? I feel like I remember him getting abused horribly on the edge in that one.
I remember Studebaker making a couple of impressive interceptions, but they happened before 2010. I don't know about the Tebow thing.
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TLO 06:14 PM 02-15-2020
Will not vote for Dee Ford. Can't do it.
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TLO 06:16 PM 02-15-2020
I voted for Frank Fucking Zombo over Dee Ford. Fuck you Dee Ford.
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Buehler445 06:23 PM 02-15-2020
Hali
Houston
Zombo
Wilson.

What a fucking shitshow rodeo that Frank Motherfucking Zombo special teams ace is my pick.

I’d also like to take this opportunity to say Fuck Dee Ford.
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