Chiefs Name your All-time top 5 defensive players for the Chiefs. - Page 7

Originally Posted by scho63:
The defensive players I HATE the most are Tyson Jackson and Glenn Dorsey, the LSU Dynamic Disasters

Two lazy pieces of shit we drafted back-to-back at #5 in 2008 and #3 in 2009.

That may be the WORST year over year wastes and busts of high first round picks.

I still remember the shock of pretty much every person here when we picked Tyson Jackson. There had been some rumors late in the pre-draft, and everyone laughed them off as ludicrous.

Of course, the other players that we were discussing all ended up being no better. Aaron Curry, Mark Sanchez, Eugene Monroe ... that was not a good draft class.
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1. Phillip Gaines
2. Ron Parker
3. Ben Niemann
4. Breeland Speaks
5. Daniel Sorensen

HM: Dee Ford
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Jerome Woods
Greg Wesley
Sammy Knight
James Hasty
Ty Law
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Orlando Scandrick was the GOAT
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Can't believe nobody's mentioned William "BurnTEE"!
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Without reading through everyone else's replies:
1. Willie Lanier
2. Derrick Thomas
3. Buck Buchanan
4. Bobby Bell
5. Chris Jones
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Originally Posted by lcarus:
Beat me to it. I was gonna put Percy Snow and Kendrick Lewis in there somewhere.

HOLY SHIT!

That name brings up nightmares. :-)
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Originally Posted by Rain Man:
I still remember the shock of pretty much every person here when we picked Tyson Jackson. There had been some rumors late in the pre-draft, and everyone laughed them off as ludicrous.

Of course, the other players that we were discussing all ended up being no better. Aaron Curry, Mark Sanchez, Eugene Monroe ... that was not a good draft class.

About the only good one was Orakpo
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Originally Posted by Rain Man:
I still remember the shock of pretty much every person here when we picked Tyson Jackson. There had been some rumors late in the pre-draft, and everyone laughed them off as ludicrous.

Of course, the other players that we were discussing all ended up being no better. Aaron Curry, Mark Sanchez, Eugene Monroe ... that was not a good draft class.

I wanted Crabtree bad in that draft.

I had a buddy who swore Aaron Maybin was the second coming of Jason Taylor. He…uhh…wasn’t.
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Originally Posted by kcgreene:
1. Willie Lanier
2. Buck Buchanan
3. Bobby Bell
4. Derrick Thomas
5. Chris Jones

This is the correct five. I won’t quibble about the order.
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D. Thomas
N. Smith
D. Carter
E. Berry
C. Jones

Honorable mention to D. Johnson
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Since there are no DB on my list, here are my top five:

1. Emmitt Thomas
2. Johnny Robinson
3. Albert Lewis
4. Eric Berry
5. Deron Cherry

Honorable mentions: Kevin Ross, James Hasty, Dale Carter, Gary Barbaro, Gary Green, Tyrann Mathieu (short tenure with Chiefs).
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I dunno if I could put together the right 5 to be on this list, but I do know that ANY list that doesn’t have Bobby Bell is wrong.
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I don’t know how great they were but the 1997 secondary was one I thought was just amazing as a kid. Probably a lot due to the 13-3 record.

Dale Carter
James Hasty
Reggie Tongue
Jerome Woods.
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Originally Posted by kcgreene:
1. Willie Lanier
2. Buck Buchanan
3. Bobby Bell
4. Derrick Thomas
5. Chris Jones

Honorable Mention: Derrick Johnson (My personal favorite defensive player ever, but obviously not one of these guys in terms of talent and production)

This is my list. I loved Berry and DJ as well as some of the other modern players, but they weren't hall of famers. The first 4 are in Canton and Jones probably will be after he retires. I just can't justify putting players who didn't have hall of fame careers on a list of the best in franchise history over these guys.
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