It's the offseason in the midst of a lockout. There is literally no football to talk about. So we need to spurn some actual discussion. I tried starting folks talking about their own personal top 5 Steeler QB post-Bradshaw and pre-Ben, but that seemed to die out quickly because, frankly, they all sucked. So...what doesn't suck? STEELER LINEBACKERS, that's what!!! Gimme your own personal top 10. Here's mine:
1. Jack Ham
2. Jack Lambert
3. James Harrison
4. Greg Lloyd
5. James Farrior
6. Andy Russell
7. Levon Kirkland
8. Joey Porter
9. Kevin Greene
10. LaMarr Woodley
Here another interesting thought...with so many great Steeler linebackers, I wonder if our next ten LB's (11-20) would be better than most team's top 10 LB's in history? Off the top of my head, the next 10 Steeler LB's would include guys like Robin Cole, Mike Merriweather, Chad Brown, Lawrence Timmons, David Little, Jason Gildon, Bryan Hinkle, Earl Holmes, Jerry Olsavsky, and Clark Haggans (if you want to put Larry Foote in over Holmes, Olsavsky, or Haggans, I'll give you that one). Our second tier guys aren't going to beat out teams like the Bears (Dick Butkus, Mike Singletary, Brian Urlacher, Lance Briggs, etc.) or the Giants (Lawrence Taylor, Sam Huff, Harry Carson, Carl Banks, etc.), but isn't our 11-20 LB's better than, say, the Bengals' 1-10 LB's (and numerous other teams, for that matter)?
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