Who would you take at DE over Reggie White?

[falco]

I was thinking about this today.

If you take any DE in history and draft him to your team today as a rookie, who would you pick?

And to make it interesting, I'm not speaking relatively; I'm talking about taking that player, as a rookie, and have them playing for your team in 2010.

I remember Reggie as being such a completely dominating player that I can't think of anyone I would take over him.

[Scott Campbell]

Re: Who would you take at DE over Reggie White?

Nobody over Reggie.

[Brandon494]

I would have to agree and say no one over Reggie.

[Farley Face]

1. Gino Marchetti
2. Deacon Jones
3. Reggie White

[falco]

versus

[Bretsky]

Reggie is the best I've ever seen hands down

[Patler]

Deacon Jones for sure. I think he was the best ever in my time watching the NFL.

Others I would consider are Marchetti as mentioned, Doug Atkins simply because he played so well for so long, and I hate to say this, but the Viking's Carl Eller. Pretty dominating in his time, and played a long time.

[BlueBrewer]

Deacon Jones for sure. I think he was the best ever in my time watching the NFL.

Others I would consider are Marchetti as mentioned, Doug Atkins simply because he played so well for so long, and I hate to say this, but the Viking's Carl Eller. Pretty dominating in his time, and played a long time.

Does Deacon Jones get to use hid head slap technique?

[pbmax]

Maybe Jones. But the size/speed has changed so much, I don't think DEs can be compared over eras. Playing in the 50s means Marchetti is linebacker sized, I would suspect.

Also, O line pass blocking is far more lenient now than then. If someone locked onto Gino, would he be able to dislodge himself?

EDIT: He was 6-4 and 244 according to Pro Football Reference.

[TennesseePackerBacker]

No one.

[cheesner]

Gino Marchetti? 6'4" 244 lbs. Good luck with that.


Reggie White. If Reggie played in the time of Deacon Jones he would have had 400 sacks. The average OT in the early 70s was about 265 lbs. Reggie was 305 and ran a 4.6 40.


Personally, I thinkk he was much better than Deacon Jones - its just that the competition has improved (offensive lines). Deacon was 6'5" 275 which is within the realm of playing these days. he was the most dominating player of his day. But, the NFL has changed so much, he would have a more difficult time nowadays.

[Patler]

As many old timers have said, and current athletes have agreed, if the old timers had the benefits of current training methods they would have been bigger too.

[Deputy Nutz]

I really can't take anyone over Reggie White. Deacon Jones was unbelievable, but I can't see him as dominant in the time of Reggie White, as Reggie would have been in the time of Deacon Jones.

Reggie White was a physical freak. Not many pass rushers that were as dominant as Reggie were over 300 pounds and could play any position on the defensive line and still get to the QB. Reggie was a 3-4 defensive end and still got to the QB. Sometimes he would shift down over the center and still get to the QB, and of course rushing from the defensive end position in a 4 man front, Reggie was unstoppable.

Some may argue for Deacon Jones, and I won't tell them they are wrong, I just know that if I was to start a team tomorrow and I could pick any player from any era to start my team with, Reggie White would be in my top 5.

[Bretsky]

As many old timers have said, and current athletes have agreed, if the old timers had the benefits of current training methods they would have been bigger too.

Carl Eller

[RashanGary]

Just players I've seen, I'd take Reggie White over anyone.