Greatest NFL Linebackers Of All Time

[Ian]

Came across this, and Nick Buoniconti got the call for the Patriots:

The greatest all-time linebacker in for every NFL franchise

Yardbarker's best-of NFL positional series continues with linebackers. This does not cover pure pass-rushing threats -- we will get to them -- but rather true off-ball defenders who thrived as traditional inside and outside 'backers.

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"All due respect to Bill Belichick pieces Tedy Bruschi, Mike Vrabel and Dont'a Hightower, Buoniconti is in the Hall of Fame after doing his best work as a Patriot. Perhaps better remembered for his stay on Don Shula's legendary Dolphins teams and for his "Inside the NFL" contributions, Buoniconti started his career with the Patriots and earned four of his five first-team All-Pro honors with the franchise. Known then as the Boston Patriots, the AFL club received superb Buoniconti work; 24 of his 32 career INTs came as a Patriot. The middle 'backer is also retroactively credited with 18 sacks with the franchise. The Pats traded him to the Dolphins in 1969."

 

[aluminum seats]

Andre Tippett.

 

[Gumby]

Andre Tippett.

He was absolutely the best Pat that I watched. I can’t say too much about Buoniconti, I was just starting to watch when he retired.

 

[BennyBledsoe]

.....I can't think of anybody who would think, "Oh yeah, Buoniconti, the Patriot!" More likely, "Oh right, he started out with the Pats!"

But come on, it has to be Andre Tippett. Dude's a Patriot lifer and NFL Hall of Famer.