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They also became known as the Fearsome Foursome, and the greater publicity garnered by the NFL leads many to assume they were the originals. Dick Butkus called them "the most dominant line in football history." [1] They gained fame as the Rams went from a perennial under .500 team to an NFL powerhouse under coach George Allen.
This defensive unit first truly came to the forefront during the 1986 season, and was among the most fearsome of all time, a beautiful example of the 3-4 defense. It featured a powerful defensive line, with George Martin and Leonard Marshall at defensive end, and Jim Burt at nose tackle.
He was a member of the Rams "Fearsome Foursome" defensive lines, with hall of fame defensive end Deacon Jones, hall of fame tackle Merlin Olsen, and originally tackle Roosevelt "Rosey" Grier in the mid-1960s. From 1967 to 1969 tackle Roger Brown became the fourth lineman, with some considering them the most dominant defensive line in NFL history.
[31] [32] Jones's death left Rosey Grier as the last surviving member of the Fearsome Foursome, the L.A. Rams defensive line which is widely considered the best such unit in the history of the NFL. Of the former defensive standout, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said, "Even with his fellow Hall of Famers, Deacon Jones held a special status. He ...
On Wednesday’s episode of UNDISPUTED, FOX Sports’ Shannon Sharpe unveiled his list for the top five defensive players in NFL history. One of the players on his list will suit up for the Super ...
Donald was an intriguing prospect after a productive college career at Pitt, but dropped to the 13th overall pick of the 2014 NFL Draft because he didn't have prototype size for a defensive tackle ...
The two most common formations are the 3–4 defense and the 4–3 defense, where the first number refers to the number of defensive linemen, and the second number refers to the number of linebackers (the number of defensive backs can be inferred, since there must be eleven players on the field). Thus, a 3–4 defense consists of three ...
The Steel Curtain was the nickname, first for the defensive line, but soon for the entire defensive unit of the 1970s Pittsburgh Steelers football team of the National Football League (NFL). The line was the backbone of the Steelers dynasty, which won four Super Bowls (IX, X, XIII, and XIV) in six years. [1]