(left/right means nothing here, and is just for organization purposes, WE’VE BEEN OVER THIS BEFORE, JERRY)
THE GOOD: Richard Dent (1983-1993, 1995) – Pretty much everything good I could say about this guy oughtta go without saying, but I really need to get a paragraph out of this, so here goes. This dude is an all-time great. He was a Super Bowl MVP, he had a million quarterback sacks, he was surprisingly good at dropping back into pass coverage for a big ol’ defensive lineman, and after a decade of me bitching online about it, he finally got into the Hall of Fame. Then, there was that time against the Bengals, where he was just completely, utterly blocked, but somehow managed to reach out with one hand and brutally throw Boomer Esiason’s dick into the dirt. And then, Boomer jumped up and squared up to him like he was going to try some shit, and Dent laughed in his face, and it was great. Also, he was briefly part of the aforementioned semi-magical 1995 season, when they brought him back after taking a year off to win another Super Bowl in San Francisco. Thing was, he came back for a couple games and seemed to do okay, but they still cut him in the middle of the season, probably because of Dave Wannstedt and the way he would start hissing and screaming “IT BURNS US” anytime someone would mention Mike Ditka. So my conspiracy theory is that Richard knew this would happen and came back to warn us all, because he is A Good Man. Stay woke. Continue reading 1990-2017 ALL-TIME TEAM: LEFT DEFENSIVE END
