Pittsburgh Steelers 80th Anniversary Team: Defensive Tackle

[Chuck Norris]

QB: Big Ben
RB: Franco and The Bus
WR: John Stallworth and Hines Ward
TE: Heath Miller
C: Mike Webster
OG: Alan Fanaca and Bruce Van ****
OT: Jon Kolb and Larry Brown

Pick 2 Defensive Tackles

[Chuck Norris]

Obviously had to pick Mean Joe, the second pick was really tough between Stautner and Holmes, but I had to go with the Hall of Famer

[BlueJayFanDan]

Greene and Stautner for me.

[ring91013144043]

Voted Greene and Hampton. I know Stautner's the only retired number and all that, but I had to go Hampton partially because I'm young, but also because of how he revolutionized the nose tackle position in a 34 and provided the prototype for what 34 teams ask their NTs to do. It's too soon to recognize his impact, and I don't know if he ever will since he never really was throughout his playing career and his five Pro Bowls seems a bit low to, say, Stautner's 9 or Greene's 10, but I think he was kinda a big deal so I voted for him.

[Chuck Norris]

Voted Greene and Hampton. I know Stautner's the only retired number and all that, but I had to go Hampton partially because I'm young, but also because of how he revolutionized the nose tackle position in a 34 and provided the prototype for what 34 teams ask their NTs to do. It's too soon to recognize his impact, and I don't know if he ever will since he never really was throughout his playing career and his five Pro Bowls seems a bit low to, say, Stautner's 9 or Greene's 10, but I think he was kinda a big deal so I voted for him.

If you're going to vote for the guy that revolutionalized the 34NT position, you should have voted for Steed. He was Hampton before Hampton. He was the guy that made the 90's Blitzburgh defense work.

[jrm2054]

Mean joe FTW

[Chuck Norris]

I'm surprised "Fats" Holmes hasn't gotten a single vote. I kinda feel bad for not voting for him now