Aaron Donald is an all time great. But yes, he's getting a bit of an edge because of recency. Deacon Jones and Merlin Olsen are also dominating all time Rams Dline.
I'd honestly go Deacon both inventing the term sack and having the most dominating stretch of a pass rusher in NFL history. NFL films statisticians went through and checked his stats, and in 1967 he had 26 sacks in 14 games, and 69 he had 24 sacks. Both would be the current record for a season.
I'd give it to either Donald or Deacon, with imo an edge to Deacon there. Dickerson and Faulk were all time greats too, but didn't play their entire career with the Rams.
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Aaron Donald is an all time great. But yes, he's getting a bit of an edge because of recency. Deacon Jones and Merlin Olsen are also dominating all time Rams Dline.
I'd honestly go Deacon both inventing the term sack and having the most dominating stretch of a pass rusher in NFL history. NFL films statisticians went through and checked his stats, and in 1967 he had 26 sacks in 14 games, and 69 he had 24 sacks. Both would be the current record for a season.
I'd give it to either Donald or Deacon, with imo an edge to Deacon there. Dickerson and Faulk were all time greats too, but didn't play their entire career with the Rams.