Originally Posted by Rain Man
This is excellent. I suspect that means he's in unless something weird happens.
Is there another defense that in NFL history that has six hall of famers? Buchanan, Culp, Lanier, Bell, EThomas, and Robinson makes a formidable group.
It looks like Lombardi's Packers had six: Dave Robinson, Henry Jordan, Herb Adderley, Ray Nistchke, Willie Davis, and Willie Wood.
The Steel Curtain has four: Jack Ham, Jack Lambert, Joe Greene, and Mel Blount.
The Doomsday Cowboys never had more than three on the field: Bob Lilly, Mel Renfro, and Herb Adderley (who was also on the Packers, by the way).
The Purple People Eater Vikings have three with Alan Page, Carl Eller, and Paul Krause.
The 1985 Bears fielded three: Dan Hampton, Mike Singletary, and Richard Dent.
There are a bunch of 1940 Bears from the Monsters of the Midway, but I think a lot of them were two-way players: Joe Stydahar, George Musso, Sid Luckman, George McAfee, and Clyde Turner. I think some of these are HoFers more for offense than defense.
One can make the argument that the Chiefs fielded one of the two best defenses in NFL history. One can also make the argument that a catchy nickname would've made the Chiefs D much more famous.
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