Top Ten Linebacking Corps #7 Pittsburgh Steelers of the Mid 1990s

[@CZECHMATE650]

"Only Neil O'Donnell could keep them from a ring". I've never heard a more truethful statement!!!

[@vuthearithkeary4704]

Straight savage on him! Not saying it’s not deserved.

[@randymiller3949]

I remember watching this game & when O'Donnell threw that interception I just shook my head. I STILL BELIEVE O'DONNELL THREW THAT SUPER BOWL GAME ON PURPOSE!!! Much love from Mobile Alabama.

[@CZECHMATE650]

@@randymiller3949 Me too

[@deathcheater9303]

@@randymiller3949 I totally agree

[@deathcheater9303]

@@randymiller3949 not just one interception but two to the same player when hardly anyone was around the defensive player!!!!!

[@good03boy]

RIP Kevin Greene! You were a great player and person.

[@stlcaring]

Man I started crying when I watched this. It brought back memories of how I use to try play like the steelers linebacker Loyd, Greene, and Kirkland(the biggest linebacker ever).

[@abrahamjackson6019]

This was by far the greatest linebacker i ever witnessed

[@bluedoggg1]

Dallas should have given O'Donnell the MVP since he's the main reason that they won.

[@andrewjohnson5048]

“I don’t fucking feel sorry for ya! Line up and play football!”?” Is that not the greatest line ever? Something more people in general need to hear.

[@andrewjohnson5048]

And I’m not a Steelers fan

[@dumisatonyjohnson8145]

Back to back conference title appearances and a trip to SBXXX

[@omars__volta]

2000s steelers should be in the update of this list Joey Porter - James Harrison James Farrior Lawrence Timmons - Larry Foote Lamarr Woodley

[@charlieyellowstone8248]

They were good but the 1990s bunch was the best.

[@chizorama]

They certainly did some damage, but they didn't destroy like the 90's guys did, well besides Harrison, he was Lloyd 2.0.

[@mikemccourt6225]

Nice to see Levon getting some credit. Go Tigers!

[@pens87668]

RIP Kevin Greene

[@um52]

One of the most fearsome physically violent line backing corps I ever saw play...Idk how they never won a ring in the 90's especially with that defense.

[@kenrosaidso8466]

ODONNEL. THE STEELERS WERE ALL OVER DALLAS BUT IT SEEMED ODONNEL SUCKED When He HAD TO. THEM 2 PICKS WERE ON PURPOSE. I HAVE NEVER SEEN A PICK LIKE THIS SINCE. RIGHT TO DALLAS TWICE AND NO BLACK JERSEY EVEN IN THE PICTURE. THIS D WOULD BE ALOT BETTER KNOWN IF IT WASNT FOR ODONNEL.

[@Caroompa444]

Simply put: didn’t have the QB. O’Donnell was decent, but not a franchise guy. That was the missing piece.

[@chizorama]

​@@kenrosaidso8466That's exactly how I felt while watching it, especially the second one. Felt so damn intentional.

[@KTF0]

I can imagine a QB looking over the line and seeing Lloyd, Kirkland, Brown and Greene. Brown was 2x All Pro as well.

[@Fnoel98356]

Statutory Grape Chad Brown was a great linebacker. he was good in Pittsburgh​ but his time in Seattle was just as good if not better.

[@pqh32]

And Gildon too

[@aidanztrainsnthingz]

Chad had one Pro Bowl in Pittsburgh, which was 1996 when they moved him outside to replace an injured Greg Lloyd. He was also an All-Pro that season.

[@aidanztrainsnthingz]

@@pqh32 Gildon was essentially life after Greg Lloyd left.

[@rubenruben1397]

La auténtica cortina de acero!!! Steeler por siempre

[@kenrosaidso8466]

I never seen the 70s d. But i understood how good they were. However i seen these steelers and they were the baddest group i have ever seen to date. So if the 70 were badder than this group then no way will the nfl ever find any better.

[@aidanztrainsnthingz]

The 70s team had great 'backers in Jack Lambert, Jack Ham, and Andy Russell. But you had pressure up front from L.C. Greenwood and Mean Joe Greene. Not to mention the secondary with Hall of Famers Mel Blount and Donnie Shell.

[@colinhiggins4779]

Where are the Detroit Lions of the early 1960s? They had Joe Schmidt at MLB (10 pro-bowls, Hall of Fame), Wayne Walker at RLB (3 pro-bowls), and the underrated Carl Brettschneider at LLB.

[@greensmithfootball10]

They did have a very good defense. They had the guys you mentioned as well as Alex Karras and Roger Brown . They get overshadowed because they didn't win any championships after the 50s which is a shame because they deserve the recognition.

[@charlieyellowstone8248]

Back in those days they threw the ball about 12 times a game

[@davidpollard3298]

Chad Brown gets no mention but he was just as mean as Lloyd and Greene but just low profile. The stick he puts on Randall Cunningham of the Eagles makes me wince every time.

[@georgecoull1883]

These guys should have been#3

[@majormincey1540]

Real football

[@timothywilliams9070]

Why isn't Lloyd in the HOF along with Greene?

[@xaviervega468]

Honestly this crew had to do a lot more than the 70's crew did. They didn't have Dwight White, Ernie Holmes, Joe Greene, and LC Greenwood to keep blockers off of them.

[@wilcross50]

Yeah, oranges are better than apples.. unless you like apples.

[@mikearnold4130]

My guess is you weren't around to see the 70's crew if that's your opinion. SMH

[@DynomyteDewd91]

The 70’s linebackers were in a 4-3 defense and had different responsibilities compared to the 90’s linebackers in the 3-4 scheme. The 70s linebackers blitzed very little, they didn’t have to, they played pass defense much better and played the run very well as well. The 90s backers didn’t excel as much with pass defense in coverage but blitzed the hell out of the QB.

[@caseyjones9359]

They had a hall of famer anf pro bowler as their cornerbacks.

[@ibrahimkhalif83]

Who played in front of Chad Brown before he was a starter in that defense??

[@TheAlfrulz]

Before Brown took over in 1993 it was David Little and Hardy Nickerson at ILB. In '93 Nickerson went to Tampa in free agency and Little was released in training camp and later retired.

[@kenrosaidso8466]

"Odonnel threw it rite to him and there was no receiver out there" thats rite folks, he did that twice. Miscommunication he said. He was good for steelers because he never made them mistakes. Some how his last game as a steelers he did it twice in same game. Steelers were heavy dogs for some reason even though they seem to be the better team that year. If u knew dallas they were unstoppable but this game they done nothing. They looked like scrubs. The steelers were up and down field. This game shouldnt of been close let alone a dallas victory. People can say what they want but this game was tossed by ODONNEL. STEELERS SHOULD BE 8 AND 0 IN SUPERBOWLS.

[@ConorCusack]

Kirkland could drop back into the backfield like lightning

[@arnycarrasco1128]

The steelers

[@litsportz]

👌

[@chizorama]

Greg Lloyd: "I'm gonna knock Dan Marino into next week." Greg Lloyd on MNF: knocks Dan Marino into next week...

[@tysoncaplan2523]

that was another dynasty destroyed by O'Donnell

[@funzjag]

Tyson Caplan You are correct! I'm glad that the video mentioned that O'Dumbell kept great men from their ring!

[@thomasc.5219]

funzjag never forgive Neil for blowing that super bowl so bad. Those 90s defenses we had were so fun to watch. It's a shame our offense was average at best. Cowher was a great coach but in all those years he never found a above average qb is beyond me. He tried to make Kordell Stewart work so bad for so long. Stewart should have just stayed in his "slash" game. He was never gonna make it as a full time qb. But Bill took forever to quit the experiment.

[@thoreljorel6595]

Brister was let go and 2 superbowl wins traded for 1 loss

[@berlin040909]

@@thoreljorel6595 brister won his rings years later riding pine 2 spots behind elway.

[@good03boy]

@@thomasc.5219 Greg Lloyd said that the defense was better than the offense during that time. If the Steelers had Jerome Bettis and Big Ben during those years, they could've won 4 Super Bowls.

[@footballlegend8249]

Lucky Brady,Tom Brady with a 👗 on & Greg Lloyd with a sack to put the 👗 in it !

[@steelpower75]

He threw it.

[@junkworks6969]

This list is hogwash lol They were #1 without question!

[@markendicott6874]

Greg should be in the HOF with Kevin. RIP Kevin.