Comments on: Great Linebackers Playing Together II http://www.footballperspective.com/great-linebackers-playing-together-ii/ NFL History and Stats Mon, 15 Sep 2014 12:53:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Chase Stuart http://www.footballperspective.com/great-linebackers-playing-together-ii/#comment-164508 Mon, 15 Sep 2014 12:53:00 +0000 http://www.footballperspective.com/?p=10729#comment-164508 In reply to Andrew Healy.

Yeah, ’92 was the year they all made the Pro Bowl. I always wanted to check if their later peaks was tied to having better teammates around them then than a few years earlier, but never got around to it.

]]> By: Andrew Healy http://www.footballperspective.com/great-linebackers-playing-together-ii/#comment-164267 Mon, 15 Sep 2014 05:45:45 +0000 http://www.footballperspective.com/?p=10729#comment-164267 Just one note on those great Saints’ LBs: They really peaked a little later when Swilling peaked. Rickey Jackson and Sam Mills both were unusually productive in their 30s. Jackson just had a long prime and Mills peaked in his 30s (98 of his 126 career points of AV come from age 30 on) after being undrafted. Mills’ NFL career only started at age 27 (age 24-26 in USFL).

In ’91, Swilling had 17 sacks and AV of 23. Jackson had 11.5 sacks and AV of 12. Mills had 102 tackles and AV of 18. Wow.

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