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QB: Aaron Rodgers
His HOF-inducted line:
LT: Rosie Brown
LG: Tom Mack
C: Mel Hein
RG: Mike Munchak
RT: Cal Hubbard
TE: Mike Ditka
TE in motion: Kellen Winslow
RB: Emmitt Smith
WR: Cris Carter
WR: Steve Largent
A 3-4 DEFENSE:
DE: J.J. Watt
DT: Curley Culp
DE: Julius Peppers
LB: Lawrence Taylor
LB: Ray Lewis
LB: Junior Seau
LB: Kevin Greene
SS: Kenny Easley
FS: Larry Wilson
CB: Rod Woodson
CB: Darrell Green
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BIO INFO:
Lawrence Taylor, LB
"I'm not putting anybody in Lawrence Taylor's class. So you can put everybody below that," said Bill Belichick.
Ray Lewis, LB
"...with sideline to sideline speed. He was everywhere. He knew what was going to happen before it did."
Rod Woodson, DB
"Rod is God" the banner wrote in Pittsburgh for many years, he one of only five active NFLers on the league's 75th anniversary team.
Steve Largent, WR
"I'm not bragging, but just going Sunday to Sunday, it will be a real rare game when I don't catch a pass" says the guy who set the record with 177 consecutive games with a reception.
Emmitt Smith, RB
"Winning is something that builds physically and mentally every day that you train and every night that you dream."
Junior Seau, LB
"Football is a chess game to me. If you move your pawn against my bishop, I'll counter that move to beat you."
J.J. Watt, DE
"If you do the bare minimum, expect minimum results. You want to be great, work to be great. Nothing just happens."
Darrell Green, CB
The last time he was clocked in any official capacity was at Redskins Park in 2000, at the age of 40, when he ran a 40-yard dash in 4.2
Mike Ditka, TE
His 63-yard run after catch, going through five Steelers before a sixth tripped him up, set up the tying field goal late in the game - that run listed as one of the top 100 NFL moments of all time.
Larry Wilson, FS
" 'In life, a man must be either the anvil or the hammer' - but Larry Wilson was both! ... in the history of the sport: None tougher."
Kellen Winslow, TE
"It doesn't matter who is defending me. If it's one guy, he's at a disadvantage. If it's two, they're at a disadvantage. When I'm on, it's a long day for the defense."
Julius Peppers, DE
"He's the John Stockton of the Bears defense, the guy who makes everyone around him better," said Peter King, who had earlier seen Peppers in Carolina everywhere on the field and compared him to Lawrence Taylor and Deacon Jones rolled into one.
Cris Carter, WR
"I believe in catching the football and I don't believe in dropping it... I catch everything that the normal people catch and I catch a few things that nobody catches."
Kenny Easley, SS
"In my pursuit at trying to be the best, I always felt like I was shooting up to his level because he was the standard," said Ronnie Lott.
"Kenny's skills transcended the game... he was as good as there ever was, and I mean it to this day."
Kevin Greene, LB
"... a great player against the run and of the best pass rushers in NFL history. He is almost unblockable." Quote by coach LaBeau
Roosevelt Brown, OT
"His neck, shoulders and chest are massive. But the body tapers in a heroic way. His waist and buttocks, in proportion to what's above, are small. Then come the legs, similarly massive."
Cal Hubbard, OT
A member of the top-100 all-time NFL team, Hubbard was bigger and stronger than his contemporaries in the 1930's, praised by coach Lambeau for the Packers dynasty.
Mel Hein, C
"He was probably the most accurate snapper in his day," said Bill Belichick during the NFL 100 broadcast.
"He is talked about as the greatest center of all time."
Mike Munchak, G
"He has the blend of speed, balance and talent to play anywhere on the line," said his college coach. His NFL coach would later say:
"I wouldn't trade him for two John Hannahs."
Tom Mack, G
He is renowned for his speed and his durability. Over his 184-game career he never missed a snap due to injury. He was seen as an integral part of a longstanding playoff club.
Curley Culp, DT
The NCAA heavyweight wrestling champion was only 6'1 but too much for a center to handle.
"He had such strength and quickness. Every center in the league should have to go against Curley in order to know what it's like to go against the very best."
Aaron Rodgers, QB
"I put the time in, I watch film, I study our game plan, and I practice hard. So, when I go into a game, I expect to play well."