1. Reggie White
Easiest number 1 pick for any position. There was not a more dominant player in the NFL, including Lawrence Taylor. No one in the NFL got doubled team more than Reggie and he still dominated. To put into perspective how dominant Reggie was every year think about this. Reggie had 198 career sacks over 15 seasons. Bruce Smith had 200 sacks over 19 seasons. So it took Bruce Smith 4 extra seasons just to surpass Reggie by 2 sacks.
2. Bruce Smith
3. Deacon Jones
They did not keep sacks as a stat when Deacon played. But if they did he would be among the all-time leaders.
4. Jared Allen
136 sacks over 12 seasons, pretty darn good. Is also the reason I had to put him #3 over Michael Strahan. Strahan had 141.5 sacks but it was over 15 seasons.
5. Michael Strahan
Easiest number 1 pick for any position. There was not a more dominant player in the NFL, including Lawrence Taylor. No one in the NFL got doubled team more than Reggie and he still dominated. To put into perspective how dominant Reggie was every year think about this. Reggie had 198 career sacks over 15 seasons. Bruce Smith had 200 sacks over 19 seasons. So it took Bruce Smith 4 extra seasons just to surpass Reggie by 2 sacks.
2. Bruce Smith
3. Deacon Jones
They did not keep sacks as a stat when Deacon played. But if they did he would be among the all-time leaders.
4. Jared Allen
136 sacks over 12 seasons, pretty darn good. Is also the reason I had to put him #3 over Michael Strahan. Strahan had 141.5 sacks but it was over 15 seasons.
5. Michael Strahan
