If you could pick one VFL to play defense now

[HuntlandVolinColo]

Al Wilson for leadership and a good LB.

Haynesworth or Henderson because we really need help on DL.

 

[Nationdom]

White
Little
Henderson

 

[Rocky_Top_Vol13]

Haynesworth or Henderson because we really need help on DL.

this

 

[LotteryPick]

Probably Little or Henderson.

 

[Big Orange 98]

Rod Wilks

 

[triad280]

Reggie or Big John...we have good LB's,we need someone to stuff the middle...
and who better than either the best defensive player in the history of football,or
a Outland trophy winner...

 

[Biopsyman]

Ryan Karl or Adam Myers-White.. Can't decide

 

[Nationdom]

Ryan Karl or Adam Myers-White.. Can't decide

Karl was a beast, you mention him a lot ....

 

[TNTechVol]

Hacksaw

 

[volsfansince4387]

given the current problem, eric berry.

 

[macrovol]

Based solely on what we need right now, John Henderson.

 

[macrovol]

We're only a Reggie White, John Henderson, Al Wilson, Eric Berry, and Deon Grant away from an NC.

 

[vol4eva]

Doug Atkins never gets love in these type of threads. At 6'8, 285 he was a monster. One of the all time great ends.

 

[coach12]

Al Wilson. Thread=over

 

[volfan1231]

I'd have to choose between Leonard Little, Al Wilson and Eric Berry but can't pick just 1.

 

[VolForLife83]

Hard to pick between Reggie White, Al Wilson and Eric Berry. I loved ? EB, but RIGHT NOW. Reggie White

 

[87Vol]

Without a doubt or hesitation, REGGIE WHITE !!!

He is the best, most dominant, defensive player to ever suit up for the Vols and the 2nd best player ain't even remotely close.

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

Reggie White

/thread

Boom!

 

[LibertyVol]

Al Wilson for leadership and a good LB.

Haynesworth or Henderson because we really need help on DL.

No offense to Haynesworth or Henderson, but they couldn't carry Reggie White's jock strap. Neither is in the same class as Reggie.

 

[Notorious B.E.N]

Reggie White

/thread

Yep, not even close either.

 

[smokeycoonhoundUT]

This is so easy. Al Wilson. Leader and badass football player

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

I get the feeling there are some people around here that have never seen Reggie White play.

 

[Hoghater]

I get the feeling there are some people around here that have never seen Reggie White play.

I agree, Reggie was the most dominating defensive player ever at UT.

 

[thehill98]

I get the feeling there are some people around here that have never seen Reggie White play.

Agreed, a great pass rush can make up for a lot of deficiencies.

 

[Volosaurus rex]

I agree, Reggie was the most dominating defensive player ever at UT.

Reggie may well have had the single most dominating season of any Tennessee defensive player as a senior (1983), when he amassed a school-record 15 sacks, including four against The Citadel. As highly touted as he was coming out of high school, however, he only exhibited flashes of brilliance as an underclassman; he began to play at a consistently higher level during the second half of his junior year. His reputation is predicated more upon his success in the NFL than his career body of work at UT.

With today's strength and conditioning programs, the lanky Doug Atkins probably would have played at 6-8, 330-350 lbs. and would have been an even more dominating force at defensive tackle.