White actually had 2 fewer sacks in 47 less games than Bruce Smith, not 67. I apologize to everybody who is offended.

Tom Brady: 0 career sacks, 0 DPOY Aaron Donald: 111 career sacks, 3x DPOY I know who I’m picking!

I’m going to miss Aaron Donald, he was one of the best boyfriends my wife ever had 😢😢

Can Aaron Donald survive against the Bad Boy Pistons?

Does he send motivational text messages to his teammates? If not, then sorry Barry. Only GOATs go above and beyond.

reggie white is op, 47 less games than bruce smith and to still get 198 sacks is actually unreal

Was just about to inject a lethal dose of marijuana after you took down the Jimmy G retirement reaction, then this new upload pulled me back from the brink, thanks for saving my life Barry.

aaron donald single-handedly saved me from my wife's boyfriend after he found out I got into the snack cabinet. Thank you for analyzing my hero.

AD and Watt are two guys, for very different reasons, we'll always wish we got a few more peak seasons from. Honestly monsters, cheers to both

Taylor is easily the biggest hero on this list

Oh I recognize him! He was my wife's yoga instructor, he would come over and practice yoga with her and it seems like when they moved the session to the bedroom they really seemed to be getting into the techniques. I could hear the noises all the way from my kitchen!

Im a undersized dt (height wise) and watching him was just like watching what i could be one day. Undersized dude with insane speed and strength just straight tossing people. Hope one day i could fill those shoes.

He’s right there in terms of defensive GOAT’s with Reggie White, LT, JJ Watt, & Ray Lewis. He’s the best DT of all time by far

Forgot Bobby Boucher. Completely unblockable. 22 sacks in one game, still a mud dogs record.

Barry, did you get your Kenny Pickett jersey yet?

LT by far. Of the 5 mentioned he's the only LB, and in that era LBs were not sack artists. LT disrupted the passing and running games. He cd drop back and defend passes and run sideline to sideline to chase down a smaller running back. he affected the game in more ways than any other player before or since. White, Smith, Deacon and AD were lineman, and they affected the feld within a 10-12 yard trench. LT was literally all over the field, even often down in deep coverage.

Aaron Donald is the best FOOTBALL player of all-time, in my opinion. Lifelong Chiefs fan. Seen em all (that matter).

I can understand your points about LT cuz by his own admission after Bill Parcells left the Giants in 1990, he was mentally done with football, which explains his Meh last few years. I mean me personally. I think LT is the greatest defensive player of all time. However again, I can understand an argument being made for Reggie White or Aaron Donald

Players from some legendary defenses like Steelers and Vikings of the 1970's are probably hurt statistically by playing alongside other greats, there are only so many plays to be made in any game.

I love how you mix dry humor with actual stats and fax. This is my favorite nfl talk show 😂

The most accurate thing you said in this video was the part about LT fans. I couldn't possibly tell you how many times I've seen them practically go feral when someone suggests that he isn't the GOAT. Its legit like arguing with a child which is ironic since youd have to be at least in your late 40s to early 50s to have watched him play live

i think aaron donald is a top 5 defensive player of all time, but i cant lie. 6'1 284 and he's shredded as hell, definitely is/was on something during his career. if you say "oh he lifted weights his whole life" you dont understand basic human anatomy and have never been to the gym your whole life.

I'm glad Aaron chose his health over the stats

Still believe that J.J should be in the conversation. Had decent longevity and had a super dominant stretch. Was he injured a lot? yes. But he still had great numbers (more sacks than Donald career-wise). Had he not been injured, I believe that in terms of total career he would've been the best D-Lineman of all time. If not, clearly one of the best and most talented.

Love your videos Barry!

Let us get some of all time greatest rankings for defensive positions like you did for QB, RB and WR Barry!

Glad you mention jj watt I think he had the best 5 year prime of all time dude was unstoppable injuries just killed his career he still hall of famer because of those 5 great years of dominance

Aaron is the most dominant player I've watched in my lifetime, my hawks would routinely triple team him and have a runningback or tight end chip block and it would do fuck all to stop him.

Ray Lewis is the best defensive player to play this game. He was a student of the game, worked his ass off and motivated every position around him on the defense which lead to them playing and studying the game harder. He has two super bowls, one sb MVP (retiring after winning the 2nd) and all the numbers a late 90s/early 2000s mlb needs to rightfully call himself the best at their position. Lastly, he’s arguably the greatest on field leader in modern sports.

The fact that Barry uploaded this on the same day as the announcement his why he's a hero

At the very least, most people tend to agree, or at least accept as a valid position, that he's the greatest defensive tackle of all time. The ability to establish himself as an all-time great pass rusher from the interior is extremely rare, and he could single-handedly ruin an O-line's entire game plan by creating a numerical advantage to free up space for other rushers. The number of sacks (and pressures and effective rushes) he got in spite of the countermeasures is insane. In terms of his effect on offensive strategy, my hill is that he has more in common with someone like Ray Lewis in that he shut down the middle of the field instead of one of the sides.

We need a wide receiver video Barry

@5:29 that hit on Winston looks like its straight out of WWE

I much prefer to keep it to just tackles. As far as nose tackles go it is pretty much just him and Alan page. He has the better stats but Page basically invented the modern nose tackle and great stats. You get points if you're the first to do something.

Barry how do you feel about the eagles acquisition of kitten mittens?

I think Jerry Rice needs brought up in the GOAT conversation more. His stats are just so much far and away better than the next best wide receiver that it’s not even funny. The only argument really is “who was more dominant in his prime, Rice or Moss?” We’re never going to see another receiver be as good as he was for as long as he played.

I think it’s a given that Donald is the best interior defensive lineman in history at least. What’s crazy to think about is that he’s in the conversation with edge rushers, who get more sacks and pressures on average

As 1 of the 5 Rams fan, Donald is the 2nd Goat. My personal GOAT is Sam Bradford for making the most amount of money doing the least amount of work, and pretty much was the reason rookies can only be signed for so much. What a G

A couple of story's I've heard about Deacon Jones and Reggie White: I read an interview with Deacon where he would take a small steel plate and put in it the palm of his hand and have one of the equipment guys wrap his hand in a cast the night before the game to dry overnight. Then he said just imagine me slapping the ear hole of your helmet a dozen times a game with my loaded hand. Reggie White admitted he didn't invent the hump move. Howie Long was the first to use it Reggie just copied it but said he could never better Howie's.

With the rule set AD had to contend with, I think he is the GOAT. You can’t even look at the QB without a roughing the passer penalty.

Another good video vut the lack of Scooby seriously hurts your case for the best video ever in my opinion. Anyway keep it Barry and give Scoob a belly rub for me.

He changed the game. 2-gap DT/NTs are a relic now. Every team is going straight after the QB w/ 4 men on the line now. Interior pressure wrecks passing games (step up in the pocket? there isn't a pocket) more than edge rushing.

I love this list.... Honestly you have a legit argument for all 5 going #1. Well said and well done.

I want you to be a guest on cam’ron and Mase show 😂

Very interesting take. Since watching the NFL as a fan, whenever we hear the goat at defense it’s almost always Taylor. But this take and prospective makes a lot of sense for Reggie whites case as the goat

I agree and add to it, reggie played in the usfl straight out of college, and joined phi when the season started. Had he joined league from the start he'd be the all time sack leader by alot.

AD is 6'0 280. He is cleaning offensive lineman twice his size with one arm. He is a defensive tackle that is undersized. Its mind boggling how strong he is.

Very glad to see someone else put Reggie white at one most people honestly say it’s LT which is crazy to me

I cannot wait till they finally get around to figuring sacks for the 1950s. Getting into the prime years of Doug Atkins in Chicago could reveal he had over 200 sacks. He currently has 94.5 sacks and seven seasons left to tally up, three of which are All-Pro caliber. I love seeing what crazy stats the NFL had in its earlier years.

@1:53 lmao 🤣 that is funny tho considering the league was like nah Fam u can’t keep bitch slapping folks 😂 & they was legit getting concussed lmao 🤣

AD is amazing! Best DT of all time! Best Defensive Player! Great video Barry

#58 DT for me all the way Edit: bro that hump move #92 had is the definition of next level

He’s not the best defensive player of all time but he’s definitely a first ballot hall of famer

Aaron Donald wins for giving us one of the best soundbites in football. When Geno Smith said "OH MY GOD!" as Donald came unblocked right up the middle I almost pissed myself laughing so hard.

I never even would’ve thought to put him in the best past rusher conversation. But he’s definitely the best defensive tackle of all time.

Was White a 4-3 edge or 4-3 dt more?

Norm Wiley once had 17 sacks in a game, but this was before sacks were a recorded stat.

Deacon Jones was the one who coined the term "sack."

Aaron Donald also played the DT position and the rest of the selections are DE’s or OLB’s. That alone makes Aaron Donald’s achievements that much more impressive

As a seahawks fan, im glad.

He's likes top 10 in terms of defense....but he's not more than lewis, LT etc

we already know this barry, but i’ll still watch your video

Hard to argue with anything you said. I feel Reggie White was most impactful for the longest time. But man I miss watching White vs Larry Allen or Erik Williams of the cowboys. GOAT ON GOAT ACTION , Ya Barry you know what Im talking bout.

Some might point to Reggie not being that dominant of a playoff performer outside of 1996 that could have them pick LT over him (though he did run into those ‘90s cowboys teams at their peak for 4 years in a row) but I still like your argument that Reggie was consistently great for longer than LT and LT has this MJ level of respect that’s almost over the top

Reggie White had respect for God and his commandments. Nothing flawed about that. 1 Corinthians 6:9-11: Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

Different positions Donald was a DT LT was an OLB and Reggie White and Bruce Smith was DE

lawrence taylor was hitting quarterbacks like he had murder on his mind

My list has Reggie White as the best DE of all time, LT as the best OLB/Edge, and AD as the best DT. Mainly because like you had mentioned you almost can’t really compare players with such a large difference of eras and what stats were being tracked. For instance TFLs weren’t being tracked until 1994 and still some of the records from 1994 and 2001 are different. As far as I personally am concerned Reggie White, Lawrence Taylor, and Aaron Donald are all tied for the title as the defensive GOAT.

Did I just become a Deacon Jones Promoter?

There are few players even among the greats who truly were elite for every single (healthy) season of their career and Donald is one of them.

No. 1. LT. 2. Reggie white 3. Deion sanders. Strictly game changers

LT was the best I watched them all LT is the only one to be in the argument for best player.He probably had 8/10 qb pressures a game and was everywhere on the field.He was in on tackles a lot for a outside linebacker.

I might sound a little biased as a Texans fan, but leaving JJ out of the discussion is unfair to both AD and JJ's careers since they'd been compared to each other for so long. AD played only 3 games more and they finished with really similar numbers, which speaks more on how good AD was compared to JJ as he played interior more often while JJ was a 3-4 hybrid DE/DT and even won All-Pro at both in the same year.

I would say that Aaron Donald is the greatest interior defensive lineman of all time. He's absolutely in the conversation for greatest defensive player, and pass rusher, but he's absolutely the greatest interior defensive lineman without a shadow of a doubt

Remember Lawrence Taylor played linebacker as well though that’s why I think he’s the greatest football player ever Please watch his passing highlights if you’ve never seen it shows how complete of a football player he was. But your breakdown of Reggie white is spot on he probably is the best pure pass rusher of all time. I just think Lawrence Taylor is the greatest football player ever

You should make a video of the greatest qb seasons that DID result in super bowl victories.

From day one he was a absolute beast best defensive player debatable

Imo LT and Ray tied for goat defensive player.

Lawrence Taylor

We done with the 90s!

The entire Vikings D-line from the 70s deserves top 5 consideration. Alan Page has a strong case for the best defensive player ever.

Donald was an absolute menace who terrorized the league for a decade. But I have to say that having watched both Donald and Watt at their absolute peaks, I would say Watt was more dominant and impactful by a hair. Donald had the more consistent and durable career so he does get the edge overall in his era. I would still rank him behind the likes of Smith, Taylor, and White. Not by much though. Also, when you talk about all time DT's the likes of Bob Lilly, Allan Page, Mean Joe Greene and Merlin Olsen need to be mentioned (though I know the focus here was pass rushers and not just defensive play overall). Recency bias is a very real thing.

I'm sorry but what did Reggie White do? I looked it up and couldn't find anything. I always viewed him as a amazing role model

Thank you for being a hero.

White would easily have been the All-Time Nut-Shot leader if he didn't spend a year in the USFL.

Surprised Derrick Thomas wasn't mentioned

@1:58 they really used to just let you tackle QBs by the facemask? Dang!

I wish they tracked forced fumbles for LT

That guy in Cleveland has a shot to be up there with Aaron Donald

his sack total is probably not as high because team's had to make sure they took him into account every play.

I agree with your list

No. There's still players like Mean Joe Greene, Lawrence Taylor, and Reggie White.

Vonn miller?

If we go by peak Im definitely siding with AD 😭 Double digit sacks five years in a row as an IDL, broke the sack record for IDL that hadn't been touched for nearly 30 years and had the Rams not as a playoff team but as straight up Superbowl contenders during his peak. Shit now that I think about it AD's peak was absolutely ridiculous. Idk if we'll see this again in the near future

I say no because JJ has an argument for better peak which isn’t close to me. Donald has the better overall career and Super Bowl win. But peak JJ was in my opinion the best defensive player of my generation along with Ray Lewis. AD is right there also but I don’t have him miles above any of them.

Can Aaron donald beat the 73-9 warriors though?????

Why is Donald being compared to OLBs and defensive ends? He's a defensive tackle.

lawerence taylor changed blocking schemes

I feel like if you say he’s the GOAT defensive player that’s not overrating him and I feel like that’s the most you can ask for when you’re competing with guys like LT, Reggie, Deion, etc. He’s in that same room with them.

Look deacon Jones was my favorite player growing up as a d lineman myself, but the head slap played a huge part in those sacks and wouldn’t translate to today