93 #DaysToFootball

One of the biggest personalities in the history of the game grace's today's list along with two future Hall of Famers:

5. Wayne Martin, DL
1989-1999 (New Orleans); One Pro Bowl; 82.5 career sacks



Former Arkansas Razorback Wayne Martin only missed five games in his 11-year NFL career and was a starter on the Saints' defensive line in every game he played from 1990-1999. Martin helped lead New Orleans to a 12-4 regular season record in 1992 - the best 16-game record for the first 40 years of the franchise's existence - with career highs in forced fumbles (3), fumbles recovered (2) and sacks (15). It took two more years for the NFL to recognize Martin with his only Pro Bowl appearance in 1994, but the under-appreciated lineman tallied five double-digit sack seasons while playing left end and both left and right tackle. Martin was inducted into the Saints Hall of Fame in 2003.

4. Calais Campbell, DL
2008-Present (Arizona, Jacksonville); Two Pro Bowls; 373 career tackles

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When the Jaguars signed Calais Campbell to a four-year deal this offseason, they got one of the league's more dynamic defensive lineman of the last three years. Originally drafted in the second round, Campbell played in all 20 games of the Cardinals' 2008 season that ended in Super Bowl XLIII defeat. He earned a full-time starting role in his sophomore season, which he didn't relinquish until departing for Jacksonville in free agency after last season. In 2015 Campbell switched from end to tackle, the position he is listed as on the Jags' roster heading into 2017. Heading into this year, the former Miami Hurricane's goal will be to improve a Jacksonville defense that has finished among the league's 10 worst for the past five seasons. If he can manage it, he'll be remembered as one of the best 93s for years to come.

3. Richard Seymour, DL
2001-2008 (New England); Five Pro Bowls; Three First-Team All Pro; NFL All-2000s Team; 223 career tackles

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Perhaps the only player more important than Tom Brady to the Patriots' dynasty in the early 2000s was Richard Seymour. The sixth overall pick in the 2001 NFL draft made an immediate impact in New England, notching three regular season sacks and a critical third-quarter sack in Super Bowl XXXVI. In the year the Patriots won their second championship, Seymour reached an entirely new level. The team's first-year defensive captain earned his second Pro Bowl nod and first all-pro selection with career highs in sacks (8) and pass deflections (10). Seymour was key in getting the Pats to the playoffs in 2004 as well, finishing with his second-straight all-pro season, and despite battling injuries in the postseason recorded a key sack in Super Bowl XXXIX. The future Hall of Famer reached two more Pro Bowls while wearing 92 in Oakland, which is why he doesn't rank higher on today's countdown.

2. Dwight Freeney, DE/LB
2002-2014, 2016 (Indianapolis, Chargers, Atlanta); Seven Pro Bowls; Three First-Team All-Pro; NFL All-2000s Team; 114.5 career sacks

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Yesterday, I discussed DeMarcus Ware being one of the best of the original hybrid edge-rushers. Undoubtedly Dwight Freeney is in that group as well. Freeney was the perennial all-star on a Colts defense that was often seen as Peyton Manning's only obstacle to winning a championship. When he and Manning finally did win the Lombardi, Freeney started all 20 games in the regular season and playoffs. In Super Bowl XLI, Freeney recovered a first-quarter fumble, which helped shift momentum to the still-trailing Colts. The three-time all-pro left Indy after 2012; after spending two underwhelming seasons in San Diego, he experienced a career rebirth in Arizona. His eight-sack 2015 season doesn't count toward his position on this list as he wore number 54 each time he brought down an opposing quarterback. Freeney reached Super Bowl LI last year as a member of the Falcons; despite tallying a fourth-quarter sack on eventual game MVP Tom Brady, his team lost in overtime. Currently a free agent, the Syracuse product will earn a spot in Canton five years after whenever he hangs up the cleats for good.

1. John Randle, DL
1990-2003 (Minnesota, Seattle); Seven Pro Bowls; Six First-Team All-Pro; NFL All-1990s Team; Pro Football HOF class of 2010; 137.5 career sacks



John Randle was perhaps the NFL's loudest player of the '90s, and he deserved to be. He was the most dominant defensive lineman in the league for an entire half-decade; from 1993-1998 he tallied 74 sacks, forced 15 fumbles, and was named first-team all-pro in all six of those seasons. After an 11-year stay in Minnesota in which he recorded eight or more sacks in all but his rookie season, Randle shipped off to the Pacific Northwest. 2001 marked his only Pro Bowl as a Seahawk and his final of nine double-digit sack seasons. Tied for fourth on the all-time NFL sack list when he retired, the Texas native joined the Hall of Fame in his second year of eligibility.