Those were 4 amazing LBs. I thought Swilling was clearly the best in his prime but he didn't play as long as RJ. In his day. PS and LT were the tow elite LBs.
swilling couldn't hold rickey's jock and it wasn't even close. rickey fought the double team, coming from the right side while pat had man up blocking coming from the QBs blind side. yeah he was fast, but rickey was dominant!
as good as LT was, look at the tackle and forced fumble numbers of rickey. LT was much like pat; fast and could come off the edge, but didn't do too much else. LT did have some decent tackle numbers, but nothing compared to RJ.