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Team for the Ages — Bruce Smith

DE Bruce Smith

Legacy one-liner

Smith, the first overall player selected in the 1985 draft, holds the NFL record with 200 sacks, and the postseason sack record with 14½.

Smith recorded double-digit sacks a record 13 times, earning 11 Pro Bowl nominations, two Defensive Player of the Year awards and spots on the NFL's 1980s and 1990s All-Decade teams.

They said it

“Bruce likes to do things quietly, when he doesn’t think people see him, like working out every week on his day off. I guess he feels if people think he has stayed so good for so long on natural talent alone, so be it.