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  2. Dick Butkus - Wikipedia

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    In 1994, he was named to the NFL 75th Anniversary All-Time Team, compiled to recognize the best players of the NFL's first 75 years as adjudged by NFL officials and media personnel. [81] In 2019, Butkus was named to the NFL 100th Anniversary All-Time Team. [82] Butkus was ranked No. 1 on NFL Top 10: Most Feared Tacklers when the episode aired ...

  3. List of NFL Defensive Player of the Year awards - Wikipedia

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    Several organizations give out NFL Defensive Player of the Year awards. The Associated Press (AP) has been giving the award since 1972; Pro Football Writers of America/Pro Football Weekly since 1970; and Sporting News has announced winners since 2008. The Newspaper Enterprise Association was the originator of the award in 1966. However, it ...

  4. Khalil Mack - Wikipedia

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    In 2015, he became the first player in NFL history to be selected first-team All-Pro at two different positions, defensive end and outside linebacker, in the same season. In 2018, Mack was traded to the Chicago Bears for two first-round draft picks and signed a six-year, $141 million extension, becoming the highest-paid defensive player in NFL ...

  5. Brian Urlacher - Wikipedia

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    Urlacher quickly established himself as one of the NFL's most productive defensive players, winning the NFL Rookie of the Year Award. During his career, he was selected to eight Pro Bowls, recognized as a first-team All-Pro four times, and won NFL Defensive Player of the Year in 2005. [1]

  6. Ron Rivera - Wikipedia

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    The following year, he was named Assistant Coach of the Year by the PFWA and helped coach linebacker Brian Urlacher into being named Defensive Player of the Year. In 2006, the Bears made an appearance in Super Bowl XLI. In 2007, he joined the San Diego Chargers coaching linebackers before being promoted to defensive coordinator a year later.

  7. Amobi Okoye - Wikipedia

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    With his first start, Okoye became the youngest player to appear in an NFL game since 1967. [9] Okoye was named Defensive Rookie of the Month for September 2007 after leading the AFC with four sacks. He is the youngest player ever to receive the award. [10] On July 30, 2011, after four seasons in Houston, he was released.

  8. Matt Eberflus - Wikipedia

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    Inheriting a defense that finished No. 30 in the NFL in both scoring defense (25.2 points allowed per game) and total defense (367.1 yards allowed per game) in 2017, Eberflus turned the defense around in just one season, to rank No. 10 in scoring defense (21.5 points allowed per game) and No. 11 in total defense (339.4 yards allowed per game ...

  9. List of Chicago Bears award winners - Wikipedia

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    Running back Gale Sayers was named the UPI NFL Rookie of the Year in 1965. The Chicago Bears are an American football franchise currently playing in the National Football League. The following is a list of all the awards the franchise has acquired over since its inception in 1920.