The 20 best linebackers in Washington Commanders franchise history

“I like linebackers. I collect them. You can never have too many good ones.” That’s straight from Pro Football Hall of Fame coach Bill Parcells, whose New York Giants battled Joe Gibbs’ Washington squads throughout the 1980s for league supremacy. The battles between the Hogs and G-Men linebackers - the likes of Lawrence Taylor, Harry Carson, and Carl Banks - were legendary. Often the outcome of the game was determined by the winner of that one showdown. But Washington has had its rich history of great linebacking play, dating back to the team’s inception in 1932. Though only two linebackers in franchise history have made it to Canton - one of those played the majority of his career for someone else - there have still been plenty of rough and tough backers who have endeared themselves to fans in D.C. Some have been pass-rush specialists. Others have been the grunts in the middle of the field, getting in on every tackle. A couple of them were flashy, but most tended to be no-nonsense technicians who simply mad