"The first time I met Reggie White was when he reported to Philadelphia after his time in the USFL. I walked up to him and introduced myself and I could tell right then that he was a special person. From the first hello, he was a warm, gregarious individual, and he certainly made an immediate impact. Reggie went out and had two sacks against the Giants in his first game and served noticed that he would dominate.

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"Reggie was the best I ever saw, and it wasn't ever really close. He had the God-given talent – he was big, had tremendous speed, had tremendous strength, had incredible balance, had all the football instincts in the world and he was extremely coachable.

"When you consider the second defensive end on this list, it is very difficult to do. It is unfair to compare a player like Norm Willey to this group, because it is very difficult to translate his play to today's game. Sometimes, you find a player like Steve Van Buren, who would dominate in any era, but that is rare.

"For this group, I think Hugh Douglas was right up there with anybody. He was a tremendous pass rusher who gave everything he had on every play. When you hear the term, 'leaving it on the field,' you think of a player like Hugh.

"Clyde was a very good player, but I think having Reggie White and Jerome Brown helped Clyde. Carl Hairston had a tremendous motor but the problem with him was that he went about his job very quietly. Dick Vermeil gave him a nickname, 'Hurricane Hairston,' thinking that might be catchy and might gain him some attention and put him in the Pro Bowl. It didn't work that way, but Hairston was so productive. He pushed himself beyond what you would expect from his physical ability.

"This is a very good group of defensive ends. William Fuller was always one of my favorite guys and players. He was so good. It starts with Reggie, of course, and then there are three or four other ends who were so close in ability and production."