4. 1991 EAGLES
Key players: Jerome Brown, Mike Pitts, Clyde Simmons, Reggie White Hall of Fame: White
Michael Bennett and his teammates will have their work cut out for them if they want to be considered the best in team history, much less in league history. In the 1991 opener, quarterback Randall Cunningham was lost for the season. Somehow, the Eagles won 10 games and reached the playoffs with these men behind center: Jim McMahon, Jeff Kemp and Brad Goebel. One of the best defensive lines ever kept the team’s postseason hopes alive. Last year, the 1991 Eagles were named as the best defense in the past 30 years by Football Outsiders. Led by the Minister of Defense (White), the Eagles allowed under four yards a play. White had 15 sacks that season, and Simmons had 13. Adding nine sacks was Brown, who died in an automobile accident in the summer of 1992.
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