London Fletcher
Fletcher also retired in 2013, after a nearly 20-year career as a linebacker. Unfortunately for him, his knees stopped working as well as they used to later on in his contracted career, but his first 10 years on the field put him in a position to be considered a remarkable linebacker. Fletcher is on the smaller side, so he had to use his intuition and intelligence to move around the line and attack the proper targets, he did this much better than anyone else for a long, long time.
David Hawthorne
This legendary run-stopping linebacker played for the Saints until 2015 when he unofficially retired due to injury in 2016. Although he wasn’t as consistent as some of the other linebackers on this list, his explosive, intuitive playstyle helped him stay on top of the game. Unfortunately, towards the end of his career, he just got too slow, and he couldn’t keep up with the rest of the pack.