The man's poster still hangs on my childhood bedroom wall. One of many, actually. A living testimony to honor the man most responsible for my loyalty and love for the middle linebacker position. The images captured on my wall are of Steelers legend Jack Lambert, still the most intense and intimidating inside linebacker I have ever seen.
Please excuse me for saying middle linebacker, but that was the terminology of my childhood. That term perfectly described Lambert in my young mind, slobbering and stomping in the middle of the Steelers legendary Steel Curtain defense. If you are not quite sure what I am referring to with those descriptive adjectives, then you aren't old enough to have seen him play.