Top 25 all-time Browns defensive players

The Mount Rushmore of Browns outside linebackersCleveland Browns linebacker Clay Matthews during a 29-21 win over the Phoenix Cardinals on October 23, 1988 at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona. (Photo by Vic Milton/Getty Images) *** Local Caption ***

With the trade of Myles Garrett to the Los Angeles Rams on Monday, it seems like a good time to list my top 50 defensive players in Browns history.

Here we go:

1) Myles Garrett, end

2) Bill Willis, middle guard

3) Len Ford, end

4) Clay Matthews, linebacker

5) Jerry Sherk, tackle

6) Jim Houston, linebacker-end

7) Bob Gain, tackle

8) Paul Wiggin, end

9) Bill Glass, end

10) Walt Michaels, linebacker

11) Walter Johnson, tackle

12) Clarence Scott, cornerback-safety

13) Hanford Dixon, cornerback

14) Frank Minnifield, cornerback

15) Galen Fiss, linebacker

16) Vince Costello, linebacker

17) Thom Darden, safety

18) Tommy James, cornerback-safety

19) Warren Lahr, cornerback

20) Ken Konz, safety

21) Don Colo, tackle

22) Bernie Parrish, cornerback

23) Michael Dean Perry, tackle

24) Tony Adamle, linebacker

25) Charlie Hall, linebacker

26) Dick Ambrose, linebacker

27) Bob Golic, nose tackle

28) Erich Barnes, cornerback

29) Eddie Johnson, linebacker

30) Eric Turner, safety

31) Rob Burnett, end

32) Mike Howell, cornerback-safety

33) Denzel Ward, cornerback 

34) Don Paul, safety

35) Dale Lindsey, linebacker 

36) Felix Wright, safety 

37) Ben Davis, cornerback

38) D’Qwell Jackson, linebacker

39) Ernie Kellermann, safety 

40) Cliff Lewis, safety

41) George Young, end

42) John Kissell, tackle

43) Ross Fichtner, safety

44 Junior Wren, safety

45) Tommy Thompson, linebacker

46) Walt Sumner, safety

47) Carl Hairston, end-tackle

48) Jim Shofner, cornerback

49) Orpheus Roye, end-tackle 

50) Mike Johnson, linebacker

Steve King

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