Thanks for this. Eric Swann was one of my favorite Cardinals of all time.
Mine too and I treasure my Eric Swann jersey with the DL cut
That DL was the best we ever had, Mark Smith, Swann & Rice, memory escapes me on the 4th one? I drove 4 hours from Louisville to St.Louis in 1998 to watch that DL & Jake the Snake beat the Rams in St.Louis. I wore my Roy Green Jersey with the Arizona State flag on the sleeve. I got some sarcastic remarks from the Rams fans still bitter about the Cardinals leaving. Before the game one fan said "Why not buy a jersey of someone that didn't play for the Cardinals in St.Louis & especially one that's still playing"? I just laughed, Roy Green was & is my all time favorite Cardinal still to this day. Loved Lomax also. Damn shame he took all those hits from a bad OL that messed his hip up. After the game one fan wanted to fight me because the Rams lost, my wife at the time pulled me back, that guy was a mouthy little bastard & got personal so I wasn't gonna back down, just didn't wanna get put in jail. Trust me I heard crap the whole time we were at the game.
The fourth was wadsworth. If not for injuries that likely would’ve been one of the greatest front fours of all time.
Well duh, how in the fudge did I ever forget Wadsworth lol? Mister micro fracture surgery himself. That surgery was so controversial back then & still is. Basically they drill the bone creating a blood substance that acts like cartilage. It damn sure worked for my big left toe lol. Got that surgery in 2007 & still playing on my men's softball team at age 52 twenty two years later. I'm nowhere close to his size & weight plus it isn't my knee lol. Such a shame though, I hated it for Wadsworth & as a fan. That DL was dominant but he was never the same after that. He was a freaking monster at Florida State
Sucked watching him play for the Panthers but he wasn't the same at that point, age & injuries had caught up to him.
I think he was a player that stoked fear in offensive players. I remember watching him break through the line and attack a quarterback. He threw him like a rag doll.
and Simeon Rice.
I'm almost certain you're correct. Couple that with the atrocious Veterans Stadium turf, and it's a problem for sure.
Bet you never wanted to play Thanksgiving football against him
No doubt. I recall watching the draft and couldn’t believe they selected someone that didn’t play college ball.
Actually Wadsworth was drafted in 1998. Swann could barely walk by then. He started only 5 games that year and none in 1999. Swann was the Donald of his day. No one could block him. Prior to the the Cards used a bunch of other players. Michael Bankston played the most in a couple of years.
So they hurt him. Double team and combo blocks/chop blocks that attacked his knees. (and would never be allowed these days)
Swann was awesome
I found this after watching the Swann video. The entire team didn't talk to the media for a week lol. I remember this but vaguely. The Joe Bugel days.
