Hall Of Famer Cortez Kennedy Among Eight Defensive Linemen Named To Seahawks Top 50 Players

As the Seahawks rose to prominence under Chuck Knox in the 1980s, a lot of attention went to stars on offense like Curt Warner, Steve Largent and Dave Krieg, and in the defensive secondary like Kenny Easley and Dave Brown. But another key to those teams' success was the defensive line trio of Jacob Green, Jeff Bryant and Joe Nash, who came to be known known as "The Die Hards."

Three decades later, the Seahawks followed a similar script. Star players like Marshawn Lynch, Russell Wilson, Richard Sherman, Earl Thomas III, Kam Chancellor and Bobby Wagner generated a lot of headlines, but once again, a sometimes underrated defensive line helped make it all go, a group that included Michael Bennett, Cliff Avril and Brandon Mebane.

Bennett, Avril, Mebane, Bryant, Green and Nash are among the be