what nfl defensive player started in the most playoff games

Tom Brady has the most career games by a player as a starter in the playoffs, with 48 games.

	NAME	GP	YDS	YDS/G	TD	RUSH YDS	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC YDS/G	REC TD	KR YDS	KR YDS/G	KR TD	PR YDS	PR YDS/G	PR TD
1	Tom Brady T. Brady	48	124	2.6	7	133	2.8	7	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
2	Jerry Rice J. Rice	29	2,289		22	44	1.5	0	2,245	77.4	22	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
3	Peyton Manning P. Manning	27	34		3	34	1.3	3	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
4	Travis Kelce T. Kelce	25	2,085	83.4	20	7	0.3	0	2,078	83.1	20	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
5	Devin McCourty D. McCourty	24	125	5.2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	121	5.0	0	0	0.0	0
6	Brett Favre B. Favre	24	72		1	72	3.0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
7	Gene Upshaw G. Upshaw	24	0		0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
8	Ben Roethlisberger B. Roethlisberger	23	245	10.7	3	245	10.7	3	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
9	Joe Montana J. Montana	23	314		2	314	13.7	2	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
10	Larry Cole L. Cole	23	0		0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
11	Rob Gronkowski R. Gronkowski	22	1,389	63.1	15	0	0.0	0	1,389	63.1	15	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
12	Vince Wilfork V. Wilfork	22	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
13	Jack Reynolds J. Reynolds	22	16		0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
14	Charlie Waters C. Waters	22	187		0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	66	3.0	0	-3	-0.1	0
15	Patrick Mahomes P. Mahomes	21	589	28.0	7	606	28.9	7	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
16	Joe Thuney J. Thuney	21	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
17	Aaron Rodgers A. Rodgers	21	286	13.6	4	285	13.6	4	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
18	Reggie Wayne R. Wayne	21	1,254		9	0	0.0	0	1,254	59.7	9	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
19	Ray Lewis R. Lewis	21	54		1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
20	Jon Runyan J. Runyan	21	0		0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
21	Andre Reed A. Reed	21	1,256		9	27	1.3	0	1,229	58.5	9	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
22	John Elway J. Elway	21	468		6	445	21.2	6	23	1.1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
23	Drew Pearson D. Pearson	21	1,100		8	16	0.8	0	1,084	51.6	8	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
24	Ted Hendricks T. Hendricks	21	0		0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
25	Jethro Pugh J. Pugh	21	0		0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0

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Bills - x	11	4	0	.733
Dolphins - e	6	9	0	.400
Jets - e	3	12	0	.200
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Ravens	7	8	0	.467
Bengals - e	5	10	0	.333
Browns - e	3	12	0	.200
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Colts	8	7	0	.533
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Saints - e	5	10	0	.333
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Rams - x	11	4	0	.733
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