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>You didnt even mention Teryl Austin.
Fair point
> >>Great front 4 > >obviously > >>solid >>linebacking corps > >Major undersell. Levy is the best OLB in the league,
Thomas Davis and Bobby Wagner are both better to my taste, because while they might not stop the run quite as effectively, both are much better in coverage. Levy is def really good.
Tulloch >is top 10 at worst MLB,
I'm doubtful. There are a lot of MLBs in the league (just think of all the 3-4 teams starting two apiece) but with guys like WIllis retiring and Bowman still a question mark, he might squeeze in the top 10. He is a good player though.
and Tahir Whitehead is solid in a >complimentary way. I also REALLY like Josh Bynes. As a group >thats way beyond solid. >
No idea who Josh Bynes is. But yeah, I may have sold this unit short, they are better than solid. The entire front 7 is excellent.
>>mediocre-decent secondary, > >Wat? Lol. Ihedigbo, Quin, Slay, and Mathis are firmly a top >10 group. Quin and Ihedigbo are the best safety duo not >playing in Seattle, Mathis simply does not make mistakes, >and >Slay is on the verge of top 10 status. Nickel is a question >mark, but its the only one. >
This is where you lost me:
Glover Quin had a great season but he is not Eric Berry yet.
Ihedigbo...I just don't see him as anything better than good. Maybe I am biased since I knew his sister fairly well and she was just a horrible person haha, but yeah, he is a solid player but anything beyond that I have not seen. And he never made a Pro Bowl, so yeah, no.
Mathis is a good player but he is also a 34 year old cornerback who only intercepted one pass last year. He was solid and might be so again, but when corners hit that wall, they fall off suddenly.
Slay is a promising young corner but I am not willing to put him even at top 15.
And nickel is, as you pointed out, still under construction.
>This is another top 5 defense. >
Well, my thesis was, strong defense, same Lions offense that they have been working with, all equals, same Lions we have seen more or less for last two years.
Which, in this division, has not been enough to take the crown off the Packers. And with Vikings on the come up, outside of Chicago there won't be any gimmes. I don't really see them even making the 'offs. I'm from the lost black tribe of Israel, the Yos
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