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EagleHater: Goodbye, FN said 01/01, 02:27 PM
This isn't like a Pro Bowl team, or a dream team or whatever. Just pick THE BEST player at each position based SOLELY on this year's achievements.

QB- Tom Brady (Duh)
RB- LaDainian Tomlinson (had a pretty significantly better year rushing than Westbrook, IMO, and a similar year receiving)
WR- Randy Moss (Duh... again)
TE- Jason Witten
LT- Joe Thomas (I'm finally convinced. No sacks allowed all season, and was decent with penalties for a rookie in one of the hardest pass rush divisions in the NFL)
LG- Steve Hutchinson (Road grader. All I can say.)
C- Jeff Saturday (Fantasmic O-lineman)
RG- Logan Mankins (great linemen who is very underrated)
RT- Marc Colombo (the vastly underrated lineman shut out numerous great pass rushers, including Aaron Kampman, and I only saw him give up 1 sack all year)

DE- Jared Allen (great pas rusher, and works the run effectively as well)
DT- Kevin Williams (brother Pat had a better year run stuffing, but Kevin had TWO pick-sixes)
OLB- DeMarcus Ware (Leads OLBs in sacks, DPOY candidate)
ILB- Patrick Willis (dominant playmaker)
CB- Antonio Cromartie (Asante was more consistent, but can't ignore 10 picks)
FS- Ed Reed
SS- Bob Sanders (likely DPOY)

EagleHater: Goodbye, FN said 01/01, 02:51 PM
Alright... let's look at our differences-

LT
DT
ILB

OK, first off, YES Walter Jones is a great tackle. BUT... he has NOT had a better year than Thomas. Thomas has yet to allow a sack, and he is not a heavily penalized player. He is also a better tun blocker. Just look at the team numbers. Cleveland is the NFL's 10th best rushing attack, and averages 4.3 ypc. Seattle is the 20th "attack" and averages only 3.8 ypc. We can tell that this DOES have to do with Thomas. Last year, the Browns were 31st in rushing O, and averaged only 3.6 Thomas is the marquee addition.


At DT, Haynesworth is the most DOMINANT player... when he plays. Haynesworth had an INCREDIBLE opener to the season... Then he pulled his hamstring badly and missed three games. When he came back, he wasn't the same player. He had 6 tackles and 1 sack in 2 games before re-injuring the hamstring. He played sparingly the next week, but had no tackles or sacks. The next week he had 4 tackles, and then he was shut out AGAIN last week.

A GREAT start, a TERRIBLE finish.


I'll get to the ILBs next.

EagleHater: Goodbye, FN said 01/01, 03:34 PM
Really? Jones isn't blocking on the left? Quite incredible, seeing as he is a LEFT TACKLE...

As for Haynesworth, he played DOMINANT football for 8 weeks... But over the final 8 weeks, he missed three games, did not make a SINGLE PLAY in two more, and was limited in another. That is 7 of the final 8 games he was almost totally contained in.


And I have NO CLUE where you got your stats from, but they are WRONG. Go to nfl.com, which lists the OFFICIAL stats. You say most of Willis's tackles are assisted... Funny thing is, his 135 SOLO tackles are 29 more than #2 Jonathon Beason's 106 solo tackles.

In fact, Willis has more solo tackles than all but TWO other players in the NFL, and he has THIRTY-SIX more than DeMeco Ryans. So much for "in solo tackles, Willis and Ryans are nearly identical"

So let's look... Willis has 46 more total tackles than Ryans, about 5 games worth. He has 36 more solo tackles. And don't forget, Willis plays in a 3-4, and having the extra linebacker usually subtracts tackles. He still beats out the 4-3 Ryan, though. Willis also has 4 sacks and two forced fumbles... Not bad for an ILB. And he has 5 pass breakups, not bad. His job is run support, not coverage