Danno

He brought up several good points in his article. I have a lot of respect for your football knowledge, but I'm surprised you didn't agree with several of his points.

BTW: apparently many didn't read it, he is very complimentary of Vaccaro and his future in the NFL.

Tobias-Reiper

I highlighted that sentence for a reason. That's just a stupid question to ask. Reminds me of Scheffer's argument against putting Ark Monk in the Hall of Fame: "Which is Art Monk's signature catch"? (still remember Steve Czaban talking to Scheffer and comparing Michael Irvin who just had been inducted, ask Scheffer "which is Irvin's signature catch?", and Scheffer started "eh, uh, ah,".. I digress).

Then you take into consideration that Rob Ryan came in here and took the so-called worst defense ever in the history of the NFL, installed a new system, and in half a year made them the 5th ranked defense in the NFL. If he is misusing anyone, well...

Then you have "stats"... great. If the d-line makes the stop, you don't have tackles. If the QB doesn't throw your way, you don't defend or intercept passes.

.. . and speaking of Polamalu: yes Polamalu is great and all, but 2 things need to be taken into consideration: Polamalu came into the league to a very good, established Steeler defense. Yet, his rookie year, while he played in 16 games, he really wasn't the impact player he is now (or at least was until a couple of years ago) until his 2nd of 3rd year.

And I can play the stats game too: Polamalu played 16 games his rookie year, yet he only had 30 solo tackles, 8 assisted, forced only 1 fumble, and had no INTs.

'Cause the simple man pays the thrills, the bills and the pills that kill