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Topic: ESPN's Top 80 Defenders of the 2000s

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MaximumSam

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Re: ESPN's Top 80 Defenders of the 2000s
« Reply #28 on: March 31, 2021, 06:46:39 AM »
Quote from: OrangeAfroMan on March 30, 2021, 11:22:00 PM
This seems contradictory.  Do you mean if you didn't follow them that much in college? 
Both. Like I watch every Ohio State game, and certainly I watch more college games than pro games, but I don't follow other guys so I'm at the mercy of the "well he got voted the George Costanza trophy seven times so he must be good."
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Re: ESPN's Top 80 Defenders of the 2000s
« Reply #29 on: March 31, 2021, 10:19:27 AM »
Okay.
If you don't have eye test to incorporate, then yeah, you rely more heavily on resume.
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Re: ESPN's Top 80 Defenders of the 2000s
« Reply #30 on: March 31, 2021, 10:51:04 AM »
Quote from: MaximumSam on March 31, 2021, 06:46:39 AM
Both. Like I watch every Ohio State game, and certainly I watch more college games than pro games, but I don't follow other guys so I'm at the mercy of the "well he got voted the George Costanza trophy seven times so he must be good."
Yeah, that's one of the reasons I don't typically participate in the power ranking threads, or threads of this type. 

My time is limited and anything I pay attention to beyond Purdue is a bonus, but not all that important to me. 
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Re: ESPN's Top 80 Defenders of the 2000s
« Reply #31 on: March 31, 2021, 11:17:18 AM »
Talking Michigan players only here: 

Jabrill Peppers is way too high, Lamar Woodley is too low. He played on some trash teams- but if we're talking Michigan guys- I'd throw Brandon Graham in that convo way before Peppers. Brandon Graham frosh season at Michigan was pretty meh, but his sophomore season when he switched to DE he looked very good, and then his last two years at Michigan- he was an absolute animal. One of the most underrated college players of all-time if you ask me. 
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Re: ESPN's Top 80 Defenders of the 2000s
« Reply #32 on: March 31, 2021, 01:28:36 PM »
I don't think most people realize Woodley had all-time great TFL numbers.  It's as if you don't have 15+ sacks, you're ordinary.....not the case.  
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Re: ESPN's Top 80 Defenders of the 2000s
« Reply #33 on: March 31, 2021, 01:35:41 PM »
Quote from: OrangeAfroMan on March 31, 2021, 01:28:36 PM
I don't think most people realize Woodley had all-time great TFL numbers.  It's as if you don't have 15+ sacks, you're ordinary.....not the case. 
If you think those are good, check out JJ Watt. 

He wouldn’t make the list, but the other DE ij Watt’s first year starting had silly numbers. And UW couldn’t pair that line with a secondary with a jar of spit. 
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Re: ESPN's Top 80 Defenders of the 2000s
« Reply #34 on: March 31, 2021, 04:02:13 PM »
I wish collegefootball reference would pay me to get that site's defensive stats to go back past the year 2000.  It's absurd.
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