NFL Sports Channel dissifies Richard Seymour - Page 8 - New England Patriots Forums

fair catch fryar · 04-05-2009, 07:18 AM

I'm a Seymour supporter and hope he can stay with the Pats for several more years, but I am not so confident on him being resigned after his contract is up this year. I think most people agree on here that Wilfork is a priority over Big Sey and I would imagine that Seymour is looking at a Haynesworth type contract(meaning that he'll want to be paid as one of the top DE's in the league, not necessarily the ridiculous $$$ that Wash. gave him). I believe that this year is definitely a changing of the guard for this D and hope that Seymour plays for that big contract thus proving a$$hats like this writer wrong and propping up the D-line for a huge year.

***Rob0729*** · 04-05-2009, 09:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Frezo

The article was ripped off from here.
Evauluating the NFL's Most Overrated and Underrated Players on Defense | Bleacher Report

Actually, if you click at the bottom of the page on the page the OP linked to, it does give this article as the source. It seem this entire site is just linking to various Bleacher Report article. there is no original content.

***DaBruinz*** · 04-05-2009, 11:47 AM

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Originally Posted by supafly

He has played the following in 8 yrs: (not in any order)

16 games
16 games
15 games
15 games
15 games
13 games
12 games
09 games

A couple of those seasons he was held out at the end for playoff purposes, so he missed a game. Basically the ONLY season he was really hurt was the one in '07, when he was PUP'ed, and they were extremely cautious with their #6th overall pick.

Your analysis is unfair as he has played a total of 85% of his games--94 out of a possible 111

If you need any other reasons as to his importance of the team, I have listed at least 6 or 7 a few pages earlier in this thread

I want to correct some things.

Seymour has actually played in the following:

2001 - 16 games (including 3 play-off games) Missed game 1 of the season because of being a rookie and missed 2 others for minor injuries.
2002 - 16 games
2003 - 18 games (including 3 play-off games) Held out due to coach's decision
2004 - 18 games (including 3 play-off games) Held out due to coach's decision
2005 - 14 games (including 2 play-off games) Injury
2006 - 19 games (including 3 play-off games)
2007 - 12 games (including 3 play-off games) Injury
2008 - 15 games - Held out due to coach's decision

I tried to point that out to the guy, but he's not bright enough to understand that.

supafly · 04-05-2009, 12:15 PM

Yeah, thanks for that. I just included regular season games, but those are even more dominating.

JackBauer · 04-05-2009, 12:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Ochmed Jones

I think injuries have robbed Seymour of his explosiveness and we probably will never see the Seymour of old again.

By this do you mean the Seymour of 2008?

***KontradictioN*** · 04-05-2009, 01:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Sicilian

His 8 sacks last year would seem to dispute that oh so clever comment. Especially considering his first responsibility is to stop the run and eat up blockers.

Don't bother. It's pretty clear that this guy doesn't have the slightest clue about how our defense works.

JoeShmoe · 04-05-2009, 02:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Synovia

At the beggining of 2008, I agreed with you. Last year, IMO, was the best year of his career. He was utterly dominant.

I'd agree with that...in fact I thought Wilfork and Warren had pretty poor years compared to Seymour who was our best DL by far

***BradyFTW!*** · 04-05-2009, 03:59 PM

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Originally Posted by JackBauer

By this do you mean the Seymour of 2008?

Exactly- I don't get how people can keep repeating the same old stuff about Seymour after 2008. He was the best player on the Pats' defense, IMO, and Wilfork was the only player who was even close to as important.

patriotsdynasty12189 · 04-06-2009, 05:42 AM

Wait....the guy is dissing Seymour becuase he's not a good coverage guy???