Rodney was truly unique. He was mean and sometimes dirty, but he was also smart about when he was either. It made him that rare feared player.
We've had a couple players since then who I think had the attitude but were missing the "complete" package the Rodney was.
Merriweather - he was mean and dirty, but not smart about it. He also, I think, never totally grasped how our "D" worked
Chung - I think he's mean and sometimes dirty. But he's not really big enough to do the damage. He also used to get overexcited and make bad choices, but his time in PHI seems to have cured him of that deficiency.
Spikes - he was mean, dirty, and (usually) pretty smart. Problem is he was a liability in the pass game, which meant he couldn't be "complete" enough to be a fear player, nor could he ultimately stay with team. (Too good for a role player, not good enough to be the man.)
I like so far that Browner appears to be mean, dirty, AND smart. And he seems to understand our "D." I'm not sure playing at CB (mostly) that he can be a Rodney because his position works kinda different. But I think the comparison about the nature of the player is apt. We'll see if these early observations are true! I do know that BB seems to be content to deal with the occasional penalty Browner will generate just like with Rodney. I **LOVE** having a player on the team that BB seems to like the aggression of enough to let the odd flag sneak by.
