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He's never played behind great DTs and he's been doing what he's been doing for years.
If Thomas is such a great LB, why has Miami never been a good run D?
Most over rated "poster"=Andy Johnson
b/c defense requires more than 1 player
Get Dolphin argument. Marino in 15 years couldn't win because of his supporting cast. Remarkably he went through 15 years of never, ever having decent players around him.
Thomas' job is to stop the run. His team doesnt, so it must be everyone else's fault. In all the years Thomas has been in the NFL, everyone around him has sucked.
I got news for you. If you are a great run stopping MLB, your team stops the run.
And who would have ever guessed - not a single Pats player mentioned
Junior Seau and Tedy Bruschi? Good, serviceable, rotation ILBs. Nobody really claims that they're any more at this point, so they're not overrated.
Junior Seau, who I've always thought is overrated. No one jumps on the pile quite like he does.
***ANTE Samuel - No more than the 2007 version of Terrell Buckley
And you could make the arguement for Laurence Maroney. He's not a feature back, no matter how much everyone wants him to be. He's great in a tandem or platoon, but he'll never be THE guy.
Gotta love the excuses, Aqua.
As for Samuel, the media might over-rate him, but most Pats fans don't.
If Thomas is such a great LB, why has Miami never been a good run D?
I have to agree with Tippett, LOT Ferguson of the Jets is more over rated than Mcneil.
Second there is one Patriuot player that a lot of us on this board had huge expectations for over the past 3 years and he always seems to disappoint, either through his own injury or injuries to players around him - Eugene Wilson.
The Miami run defense was 5th last year I believe and have ranked top 10 at least 3 times this decade.
Actually they were 8th. Over the last 10 years, the best description of the Miami run D vs medicore, sometimes bad.
Thomas HAS BEEN (key phrase where he is concerned) touted as a great MLB. Doesn't the standard of being EXCELLENT come along with that? You can name 3 good years in a decade? You are making my point.