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Colts pass rusher Dwight Freeney's spin move Hall-of-Fame worthy? 'You couldn't stop
Colts pass rusher Dwight Freeney's spin move Hall-of-Fame worthy? 'You couldn't stop it.'
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Freeney is going to need public testimony like this to get him in as soon as he deserves. Relying solely on the numbers will push him down because he played alongside guys that just accumulated more sacks.
Similar to Marvin Harrison, I think Freeney should benefit from his opponents' stories getting some publicity. The further you get from their playing days, the more people forget which guys were the real problems. |
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He basically invented a pass rush move that changed the game, in addition to getting over 100 sacks, 47 forced fumbles (3rd all time), and regularly dominating Hall of Fame LTs (Jon Ogden should give his testimonial next). If he's not a Hall of Famer, I don't know who is.
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Also, the spin move gets all the shine and for good reason. But it was the way Freeney rock/paper/scissored OTs to death that was so impressive to me. He could beat you with straight speed, bull rush, or spin and he knew how to set guys up over the course of several plays at a time. |
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He was a true game wrecker as a pass rusher, one of the very best i have ever seen at this element of the game. But the counter argument is that he was always a liability against the run and teams game planned their run game to aim at this weakness. And that is where i have always thought that Robert Mathis was under rated. He wasn't the dominant pass rush threat that Freeney was and gained a lot of his sacks because of Freeney, but he was a more disciplined all around defender in my opinion.
In terms of elite traits, hands down Freeney was the better player though. |
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Julius Peppers will get in before Freeney.
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Chris Hanburger went to 9 Pro Bowls in a 14-season career between 1965 and 1978 ........ that was a record for players NOT in the Hall of Fame, yet he was snubbed each and every year that he was eligible between 1984 and 1998. He was finally inducted into the Hall in 2011, after he was nominated as a Senior candidate (football's version of the Veteran's Committee.) If the voters at-large can have their heads up their asses for so long about Hanburger, nothing surprises me about whom they decide does and does not get in. o
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