The NFL Has Never Seen a Player Like Micah Parsons
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Well, in comparison, Doc Ellis threw a no hitter while on LSD. Who else did that?
a friend of mine had 7 assists and 5 goals in an NCAA LAX playoff game doing that. its still a record I believe.
Mine was a two-hitter.
Legit question - considering other players mentioned here have matched LT’s numbers or even eclipsed them, would his name resonate as the undisputed best ever had he not played in the country’s premiere market? Not asking to dispute his obvious greatness, but rather I’m curious about the perception of his greatness.
Oh, he was a one-man wrecking crew. Definitely a top-ten LB any way you slice it.
Wow, Ted “Kick ‘em in the head” Hendricks. There was a story from Howie Long when he got into the league about Hendricks. Long had a great perspective on Ted.
They are not the same situations.
In fall 2018, Saquon was an employee of the Giants in the NFL.
In fall 2020, Parsons was not an employee of an NFL team. He was either a part time or full time student enrolled with PSU.
Oh, I’m aware. Crazy story. I’m a big Pirates fan and supposedly the rumors were that some of those Pirates teams really knew how to have a good time. Maybe they should give some of the current Pirates some LSD? Maybe it would help?
Well, I will give it to Dallas they know how to use him. His numbers all around will be better than TJ Watt after two seasons and that is saying something.
Can't real quantify the impact from one generation to another. Stats were different. If you look at LT on Pro Football Reference, he has 0 career forced fumbles.
It is easy to identify the greats compared to their peers and I think Parsons is certainly on his way to an all-timer.
Can't real quantify the impact from one generation to another. Stats were different. If you look at LT on Pro Football Reference, he has 0 career forced fumbles.
It is easy to identify the greats compared to their peers and I think Parsons is certainly on his way to an all-timer.
The rule is already there…three years whereas most players (like Barkley) play for those three years and then leave….Parsons took a year off. I also recall Barkley playing in the bowl game going against advice from many people because Barkley wanted to play with his team and support his teammates. You’re trying to compare apples to watermelons. No one on here would have anything bad to say about Parsons had he actually played his third year instead of just quitting.Oh, so you get to make up the rules on when guys can leave early? Got it.
The greatness of a player, whether he is the best ever at his position, cannot be measured by stats alone nor by any other single factor for that matter including where they played which is a non-factor to me. For example, Jim Brown or Emmitt Smith, pick one. Brown's my choice as the best.
LT was a "crazed dog" who absolutely destroyed an offense and QB's. I still cringe envisioning him breaking Theismann's leg. Dick Butkus, he was as feared in his day as much as LT in his. He said he tried to break the ball carrier in half on every tackle he made. He was absolutely awesome to watch. It's too hard to pick one over the other to me. Different eras, different usages of LB's but definitely 2 of the absolute greatest. So, to me where a player spent his career doesn't add to or detract from the "perception of his greatness".
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This Eagles fan agrees. LT was doing the same things 30 years ago. Having said that, it's Micah and LT in their own class.
Considering I wrote he didn’t break any rules nor proclaimed myself any type of authoritive figure, it appears that you enjoy trying to instigate.Oh, so you get to make up the rules on when guys can leave early? Got it.
Insinuate an accusation while being a smart aleck. Finish it off with a peace sign. Real classy.
Considering you didn't give a eff about Covid restrictions and a team like Michigan played 6 games that season and don't factor that in to his decision makes you a
. @Ludd
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He didn’t know all that stuff when he made his decision. He was opting out regardless.
And too many older folks have “oldest is greatest” mentality. Athletes are bigger, stronger and faster these days so I’m not sure many of the old superstars would be superstars today.
Playing in the largest TV market certainty made a huge difference. I often thought about a great Hall of Fame Linebacker playing a couple of hundred miles to the north of NYC by the name of Andre Tippett.
Tippett was inducted into the University of Iowa Hall of Fame on September 7, 2007. In January 2008, he was voted by a panel of former NFL players and coaches to Pro Football Weekly' s All-Time 3–4 defensive team along with Harry Carson, Lawrence Taylor, Randy Gradishar, Howie Long, Lee Roy Selmon, and Curley Culp.
What if Tippett played for the Giants and LT for the Pats?
FYI I had this conversation with AT prior to playing in a golf outing outside of Boston around 2002. Andre played against my younger brother in HS in NJ. Lets just say he was very complementary of his buddy LT. Andre played HS ball 10 miles from the Meadowlands.
The point of the story is that Parsons is so much more than a LB or an edge pass rusher, he does all of it. One of the Dallas coaches said that Pasons could start for all 32 teams at S, LB, or DE.
Does it all?? What does that mean?? Besides rushing the passer or getting playing LBer, what else does he do? Return kicks? Runs the ball??
Concrete Charlie.
After high school, he flew 30 combat missions over Germany, and then played both ways at Penn for four years without opting out of anything.
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After high school, he flew 30 combat missions over Germany, and then played both ways at Penn for four years without opting out of anything.
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