Joe Thomas Named to Pro Bowl as AFC Starter

IMO he had a great year, but completely lacked in INTs. He dropped about 5 or 6. But those turn in to pass deflections in which he is one behind the league leader. A little more air time and the people will realize how much of a stud he is.

If you look at the names that beat, I wasn’t surprised that they were more popular.

Obviously, I can’t speak for “everyone else” but if that’s the case, though I don’t think it is, I’d disagree with those people.

so you can’t say anything.

Which is why I’ve never claimed he’s a top 5 center. You’re a sharp one.

Thumbs up!

That’s not true at all. You can look at the stats for positions like WR, RB, DE, QB, LB and compare their numbers across the board. Then you have all those positions, plus other positions like CB, S, LT where stats can matter a little less, but the performances stand out a lot better when you casually watch the games.

But interior line is one position where you can’t analyze across the board unless you specifically key in on the individual performances. How does Mack’s stats compare against the other 31 starting centers? Oh yea, there are no stats for his position.

Sounds like a bunch of crap to me.

The only thing that’s crap is someone thinking they’re in position to make a visual assessments about a player in comparison to others, when they haven’t even seen the other players play. You don’t have to be smart to understand that.

Regarding the CBA, I know there were new changes to the terms of franchise tagging a player. I’m not entirely certain, in fact I could be dead wrong, but if I’m not mistaken I think it’s something on the line that a player could be tagged, but other teams have the ability to over-rule it with a better contract. I know the franchise tag was one of those things the PA wanted changed, and it doesn’t make sense to me that there wouldn’t have been at least some stipulations to it under the new CBA. I don’t have any hard evidence on this information though, and it would be nice if someone decided to look it up. I’ll do it eventually if no one else does.

One was the right and one was the left.

Sorry about using your name. My bad. For some reason your name is what I connected that phrase to.

Awesome. Thanks for the info.

He likened it to a guy with bad ankles, no amount of rehab or anything can totally prevent another injury.

And this is why I’m very careful of how I walk. I’ve broken my right ankle once, severely sprained my left ankle once, and twisted both of them at least half a dozen or more times in my life. What I have noticed though is that my brain is more aware of how to react to a sudden misstep which has helped prevent more twists.

Hopefully that trend keeps up. And hopefully Jackson’s body has adapted the same way. Although when you’re constantly beating up your body the way he does he’s at a risk than me.

There’s no argument about Lott — he was a better safety than a corner, and he made the switch very early in his career because they recognized his value there.

Little known fact: Nnamdi was the switch in reverse — he was drafted as a safety.

a lot of teams I think do this.