OT:Rams Aaron Donald Announces Retirement.

[Mulli]

Everyone improved when that bloated toxic idiot left.

Ya, excepting all his terrible picks amirite?

Not you @K1

 

[kerouac9]

So glad Donald is retiring, but man was he an absolute beast! If there was a Mr. Rushmore for greatest defensive players, I think it would be Lawrence Taylor, Dick Butkus, Reggie White, and Aaron Donald. Derrick Thomas would be honorable mention.

LT
Deion
Reggie White
Aaron Donald

 

[Lomax to Green 84]

LT
Deion
Reggie White
Aaron Donald

Yeah, Deion was awesome! Forgot about him.

 

[oaken1]

Newton is like the Walmart Crystal Light version of Donald.

So was AD when he was just a prospect

 

[Krangodnzr]

So was AD when he was just a prospect

Newton doesn't have nearly the production
Donald had. He doesn't have the freak physique that Donald has.

The only parallel is position and the fact they are short. Newton reminds me more of Warren Sapp than Donald (short and pudgy looking).

 

[Krangodnzr]

LT
Deion
Reggie White
Aaron Donald

I think there is debate on CB. Deion isn't clearly way better than any one else was compared to LT, Reggie, and Donald. Those three literally had no real peers at the top of their game, while Deion had CBs who were close to as good.

 

[Krangodnzr]

@kerouac9

Ed Reed belongs on the best defensive players ever list. He's the best safety bar none.

 

[Mulli]

I think there is debate on CB. Deion isn't clearly way better than any one else was compared to LT, Reggie, and Donald. Those three literally had no real peers at the top of their game, while Deion had CBs who were close to as good.

Questionable.

 

[BullheadCardFan]

Dick Butkus deserves to be in the conversation

 

[RON_IN_OC]

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[kerouac9]

I think there is debate on CB. Deion isn't clearly way better than any one else was compared to LT, Reggie, and Donald. Those three literally had no real peers at the top of their game, while Deion had CBs who were close to as good.

Bruce Smith and Michael Strahan were both on Reggie's level as contemporaries. Of these guys, only LT stands apart as someone who had no peer really at any point.

Love Ed Reed, but he was surrounded by a ton of talent there in Baltimore and had Earl Thomas on the left coast playing very well.

 

[oaken1]

I think there is debate on CB. Deion isn't clearly way better than any one else was compared to LT, Reggie, and Donald. Those three literally had no real peers at the top of their game, while Deion had CBs who were close to as good.

Semantics.
When healthy Eric Swann was better than AD...that's why they kept cutting his knees out from under him.

 

[dreamcastrocks]

LT
Deion
Reggie White
Aaron Donald

That would be mine too.

 

[Shane]

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[Krangodnzr]

Bruce Smith and Michael Strahan were both on Reggie's level as contemporaries.

Eh neither were quite the player that White was though.

Of these guys, only LT stands apart as someone who had no peer really at any point.

Derrick Thomas is arguable, but he came at the end of LTs career

Love Ed Reed, but he was surrounded by a ton of talent there in Baltimore and had Earl Thomas on the left coast playing very well.

Thomas wasn't even close to the playmaker that Ed Reed was, which is why Reed was the best safety ever. Teams avoided Reed and he still got 64 career interceptions.

 

[Mulli]

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[CFLredzoned]

Kyler is such a different guy than 2 years ago. He washed the Kingsbury stink off him and got happy.

Wait. That wasn't a Kyler spoof account?

 

[Chris_Sanders]

Wait. That wasn't a Kyler spoof account?

No that is his real account.

 

[GatorAZ]

Eh neither were quite the player that White was though.

Derrick Thomas is arguable, but he came at the end of LTs career

Thomas wasn't even close to the playmaker that Ed Reed was, which is why Reed was the best safety ever. Teams avoided Reed and he still got 64 career interceptions.

Ed Reed had 73 career INT’s including playoffs. He’s definitely is a stratosphere by himself.

 

[Bkbobo]

Needle moved!

 

[BigDavis75]

This is like the grim reaper retiring for cardinals fans.

 

[phillycard]

So was AD when he was just a prospect

C'mon Oaken, let his analogy live! LOL! I actually think it's pretty damn good.

 

[Cardinal Bob]

Next stop, Canton.

To quote another poster, "I'm not sad about this" either.

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

Oh thank god!

 

[dreamcastrocks]

The Cards win total just went up by one game.