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So our drought team is rounding out nicely. Drew Bledsoe is at QB, with the duo of Clements and Winfield at corner. Today's poll will be a bit more interesting LB. Names like Spikes, Pozluzny, Fletcher and Cowart are sure to dominate the list. But players like Brown and Alexander make it interesting, also Kiko's one season was about as dominant as anyone's on the list.
You can pick two.
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Sam Cowart - ILB - '98-01
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Keith Newman - OLB - '99-02'
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London Fletcher - ILB - '02-06'
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Takeo Spikes - OLB - '03-06'
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Paul Posluzny - ILB - '07-10'
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Nigel Bradham - LB - '12-15'
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Kiko Alonso - ILB - 2013
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Preston Brown - ILB - '14-
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Lorenzo Alexander - OLB - '16-
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I remember that one fateful day when Coach took me aside. I knew what was coming. "You don't have to tell me," I said. "I'm off the team, aren't I?" "Well," said Coach, "you never were really ON the team. You made that uniform you're wearing out of rags and towels, and your helmet is a toy space helmet. You show up at practice and then either steal the ball and make us chase you to get it back, or you try to tackle people at inappropriate times."
It was all true what he was saying. And yet, I thought something is brewing inside the head of this Coach.
He sees something in me, some kind of raw talent that he can mold. But that's when I felt the handcuffs go on.
Really unfortunate what injuries did to Cowart and Spikes. Both were great pre-injury. I really thought Cowart was going to be viewed in the same class as Ray Lewis - the elite of the elite - but then he got injured.
Cowart was awesome. It's really a shame what happened to him. I wouldn't consider him an option on an all drought team though considering he was part of our last playoff teams.
Cowart was better than Ray Lewis and Zach Thomas before the Achilles tear; the same thing that ruined Spikes. That injury is an absolute death knell for an athletic career.
"Miami played pretty damn good today and still got their ass kicked."
Cowart and Fletcher. Damn, without two straight leg injuries -and I am not exaggerating - people would be saying Cowart was perhaps the greatest linebacker in NFL history.
Don't make me bring up the old threads with everybody *****ing about Fletcher being over-rated and only making tackles 5 yards downfield.
Alonzo was never dominant...he had some flashy plays, but his inability to stand up blockers and anchor the middle is a big reason why that defense consistently got gashed up the middle by running backs. Alexander only has one year to go by, the POS sucked. Bradham is actually one of my personal faves, but no way his performance knocks either Sam or Takeo out of the stud spots.
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I went with Fletcher and Spikes. It should have been Cowart and Spikes, but the injuries were what they were and Fletcher didn't get impeded by one.
Fletcher only made tackles 5 yards downfield. Well, so did Poz, but they were playing their roles in the defense proficiently. They weren't supposed to be stuffing backs at the line, they were watching other things and meant for contingency, which they did very well.
Fletcher handled his role the best. Spikes was the most talented what-could-have-been with Cowart right behind him. Poz was the easily forgettable piece most memorable because you could afford to worry about everyone else and forget he was out there just doing his job in his role until you looked for something to gripe about with someone who wasn't as dazzling as you thought they should be. Fletcher probably joins him in that. They weren't supposed to be dazzling. They were supposed to do their jobs. They did.
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