"I didn't have nobody falling down to help me get sacks. I didn't have that. I had to earn everything I got."
"I know you had a guy here [in New York]. He was not seeing me. Nobody was. When I played, I set the standard. I ushered into the Javon Kearses, I ushered in the Jason Taylors."
"I dominated when I played. There was nobody better at my position. Nobody."
"I like Michael Strahan as a person but I could care less if he's in the Hall of Fame or not."
"You had a guy here that went with four sacks [that made the Pro Bowl]. Four!"
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It sounds like the old Buccs DLs are really obsessed with Strahan. Truth is that Rice was an exceptional pass rusher and shitty against the run. He was on an amazingly stacked defense, and the guy next to him, Sapp, commanded a double team on every play. So unlike all the ends Rice thinks he's better than, Rice was usually going 1-on-1 against a tackle. And unlike Strahan, Rice did it from the blind side.
I think it's that in combination with the "fairy tale" end to his career. Went out on top with a championship, hall of fame, then add in the fame/fortune that has him plastered everywhere.
Also I know Twitter followers is not the end all be all. But Simeon rice has 876 followers....Michael strahan has 1.2 million...LOL
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Also I know Twitter followers is not the end all be all. But Simeon rice has 876 followers....Michael strahan has 1.2 million...LOL
Damn, MS is quoting me now.
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The following year I felt like we had the 7 pick in a 6 player draft (Pace, Russell, Springs, Boulware, Westbrook, Jones).
I wonder how long a class act like Derrick Brooks shakes his head at clowns like this and Sapp before he smiles and gives them a pass because of everything they went through as brothers on some great Teams.
He also benefitted from Sapp getting double-teamed during his time in Tampa.
Strahan also has about 300 more tackles than Rice in his career. Joke of a comparison.
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LOL how the Bucs can't handle Strahan.
I believe I read that one reason they didn't take him was that Art Modell's wife didn't like the Phillips' off field issues with his ex-girlfriend.
He was a strictly one-dimensional player; a very good pass rusher, but nowhere near Strahan's level at either pass rushing or, especially, playing the run. He's too one-dimensional to call him a great player. Very good, not ever "great."
Rice was a great pass rusher but a terrible run defender. I recall rumblings that scouts laughed out loud when watching his run defense tape from college.
Did Favre give Strahan that sack, sure, but who cares. Strahan was a dominant two way DE in his era and picked up the mantle from Reggie White. (Not that he was White's equal, he wasn't) Rice could never dominate a game like Strahan did. Furthermore, Strahan was probably held more than any other DE in his era. I recall the Giants sending tapes to the league office depicting all the ways Strahan was being held play after play.
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Player B: 161 GP, 102 GS, 85 sacks, 1 INT, 35 FF, 5 defensive TDs, 2 Pro Bowls, 1 All Pro
Player A comes across as the better player, even acknowledging how often Player B was hurt, but it's not that big a gap. And nobody thinks of Osi Umeniyora as a sure-thing HOFer, much less a first ballot guy.
Only thing Rice has on Strahan is he averaged more sacks per season (by 2), party because he was consistent at getting 10+ sacks a year and partly because he played 4 less seasons.
Okay Simeon, bye now.
Then again I can't tell the context of the game from that and Favre seems to smile afterwards.
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Strahan has 659 tackles while rice has 389.. That's fucking terrible if you are going to rip a fucking HOFer.
45 total tackles for Rice in a season vs Strahans 61. Trent cole is a 2 way TE, as well as JPP. This is why Idon't respect Freeny. 30 something tackles as a career high? That's fucking god awful. Rice isn't in the same league as Strahan. If you are going to talk shit about a guy at least have more Sacks AND total tackles then the guy.If not, shut the fuck up. i wish Strahan would just rip these guys a new asshole.
Fuck the fall down. Strahan was held so often they actually stopped calling it. Had his "blatant" holds been called, he'd would have had at LEAST 10 more sacks that year. He literally couldn't be stopped. I saw every game.
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