Simeon Rice takes shots at Michael Strahan

and self back-patting.
Sounds like he wants some love.

One dimensional player who's jealous that people have forgotten about him. Nothing to see here.

Rice had the better career but at his peak, Kearse was more fearsome. Oh, and Kearse was better against the run.

I detect a bit of jealousy. People like to harp on Favre giving Strahan that sack but without that sack Strahan would still have 21.5 sacks that season which is I believe still 5 better than Rice's best season.

deciding to take a dive shows Simeon Rice's IQ.

Rice never led the league in sacks even once.

Awesome player, outstanding career.. but there must have been something in the Tampa water to make these idiots say such stupid fucking nonsense about Strahan.

Strahan was CLEARLY better than Rice because he was a dominant run defender whereas Rice was mediocre. And Strahan was a beast of a pass rusher too.

So much jealousy.

but I just don't get why people bother disparaging another obviously great player...what's the point? Jealousy? Sour grapes? To what end?

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That's how many "people feel down for" One. And Strahan was a beast against the run like few pass rushers like Rice ever were.

What the hell did Rice "usher in"? There were great edge rushers before him and after him.

In the 1996 NFL draft, Simeon Rice was selected third overall by the Arizona Cardinals. He was selected after Keyshawn Johnson and Kevin Hardy. After a contract dispute that lasted through training camp, Rice signed a 4-year, $9.5 million deal.

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better and more durable version of Osi, but Strahan still a better overall player based on his ability to play both the run & pass.

Hated Sapp. Hated Keyshawn. Reidel Anthony was a scrub, but acted like a hot dog. Rice was (and still is) a whiner. Lynch was a dirty safety. I hated how the media overrated Alstott. Hell, I hated Grammatica -- when do you hate a kicker?!

I think it's Strahan's current TV fame and fortune that really is what gets them furious.

is built on a strength so easily stripped away by time, for some, they've got nothing left.

vs the Eagles. Strahan literally rendered the Eagles offense useless that day almost singlehandedly and that was against a pro bowl tackle in Runyan(aka Strahan's bitch). The next time Rice does that in any game of meaning will be the first.

Rice still wasnt the best at his position when he played. I always thought Robert Porcher was a better DE. Less of a sack artist, but a plus-plus run defender unlike Rice. Jason Taylor was a similar player to Rice, and was more productive. There were also a lot of guys who overlapped with Rice either at the beginning or end of his career who were his equal or better.

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.

In comment 12153783 JonC said:

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I think it's Strahan's current TV fame and fortune that really is what gets them furious.

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.

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@DTollefson71 Must be something in that Tampa water. LOL!!

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

right before us in the draft. We wound up with Cedric Jones.

What a freaking loser. No class.

In comment 12153803 kelsto811 said:

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Quote: @DTollefson71 Must be something in that Tampa water. LOL!! 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.

#bauce

I wanted Ogden. But I definitely felt like we had pick 5 in a 4 player draft (Keyshawn, Hardy, Rice, Ogden), and then got teased when there was talk that someone would take Phillips top 4.

The following year I felt like we had the 7 pick in a 6 player draft (Pace, Russell, Springs, Boulware, Westbrook, Jones).

Do you know why he took a dive? Because if he didn't, Strahan had a clean, unblocked shot at him.

We should've had Ogden or Rice from that draft.

He was a great pass rusher but he was one-dimensional. Strahan had twice the tackles in his career.

wutevr

this just reeks of attempts to keep yourself relevant...

Jealousy.

unless he is talking about Michael Strahan. Same goes for that dickhead Warren Sapp. Rice is obviously using Strahan to get his name out there and spark discussion about him being in the HOF. Too bad his performance over a football career wasn't enough to do that.

...a maturity level of a 12 year-old and thinks his views actually count for something. There's a news flash for you.

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.

Rice was a great pass rusher and one of the games best during his career but that was all he was.

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.

Im important !!!
My opinion matters !!!
Someone give me a TV show !!!!

The guy's mouth was always more legendary than his performance. He never played up to his hype

Taking shots at a Giants legend. Jealous, Disappointed + douchy !!

Why does it even make it into the "news"?

LOL how the Bucs can't handle Strahan.

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is built on a strength so easily stripped away by time, for some, they've got nothing left.

Right? If Simeon Rice wasn't such an asshole, then maybe someone would have fallen down for him too. He just hating on Mike cause Mike has people skills. Not for nothing, getting Favre to take a dive is a feat in and of itself.People like Mike. They like to have their morning coffee and listen to him and look at his face. Rice and Sapp are the very definition of haters, jealous ones at that.

he seems mad. Real mad.

If I remember correctly (probably a 50-50 shot), the conventional wisdom had Baltimore taking Phillips, which obviously would've dropped Ogden to the Giants.

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.

Goal is always take shots at the guy ahead of you so you can sucker him into responding, and therefore gain more attention than you deserve.

And he still went #6. On talent he would have gone 1 or 2 if not for the bad character stuff.

In comment 12153766 Torrag said:

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but I just don't get why people bother disparaging another obviously great player...what's the point? Jealousy? Sour grapes? To what end?

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."

Still in the "My dick is bigger than yours" mode well into middle age.

Strahan has been retired since 2007, let it go man.

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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so that the unpopular Gastineau would lose the record.

Stuff from childhood. I wouldn't pay too much attention to his occasional outbursts.