He's had a really good career.
He'll eclipse 500 career tackles this year and has 65.5 career sacks. 2 rings and a few pro bowls.
Would be curious to know how many D-lineman in the history of the NFL have had 500 + tackles and 70 career sacks. I'm willing to bet not as many as one might think.
Still a solid career for Tuck.
FWIW, six of the top 100 sackers are primarily associated with the Giants: Strahan, Taylor, Marshall, Umenyiora, Tuck and Hamilton.
Tuck is fondly regarded, but I feel like Osi has gone a bit forgotten.
435 tackles, 85 career sacks. Still an active player.
He had a slight angle, but it was mainly that he was able to run him down from behind.
Tuck was a football player.
However, IMO, that's all he was good at. There's nothing wrong with that, but it is what it is.
C'mon man, surely there's been lots of guys who can average those kind of numbers. You'd only need to register a sack a game for every 8 games you play, and keep that rate up for around 520 games or so.
Oh yeah, and just make sure to stay healthy for that many games also.
65 sacks = over-rated.
Thanks for that reminder about the walter jones game, Osi. He manhandled an otherwise completely unstoppable force.
Of course that game will always be remembered most for this:
Thanks for that reminder about the walter jones game, Osi. He manhandled an otherwise completely unstoppable force.
Of course that game will always be remembered most for this:
I was so pissed off after that game. The Giants beat the Seahawks up & down the field and shit-for-brains Feely set a record for 4th quarter field goals...missed with 3!
Joe Jurevicius, who never did much for the Giants had his career game that day.
Osi with 2 sacks, 7 tackles and 1 forced fumble. Tuck made an appearance but was wet behind the ears.
...in one game.
...in one game.
And a bunch of Tuck's sacks are against Guards and Centers, not tackles. We don't have to get into the game of taking accomplishments away from Giants.
...in one game.
That was some game. A few years before, Strahan made a damn good tackle his personal bitch in John Runyan. Runyan was actually allowed to hold Strahan on almost every play and never get called on it!
FWIW, six of the top 100 sackers are primarily associated with the Giants: Strahan, Taylor, Marshall, Umenyiora, Tuck and Hamilton.
Hopefully JPP will as well.
He had a slight angle, but it was mainly that he was able to run him down from behind.
absolutely!!! totally remember. his rookie year. wow, what speed for a DE.