Please, Give Me Just One

by Remis on Jul 18, 2008 10:51 PM EDT

Again I'm doing a post about the USA Today Player Rankings; this time, it's DE's. I know for sure some of you guys are going to disagree with me about this but I really think that Trent Cole should've gotten at least one vote in the today column.

They have two columns: Today, which represents which players are the best TODAY; and Super Bowl era, which represents which players are the best EVER. (sorry for the excessive use of the word "which")

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Trent Cole had the 3rd most tackles among the top 16 DE's according to sack total last year (DeMarcus Ware, Mike Vrabel).

Notable players who were "ranked" higher than Cole in the "today" column were: Mario Williams (23 votes, 2nd), Aaron Kampman and Kyle Vanden Bosch (both had fewer sacks and tackles than Cole), Julius Peppers (2.5 sacks in 14 starts last year), Richard Seymour (1.5 sacks and 23 tackles in 9 games), and last and most certainly the very least - Aaron Smith ( please tell me if you know who the hell this guy is).

Also, this is kind of random but I also noticed that we didn't have any other players in the list of the top 41 DE's in sack total.

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Poll

How many votes should have Trent Cole gotten in the "Today" column?

0

0 votes

1-5

1 votes

5-10

5 votes

10-15 (5th - 3rd place)

3 votes

20-25 (2nd place)

4 votes

30-35 (1st place)

2 votes

15 votes | Poll has closed

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i dont understand why trent cole isnt ranked higher, didnt he have something like 12.5 sacks . i read that he wants to play at a lower weight this year 255 pounds , he played at 265- 270 the last two years , something about being quicker off the snap, i read that on the usa today web site . they rank want they want i guess but they still cant change the fact that hes a pro bowler, go eagles..

2008/2009 the body bag season

by EAGLE_MAN71 on Jul 19, 2008 1:10 AM EDT reply actions

what they want -oops

2008/2009 the body bag season

by EAGLE_MAN71 on Jul 19, 2008 1:18 AM EDT reply actions

Jason Taylor wasn’t in their top 5, that list is bunk anyways.

Destroyer of Subject Lines :3™

by yomjoseki on Jul 19, 2008 11:19 AM EDT reply actions

That list sucks

I like Patrick Kerney, but I like Cole better.
Also, I think Mario Williams is better than Allen. Allen had 1 nice year, and everyone starts going bananas over that cat. I got one name for everyone, Aaron Schobel…Haha…

Dallas Sucks

by yophillybro on Jul 21, 2008 3:00 PM EDT reply actions