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Subject: Re: Team of the Nineties
Date: 1999/11/28
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>Cornerbacks - Without a doubt, the premier cornerback on the '90s has been
>Deion Sanders. That's automatic. The other spot is a little harder, but not
>very. Rod Woodson must be considered the other top cornerback of the 1990s.
>He's one of the greatest of all-time, even if he has tailed off after his
>knee injury.

Woodson would be one of my corners. I'd probably take Dale Carter at the other.
Big eared, hog-dogging, high-stepping, arrogant, overrated cornerbacks need not
apply. 

>Safeties - This is quite a bit more competitive. Finally, though, I ended up
>on two players who play the same safety position. Not ideal, I suppose, but
>the two best safeties of the '90s, in my opinion, are both strong safeties.
>Tim McDonald and Darren Woodson have been the steadiest excellent safeties
>in the league. Carnell Lake is definitely a candidate, Merton Hanks, among
>others. However Hanks wasn't excellent for enough years in the '90s, and, in
>a judgement call, Lake wasn't as good as McDonald and Woodson, over as long
>a period.

Carnell Lake and Steve Atwater, with LeRoy Butler in a close second at SS.
McDonald is no Atwater, and Merton "Chicken" Hanks is a joke. 

>Linebackers - The only player as obviously dominant at his position, for the
>'90s, as Deion Sanders would have to be Junior Seau. There can be no doubt
>at all that he is the premier linebacker of the decade. The other two
>linebacking positions are tougher to call. Derrick Thomas hasn't been
>generating quite the damage that he did a few years ago, but he's still
>accomplished so much, I'd have to add him to the All-90's team. The last
>linebacking position was the hardest position on this team, for me. I
>finally decided on Kevin Greene, despite the fact that his best years are
>a-ways past him. However, through the early- and mid-90's, he was a
>pass-rushing terror. For the Rams and the Steelers, he was absolutely
>devastating. So, I'll give him the nod. I didn't really consider Lawrence
>Taylor, despite his having played some years in the '90s, since he really
>made his mark in the '80s.

I'll actually agree on those three, though I hate naming Greene because of the
blemish of playing one season in blood and tarnish... Would name Zack Thomas if
he had been playing longer, and quite honestly, was tempted to name Dennis Byrd
because of the tragic end of his career, and the courage and heart he showed in
walking once again..

>Defensive ends - Two of the greatest defensive ends in NFL history happened
>to play and dominate in the '90s. Bruce Smith and Reggie White. Now, White
>may be a dope off the field, but he's one of the finest defensive ends to
>play the game. I don't know how to pick between Smith and White, but,
>fortunately, I don't have to. Impossible to argue with these two bookends.
>Charles Haley was certainly someone to consider, one of the best
>pass-rushing forces of the '90s, but he wasn't as good as Smith and White.

White and Smith. Haley isn't even close to those two.

>Defensive tackles - I think the two best defensive tackles of the 1990s are
>Bryant Young and Leon Lett. Now, Leon Lett hasn't really been able to prove
>it, much, the last couple years, due to drug suspensions, but the years he
>played when not suspended proved him to be a great force up the middle.
>Bryant Young rather swiftly established himself as one of the, if not *the*,
>best defensive tackle in the game. He even made his teammates better, as
>evidenced by Dana Stubblefield. His horrific injury could have ended this
>still young career, but he's come back strong, and doesn't look to have lost
>much, if anything.

Bryant Young? Hahahaha... 

I'd personally go with Phil Hansen and John Randle.. Bryant Q-Bert II Young is
about a step ahead of Refrigerator Perry......

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