shavar wrote:
Patrick Willis? I am feeling dumb who is he. I would take Lawrence Taylor 1st overall. He changed the game..and I am not a GIANTS fan.
MLB for the 49ers he was first team all pro in 5 of his 8 seasons and pro bowlers in 7. IMO he's the most talented MLB of all time. He had CB level coverage skills, better run stuffing than Ray Lewis and if you told him to blitz he was going to mess up the QB with either pressure, sack, or deflection. The only reason he's not talked about as the goat on D is because he pulled a Barry Sanders and retired early before he was too badly injured. He was so good it barely mattered who was around him, he made the defense great all on his own. He specialized most in hunting down ball carriers racking up 150+ tackles in a season twice. More impressive is the stats don't even tell just how good he was when actually watching him play. The guy was just downright perfect almost every play. To me he was the ultimate commander and heart on defense. One of very few players that I wanted the offense to 3 and out just so I could watch him blow up the opponents offense.
