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One of the first great defensive players ever. Doug Atkins helped revolutionize the defensive end position.
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I guess most players "revolutionized" their position. Or changed the game.
Great, now Doug Atkins "helped revolutionize" DE spot
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Re: Great, now Doug Atkins "helped revolutionize" DE spot
One of the first great defensive players? What, nobody ever played defense before? That’s more manure than a bag of fertilizer.
BTW John, fine write-ups about the best DEs and where Atkins should rank over at your site:
http://nflfootballjournal.blogspot.com/ ... -team.html
http://nflfootballjournal.blogspot.com/ ... -best.html
http://nflfootballjournal.blogspot.com/ ... n-nfl.html
http://nflfootballjournal.blogspot.com/ ... story.html
BTW John, fine write-ups about the best DEs and where Atkins should rank over at your site:
http://nflfootballjournal.blogspot.com/ ... -team.html
http://nflfootballjournal.blogspot.com/ ... -best.html
http://nflfootballjournal.blogspot.com/ ... n-nfl.html
http://nflfootballjournal.blogspot.com/ ... story.html
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Re: Great, now Doug Atkins "helped revolutionize" DE spot
Atkins played a long time, and I'm sure that's a big part of why he got picked. Why make up a BS one-liner to justify it? Just say he played a long time.
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Re: Great, now Doug Atkins "helped revolutionize" DE spot
Agreed. Whether or not he's one of the best 7 DEs (better than Watt, Davis, Youngblood, Eller, Strahan) or notJameisLoseston wrote:Atkins played a long time, and I'm sure that's a big part of why he got picked. Why make up a BS one-liner to justify it? Just say he played a long time.
he is great and that should be enough. Being an innovator or a revolutionizer seems to be a higher bar
than being one of the top 7.
If he really did that, you'd think we'd know what the "revolution" was and what it entailed.
I cannot think of a thing.
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Re: Great, now Doug Atkins "helped revolutionize" DE spot
6'8"?JohnTurney wrote: I cannot think of a thing.
Was there anyone else who played D End anywhere near that height anywhere near as well?
He pioneered the stratosphere...
(Kidding. I agree with John.)
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Re: Great, now Doug Atkins "helped revolutionize" DE spot
Too Tall Jones was 6’9”.JuggernautJ wrote: 6'8"?
Was there anyone else who played D End anywhere near that height anywhere near as well?
He pioneered the stratosphere.
WR Harold Carmichael was also 6’8”. OTs Jonathan Ogden and Bob St. Clair were also 6’9”. TE Morris Stroud was 6’10”. DT Richard Sligh was reportedly the tallest NFL player ever at 7’0”.