in their prime who would you rather have on your team: Brian Dawkins or Troy Polamalu

[blu197]

Is this even a topic?

Troy Polamalu is the single-most important piece in a HISTORIC defense. From 2007-10 the Steelers defense has been - without question - the league's best defense finishing first in yards and/or points FIVE times. Over that span they've reached 2 Super Bowls and won one of them. In one of those seasons they did it with a paultry offense where the QB went 18/14(IIRC) and the Halfback averaged a mere 3.9 YPC on some 300+ carries...

Without Polamalu the Steelers defense would've been a good one. With him they have been a HISTORIC one. The Eagles defense was never a historic one despite much talent such as Sheldon Brown, Lito Sheppard, Trent Cole, Bobby Taylor, Troy Vincent, Jeremiah Trotter, Al Harris, Hugh Douglass, Hollis Thomas, Corey Simon, Michael Lewis, Derrick Burgess, Jevon Kearse, Darwin Walker...

Troy impacts the way quarterbacks must approach the play in a way that only Reed can match. Polamalu is the better player on a grand scale, i don't care how great of a leader Dawkins was. He was the inferior player in an impacting the game way.

 

[Inglewood_B]

I'm obviously biased... But that right there just put my mind at ease about my choice

 

[Jonah 2.0]

I'm trying to think of what B. Dawk actually did better than Troy.

 

[nj2089]

b dawk was nice tho

 

[coop9889]

You niggas and these lopsided polls

 

[O.G.]

@blu197

 

[BDBIID]

USC USC USC

 

[greenwood1921]

Troy.

 

[huey]

as a ravens fan, ill choose troy. he stopped too many damn plays against us.

 

[StoneColdMikey]

Should had been reed vs troy

 

[Olorun22]

Ed reed

 

[infamous114]

Lookdude should stick to IllPix threads lol

 

[Vader_F_Kennedy]

Dead@ that German suplex

 

[northside7]

Should had been reed vs troy

That thread was made a couple years or so back.

 

[Say What]

Troy is a free bird in their system but is a liability in coverage. I think BD can play on more teams

 

[Shizlansky]

Troy is a free bird in their system but is a liability in coverage. I think BD can play on more teams

Top 3 pass defense when he's on the field middle of the pack when he's not.

 

[lookdude]

Lookdude should stick to IllPix threads lol

More polls coming just wait on it

 

[Chef_Taylor]

Troy.... Troy.P plays big time ball in the playoffs.Our run in '08 and '10 troy was playing lights out.... ask ravens fans dey know .

 

[Say What]

Troy is a free bird in their system but is a liability in coverage. I think BD can play on more teams

Top 3 pass defense when he's on the field middle of the pack when he's not.

He places himself in good positions to make tackles/sacks. When he has to defend a receiver one on one he is less than average. That"s why he doesn't do it much. Troy needs room to roam he doesn't fit in everyone's scheme

 

[Matt-]

Step ya poll game up y'all.

Shit. Nh